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1978 Miller High Life Bobby Ball Memorial 150 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track     Post USAC Champ Car Series race number 18 of 18 Saturday, October 28, 1978 at Phoenix International Raceway, Avondale, AZ 150 laps on a 1.000 mile paved track (150.000 miles) Time of race: 1:14:24 Average speed: 120.974 mph Pole speed: 145.513 mph Cautions: 2 for 13 laps Margin of victory: n/a Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 6 Glossary    1978 USAC Champ Car Series results   /   1978 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Chass./Eng. Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 3 4   Johnny Rutherford 1st National City Travelers Checks   (Bruce McLaren) McLaren / Cosworth 150 12682 running 67 300 2 6 14   A.J. Foyt Gilmore / American Racing   (A.J. Foyt) Parnelli / Cosworth 150 8219 running 11 240 3 9 20   Gordon Johncock North American Van Lines   (Pat Patrick) Wildcat / DGS 150 5138 running 0 210 4 1 25   Danny Ongais Interscope Racing   (Ted Field) Parnelli / Cosworth 150 7695 running 72 180 5 10 2   Al Unser 1st National City Travelers Checks   (Jim Hall) Lola / Cosworth 150 4857 running 0 150 6 11 6   Wally Dallenbach Sugaripe Prune   (Jerry O'Connell) McLaren / Cosworth 148 3219 running 0 120 7 5 7   Mario Andretti Gould Charge   (Roger Penske) Penske / Cosworth 148 3401 running 0 90 8 12 40   Steve Krisiloff Foreman Industries   (Pat Patrick) Wildcat / DGS 148 2682 running 0 75 9 4 8   Pancho Carter Budweiser   (Robert Fletcher) Lightning / Cosworth 147 2763 running 0 60 10 14 78   Mike Mosley Alex Foods   (Alex Morales) Lightning / Offy 145 2645 running 0 45 11 7 48   Bobby Unser ARCO Graphite   (Dan Gurney) Eagle / Cosworth 144 2985 fuel pickup 0 30 12 20 26   Jim McElreath Circle City Coal   (Jim McElreath) Eagle / Offy 144 2426 running 0 15 13 22 11   Roger McCluskey National Auto Engineering   (Warner Hodgdon) Eagle / AMC 143 2466 running 0 8 14 17 22   Tom Bagley Kent Oil   (Ralph Wilke) Watson / Offy 138 2707 running 0 8 15 21 75   Todd Gibson Gibson Racing   (Todd Gibson) Eagle / Offy 137 2148 running 0 8 16 2 1   Tom Sneva Norton Spirit   (Roger Penske) Penske / Cosworth 133 2812 running 0 8 17 8 19   Spike Gehlhausen Tibon   (Carl Gehlhausen) Eagle / Offy 84 2088 stalled 0 6 18 15 43   Tom Bigelow Armstrong Moulding   (Sherman Armstrong) Wildcat / DGS 61 2265 engine 0 6 19 18 24   Sheldon Kinser Thermo King   (Ralph Wilke) Watson / Offy 27 2041 turbocharger 0 6 20 13 18   George Snider Longhorn Racing   (Bobby Hillin) Wildcat / Offy 14 2017 overheating 0 6 21 19 98   Gary Bettenhausen Oberdorfer   (Grant King) King / Offy 3 2005 valve 0 5 22 16 17   Dick Simon La Machine   (Rolla Vollstedt) Vollstedt / Offy 2 1993 piston 0 5

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Johnny Parsons 16 1st National Travelers Checks Rick Mears 28 Galles Chevrolet Jerry Sneva 30 Mary Schmidt Frank Weiss 50 Mahoney / BFM Salt Walther 77 Dayton-Walther Larry Cannon 85 Natural Lite Beer Tom Gloy 88 Machinists Union Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 17 17     18 21 4   #24 spun turn 4   22 63 42     64 72 9   #43 spun turn 2   73 150 78       Percent of race run under caution: 8.7%             Average green flag run: 45.7 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Danny Ongais 1 63 63   Johnny Rutherford 64 65 2   Danny Ongais 66 74 9   Johnny Rutherford 75 128 54   A.J. Foyt 129 139 11   Johnny Rutherford 140 150 11 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Tom Sneva 4153     2   Al Unser 4031   -122   3   Gordon Johncock 3548   -605   4   Johnny Rutherford 3067   -1086   5   A.J. Foyt 3024   -1129   6   Wally Dallenbach 2966   -1187   7   Steve Krisiloff 2874   -1279   8   Danny Ongais 2662   -1491   9   Rick Mears 2171   -1982   10   Pancho Carter 1206   -2947   11   Tom Bagley 1188   -2965   12   Bobby Unser 1122   -3031   13   Larry Dickson 1121   -3032   14   Johnny Parsons 978   -3175   15   George Snider 766   -3387   16   Tom Bigelow 764   -3389   17   Mario Andretti 681   -3472   18   Dick Simon 670   -3483   19   Jim McElreath 573   -3580   20   Salt Walther 562   -3591   21   Cliff Hucul 519   -3634