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1978 / USAC / Statistics

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Wins Pole Positions Fastest Laps Starts Podiums Total Laps

Drivers

1 Danny Ongais 5
2 Al Unser 3
3 Rick Mears 3
4 A.J.Foyt 2
5 Gordon Johncock 2
6 Johnny Rutherford 2
7 Mario Andretti 1

Entrants / Teams

1 Interscope Racing 5
2 Team Penske 4
3 Chaparral Cars Inc. 3
4 Gilmore Racing 2
5 Patrick Racing 2
6 McLaren International 2

Cars

1 Parnelli - Cosworth 5
2 Penske PC-6 - Cosworth 4
3 Coyote - Foyt 2
4 Chaparral - Cosworth 2
5 Wildcat - DGS 2
6 McLaren - Cosworth 2
7 Lola 78 - Cosworth 1

Drivers

1 Danny Ongais 8
2 Tom Sneva 7
3 Al Unser 1
4 Johnny Rutherford 1
5 A.J.Foyt 1

Entrants / Teams

1 Interscope Racing 8
2 Team Penske 7
3 Chaparral Cars Inc. 1
4 McLaren International 1
5 Gilmore Racing 1

Cars

1 Parnelli - Cosworth 9
2 Penske PC-6 - Cosworth 7
3 Chaparral - Cosworth 1
4 McLaren - Cosworth 1

Drivers

Entrants / Teams

Cars

Drivers

1 Johnny Rutherford 18
2 Wally Dallenbach 18
3 Tom Sneva 18
4 A.J.Foyt 18
5 Tom Bagley 17
6 Gordon Johncock 17
7 Danny Ongais 17
8 Spike Gehlhausen 17
9 Steve Krisiloff 17
10 Al Unser 16
11 Bobby Unser 16
12 Johnny Parsons Jr. 14
13 Sheldon Kinser 13
14 Dick Simon 13
15 Salt Walther 12
16 Tom Bigelow 12
17 Jim McElreath 11
18 Rick Mears 11
19 Pancho Carter 10
20 Gary Bettenhausen 9
21 Cliff Hucul 8
22 Jerry Karl 8
23 Joe Saldaña 8
24 Larry Dickson 8
25 Mario Andretti 8
26 Al Loquasto 7
27 Roger McCluskey 7
28 Mike Mosley 7
29 George Snider 7
30 Larry Cannon 6
31 Phil Threshie 6
32 Jerry Sneva 6
33 Bob Olivero 4
34 Todd Gibson 4
35 Lee Kunzman 3
36 Vern Schuppan 3
37 Larry Rice 2
38 Bob Harkey 2
39 Billy Vukovich II 2
40 Janet Guthrie 1
41 Eldon Rasmussen 1
42 Roger Rager 1
43 Chuck Gurney 1
44 Bubby Jones 1
45 Roger Mears 1
46 John Mahler 1

Entrants / Teams

1 Patrick Racing 49
2 Team Penske 37
3 Leader Card Racers 32
4 Gilmore Racing 24
5 Jerry O´Connell 19
6 McLaren International 18
7 Interscope Racing 17
8 Chaparral Cars Inc. 16
9 ARCOgraphite 16
10 Vollstedt Racing 14
11 Dayton Steel Wheel 12
12 Alex Foods 11
13 McElreath Racing 11
14 Armstrong Mould 10
15 Agajanian 9
16 Polak Racing 8
17 McCord Auto 7
18 Team 69 6
19 National Engineering 5
20 Gibson Racing 4
21 Longhorn Racing 4
22 Joe Hunt Magneto 3
23 PV Corp 3
24 S-M Electric 2
25 Thunder Racing 2
26 Fletcher Racing 2
27 WIBC 1
28 Simon Shopping Centers 1
29 Crower Cams 1
30 Galles Racing 1
31 Hucul Racing 1
32 Canon Racing - GTI Engineering 1
33 Bentzel Construction 1
34 Hoffman Racing 1
35 Basel Construction 1
36 Smock Material 1
37 Schram GM Parts 1

Cars

1 Eagle - Offenhauser 58
2 McLaren - Cosworth 52
3 Wildcat - DGS 49
4 Penske PC-6 - Cosworth 36
5 Lightning - Offenhauser 34
6 Watson - Offenhauser 27
7 Parnelli - Cosworth 22
8 Coyote - Foyt 20
9 McLaren - Offenhauser 17
10 Lightning - Cosworth 15
11 Chaparral - Cosworth 15
12 Vollstedt - Offenhauser 14
13 Eagle - Cosworth 12
14 King - Offenhauser 9
15 Wildcat - Offenhauser 7
16 Rascar - Offenhauser 6
17 Eagle - AMC 5
18 Sugai Fox - Offenhauser 3
19 McLaren - DGS 2
20 Eagle - Crower 1
21 Lola 78 - Cosworth 1
22 Rascar - Foyt 1
23 Penske PC-5 - Cosworth 1

Drivers

1 Tom Sneva 10
2 Gordon Johncock 8
3 Johnny Rutherford 7
4 Rick Mears 6
5 A.J.Foyt 5
6 Danny Ongais 5
7 Al Unser 4
8 Steve Krisiloff 3
9 Wally Dallenbach 2
10 Bobby Unser 1
11 Johnny Parsons Jr. 1
12 Mario Andretti 1
13 Pancho Carter 1

Entrants / Teams

1 Team Penske 17
2 Patrick Racing 12
3 McLaren International 7
4 Gilmore Racing 5
5 Interscope Racing 5
6 Chaparral Cars Inc. 4
7 Jerry O´Connell 2
8 ARCOgraphite 1

Cars

1 Penske PC-6 - Cosworth 16
2 Wildcat - DGS 11
3 McLaren - Cosworth 9
4 Parnelli - Cosworth 7
5 Coyote - Foyt 4
6 Chaparral - Cosworth 3
7 Lola 78 - Cosworth 1
8 Eagle - Cosworth 1
9 Lightning - Offenhauser 1
10 Lightning - Cosworth 1

Drivers

1 Wally Dallenbach 2050
2 Johnny Rutherford 1907
3 Tom Sneva 1866
4 Steve Krisiloff 1776
5 Gordon Johncock 1712
6 Danny Ongais 1704
7 A.J.Foyt 1683
8 Al Unser 1630
9 Tom Bagley 1322
10 Tom Bigelow 1262
11 Bobby Unser 1244
12 Rick Mears 1128
13 Sheldon Kinser 1117
14 Jim McElreath 1099
15 Johnny Parsons Jr. 1097
16 Dick Simon 965
17 Salt Walther 934
18 Pancho Carter 893
19 Larry Dickson 853
20 Mike Mosley 838
21 Cliff Hucul 793
22 Mario Andretti 731
23 Spike Gehlhausen 728
24 Al Loquasto 716
25 Joe Saldaña 681
26 George Snider 581
27 Larry Cannon 505
28 Gary Bettenhausen 504
29 Jerry Karl 486
30 Todd Gibson 462
31 Bob Olivero 436
32 Jerry Sneva 319
33 Larry Rice 313
34 Roger McCluskey 313
35 Lee Kunzman 283
36 Janet Guthrie 190
37 Roger Mears 158
38 Phil Threshie 132
39 Roger Rager 96
40 Vern Schuppan 84
41 Bob Harkey 62
42 Billy Vukovich II 61
43 Eldon Rasmussen 60
44 John Mahler 58
45 Bubby Jones 52
46 Chuck Gurney 0

Entrants / Teams

1 Patrick Racing 4518
2 Team Penske 3725
3 Leader Card Racers 2603
4 Gilmore Racing 2250
5 Jerry O´Connell 2059
6 McLaren International 1907
7 Interscope Racing 1704
8 Chaparral Cars Inc. 1630
9 Alex Foods 1274
10 ARCOgraphite 1244
11 McElreath Racing 1099
12 Armstrong Mould 1098
13 Vollstedt Racing 969
14 Dayton Steel Wheel 934
15 Polak Racing 853
16 McCord Auto 710
17 Agajanian 504
18 Gibson Racing 462
19 Team 69 411
20 Longhorn Racing 361
21 National Engineering 290
22 Fletcher Racing 239
23 Joe Hunt Magneto 206
24 WIBC 186
25 Hoffman Racing 173
26 Smock Material 159
27 Galles Racing 158
28 Basel Construction 149
29 S-M Electric 132
30 PV Corp 94
31 Hucul Racing 92
32 Simon Shopping Centers 52
33 Thunder Racing 29
34 Schram GM Parts 24
35 Canon Racing - GTI Engineering 19
36 Bentzel Construction 0
37 Crower Cams 0

Cars

1 McLaren - Cosworth 5254
2 Wildcat - DGS 5179
3 Eagle - Offenhauser 4569
4 Penske PC-6 - Cosworth 3649
5 Lightning - Offenhauser 2768
6 Watson - Offenhauser 2233
7 Parnelli - Cosworth 2021
8 Coyote - Foyt 2009
9 Chaparral - Cosworth 1430
10 McLaren - Offenhauser 1424
11 Lightning - Cosworth 1170
12 Eagle - Cosworth 1041
13 Vollstedt - Offenhauser 969
14 King - Offenhauser 504
15 Wildcat - Offenhauser 342
16 Eagle - AMC 290
17 Sugai Fox - Offenhauser 283
18 Rascar - Offenhauser 221
19 Lola 78 - Cosworth 200
20 McLaren - DGS 164
21 Penske PC-5 - Cosworth 104
22 Rascar - Foyt 60
23 Eagle - Crower 0

Drivers (minimum of 5 races per driver)

1 Rick Mears Team Penske 19.86
2 Danny Ongais Interscope Racing 19.63
3 Gordon Johncock Patrick Racing 15.80
4 Johnny Rutherford McLaren International 15.10
5 A.J.Foyt Gilmore Racing 14.08
6 Al Unser Chaparral Cars Inc. 14.00
7 Tom Sneva Team Penske 13.86
8 Steve Krisiloff Patrick Racing 10.50
9 Wally Dallenbach Jerry O´Connell 9.33
10 Larry Dickson Polak Racing 8.00
11 Johnny Parsons Jr. Patrick Racing 7.80
12 Dick Simon Vollstedt Racing 6.80
13 Tom Bigelow Armstrong Mould 5.40
14 Tom Bagley Leader Card Racers 4.88
15 Salt Walther Dayton Steel Wheel 4.33
16 Jim McElreath McElreath Racing 3.14
17 Sheldon Kinser Leader Card Racers 2.83