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1978 Daily Mail Indy Trophy Previous race results / Next race results                         Post USAC Champ Car Series race number 17 of 18 Saturday, October 7, 1978 at Brands Hatch Circuit, Longfield, England 100 laps on a 1.200 mile road course (120.000 miles) Time of race: 1:15:23 Average speed: 95.788 mph Pole speed: 105.811 mph Cautions: 1 for 5 laps Margin of victory: 28.77 sec Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 2 Glossary    1978 USAC Champ Car Series results   /   1978 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Chass./Eng. Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 2 7   Rick Mears Gould Charge   (Roger Penske) Penske / Cosworth 100 33701 running 17 240 2 5 1   Tom Sneva Norton Spirit   (Roger Penske) Penske / Cosworth 100 24406 running 0 192 3 7 4   Johnny Rutherford 1st National City Travelers Checks   (Bruce McLaren) McLaren / Cosworth 99 17171 running 0 168 4 9 14   A.J. Foyt Gilmore / Citicorp   (A.J. Foyt) Coyote / Foyt 98 14606 running 0 144 5 12 6   Wally Dallenbach Sugaripe Prune   (Jerry O'Connell) McLaren / Cosworth 95 12096 running 0 120 6 13 77   Salt Walther Dayton-Walther   (George Walther) McLaren / Cosworth 94 10591 running 0 96 7 11 17   Dick Simon La Machine   (Rolla Vollstedt) Vollstedt / Offy 86 9986 running 0 72 8 15 84   George Snider Gilmore / Citicorp   (A.J. Foyt) Coyote / Foyt 85 9386 running 0 60 9 3 25   Danny Ongais Interscope Racing   (Ted Field) Parnelli / Cosworth 83 9781 gearbox 83 48 10 14 69   Joe Saldana Team 69   (Richard Hoffman) Eagle / Offy 71 8181 running 0 36 11 4 20   Gordon Johncock North American Van Lines   (Pat Patrick) Wildcat / DGS 33 8376 header 0 24 12 10 19   Spike Gehlhausen Pieton   (Carl Gehlhausen) Eagle / Offy 23 7576 valve 0 12 13 6 48   Bobby Unser ARCO Graphite   (Dan Gurney) Eagle / Cosworth 20 7876 gearbox 0 6 14 8 22   Tom Bagley Kent Oil   (Ralph Wilke) Watson / Offy 10 7471 engine 0 6 15 1 2   Al Unser 1st National City Travelers Checks   (Jim Hall) Lola / Cosworth 0 9371 clutch 0 6 16 12 40   Steve Krisiloff Foreman Industries   (Pat Patrick) Wildcat / Offy 0 6371 did not start 0 6

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Steve Krisiloff 40 Foreman Industries Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 2 2     3 7 5   #22 spun turn 4   8 100 93       Percent of race run under caution: 5.0%             Average green flag run: 47.5 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Danny Ongais 1 83 83   Rick Mears 84 100 17 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Tom Sneva 4145     2   Al Unser 3881   -264   3   Gordon Johncock 3338   -807   4   Wally Dallenbach 2846   -1299   5   Steve Krisiloff 2799   -1346   6   A.J. Foyt 2784   -1361   7   Johnny Rutherford 2767   -1378   8   Danny Ongais 2482   -1663   9   Rick Mears 2171   -1974   10   Tom Bagley 1180   -2965   11   Pancho Carter 1146   -2999   12   Larry Dickson 1121   -3024   13   Bobby Unser 1092   -3053   14   Johnny Parsons 978   -3167   15   George Snider 760   -3385   16   Tom Bigelow 758   -3387   17   Dick Simon 665   -3480   18   Mario Andretti 591   -3554   19   Salt Walther 562   -3583   20   Jim McElreath 558   -3587   21   Cliff Hucul 519   -3626