1977 International 500-Mile Sweepstakes

Race 1 of 1

Indianapolis
200 laps
Time of race: 3:05:57.16
Average speed of winner: 161.331 mph
Margin of victory: 28.63 sec.
Lead changes: 14 among 8 drivers
Cautions: 5 for 22 laps
Fastest lap: Danny Ongais 192.678
Lap leaders: Sneva pole, A. Unser 1-17, Johncock 18-21, Foyt 22-23, Snider 24-25, Vukovich 26, Foyt 27-51, Johncock 52-68, B. Unser 69-70, Johncock 71-93, Sneva 94-96, Johncock 97-179, Foyt 180-182, Johncock 183-184, Foyt 185-200

Video links: Most of race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Chassis	Engine	Tire	Owner	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	4	A.J. Foyt	14	Gilmore Racing Team	Coyote	Foyt	Goodyear	Foyt	194.563	200	4	46	running	259791	1000
2	1	Tom Sneva	1	Norton Spirit	McLaren	Cosworth	Goodyear	Penske	198.886	200	1	3	running	109947	800
3	3	Al Unser	21	American Racing	Parnelli	Cosworth	Goodyear	Parnelli	195.950	199	1	17	running	67232	700
4	10	Wally Dallenbach	40	STP Oil Treatment	Wildcat	DGS	Goodyear	Patrick	189.563	199	0	0	running	41192	600
5	11	Johnny Parsons	60	STP Wildcat	Wildcat	DGS	Goodyear	Patrick	189.255	193	0	0	running	33170	500
6	22	Tom Bigelow	24	Thermo-King	Watson	Offenhauser	Goodyear	Leader Card	186.470	192	0	0	running	30466	400
7	24	Lee Kunzman	65	City of Syracuse	Eagle	Offenhauser	Goodyear	Santello	186.384	191	0	0	running	29129	300
8	18	Roger McCluskey	11	1st National City Travelers Checks	Lightning	Offenhauser	Goodyear	Hopkins	190.992	191	0	0	running	27256	250
9	25	Steve Krisiloff	92	Dave McIntire Chevrolet	Eagle	Offenhauser	Goodyear	Vatis	184.691	191	0	0	running	26653	200
10	16	Jerry Sneva	36	21st Amendment	McLaren	Offenhauser	Goodyear	Bidwell	186.616	187	0	0	running	26617	150
11	5	Gordon Johncock	20	STP Double Oil Filter	Wildcat	DGS	Goodyear	Patrick	193.516	184	5	129	crankshaft	45014	100
12	28	Bill Puterbaugh	16	Dayton-Walther	Eagle	Offenhauser	Goodyear	Elkins	186.799	170	0	0	valve	22890	50
13	32	Eldon Rasmussen	58	Rent-a-Racer, Inc.	Ras-Car	Foyt	Goodyear	Rasmussen	185.119	168	0	0	running	21093	0
14	31	John Mahler	42	Mergard 20th Century	Eagle	Offenhauser	Goodyear	Mergard	185.242	157	0	0	running	20668	0
15	8	Pancho Carter	48	Jorgensen	Eagle	Offenhauser	Goodyear	AAR	192.452	156	0	0	engine	21679	0
16	21	Gary Bettenhausen	98	Agajanian/Evil Knievel	Kingfish	Offenhauser	Goodyear	Agajanian-King	186.596	138	0	0	clutch	19718	0
17	23	Bill Vukovich, Jr.	84	Gilmore Racing Team	Coyote	Foyt	Goodyear	Foyt	186.393	110	1	1	wing strut	19885	0
18	2	Bobby Unser	6	Cobre Tire/Clayton Dyno-Tune	Lightning	Offenhauser	Goodyear	Fletcher	197.618	94	1	2	oil leak	22130	0
19	9	Mike Mosley	5	Sugaripe Prune	Lightning	Offenhauser	Goodyear	O Connell	190.064	91	0	0	timing gear	19154	0
20	7	Danny Ongais	25	Interscope Racing	Parnelli	Cosworth	Goodyear	Interscope	193.040	90	0	0	header	21257	0
21	33	Bubby Jones	72	Bruce Cogle Ford	Eagle	Offenhauser	Goodyear	Hillin	184.938	78	0	0	valve	17388	0
22	27	Cliff Hucul	29	Team Canada	McLaren	Offenhauser	Goodyear	Hunter-Arndt	187.198	72	0	0	gearbox	17747	0
23	20	Jim McElreath	73	Carrillo Rods	Eagle	AMC	Goodyear	Carrillo	187.715	71	0	0	turbocharger	22434	0
24	13	George Snider	18	Melvin Simon Greenwood Center	Wildcat	DGS	Goodyear	Hillin	188.977	65	1	2	valve	16650	0
25	14	Bobby Olivero	78	Alex XLNT Foods	Lightning	Offenhauser	Goodyear	Morales	188.452	57	0	0	piston	17245	0
26	6	Mario Andretti	7	CAM2 Motor Oil	McLaren	Offenhauser	Goodyear	Penske	193.351	47	0	0	header	17468	0
27	19	Lloyd Ruby	10	1st National City Travelers Checks	Lightning	Offenhauser	Goodyear	Hopkins	190.840	34	0	0	accident	16619	0
28	15	Al Loquasto	86	Frostie Root Beer	McLaren	Offenhauser	Goodyear	Loquasto	187.647	28	0	0	magneto	17448	0
29	26	Janet Guthrie	27	Bryant Heating & Cooling	Lightning	Offenhauser	Goodyear	Vollstedt	188.403	27	0	0	timing gear	16556	0
30	29	Clay Regazzoni	38	Theodore Racing Hong Kong	McLaren	Offenhauser	Goodyear	Bill Simpson	186.047	25	0	0	fuel cell	15643	0
31	30	Dick Simon	17	Bryant Heating & Cooling	Vollstedt	Offenhauser	Goodyear	Vollstedt	185.615	24	0	0	overheating	16458	0
32	12	Sheldon Kinser	97	Genesee Beer	Kingfish	Offenhauser	Goodyear	Agajanian-King	189.076	14	0	0	piston	15101	0
33	17	Johnny Rutherford	2	1st National City Travelers Checks	McLaren	Cosworth	Goodyear	McLaren	197.325	12	0	0	gearbox	19472	0