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1978 Texas Grand Prix

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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

Pos	Name	Nbr	Sponsor
Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:
	Danny Ongais	25	Interscope
	George Snider	71	Gould Charge

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	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

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
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

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
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