Datsun Twin 200
Ontario Motor Speedway
2.5 Mile Paved Oval
80 Laps/200 Miles
March 26, 1978
Finish | Start | Driver | Car # | Sponsor/Name | Chassis | Engine | Laps | Status |
Points |
1 | 4 | Danny Ongais | 25 | Interscope Racing | Parnelli | Cosworth TC | 80 | 1:13:42.33 162.810 | 400 |
2 | 1 | Tom Sneva | 1 | Norton Spirit | Penske PC-6 | Cosworth TC | 80 | Finished | 320 |
3 | 5 | Al Unser | 2 | 1st National Travel Check | Chaparral | Cosworth TC | 80 | Finished | 280 |
4 | 9 | A. J. Foyt | 14 | Gilmore/1st National | Coyote | Foyt | 80 | Finished | 240 |
5 | 13 | Larry Dickson | 80 | Polak Construction | McLaren | Cosworth TC | 79 | Flagged | 200 |
6 | 11 | Dick Simon | 17 | Vollstedt | Vollstedt | Offy TC | 79 | Flagged | 160 |
7 | 17 | Tom Bigelow | 43 | Armstrong Mould | Wildcat | Offy TC | 78 | Flagged | 120 |
8 | 19 | Sheldon Kinser | 24 | Thermo-King | Watson | Offy TC | 76 | Flagged | 100 |
9 | 7 | Wally Dallenbach | 6 | Sugaripe Prune | McLaren | Cosworth TC | 75 | Flagged | 80 |
10 | 16 | Bobby Olivero | 78 | Alex Foods | Lightning | Offy TC | 75 | Flagged | 60 |
11 | 15 | Salt Walther | 77 | Dayton-Walther | McLaren | DGS | 71 | Flagged | 40 |
12 | 18 | Gary Bettenhausen | 98 | Oberdorfer | King | Offy TC | 56 | Flagged | 20 |
13 | 3 | Johnny Rutherford | 4 | 1st National Travel Check | McLaren | Cosworth TC | 47 | Dropped valve | 10 |
14 | 10 | Steve Krisiloff | 40 | Goodyear/Patrick | Wildcat | DGS | 41 | Dropped valve | 10 |
15 | 2 | Mario Andretti | 7 | Gould Charge | Penske | Cosworth TC | 35 | Engine | 10 |
16 | 23 | Bobby Unser | 48 | ARCOgraphite | Lightning | Cosworth TC | 25 | Engine | 10 |
17 | 14 | Tom Bagley | 22 | Kent Oil | Eagle | Offy TC | 24 | Engine | 8 |
18 | 12 | Johnny Parsons | 16 | 1st National Travel Check | Lightning | Offy TC | 8 | Rear end | 8 |
19 | 6 | Gordon Johncock | 20 | North American Van Lines | Wildcat | DGS | 7 | Engine | 8 |
20 | 21 | Roger McCluskey | 74 | National Engineering | Eagle | AMC | 5 | Valve | 8 |
21 | 22 | Jerry Karl | 27 | Vollstedt | Vollstedt | Offy TC | 4 | Lost oil pressure | 6 |
22 | 20 | Bob Harkey | 99 | Joe Hunt Magneto | Eagle | Offy TC | 2 | Fuel pump | 6 |
23 | 8 | Spike Gehlhausen | 19 | PV Corp | Eagle | Offy TC | 2 | Engine | 6 |
24 | 24 | Chuck Gurney | 57 | Crower Cam | Eagle | Crower | 0 | Rear end | 6 |
Lap Leaders | Total | Laps |
Danny Ongais | 37 | 19-23, 47-64, 67-80 |
Mario Andretti | 18 | 1-18 |
Johnny Rutherford | 13 | 34-46 |
Tom Sneva | 10 | 25-33, 65 |
Steve Krisiloff | 1 | 24 |
Larry Dickson | 1 | 66 |