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1978 Schaefer 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post USAC Champ Car Series race number 8 of 18 Sunday, June 25, 1978 at Pocono International Raceway, Long Pond, PA 200 laps on a 2.500 mile paved track (500.000 miles) Time of race: 3:30:53 Average speed: 142.261 mph Pole speed: 190.335 mph Cautions: 8 for 62 laps Margin of victory: n/a Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 23 Glossary    1978 USAC Champ Car Series results   /   1978 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Chass./Eng. Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 10 2   Al Unser 1st National City Travelers Checks   (Jim Hall) Lola / Cosworth 200 89046 running 65 1000 2 3 4   Johnny Rutherford 1st National City Travelers Checks   (Bruce McLaren) McLaren / Cosworth 200 41996 running 20 800 3 2 1   Tom Sneva Norton Spirit   (Roger Penske) Penske / Cosworth 200 26671 running 10 700 4 12 6   Wally Dallenbach Sugaripe Prune   (Jerry O'Connell) McLaren / Cosworth 198 16871 running 0 600 5 14 80   Larry Dickson Polak Construction   (Russ Polak) Penske / Cosworth 196 13021 cylinder head 10 500 6 16 84   George Snider Gilmore / Citicorp   (A.J. Foyt) Coyote / Foyt 196 10221 running 0 400 7 22 78   Mike Mosley Alex Foods   (Alex Morales) Lightning / Offy 193 9621 running 0 300 8 4 14   A.J. Foyt Gilmore / Citicorp   (A.J. Foyt) Coyote / Foyt 190 10321 engine 20 250 9 29 92   Al Loquasto T&L McCord   (Tassi Vatis) Eagle / Offy 189 8221 running 0 200 10 9 8   Pancho Carter Budweiser   (Robert Fletcher) Lightning / Cosworth 188 7871 gearbox 0 150 11 23 85   Larry Cannon Natural Lite Beer   (Larry Cannon) Wildcat / DGS 188 7071 engine 0 100 12 27 24   Sheldon Kinser Thermo King   (Ralph Wilke) Watson / Offy 185 6571 running 0 50 13 8 77   Salt Walther Dayton-Walther   (George Walther) McLaren / Cosworth 175 6221 transmission 0 25 14 5 20   Gordon Johncock North American Van Lines   (Pat Patrick) Wildcat / DGS 165 6721 piston 15 25 15 18 43   Tom Bigelow Armstrong Moulding   (Sherman Armstrong) Wildcat / DGS 161 6271 running 0 25 16 24 30   Jerry Sneva Smock Material   (Marv Schmidt) McLaren / Offy 159 6921 turbocharger 0 25 17 19 29   Cliff Hucul Wendy's Hamburger   (Hucul-Hunter-Arndt) McLaren / Offy 158 5771 fuel pump 0 20 18 28 38   Jerry Karl Bentzel Construction   (Ralph Bentzel) McLaren / Offy 149 5621 engine 0 20 19 1 25   Danny Ongais Interscope Racing   (Ted Field) Parnelli / Cosworth 130 6321 transmission 59 20 20 7 48   Bobby Unser ARCO Graphite   (Dan Gurney) Eagle / Cosworth 116 5921 suspension 0 20 21 17 69   Joe Saldana Team 69   (Richard Hoffman) Eagle / Offy 112 5171 valve 0 15 22 11 16   Johnny Parsons 1st National City Travelers Checks   (Lindsey Hopkins) Lightning / Offy 83 5021 overheating 0 15 23 6 7   Mario Andretti Gould Charge   (Roger Penske) Penske / Cosworth 73 5321 gearbox 1 15 24 32 87   Phil Threshie Machinists Union   (Frank Fiore) Lightning / Offy 63 4721 engine 0 15 25 25 26   Jim McElreath Circle City Coal   (Jim McElreath) Eagle / Offy 58 4671 crash 0 10 26 15 22   Tom Bagley Kent Oil   (Ralph Wilke) Watson / Offy 55 4421 crash 0 10 27 26 18   Bubby Jones Simon Shopping Centers   (Bobby Hillin) Wildcat / DGS 52 4271 turbocharger 0 10 28 31 81   Billy Vukovich, Jr. Dairy Queen   (Wayne Woodward) Eagle / Offy 52 4121 piston 0 10 29 30 98   Gary Bettenhausen Oberdorfer   (Grant King) King / Offy 46 3971 stalled 0 5 30 21 17   Dick Simon La Machine   (Rolla Vollstedt) Vollstedt / Offy 36 3821 piston 0 5 31 20 19   Spike Gehlhausen Tibon   (Carl Gehlhausen) Eagle / Offy 34 3671 valve 0 5 32 13 40   Steve Krisiloff Foreman Industries   (Pat Patrick) Wildcat / DGS 13 3571 crash 0 5 33 33 90   Lee Kunzman Hank's Datsun   (Art Sugai) Sugai / Offy 1 3571 oil pressure 0 5

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Roger Rager 42 Dairy Queen Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 4 4     5 7 3   #92 tow-in   8 10 3   #81 spun turn 2   11 13 3     14 20 7   #40,84 accident turn 3   21 28 8     29 33 5   #22 tow-in   34 36 3     37 46 10   #98 stalled turn 1   47 58 12     59 67 9   #22,26 accident turn 1   68 100 33     101 102 2   #29 tow-in   103 110 8     111 133 23   #87 tow-in   134 200 67       Percent of race run under caution: 31.0%             Average green flag run: 17.3 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Danny Ongais 1 15 15   A.J. Foyt 16 17 2   Tom Sneva 18 25 8   Danny Ongais 26 38 13   A.J. Foyt 39 53 15   Mario Andretti 54 54 1   Larry Dickson 55 63 9   A.J. Foyt 64 66 3   Gordon Johncock 67 74 8   Al Unser 75 90 16   Gordon Johncock 91 93 3   Danny Ongais 94 98 5   Al Unser 99 103 5   Danny Ongais 104 111 8   Larry Dickson 112 112 1   Danny Ongais 113 130 18   Gordon Johncock 131 134 4   Johnny Rutherford 135 136 2   Al Unser 137 156 20   Johnny Rutherford 157 164 8   Al Unser 165 178 14   Tom Sneva 179 180 2   Johnny Rutherford 181 190 10   Al Unser 191 200 10 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Tom Sneva 2673     2   Al Unser 2420   -253   3   Gordon Johncock 1718   -955   3   Wally Dallenbach 1718   -955   5   Steve Krisiloff 1615   -1058   6   Danny Ongais 1503   -1170   7   A.J. Foyt 1344   -1329   8   Johnny Rutherford 1251   -1422   9   Larry Dickson 1081   -1592   10   Rick Mears 785   -1888   11   George Snider 650   -2023   12   Bobby Unser 468   -2205   13   Tom Bigelow 418   -2255   14   Dick Simon 371   -2302   15   Salt Walther 363   -2310   16   Johnny Parsons 361   -2312   17   Bobby Olivero 360   -2313   18   Mike Mosley 328   -2345   19   Jim McElreath 310   -2363   20   Sheldon Kinser 295   -2378   21   Mario Andretti 285   -2388