1978 International 500-Mile Sweepstakes

Race 1 of 1

Indianapolis
200 laps
Time of race: 3:05:54.99
Average speed of winner: 161.363 mph
Margin of victory: 8.09 sec.
Lead changes: 11 among 4 drivers
Cautions: 6 for 23 laps
Fastest lap: Mario Andretti 193.924
Lap leaders: Sneva pole, Ongais 1-11, Sneva 12, Ongais 13-25, Krisiloff 26-30, Sneva 31, Ongais 32-75, A. Unser 76-107, Ongais 108-110, A. Unser 111-179, Sneva 180, A. Unser 181-200

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Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Chassis	Engine	Tire	Owner	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	5	Al Unser	2	1st National City Travelers Checks	Lola	Cosworth	Goodyear	Hall	196.474	200	3	121	running	290364	1000
2	1	Tom Sneva	1	Norton Spirit	Penske	Cosworth	Goodyear	Penske	202.156	200	3	3	running	112704	800
3	6	Gordon Johncock	20	North American Van Lines	Wildcat	DGS	Goodyear	Patrick	195.833	199	0	0	running	61769	700
4	13	Steve Krisiloff	40	Foreman Industries	Wildcat	DGS	Goodyear	Patrick	191.255	198	1	5	running	39504	600
5	7	Wally Dallenbach	6	Sugaripe Prune	McLaren	Cosworth	Goodyear	O Connell	195.233	195	0	0	running	35632	500
6	19	Bobby Unser	48	ARCO Graphite	Eagle	Cosworth	Goodyear	AAR	194.658	195	0	0	running	29478	400
7	20	A.J. Foyt	14	Gilmore Racing/Citicorp	Coyote	Foyt	Goodyear	Foyt	200.122	191	0	0	running	29628	300
8	23	George Snider	84	Gilmore Racing/Citicorp	Coyote	Foyt	Goodyear	Foyt	192.626	191	0	0	running	25818	250
9	15	Janet Guthrie	51	Texaco Star	Wildcat	DGS	Goodyear	Guthrie	190.325	190	0	0	running	24115	200
10	8	Johnny Parsons	16	1st National City Travelers Checks	Lightning	Offenhauser	Goodyear	Hopkins	194.280	186	0	0	running	26129	150
11	30	Larry Rice	35	Bryant Heating/WIBC	Lightning	Offenhauser	Goodyear	Hedback	187.392	186	0	0	engine	24276	100
12	33	Mario Andretti	7	Gould Charge	Penske	Cosworth	Goodyear	Penske	194.647	185	0	0	running	23252	50
13	4	Johnny Rutherford	4	1st National City Travelers Checks	McLaren	Cosworth	Goodyear	McLaren	197.098	180	0	0	running	31805	25
14	28	Jerry Karl	88	Machinists Union	McLaren	Offenhauser	Goodyear	Fiore	187.549	176	0	0	running	20930	25
15	24	Joe Saldana	69	Mr. Wize Buys Carpet Shop	Eagle	Offenhauser	Goodyear	Gus Hoffman	190.809	173	0	0	running	20691	25
16	31	Gary Bettenhausen	98	Oberdorfer	Kingfish	Offenhauser	Goodyear	Agajanian-King	187.324	147	0	0	engine	20130	25
17	25	Mike Mosley	78	Alex XLNT Foods	Lightning	Offenhauser	Goodyear	Morales	188.719	146	0	0	turbocharger	20247	20
18	2	Danny Ongais	25	Interscope Racing	Parnelli	Cosworth	Goodyear	Interscope	200.122	145	4	71	engine	33242	20
19	10	Dick Simon	17	La Machine	Vollstedt	Offenhauser	Goodyear	Vollstedt	192.967	138	0	0	wheel bearing	18516	20
20	26	Jim McElreath	26	Circle City Coal	Eagle	Offenhauser	Goodyear	McElreath	188.058	132	0	0	engine	19119	20
21	18	Tom Bigelow	43	Armstrong Mould	Wildcat	DGS	Goodyear	Armstrong	189.115	107	0	0	rod	18000	15
22	9	Larry Dickson	80	Polak/Stay-On Car Glaze	Penske	Cosworth	Goodyear	Stay-on	193.434	104	0	0	oil pressure	22659	15
23	3	Rick Mears	71	CAM2 Motor Oil	Penske	Cosworth	Goodyear	Penske	200.078	103	0	0	engine	22396	15
24	21	Pancho Carter	8	Budweiser	Lightning	Cosworth	Goodyear	Fletcher	196.829	92	0	0	header	20262	15
25	11	Roger McCluskey	11	National Engineering Co.	Eagle	AMC	Goodyear	Hodgdon	192.256	82	0	0	clutch	18707	10
26	17	John Mahler	39	Tibon	Eagle	Offenhauser	Goodyear	Carl Gehlhausen	189.723	58	0	0	timing gear	16330	10
27	14	Tom Bagley	22	Kent Oil	Watson	Offenhauser	Goodyear	Leader Card	190.941	25	0	0	oil leak	16281	10
28	22	Salt Walther	77	Dayton-Walther	McLaren	Cosworth	Goodyear	Walmotor	193.226	24	0	0	clutch	16560	10
29	16	Spike Gehlhausen	19	Hubler Chevrolet/WIRE Radio	Eagle	Offenhauser	Goodyear	Gehlhausen	190.325	23	0	0	accident	15968	5
30	29	Phil Threshie	47	Circle City Chevrolet/Tutweiler Cadillac	Lightning	Offenhauser	Goodyear	Threshie	187.520	22	0	0	oil pressure	15705	5
31	32	Jerry Sneva	30	Smock Material Handling	McLaren	Offenhauser	Goodyear	Freeman	187.266	18	0	0	transmission	18120	5
32	12	Sheldon Kinser	24	Thermo-King	Watson	Offenhauser	Goodyear	Leader Card	192.051	15	0	0	oil pressure	15813	5
33	27	Cliff Hucul	29	Wendy's Hamburgers	McLaren	Offenhauser	Goodyear	Hucul	187.805	4	0	0	oil line	15534	5