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 |