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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