Michigan Grand Prix
Michigan International Speedway
2 Mile Paved Oval
75 Laps/150 Miles
September 17, 1977
Finish | Start | Driver | Car # | Sponsor/Name | Chassis | Engine | Laps | Status |
Points |
1 | 7 | Gordon Johncock | 20 | STP Double Oil Filter | Wildcat | DGS | 75 | 0:51:21.31 175.250 | 300 |
2 | 4 | Johnny Rutherford | 2 | 1st National Travel Check | McLaren | Cosworth TC | 74 | Out of fuel | 240 |
3 | 6 | Wally Dallenbach | 40 | STP Oil Treatment | Wildcat | DGS | 74 | Flagged | 210 |
4 | 5 | Al Unser | 21 | American Racing Wheels | Parnelli | Cosworth TC | 72 | Broken half shaft | 180 |
5 | 12 | Jim McElreath | 74 | AMC Experimental | Eagle | AMC | 72 | Flagged | 150 |
6 | 17 | Larry Dickson | 80 | WKYG Radio/Polak | McLaren | Offy TC | 71 | Flagged | 120 |
7 | 8 | Roger McCluskey | 11 | 1st National Travel Check | Lightning | Offy TC | 71 | Flagged | 90 |
8 | 11 | Rick Mears | 38 | Theodore Racing | McLaren | Offy TC | 71 | Flagged | 75 |
9 | 19 | Bobby Olivero | 78 | Alex Foods | Lightning | Offy TC | 71 | Flagged | 60 |
10 | 3 | Tom Sneva | 8 | Norton Spirit | Penske | Cosworth TC | 69 | Out of fuel | 45 |
11 | 15 | Al Loquasto | 86 | Frostie Root Beer | McLaren | Offy TC | 69 | Flagged | 30 |
12 | 9 | Larry Cannon | 85 | Cannon Brothers | Wildcat | DGS | 69 | Flagged | 15 |
13 | 10 | Spike Gehlhausen | 19 | PV Corp | Eagle | Offy TC | 69 | Piston | |
14 | 16 | Johnny Parsons | 30 | Caesar's Palace | McLaren | Offy TC | 68 | Flagged | |
15 | 20 | Tom Bigelow | 24 | Thermo-King | Watson | Offy TC | 68 | Flagged | |
16 | 14 | Lee Kunzman | 65 | S&M Electric | Eagle | Offy TC | 59 | Piston | |
17 | 1 | Danny Ongais | 25 | Interscope Racing | Parnelli | Cosworth TC | 56 | Clutch | |
18 | 13 | Mike Mosley | 5 | Sugaripe Prune | Lightning | Offy TC | 54 | Engine | |
19 | 21 | James McElreath | 26 | AMAX Energy | Eagle | Offy TC | 24 | Poor handling | |
20 | 2 | Mario Andretti | 9 | CAM2 Motor Oil | Penske | Cosworth TC | 21 | Clutch | |
21 | 18 | George Snider | 23 | Leader Card | Eagle | Offy TC | 1 | Fuel pump | |
22 | 22 | Joe Saldana | 69 | Hoffman Racing | Eagle | Offy TC | 0 | Engine | |
-- | -- | Bubby Jones | 90 | East Side Café | Eagle | Offy TC | -- | DNS, too slow | |
-- | -- | Salt Walther | 77 | Dayton-Walther | McLaren | Offy TC | -- | Blew engine practice | |
-- | -- | Bertil Roos | 42 | Mergard Racing | Eagle | Offy TC | -- | DNS, too slow | |
-- | -- | Jerry Sneva | 36 | Bidwell | McLaren | Offy TC | -- | Broken halfshaft practice |
Lap Leaders | Total | Laps |
Danny Ongais | 54 | 1-19, 21-55 |
Al Unser | 16 | 20, 56-70 |
Gordon Johncock | 5 | 71-75 |