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  • 1978

1978 / USAC National Championship Trail

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Races

Date Circuit Q Race
March 18 Phoenix International Raceway 1978 USAC Jimmy Bryan 150
March 26 Ontario Motor Speedway 1978 USAC Datsun Twin 200
April 15 Texas World Speedway 1978 USAC Coors 200
April 23 Trenton Speedway 1978 USAC Gabriel 200
May 28 Indianapolis Motor Speedway 1978 USAC Indianapolis 500
June 11 Mosport Park 1978 USAC Molson Diamond Indy 300
June 18 The Milwaukee Mile Speedway 1978 USAC Rex Mays 150
June 25 Pocono Raceway 1978 USAC Schaefer 500
July 16 Michigan International Speedway 1978 USAC Norton Twin 200
July 23 Atlanta Motor Speedway 1978 USAC Gould Twin Dixie 150
August 6 Texas World Speedway 1978 USAC Texas Grand Prix 200
August 20 The Milwaukee Mile Speedway 1978 USAC Tony Bettenhausen 200
September 3 Ontario Motor Speedway 1978 USAC California 500
September 16 Michigan International Speedway 1978 USAC Gould Grand Prix 150
September 23 Trenton Speedway 1978 USAC Machinists Union 150
October 1 Silverstone Circuit 1978 USAC Daily Express Silverstone
October 7 Brands Hatch Club Circuit 1978 USAC Daily Mail Brands Hatch
October 28 Phoenix International Raceway 1978 USAC Bobby Ball 150

Standings

1 Tom Sneva 4153
2 Al Unser 4031
3 Gordon Johncock 3548
4 Johnny Rutherford 3067
5 A.J.Foyt 3024
6 Wally Dallenbach 2966
7 Steve Krisiloff 2874
8 Danny Ongais 2662
9 Rick Mears 2171
10 Pancho Carter 1206
11 Tom Bagley 1188
12 Bobby Unser 1122
13 Larry Dickson 1121
14 Johnny Parsons Jr. 978
15 George Snider 766
16 Tom Bigelow 764
17 Mario Andretti 681
18 Dick Simon 670
19 Jim McElreath 573
20 Salt Walther 562
21 Cliff Hucul 519
22 Lee Kunzman 513
23 Sheldon Kinser 495
24 Mike Mosley 483
25 Roger Mears 400
26 Bob Olivero 360
27 Al Loquasto 321
28 Joe Saldaña 314
29 Gary Bettenhausen 294
30 Spike Gehlhausen 188
31 Larry Cannon 184
32 Larry Rice 180
33 Jerry Karl 104
34 Jerry Sneva 62
35 Roger McCluskey 61
36 Phil Threshie 45
37 Todd Gibson 34
38 Bob Harkey 26
38 Vern Schuppan 26
40 Billy Vukovich II 20
41 Roger Rager 15
41 Eldon Rasmussen 15
43 John Mahler 10
43 Bubby Jones 10
45 Chuck Gurney 6