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1978 Tony Bettenhausen 200 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post USAC Champ Car Series race number 12 of 18 Sunday, August 20, 1978 at Milwaukee Mile, West Allis, WI 200 laps on a 1.000 mile paved track (200.000 miles) Time of race: 1:50:43 Average speed: 108.369 mph Pole speed: 134.933 mph Cautions: 6 for 28 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 1 25   Danny Ongais Interscope Racing   (Ted Field) Parnelli / Cosworth 200 20905 running 179 400 2 4 7   Rick Mears Gould Charge   (Roger Penske) Penske / Cosworth 200 10350 running 9 320 4 8 14   A.J. Foyt Gilmore / Citicorp   (A.J. Foyt) Coyote / Foyt 200 6970 running 7 240 3 3 20   Gordon Johncock North American Van Lines   (Pat Patrick) Wildcat / DGS 200 7873 running 5 280 5 7 2   Al Unser 1st National City Travelers Checks   (Jim Hall) Lola / Cosworth 199 6345 running 0 200 6 13 40   Steve Krisiloff Foreman Industries   (Pat Patrick) Wildcat / DGS 198 4116 running 0 160 7 6 6   Wally Dallenbach Sugaripe Prune   (Jerry O'Connell) McLaren / Cosworth 198 4151 running 0 120 8 5 4   Johnny Rutherford 1st National City Travelers Checks   (Bruce McLaren) McLaren / Cosworth 198 4187 running 0 100 9 16 29   Cliff Hucul Longhorn Racing   (Hucul-Hunter-Arndt) McLaren / Offy 196 3322 running 0 80 10 15 43   Tom Bigelow Armstrong Moulding   (Sherman Armstrong) Wildcat / DGS 195 3257 running 0 60 11 17 24   Sheldon Kinser Thermo King   (Ralph Wilke) Watson / Offy 195 2925 running 0 40 12 18 26   Jim McElreath Circle City Coal   (Jim McElreath) Eagle / Offy 194 2892 running 0 20 13 14 92   Al Loquasto McCord Auto   (Tassi Vatis) Eagle / Offy 191 2659 running 0 10 14 22 75   Todd Gibson Gibson Racing   (Todd Gibson) Eagle / Offy 189 2527 running 0 10 15 2 1   Tom Sneva Norton Spirit   (Roger Penske) Penske / Cosworth 181 3094 running 0 10 16 12 19   Spike Gehlhausen Tibon   (Carl Gehlhausen) Eagle / Offy 164 2315 crash 0 10 17 19 85   Larry Cannon Natural Lite Beer   (Larry Cannon) Wildcat / DGS 134 2262 oil leak 0 8 18 20 90   Lee Kunzman Hank's Datsun   (Art Sugai) Sugai / Offy 102 2209 brakes 0 8 19 10 16   Johnny Parsons 1st National City Travelers Checks   (Lindsey Hopkins) Lightning / Offy 83 2156 oil leak 0 8 20 11 48   Bobby Unser ARCO Graphite   (Dan Gurney) Eagle / Cosworth 77 2703 fuel return 0 8 21 9 17   Dick Simon La Machine   (Rolla Vollstedt) Vollstedt / Offy 50 2077 half shaft 0 6 22 21 98   Gary Bettenhausen Oberdorfer   (Grant King) King / Offy 33 2050 piston 0 6

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Tom Bagley 22 Kent Oil Joe Saldana 69 Team 69 Mike Mosley 78 Alex Foods Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 3 3   #4 spun turn 2   4 55 52     56 62 7   #17 accident turn 1   63 83 21     84 91 8   #16 oil on track   92 103 12     104 105 2   debris   106 108 3     109 110 2   debris   111 170 60     171 176 6   #19,43 accident turn 3   177 200 24       Percent of race run under caution: 14.0%             Average green flag run: 28.7 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Danny Ongais 1 57 57   Gordon Johncock 58 58 1   A.J. Foyt 59 65 7   Gordon Johncock 66 66 1   Danny Ongais 67 85 19   Gordon Johncock 86 86 1   Danny Ongais 87 147 61   Gordon Johncock 148 149 2   Rick Mears 150 158 9   Danny Ongais 159 200 42 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Tom Sneva 3278     2   Al Unser 2644   -634   3   Wally Dallenbach 2418   -860   4   Johnny Rutherford 2311   -967   5   Gordon Johncock 2216   -1062   6   Steve Krisiloff 2215   -1063   7   A.J. Foyt 2174   -1104   8   Danny Ongais 2068   -1210   9   Rick Mears 1491   -1787   10   Larry Dickson 1121   -2157   11   Bobby Unser 986   -2292   12   George Snider 660   -2618   13   Johnny Parsons 623   -2655   14   Tom Bigelow 578   -2700   15   Dick Simon 553   -2725   16   Jim McElreath 478   -2800   17   Tom Bagley 431   -2847   18   Salt Walther 371   -2907   19   Bobby Olivero 360   -2918   20   Sheldon Kinser 349   -2929   21   Mike Mosley 338   -2940