California 500
Ontario Motor Speedway
2.5 Mile Paved Oval
200 Laps/500 Miles
August 3, 1978

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

Points
1 7 Al Unser 2 1st National Travel Check Chaparral Cosworth TC 200 3:26:40.27 145.158 1,000
2 6 Pancho Carter 8 Budweiser Lightning Cosworth TC 195 Flagged 800
3 9 Gordon Johncock 20 North American Van Lines Wildcat DGS 194 Fuel pickup 700
4 13 Tom Bagley 22 Kent Oil Watson Offy TC 194 Flagged 600
5 27 Lee Kunzman 90 Hank's Datsun Sugai Fox Offy TC 180 Flagged 500
6 29 Roger Mears 28 Galles Chevrolet Eagle Offy TC 158 Flagged 400
7 14 Steve Krisiloff 40 Foreman Industries Wildcat DGS 153 Wrecked 300
8 18 Cliff Hucul 18 Longhorn Racing Wildcat DGS 151 Wrecked 250
9 4 Rick Mears 7 Gould Charge Penske PC-6 Cosworth TC 150 Engine 200
10 8 Wally Dallenbach 6 Sugaripe Prune McLaren Cosworth TC 148 Engine 150
11 2 Johnny Rutherford 4 1st National Travel Check McLaren Cosworth TC 129 Engine 100
12 3 Danny Ongais 25 Interscope Racing Parnelli Cosworth TC 126 Fuel pump 50
13 11 Bobby Unser 48 ARCOgraphite Eagle Cosworth TC 123 Broken exhaust header 25
14 16 Dick Simon 17 La Machine Vollstedt Offy TC 108 Overheated 25
15 10 Johnny Parsons 16 1st National Travel Check Lightning Offy TC 95 Overheated 25
16 15 Mike Mosley 78 Alex Foods Lightning Offy TC 78 Wrecked 25
17 20 Sheldon Kinser 24 Thermo-King Watson Offy TC 72 Lost oil pressure 20
18 22 Bob Harkey 99 Joe Hunt Magneto Eagle Offy TC 60 Engine 20
19 30 Al Loquasto 87 Machinists Union Rascar Offy TC 40 Piston 20
20 31 Jim McElreath 26 Circle City Coal Eagle Offy TC 37 Piston 20
21 5 Spike Gehlhausen 19 Tibon Eagle Offy TC 26 Cracked block 15
22 23 Larry Cannon 85 Natural Lite Beer Wildcat DGS 22 Oil leak 15
23 1 Tom Sneva 1 Norton Spirit Penske PC-6 Cosworth TC 18 Wrecked 15
24 28 Roger McCluskey 60 North American Van Lines Wildcat OffyV8 12 Overheated 15
25 21 Jerry Sneva 30 Thunder Racing McLaren Offy TC 10 Manifold 10
26 26 Billy Vukovich, Jr. 32 Sugaripe Prune Lightning Cosworth TC 9 Clutch 10
27 25 George Snider 14 Gilmore/Citicorp Coyote Foyt TC 4 Clutch 10
28 24 A. J. Foyt 21 Gilmore/American Racing Parnelli Cosworth TC 1 Gearbox 10
29 12 Salt Walther 77 Dayton-Walther McLaren Cosworth TC 0 Wrecked 5
30 17 Phil Threshie 47 Machinists Union Lightning Offy TC 0 Wrecked 5
-- -- Jerry Karl 38 Bentzel Construction McLaren Offy TC -- Did not start 5
-- -- Mario Andretti 7 Gould Charge Penske PC-6 Cosworth TC -- Driven by Ri. Mears
-- -- A. J. Foyt 14 Gilmore/Citicorp Coyote Foyt TC -- Did not qualify

Lap Leaders Total Laps
Johnny Rutherford 96 15-19, 23-45, 48-82, 87-119
Al Unser 74 20-22, 46-47, 83-86, 120-177, 194-200
Gordon Johncock 16 178-193
Tom Sneva 7 1-7
Danny Ongais 7 8-14