Coors 200
Texas World Speedway
2 Mile Paved Oval
100 Laps/200 Miles
April 15, 1978
Finish | Start | Driver | Car # | Sponsor/Name | Chassis | Engine | Laps | Status |
Points |
1 | 1 | Danny Ongais | 25 | Interscope Racing | Parnelli | Cosworth TC | 100 | 1:09:07.62 173.594 | 400 |
2 | 4 | Tom Sneva | 1 | Norton Spirit | Penske PC-6 | Cosworth TC | 100 | Finished | 320 |
3 | 8 | Gordon Johncock | 20 | North American Van Lines | Wildcat | DGS | 99 | Flagged | 280 |
4 | 7 | Wally Dallenbach | 6 | Sugaripe Prune | McLaren | Cosworth TC | 99 | Flagged | 240 |
5 | 2 | Mario Andretti | 7 | Gould Charge | Penske | Cosworth TC | 98 | Flagged | 200 |
6 | 19 | Jim McElreath | 26 | McElreath | Eagle | Offy TC | 95 | Flagged | 160 |
7 | 16 | Salt Walther | 77 | Dayton-Walther | McLaren | DGS | 93 | Flagged | 120 |
8 | 12 | Steve Krisiloff | 40 | Goodyear/Patrick | Wildcat | DGS | 93 | Flagged | 100 |
9 | 15 | Bobby Olivero | 78 | Alex Foods | Lightning | Offy TC | 91 | Flagged | 80 |
10 | 17 | Tom Bagley | 22 | Kent Oil | Eagle | Offy TC | 90 | Flagged | 60 |
11 | 9 | Johnny Parsons | 16 | 1st National Travel Check | Lightning | Offy TC | 90 | Broken suspension | 40 |
12 | 13 | Tom Bigelow | 43 | Armstrong Mould | Wildcat | DGS | 90 | Out of fuel | 20 |
13 | 6 | Bobby Unser | 48 | ARCOgraphite | Lightning | Cosworth TC | 81 | Transmission | 10 |
14 | 11 | Larry Dickson | 80 | Polak Construction | McLaren | Cosworth TC | 79 | Fuel pump | 10 |
15 | 18 | Sheldon Kinser | 24 | Thermo-King | Watson | Offy TC | 63 | Broken hub | 10 |
16 | 21 | Spike Gehlhausen | 19 | PV Corp | Eagle | Offy TC | 48 | Broken suspension | 10 |
17 | 3 | A. J. Foyt | 14 | Gilmore/1st National | Coyote | Foyt | 38 | Steering | 8 |
18 | 14 | Vern Schuppan | 8 | Budweiser | Lightning | Cosworth TC | 28 | Broken header | 8 |
19 | 5 | Johnny Rutherford | 4 | 1st National Travel Check | McLaren | Cosworth TC | 18 | Wrecked | 8 |
20 | 10 | Roger McCluskey | 74 | National Engineering | Eagle | AMC | 13 | Vibration | 8 |
21 | 20 | Jerry Karl | 87 | Machinists Union | Rascar | Offy TC | 10 | Broken valve | 6 |
-- | -- | Al Unser | 2 | 1st National Travel Check | Lola 78 | Cosworth TC | -- | Wrecked practice |
Lap Leaders | Total | Laps |
Danny Ongais | 56 | 2, 46-100 |
Mario Andretti | 23 | 1, 8-19, 33-42 |
Gordon Johncock | 20 | 4-7, 20-32, 43-45 |
A. J. Foyt | 1 | 3 |