Rex Mays Classic
The Milwaukee Mile
1 Mile Paved Oval
150 Laps/150 Miles
June 18, 1978
Finish | Start | Driver | Car # | Sponsor/Name | Chassis | Engine | Laps | Status |
Points |
1 | 3 | Rick Mears | 7 | Gould Charge | Penske PC-6 | Cosworth TC | 150 | 1:14:34.77 120.677 | 300 |
2 | 5 | Johnny Rutherford | 4 | 1st National Travel Check | McLaren | Cosworth TC | 150 | Finished | 240 |
3 | 11 | Wally Dallenbach | 6 | Sugaripe Prune | McLaren | Cosworth TC | 148 | Flagged | 210 |
4 | 15 | Steve Krisiloff | 40 | Foreman Industries | Wildcat | DGS | 148 | Flagged | 180 |
5 | 12 | Larry Dickson | 80 | Polak Construction | McLaren | Cosworth TC | 148 | Flagged | 150 |
6 | 13 | Tom Bigelow | 24 | Thermo-King | Watson | Offy TC | 147 | Flagged | 120 |
7 | 19 | Tom Bagley | 22 | Kent Oil | Watson | Offy TC | 145 | Flagged | 90 |
8 | 8 | Al Unser | 2 | 1st National Travel Check | Chaparral | Cosworth TC | 144 | Out of fuel | 75 |
9 | 10 | Johnny Parsons | 16 | 1st National Travel Check | Lightning | Offy TC | 143 | Out of fuel | 60 |
10 | 21 | Larry Cannon | 35 | That's My Car | Wildcat | DGS | 142 | Flagged | 45 |
11 | 16 | Salt Walther | 77 | Dayton-Walther | McLaren | Cosworth TC | 142 | Flagged | 30 |
12 | 20 | Al Loquasto | 92 | McCord Auto | Eagle | Offy TC | 139 | Flagged | 15 |
13 | 14 | Spike Gehlhausen | 19 | Tibon | Eagle | Offy TC | 138 | Flagged | 8 |
14 | 17 | Mike Mosley | 78 | Alex Foods | Lightning | Offy TC | 136 | Out of fuel | 8 |
15 | 2 | Tom Sneva | 1 | Norton Spirit | Penske PC-6 | Cosworth TC | 128 | Out of fuel | 8 |
16 | 1 | Danny Ongais | 25 | Interscope Racing | Parnelli | Cosworth TC | 92 | Engine | 8 |
17 | 4 | Bobby Unser | 48 | ARCOgraphite | Eagle | Cosworth TC | 71 | Magneto | 6 |
18 | 22 | Dick Simon | 17 | La Machine | Vollstedt | Offy TC | 57 | Oil leak | 6 |
19 | 9 | A. J. Foyt | 14 | Gilmore/1st National | Coyote | Foyt | 50 | Handling | 6 |
20 | 19 | Phil Threshie | 87 | Machinists Union | Rascar | Offy TC | 33 | Magneto | 6 |
21 | 7 | Pancho Carter | 8 | Budweiser | Lightning | Cosworth TC | 6 | Clutch | 5 |
22 | 6 | Gordon Johncock | 20 | North American Van Lines | Wildcat | DGS | 0 | Clutch | 5 |
-- | -- | Gary Bettenhausen | 98 | Oberdorfer | King | Offy TC | -- | DNS, too slow | |
-- | -- | Ed Finley | 50 | BFM | Manta | Offy TC | -- | Wrecked practice | |
-- | -- | Roger Rager | 42 | Dairy Queen | Eagle | Offy TC | -- | DNS, too slow |
Lap Leaders | Total | Laps |
Danny Ongais | 89 | 1-61, 64-91 |
Rick Mears | 23 | 62, 108-122, 144-150 |
Tom Sneva | 22 | 92-107, 123-128 |
Al Unser | 15 | 129-143 |
Johnny Rutherford | 1 | 63 |