1978 Toyota Grand Prix of Long
Beach
Long Beach Street Circuit
2.02 Mile Street Course
50 Laps/101 Miles
April 6, 1978
Finish |
Start |
Driver |
Car # |
Sponsor/Name |
Chassis |
Engine |
Laps |
Status |
Points |
1 |
2 |
Howdy Holmes |
8 |
Jiffy Mixes |
March 78B |
Ford |
50 |
1:14:18.682 82.364 |
30 |
2 |
7 |
Tom Gloy |
38 |
Lane Sports |
March 76B |
Ford |
50 |
1:14:32.478 |
24 |
3 |
5 |
Kevin Cogan |
33 |
Brian Robertson Racing |
Ralt RT-1 |
Ford |
50 |
Finished |
19 |
4 |
18 |
Jeff Wood |
20 |
Great Plains Oil |
March 78B |
Ford |
50 |
Finished |
15 |
5 |
13 |
Bob Earl |
19 |
James Brolin |
Chevron B34 |
Ford |
50 |
Finished |
12 |
6 |
16 |
Bill Brack |
7 |
STP Oil
Treatment |
March 78B |
Ford |
50 |
Finished |
10 |
7 |
21 |
Mike Rocke |
15 |
Rocke Racing |
March 77B |
Ford |
49 |
Flagged |
9 |
8 |
17 |
Carl Liebich |
54 |
Liebrau Racing |
Lola T560 |
Ford |
49 |
Flagged |
8 |
9 |
12 |
Bertil Roos |
24 |
Acme |
March 77B |
Ford |
49 |
Flagged |
7 |
10 |
25 |
Chris Gleason |
75 |
Whalley BMW
Sales |
March 77B |
Ford |
49 |
Flagged |
6 |
11 |
29 |
Terry Visger |
55 |
X |
March 76B |
Ford |
49 |
Flagged |
5 |
12 |
19 |
Skeeter
McKitterick |
12 |
X |
March 76B |
Ford |
48 |
Flagged |
4 |
13 |
15 |
Divina Galica |
4 |
Olympus |
Chevron B39 |
Ford |
47 |
Engine |
3 |
14 |
8 |
Dan Marvin |
59 |
Norman Racing |
March 76B |
Ford |
46 |
Flagged |
2 |
15 |
10 |
Willy T. Ribbs |
78 |
X |
March 77B |
Ford |
42 |
Throttle cable |
1 |
16 |
22 |
Dick Ferguson |
44 |
ABC Mobile Brake |
March 77B |
Ford |
32 |
Did not finish |
|
17 |
30 |
Brad Abbott |
98 |
Automatic Radios |
March 77B |
Ford |
32 |
Did not finish |
|
18 |
24 |
John Mortensen |
9 |
Doug Shierson Racing |
March 78B |
Ford |
32 |
Did not finish |
|
19 |
11 |
James Crawley |
6 |
Fred Opert Racing |
Chevron B39 |
Ford |
29 |
Did not finish |
|
20 |
20 |
Ken Briggs |
30 |
Tropicana Hotel |
March 78B |
Ford |
23 |
Did not finish |
|
21 |
1 |
Bobby Rahal |
2 |
Red Roof Inns |
Ralt RT-1 |
Ford |
22 |
Halfshaft |
|
22 |
14 |
Chip Mead |
31 |
Hanna Car Wash |
Ralt RT-1 |
Ford |
20 |
Did not finish |
|
23 |
26 |
Cliff Hansen |
62 |
Charles Gladding |
March 78B |
Ford |
13 |
Did not finish |
|
24 |
23 |
Joe Sposato |
28 |
CB Sports |
March 77B |
Ford |
9 |
Did not finish |
|
25 |
27 |
Page Roos |
14 |
Page Roos Racing |
Chevron B39 |
Ford |
8 |
Did not finish |
|
26 |
28 |
Robert Nelkin |
67 |
Palm Beach Gem Lab/Hunter Mountain |
March 77B |
Ford |
7 |
Did not finish |
|
27 |
4 |
Danny Sullivan |
34 |
Bluebonnet Foods/Quaker State |
March 78B |
Ford |
4 |
Punctured radiator |
|
28 |
9 |
Price Cobb |
22 |
STP Oil
Treatment |
March 78B |
Ford |
3 |
Did not finish |
|
29 |
3 |
Eje Elgh |
5 |
Sheik Condoms |
Chevron B39 |
Ford |
0 |
Wrecked |
|
30 |
6 |
Keke Rosberg |
41 |
Excita Condoms |
Chevron B45 |
Ford |
0 |
Engine |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
-- |
-- |
Steve Saleen |
39 |
Clayton Bierke Racing |
March 76B |
Ford |
-- |
DNS, too slow |
|
-- |
-- |
Fred Greenfield |
77 |
J. C. Lane Racing Team |
Tui BH2 |
Ford |
-- |
DNS, too slow |
|
-- |
-- |
Les Hill |
29 |
RPM Special |
Ralt RT-1 |
Ford |
-- |
DNS, too slow |
|
-- |
-- |
John Bauer |
73 |
John Bauer Racing |
March 77B |
Ford |
-- |
DNS, too slow |
|
-- |
-- |
Frank Beetson |
39 |
Clayton Bierke Racing |
March 77B |
Ford |
-- |
DNS, too slow |
|
-- |
-- |
Allan Turner |
40 |
Weight Loss Clinic |
March 78B |
Ford |
-- |
DNS, too slow |
|
-- |
-- |
Yves La France |
45 |
Phoenix Racing |
Lola T460 |
Ford |
-- |
DNS, too slow |
|
-- |
-- |
Rick Koehler |
51 |
Brooks Stevens |
Excalibur EE2B |
Ford |
-- |
DNS, too slow |
|
-- |
-- |
Rick Bradley |
53 |
Richard W. Bradley |
March 76B/77B |
Ford |
-- |
DNS, too slow |
|
-- |
-- |
Jon Norman |
58 |
Bostrom-Bergen |
March 76B |
Ford |
-- |
DNS, too slow |
|
-- |
-- |
Juan Cochesa |
9 |
Doug Shierson Racing |
March 78B |
Ford |
-- |
Did not appear |
|
-- |
-- |
Ian Ashley |
11 |
Rick Shea Racing |
Ralt RT-1 |
Ford |
-- |
Did not appear |
|
-- |
-- |
Bobby Brown |
79 |
B. Brown Racing |
March 78B |
Ford |
-- |
Did not appear |
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