Schaefer 500
Pocono International Raceway
2.5 Mile Paved Oval
200 Laps/500 Miles
June 25, 1978
Finish | Start | Driver | Car # | Sponsor/Name | Chassis | Engine | Laps | Status |
Points |
1 | 10 | Al Unser | 2 | 1st National Travel Check | Chaparral | Cosworth TC | 200 | 3:30:52.78 142.261 | 1,000 |
2 | 3 | Johnny Rutherford | 4 | 1st National Travel Check | McLaren | Cosworth TC | 200 | Finished | 800 |
3 | 2 | Tom Sneva | 1 | Norton Spirit | Penske PC-6 | Cosworth TC | 200 | Finished | 700 |
4 | 12 | Wally Dallenbach | 6 | Sugaripe Prune | McLaren | Cosworth TC | 198 | Flagged | 600 |
5 | 14 | Larry Dickson | 80 | Polak Construction | McLaren | Cosworth TC | 196 | Cylinder head | 500 |
6 | 16 | George Snider | 84 | Gilmore/Citicorp | Coyote | Foyt TC | 196 | Flagged | 400 |
7 | 22 | Mike Mosley | 78 | Alex Foods | Lightning | Offy TC | 193 | Flagged | 300 |
8 | 4 | A. J. Foyt | 14 | Gilmore/Citicorp | Coyote | Foyt TC | 190 | Engine | 250 |
9 | 29 | Al Loquasto | 92 | T&L McCord | Eagle | Offy TC | 189 | Flagged | 200 |
10 | 9 | Pancho Carter | 8 | Budweiser | Lightning | Cosworth TC | 188 | Broken gearbox | 150 |
11 | 23 | Larry Cannon | 85 | Natural Lite Beer | Wildcat | DGS | 188 | Engine | 100 |
12 | 27 | Sheldon Kinser | 24 | Thermo-King | Watson | Offy TC | 185 | Flagged | 50 |
13 | 8 | Salt Walther | 77 | Dayton-Walther | McLaren | Cosworth TC | 175 | Transmission | 25 |
14 | 5 | Gordon Johncock | 20 | North American Van Lines | Wildcat | DGS | 165 | Piston | 25 |
15 | 18 | Tom Bigelow | 43 | Armstrong Mould | Wildcat | DGS | 161 | Flagged | 25 |
16 | 24 | Jerry Sneva | 30 | Smock Material | McLaren | Offy TC | 159 | Turbo | 25 |
17 | 19 | Cliff Hucul | 29 | Wendy's Hamburger | McLaren | Offy TC | 158 | Fuel pump | 20 |
18 | 28 | Jerry Karl | 38 | Besel Construction | McLaren | Offy TC | 149 | Engine | 20 |
19 | 1 | Danny Ongais | 25 | Interscope Racing | Parnelli | Cosworth TC | 130 | Transmission | 20 |
20 | 7 | Bobby Unser | 48 | ARCOgraphite | Eagle | Cosworth TC | 116 | Broken suspension | 20 |
21 | 17 | Joe Saldana | 69 | Team 69 | Eagle | Offy TC | 112 | Broken valve | 15 |
22 | 11 | Johnny Parsons | 16 | 1st National Travel Check | Lightning | Offy TC | 83 | Overheated | 15 |
23 | 6 | Mario Andretti | 7 | Gould Charge | Penske | Cosworth TC | 73 | Broken gearbox | 15 |
24 | 32 | Phil Threshie | 87 | Machinists Union | Lightning | Offy TC | 63 | Engine | 15 |
25 | 25 | Jim McElreath | 26 | Circle City Coal | Eagle | Offy TC | 58 | Wrecked | 10 |
26 | 15 | Tom Bagley | 22 | Kent Oil | Watson | Offy TC | 55 | Wrecked | 10 |
27 | 26 | Bubby Jones | 18 | Simon Shopping Centers | Wildcat | DGS | 52 | Turbo | 10 |
28 | 31 | Billy Vukovich, Jr. | 81 | Dairy Queen | Eagle | Offy TC | 52 | Piston | 10 |
29 | 30 | Gary Bettenhausen | 98 | Oberdorfer | King | Offy TC | 46 | Stalled | 5 |
30 | 21 | Dick Simon | 17 | La Machine | Vollstedt | Offy TC | 36 | Piston | 5 |
31 | 20 | Spike Gehlhausen | 19 | Tibon | Eagle | Offy TC | 34 | Valve | 5 |
32 | 13 | Steve Krisiloff | 40 | Foreman Industries | Wildcat | DGS | 13 | Wrecked | 5 |
33 | 33 | Lee Kunzman | 90 | Hank's Datsun | Sugai Fox | Offy TC | 1 | Lost oil pressure | 5 |
-- | -- | Roger Rager | 42 | Dairy Queen | Eagle | Offy TC | -- | Blew engine practice | |
-- | -- | Gary Irvin | X | X | X | X | -- | Wrecked practice | |
-- | -- | Larry Rice | 35 | S&M Electric | Lightning | Offy TC | -- | Wrecked practice | |
-- | -- | Bob Harkey | X | X | X | X | -- | Did not qualify |
Lap Leaders | Total | Laps |
Al Unser | 65 | 75-90, 99-103, 137-156, 165-178, 191-200 |
Danny Ongais | 59 | 1-15, 26-38, 94-98, 104-111, 113-130 |
A. J. Foyt | 20 | 16-17, 39-53, 64-66 |
Johnny Rutherford | 20 | 135-136, 157-164, 181-190 |
Gordon Johncock | 15 | 67-74, 91-93, 131-134 |
Tom Sneva | 10 | 18-25, 179-180 |
Larry Dickson | 10 | 55-63, 112 |
Mario Andretti | 1 | 54 |