Tony Bettenhausen 200
The Milwaukee Mile
1 Mile Paved Oval
200 Laps/200 Miles
August 20, 1978
Finish | Start | Driver | Car # | Sponsor/Name | Chassis | Engine | Laps | Status |
Points |
1 | 1 | Danny Ongais | 25 | Interscope Racing | Parnelli | Cosworth TC | 200 | 1:50:42.96 108.369 | 400 |
2 | 4 | Rick Mears | 7 | Gould Charge | Penske PC-6 | Cosworth TC | 200 | Finished | 320 |
3 | 3 | Gordon Johncock | 20 | North American Van Lines | Wildcat | DGS | 200 | Finished | 280 |
4 | 8 | A. J. Foyt | 14 | Gilmore/Citicorp | Coyote | Foyt TC | 200 | Finished | 240 |
5 | 7 | Al Unser | 2 | 1st National Travel Check | Chaparral | Cosworth TC | 199 | Flagged | 200 |
6 | 13 | Steve Krisiloff | 40 | Foreman Industries | Wildcat | DGS | 198 | Flagged | 160 |
7 | 6 | Wally Dallenbach | 6 | Sugaripe Prune | McLaren | Cosworth TC | 198 | Flagged | 120 |
8 | 5 | Johnny Rutherford | 4 | 1st National Travel Check | McLaren | Cosworth TC | 198 | Flagged | 100 |
9 | 16 | Cliff Hucul | 29 | Longhorn Racing | McLaren | Offy TC | 196 | Flagged | 80 |
10 | 15 | Tom Bigelow | 43 | Armstrong Mould | Wildcat | DGS | 195 | Flagged | 60 |
11 | 17 | Sheldon Kinser | 24 | Thermo-King | Watson | Offy TC | 195 | Flagged | 40 |
12 | 18 | Jim McElreath | 26 | Circle City Coal | Eagle | Offy TC | 194 | Flagged | 20 |
13 | 14 | Al Loquasto | 92 | McCord Auto | Eagle | Offy TC | 191 | Flagged | 10 |
14 | 22 | Todd Gibson | 75 | Gibson Racing | Eagle | Offy TC | 189 | Flagged | 10 |
15 | 2 | Tom Sneva | 1 | Norton Spirit | Penske PC-6 | Cosworth TC | 181 | Flagged | 10 |
16 | 12 | Spike Gehlhausen | 19 | Tibon | Eagle | Offy TC | 164 | Wrecked | 10 |
17 | 19 | Larry Cannon | 85 | Natural Lite Beer | Wildcat | DGS | 134 | Oil leak | 8 |
18 | 20 | Lee Kunzman | 90 | Hank's Datsun | Sugai Fox | Offy TC | 102 | Lost brakes | 8 |
19 | 10 | Johnny Parsons | 16 | 1st National Travel Check | Lightning | Offy TC | 83 | Oil leak | 8 |
20 | 11 | Bobby Unser | 48 | ARCOgraphite | Eagle | Cosworth TC | 77 | Fuel return | 8 |
21 | 9 | Dick Simon | 17 | La Machine | Vollstedt | Offy TC | 50 | Broken half shaft | 6 |
22 | 21 | Gary Bettenhausen | 98 | Oberdorfer | King | Offy TC | 33 | Blown piston | 6 |
-- | -- | Tom Bagley | 22 | Kent Oil | Watson | Offy TC | -- | DNS, too slow | |
-- | -- | Mike Mosley | 78 | Alex Foods | Lightning | Offy TC | -- | DNS, too slow | |
-- | -- | Joe Saldana | 69 | Team 69 | Eagle | Offy TC | -- | DNS, too slow |
Lap Leaders | Total | Laps |
Danny Ongais | 179 | 1-57, 67-85, 87-147, 159-200 |
Rick Mears | 9 | 150-158 |
A. J. Foyt | 7 | 59-65 |
Gordon Johncock | 5 | 58, 66, 86, 148-149 |