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1978 Texas Grand Prix Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Tweet USAC Champ Car Series race number 11 of 18 Sunday, August 6, 1978 at Texas World Speedway, College Station, TX 100 laps on a 2.000 mile paved track (200.000 miles) Time of race: 1:15:27 Average speed: 159.06 mph Pole speed: 210.773 mph Cautions: 3 for 16 laps Margin of victory: n/a Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 9 Glossary    1978 USAC Champ Car Series results   /   1978 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Chass./Eng. Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 2 14   A.J. Foyt Gilmore / Citicorp   (A.J. Foyt) Coyote / Foyt 100 15074 running 50 400 2 4 4   Johnny Rutherford 1st National City Travelers Checks   (Bruce McLaren) McLaren / Cosworth 100 8796 running 3 320 3 19 40   Steve Krisiloff Foreman Industries   (Pat Patrick) Wildcat / DGS 98 6218 running 0 280 4 5 6   Wally Dallenbach Sugaripe Prune   (Jerry O'Connell) McLaren / Cosworth 98 4337 running 0 240 5 1 1   Tom Sneva Norton Spirit   (Roger Penske) Penske / Cosworth 96 5404 running 19 200 6 9 17   Dick Simon La Machine   (Rolla Vollstedt) Vollstedt / Offy 92 3372 running 0 160 7 14 20   Gordon Johncock North American Van Lines   (Pat Patrick) Wildcat / DGS 74 3705 engine 10 120 8 6 48   Bobby Unser ARCO Graphite   (Dan Gurney) Eagle / Cosworth 70 3639 transmission 0 100 9 3 7   Rick Mears Gould Charge   (Roger Penske) Penske / Cosworth 63 2873 suspension 18 80 10 20 69   Joe Saldana Team 69   (Richard Hoffman) Eagle / Offy 61 2707 running 0 60 11 7 8   Pancho Carter Budweiser   (Robert Fletcher) Lightning / Cosworth 48 2823 crash 0 40 12 11 26   Jim McElreath Circle City Coal   (Jim McElreath) Eagle / Offy 46 2640 electrical 0 20 13 13 78   Mike Mosley Alex Foods   (Alex Morales) Lightning / Offy 44 2657 engine 0 10 14 17 19   Spike Gehlhausen Tibon   (Carl Gehlhausen) Eagle / Offy 26 2374 engine 0 10 15 15 85   Larry Cannon Cannon Racing   (Larry Cannon) Wildcat / DGS 19 2291 transmission 0 10 16 16 22   Tom Bagley Kent Oil   (Ralph Wilke) Watson / Offy 18 2741 turbocharger 0 10 17 8 2   Al Unser 1st National City Travelers Checks   (Jim Hall) Lola / Cosworth 11 3808 suspension 0 8 18 10 16   Johnny Parsons 1st National City Travelers Checks   (Lindsey Hopkins) Lightning / Offy 9 2174 engine 0 8 19 21 24   Sheldon Kinser Thermo King   (Ralph Wilke) Watson / Offy 6 2141 cooling system 0 8 20 12 35   Vern Schuppan S&M Electric   (Patrick Santello) Lightning / Offy 5 2108 fuel line 0 8 21 18 29   Cliff Hucul Longhorn Racing   (Hucul-Hunter-Arndt) McLaren / Offy 0 2091 turbocharger 0 6

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Danny Ongais 25 Interscope George Snider 71 Gould Charge Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 28 28     29 33 5   #19 tow-in   34 50 17     51 57 7   #8 accident turn 2   58 65 8     66 69 4   #7 tow-in   70 100 31       Percent of race run under caution: 16.0%             Average green flag run: 21.0 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   A.J. Foyt 1 11 11   Tom Sneva 12 30 19   Gordon Johncock 31 31 1   Rick Mears 32 49 18   Gordon Johncock 50 54 5   Johnny Rutherford 55 57 3   A.J. Foyt 58 69 12   Gordon Johncock 70 73 4   A.J. Foyt 74 100 27 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Tom Sneva 3268     2   Al Unser 2444   -824   3   Wally Dallenbach 2298   -970   4   Johnny Rutherford 2211   -1057   5   Steve Krisiloff 2055   -1213   6   Gordon Johncock 1936   -1332   7   A.J. Foyt 1934   -1334   8   Danny Ongais 1668   -1600   9   Rick Mears 1171   -2097   10   Larry Dickson 1121   -2147   11   Bobby Unser 978   -2290   12   George Snider 660   -2608   13   Johnny Parsons 615   -2653   14   Dick Simon 547   -2721   15   Tom Bigelow 518   -2750   16   Jim McElreath 458   -2810   17   Tom Bagley 431   -2837   18   Salt Walther 371   -2897   19   Bobby Olivero 360   -2908   20   Mike Mosley 338   -2930   21   Sheldon Kinser 309   -2959