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1978 Molson Diamond Indy

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USAC Champ Car Series race number 6 of 18
Sunday, June 11, 1978 at Mosport International Raceway, Bowmanville, Ontario
76 laps on a 2.459 mile road course (186.884 miles)

Time of race: 2:08:39
Average speed: 87.164 mph
Pole speed: 121.983 mph

Cautions: 5 for 19 laps
Margin of victory: n/a
Attendance: n/a
Lead changes: 3

Glossary 1978 USAC Champ Car Series results / 1978 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Chass./Eng.	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Pts
1	1	25	Danny Ongais	Interscope Racing (Ted Field)	Parnelli / Cosworth	76	30085	running	66	400
2	7	7	Rick Mears	Gould Charge (Roger Penske)	Penske / Cosworth	76	18038	running	7	320
3	9	40	Steve Krisiloff	Foreman Industries (Pat Patrick)	Wildcat / DGS	76	11829	running	0	280
4	8	1	Tom Sneva	Norton Spirit (Roger Penske)	Penske / Cosworth	75	9347	running	0	240
5	10	80	Larry Dickson	Polak Construction (Russ Polak)	Penske / Cosworth	75	7455	running	0	200
6	12	98	Gary Bettenhausen	Oberdorfer (Grant King)	King / Offy	74	6363	running	0	160
7	15	77	Salt Walther	Dayton-Walther (George Walther)	McLaren / Cosworth	73	5816	running	0	120
8	6	4	Johnny Rutherford	1st National City Travelers Checks (Bruce McLaren)	McLaren / Cosworth	65	5870	clutch	0	100
9	14	16	Johnny Parsons	1st National City Travelers Checks (Lindsey Hopkins)	Lightning / Offy	51	4723	half shaft	0	80
10	17	29	Cliff Hucul	Wendy's Hamburger (Hucul-Hunter-Arndt)	McLaren / Offy	48	4177	valve	0	60
11	13	6	Wally Dallenbach	Sugaripe Prune (Jerry O'Connell)	McLaren / Cosworth	42	4204	valve	0	40
12	2	2	Al Unser	1st National City Travelers Checks (Jim Hall)	Lola / Cosworth	31	5031	crash	3	20
13	16	92	Al Loquasto	McCord Auto (Tassi Vatis)	Eagle / Offy	18	3358	oil leak	0	10
14	18	24	Tom Bigelow	Thermo King (Ralph Wilke)	Eagle / Offy	17	3285	crash	0	10
15	11	8	Pancho Carter	Budweiser (Robert Fletcher)	Lightning / Cosworth	17	3012	crash	0	10
16	4	14	A.J. Foyt	Gilmore / 1st National Travelers Checks (A.J. Foyt)	Coyote / Foyt	14	4248	crash	0	10
17	5	22	Tom Bagley	Kent Oil (Ralph Wilke)	Watson / Offy	13	3039	oil pump	0	8
18	19	87	Phil Threshie	Machinists Union (Frank Fiore)	Rascar / Offy	4	2429	clutch	0	8
19	3	48	Bobby Unser	ARCO Graphite (Dan Gurney)	Eagle / Cosworth	1	2920	transmission	0	8

Pos	Name	Nbr	Sponsor
Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:
	Spike Gehlhausen	19	Huber Chevrolet / WIRE
	Gordon Johncock	20	North American Van Lines
	Mike Mosley	78	Alex Foods

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	1	1
	2	4	3	#22 spun turn 5
	5	8	4
	9	10	2	debris
	11	13	3
	14	15	2	#14 accident turn 2
	16	17	2
	18	22	5	#24,8 accident turn 3
	23	31	9
	32	38	7	#2 accident turn 6
	39	76	38
Percent of race run under caution: 25.0% Average green flag run: 9.5 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Danny Ongais	1	14	14
Al Unser	15	17	3
Rick Mears	18	24	7
Danny Ongais	25	76	52

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
1	Tom Sneva	1965
2	Gordon Johncock	1688	-277
3	Danny Ongais	1475	-490
4	Steve Krisiloff	1430	-535
5	Al Unser	1345	-620
6	A.J. Foyt	1088	-877
7	Wally Dallenbach	908	-1057
8	Rick Mears	485	-1480
9	Bobby Unser	442	-1523
10	Larry Dickson	431	-1534
11	Bobby Olivero	360	-1605
11	Dick Simon	360	-1605
13	Salt Walther	308	-1657
14	Jim McElreath	300	-1665
15	Johnny Parsons	286	-1679
16	Tom Bigelow	273	-1692
17	Mario Andretti	270	-1695
18	George Snider	250	-1715
19	Sheldon Kinser	245	-1720
20	Gary Bettenhausen	218	-1747
21	Johnny Rutherford	211	-1754