Texas Grand Prix
Texas World Speedway
2 Mile Paved Oval
100 Laps/200 Miles
August 6, 1978

Finish Start Driver Car # Sponsor/Name Chassis Engine Laps Status

Points

1 2 A. J. Foyt 14 Gilmore/Citicorp Coyote Foyt TC 100 1:15:26.59 159.060 400
2 4 Johnny Rutherford 4 1st National Travel Check McLaren Cosworth TC 100 Finished 320
3 19 Steve Krisiloff 40 Foreman Industries Wildcat DGS 98 Flagged 280
4 5 Wally Dallenbach 6 Sugaripe Prune McLaren Cosworth TC 98 Flagged 240
5 1 Tom Sneva 1 Norton Spirit Penske PC-6 Cosworth TC 96 Flagged 200
6 9 Dick Simon 17 La Machine Vollstedt Offy TC 92 Flagged 160
7 14 Gordon Johncock 20 North American Van Lines Wildcat DGS 74 Engine 120
8 6 Bobby Unser 48 ARCOgraphite Eagle Cosworth TC 70 Transmission 100
9 3 Rick Mears 7 Gould Charge Penske PC-6 Cosworth TC 63 Broken suspension 80
10 20 Joe Saldana 69 Team 69 Eagle Offy TC 61 Flagged 60
11 7 Pancho Carter 8 Budweiser Lightning Cosworth TC 48 Wrecked 40
12 11 Jim McElreath 26 Circle City Coal Eagle Offy TC 46 Electrical 20
13 13 Mike Mosley 78 Alex Foods Lightning Offy TC 44 Engine 10
14 17 Spike Gehlhausen 19 Tibon Eagle Offy TC 26 Engine 10
15 15 Larry Cannon 85 Cannon Racing Wildcat DGS 19 Transmission 10
16 16 Tom Bagley 22 Kent Oil Watson Offy TC 18 Turbo 10
17 8 Al Unser 2 1st National Travel Check Chaparral Cosworth TC 11 Broken suspension 8
18 10 Johnny Parsons 16 1st National Travel Check Lightning Offy TC 9 Engine 8
19 21 Sheldon Kinser 24 Thermo-King Watson Offy TC 6 Cooling system 8
20 12 Vern Schuppan 35 S&M Electric Lightning Offy TC 5 Broken fuel line 8
21 18 Cliff Hucul 29 Longhorn Racing McLaren Offy TC 0 Turbo 6
                   
-- -- Danny Ongais 25 Interscope Racing Parnelli Cosworth TC -- Did not start
-- -- George Snider 71 Gould Charge Penske Cosworth TC -- Did not start

Lap Leaders Total Laps
A. J. Foyt 50 1-11, 58-69, 74-100
Tom Sneva 19 12-30
Rick Mears 18 32-49
Gordon Johncock 10 31, 50-54, 70-73
Johnny Rutherford 3 55-57