Gould Grand Prix
Michigan International Speedway
2 Mile Paved Oval
75 Laps/150 Miles
September 16, 1978
Finish | Start | Driver | Car # | Sponsor/Name | Chassis | Engine | Laps | Status |
Points |
1 | 20 | Danny Ongais | 25 | Interscope Racing | Parnelli | Cosworth TC | 75 | 1:01:32.41 146.246 | 300 |
2 | 2 | Tom Sneva | 1 | Norton Spirit | Penske PC-6 | Cosworth TC | 75 | Finished | 240 |
3 | 9 | Gordon Johncock | 20 | North American Van Lines | Wildcat | DGS | 75 | Finished | 210 |
4 | 16 | Tom Bigelow | 43 | Armstrong Mould | Wildcat | DGS | 75 | Finished | 180 |
5 | 3 | A. J. Foyt | 14 | Gilmore/American Racing | Parnelli | Cosworth TC | 75 | Finished | 150 |
6 | 14 | Tom Bagley | 22 | Kent Oil | Watson | Offy TC | 74 | Flagged | 120 |
7 | 10 | Johnny Parsons | 16 | 1st National Travel Check | Lightning | Offy TC | 73 | Flagged | 90 |
8 | 11 | Sheldon Kinser | 24 | Thermo-King | Watson | Offy TC | 73 | Flagged | 75 |
9 | 13 | Jim McElreath | 26 | Circle City Coal | Eagle | Offy TC | 72 | Flagged | 60 |
10 | 18 | Joe Saldana | 69 | Team 69 | Eagle | Offy TC | 71 | Flagged | 45 |
11 | 6 | Wally Dallenbach | 6 | Sugaripe Prune | McLaren | Cosworth TC | 61 | Engine | 30 |
12 | 19 | Eldon Rasmussen | 58 | Rent-A-Racer | Rascar | Foyt TC | 60 | Flagged | 15 |
13 | 1 | Johnny Rutherford | 4 | 1st National Travel Check | McLaren | Cosworth TC | 35 | Gear failure | 8 |
14 | 17 | Jerry Sneva | 30 | Schram GM Parts | McLaren | Offy TC | 24 | Gear box | 8 |
15 | 16 | Steve Krisiloff | 40 | Foreman Industries | Wildcat | Offy V8 | 21 | Engine | 8 |
16 | 8 | Spike Gehlhausen | 19 | Tibon | Eagle | Offy TC | 7 | Wrecked | 8 |
17 | 5 | Al Unser | 2 | 1st National Travel Check | Chaparral | Cosworth TC | 7 | Wrecked | 6 |
18 | 7 | Pancho Carter | 8 | Budweiser | Lightning | Cosworth TC | 7 | Transmission | 6 |
19 | 15 | Larry Cannon | 85 | Natural Lite Beer | Wildcat | DGS | 1 | Bearing | 6 |
20 | 4 | Mario Andretti | 7 | Gould Charge | Penske | Cosworth TC | 0 | Engine | 6 |
Lap Leaders | Total | Laps |
Johnny Rutherford | 25 | 1-25 |
Danny Ongais | 17 | 59-75 |
Wally Dallenbach | 13 | 45-55, 57-58 |
Tom Bigelow | 10 | 27-33, 35-37 |
A. J. Foyt | 9 | 26, 38-44, 56 |
Johnny Rutherford | 1 | 34 |