1978 USAC California 500
Date
September 3, 1978
Circuit
Ontario Motor Speedway
Distance
4.025 Km x 200 Laps = 805.00 Km
Pole Position
Tom Sneva , 45.015
Fastest Lap
??

Race Result

Race Result

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Pos Driver Laps Time/Retire
1 Al Unser 200 3h26m40.27
2 Pancho Carter 195
3 Gordon Johncock 194 Fuel Pickup
4 Tom Bagley 194
5 Lee Kunzman 180
6 Roger Mears 158
DNF Steve Krisiloff 153 Accident
DNF Cliff Hucul 151 Accident
DNF Rick Mears 150 Engine
DNF Wally Dallenbach 148 Engine
DNF Johnny Rutherford 129 Engine
DNF Danny Ongais 126 Fuel Pump
DNF Bobby Unser 123 Exhaust
DNF Dick Simon 108 Overheating
DNF Johnny Parsons Jr. 95 Overheating
DNF Mike Mosley 78 Accident
DNF Sheldon Kinser 72 Oil Pressure
DNF Bob Harkey 60 Engine
DNF Al Loquasto 40 Engine
DNF Jim McElreath 37 Engine
DNF Spike Gehlhausen 26 Engine
DNF Larry Cannon 21 Oil Leak
DNF Tom Sneva 18 Accident
DNF Roger McCluskey 12 Overheating
DNF Jerry Sneva 10 Manifold
DNF Billy Vukovich II 9 Clutch
DNF George Snider 4 Clutch
DNF A.J.Foyt 1 Gearbox
DNF Phil Threshie 0 Accident
DNF Salt Walther 0 Accident

Did not start

Driver
Jerry Karl

Qualifying Result

Qualifying Result

Qualifying Result

Pos Driver Time
1 Tom Sneva 0.45.01
2 Johnny Rutherford 0.45.06
3 Danny Ongais 0.45.29
4 Rick Mears 0.45.55
5 Spike Gehlhausen 0.46.03
6 Pancho Carter 0.46.09
7 Al Unser 0.46.21
8 Wally Dallenbach 0.46.40
9 Gordon Johncock 0.46.56
10 Johnny Parsons Jr. 0.46.69
11 Bobby Unser 0.46.85
12 Salt Walther 0.46.95
13 Tom Bagley 0.47.37
14 Steve Krisiloff 0.47.59
15 Mike Mosley 0.48.09
16 Dick Simon 0.48.67
17 Phil Threshie 0.48.77
18 Cliff Hucul 0.49.40
19 Jerry Karl 0.49.50
20 Sheldon Kinser 0.50.18
21 Jerry Sneva 0.50.26
22 Bob Harkey 0.50.34
23 Larry Cannon 0.50.67
24 A.J.Foyt 0.44.69
25 George Snider 0.48.26
26 Billy Vukovich II 0.48.26
27 Lee Kunzman 0.49.32
28 Roger McCluskey 0.50.34
29 Roger Mears 0.51.82
30 Al Loquasto -
31 Jim McElreath -

Entry List

Entry List

Lap chart

Lap chart

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AVG Lap chart

AVG Lap chart

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