USAC Champ Car Series standings for 1978Click on the Driver to see 1978 race-level statistics for that driver. Previous year Next year |
| Driver | Races | Win | T5 | T10 | Pole | Laps | Led | Earnings | AvSt | AvFn | Raf | Miles | LLF | Points | Diff | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Tom Sneva | 18 | 0 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 1866 | 124 | 273,469 | 2.8 | 7.3 | 15 | 3,353.48 | 9 | 4153 | |
| 2 | Al Unser | 16 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 1630 | 296 | 528,763 | 6.9 | 8.8 | 7 | 2,913.53 | 6 | 4031 | -122 |
| 3 | Gordon Johncock | 17 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 1712 | 269 | 183,634 | 6.5 | 8.1 | 9 | 3,061.17 | 6 | 3548 | -605 |
| 4 | Johnny Rutherford | 18 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 1907 | 294 | 220,221 | 4.6 | 7.8 | 10 | 3,341.75 | 7 | 3067 | -1,086 |
| 5 | A.J. Foyt | 18 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 1683 | 120 | 183,078 | 8.0 | 8.9 | 11 | 2,890.62 | 7 | 3024 | -1,129 |
| 6 | Wally Dallenbach | 18 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 2050 | 16 | 134,544 | 9.3 | 7.6 | 11 | 3,595.39 | 0 | 2966 | -1,187 |
| 7 | Steve Krisiloff | 18 | 0 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 1776 | 10 | 127,016 | 12.6 | 8.7 | 12 | 3,019.55 | 1 | 2874 | -1,279 |
| 8 | Danny Ongais | 17 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 1704 | 870 | 194,048 | 2.9 | 9.2 | 7 | 2,942.89 | 7 | 2662 | -1,491 |
| 9 | Rick Mears | 11 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 1128 | 149 | 156,097 | 3.8 | 7.0 | 7 | 1,828.00 | 6 | 2171 | -1,982 |
| 10 | Pancho Carter | 10 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 893 | 0 | 81,959 | 8.4 | 12.8 | 4 | 1,783.94 | 0 | 1206 | -2,947 |
| 11 | Tom Bagley | 17 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1322 | 0 | 90,123 | 14.6 | 13.0 | 8 | 2,240.04 | 0 | 1188 | -2,965 |
| 12 | Bobby Unser | 16 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1244 | 1 | 98,030 | 8.6 | 13.1 | 2 | 2,299.76 | 1 | 1122 | -3,031 |
| 13 | Larry Dickson | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 853 | 11 | 61,585 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 3 | 1,700.93 | 0 | 1121 | -3,032 |
| 14 | Johnny Parsons | 14 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1097 | 8 | 75,911 | 9.6 | 12.9 | 4 | 2,089.16 | 1 | 978 | -3,175 |
| 15 | George Snider | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 581 | 0 | 60,519 | 17.3 | 13.6 | 3 | 1,299.73 | 0 | 766 | -3,387 |
| 16 | Tom Bigelow | 12 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1262 | 10 | 60,908 | 15.2 | 11.5 | 5 | 2,129.80 | 1 | 764 | -3,389 |
| 17 | Mario Andretti | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 731 | 75 | 57,975 | 7.3 | 12.0 | 4 | 1,364.50 | 1 | 681 | -3,472 |
| 18 | Dick Simon | 13 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 965 | 0 | 65,534 | 14.8 | 14.6 | 6 | 1,778.36 | 0 | 670 | -3,483 |
| 19 | Jim McElreath | 11 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1099 | 0 | 53,870 | 19.3 | 13.0 | 7 | 1,862.59 | 0 | 573 | -3,580 |
| 20 | Salt Walther | 12 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 934 | 0 | 68,787 | 14.4 | 13.8 | 6 | 1,701.86 | 0 | 562 | -3,591 |
| 21 |  Cliff Hucul | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 793 | 0 | 43,078 | 18.6 | 14.8 | 3 | 1,378.53 | 0 | 519 | -3,634 |
| 22 | Lee Kunzman | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 283 | 0 | 16,475 | 26.7 | 18.7 | 1 | 554.50 | 0 | 513 | -3,640 |
| 23 | Sheldon Kinser | 13 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1117 | 0 | 54,038 | 17.2 | 14.5 | 7 | 1,913.22 | 0 | 495 | -3,658 |
| 24 | Mike Mosley | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 838 | 0 | 46,036 | 16.6 | 12.1 | 3 | 1,555.50 | 0 | 483 | -3,670 |
| 25 | Roger Mears | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 158 | 0 | 8,385 | 29.0 | 6.0 | 1 | 395.00 | 0 | 400 | -3,753 |
| 26 | Bobby Olivero | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 436 | 0 | 13,328 | 16.5 | 8.5 | 4 | 705.00 | 0 | 360 | -3,793 |
| 27 | Al Loquasto | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 716 | 0 | 26,716 | 21.4 | 13.6 | 4 | 1,202.30 | 0 | 321 | -3,832 |
| 28 | Joe Saldana | 8 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 681 | 0 | 50,479 | 17.6 | 12.6 | 6 | 1,404.13 | 0 | 314 | -3,839 |
| 29 | Gary Bettenhausen | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 504 | 0 | 44,224 | 20.1 | 17.2 | 3 | 1,045.97 | 0 | 294 | -3,859 |
| 30 | Spike Gehlhausen | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 728 | 0 | 65,843 | 12.8 | 18.5 | 2 | 1,040.78 | 0 | 188 | -3,965 |
| 31 | Larry Cannon | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 506 | 0 | 21,262 | 19.3 | 15.7 | 1 | 841.00 | 0 | 184 | -3,969 |
| 32 | Larry Rice | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 313 | 0 | 28,022 | 22.5 | 10.0 | 1 | 655.50 | 0 | 180 | -3,973 |
| 33 | Jerry Karl | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 486 | 0 | 40,883 | 22.3 | 19.8 | 1 | 996.50 | 0 | 104 | -4,049 |
| 34 | Jerry Sneva | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 319 | 0 | 34,876 | 21.2 | 20.0 | 1 | 679.46 | 0 | 62 | -4,091 |
| 35 | Roger McCluskey | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 313 | 0 | 35,112 | 18.3 | 20.3 | 1 | 480.00 | 0 | 61 | -4,092 |
| 36 | Phil Threshie | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 132 | 0 | 30,174 | 22.8 | 23.8 | 0 | 275.34 | 0 | 45 | -4,108 |
| 37 | Todd Gibson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 462 | 0 | 8,802 | 19.8 | 15.0 | 3 | 532.02 | 0 | 34 | -4,119 |
| 38 |  Vern Schuppan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 84 | 0 | 7,444 | 15.0 | 18.0 | 0 | 142.50 | 0 | 26 | -4,127 |
| 39 | Bob Harkey | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 0 | 6,785 | 21.0 | 20.0 | 0 | 155.00 | 0 | 26 | -4,127 |
| 40 | Billy Vukovich, Jr. | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 0 | 7,756 | 28.5 | 27.0 | 0 | 152.50 | 0 | 20 | -4,133 |
| 41 | Roger Rager | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 96 | 0 | 2,038 | 18.0 | 12.0 | 1 | 146.11 | 0 | 15 | -4,138 |
| 42 | Eldon Rasmussen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 0 | 2,744 | 19.0 | 12.0 | 1 | 120.00 | 0 | 15 | -4,138 |
| 43 | John Mahler | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 0 | 15,857 | 17.0 | 26.0 | 0 | 145.00 | 0 | 10 | -4,143 |
| 44 | Bubby Jones | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 0 | 4,271 | 26.0 | 27.0 | 0 | 130.00 | 0 | 10 | -4,143 |
| 45 | Chuck Gurney | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,740 | 24.0 | 24.0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 6 | -4,147 |
| Janet Guthrie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 190 | 0 | 23,253 | 15.0 | 9.0 | 1 | 475.00 | 0 |