Miller High Life Bobby Ball Memorial 150
Phoenix International Raceway
1 Mile Paved Oval
150 Laps/150 Miles
October 28, 1978

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

Points
1 3 Johnny Rutherford 4 1st National Travel Check McLaren Cosworth TC 150 1:14:23.76 120.974 300
2 6 A. J. Foyt 14 Gilmore/American Racing Parnelli Cosworth TC 150 Finished 240
3 9 Gordon Johncock 20 North American Van Lines Wildcat DGS 150 Finished 210
4 1 Danny Ongais 25 Interscope Racing Parnelli Cosworth TC 150 Finished 180
5 10 Al Unser 2 1st National Travel Check Chaparral Cosworth TC 150 Finished 150
6 11 Wally Dallenbach 6 Sugaripe Prune McLaren Cosworth TC 148 Flagged 120
7 5 Mario Andretti 7 Gould Charge Penske Cosworth TC 148 Flagged 90
8 12 Steve Krisiloff 40 Foreman Industries Wildcat DGS 148 Flagged 75
9 4 Pancho Carter 8 Budweiser Lightning Cosworth TC 147 Flagged 60
10 14 Mike Mosley 78 Alex Foods Lightning Offy TC 145 Flagged 45
11 7 Bobby Unser 48 ARCOgraphite Eagle Cosworth TC 144 Fuel pickup 30
12 20 Jim McElreath 26 Circle City Coal Eagle Offy TC 144 Flagged 15
13 22 Roger McCluskey 11 National Auto Engineering Eagle AMC 143 Flagged 8
14 17 Tom Bagley 22 Kent Oil Watson Offy TC 138 Flagged 8
15 21 Todd Gibson 75 Gibson Racing Eagle Offy TC 137 Flagged 8
16 2 Tom Sneva 1 Norton Spirit Penske PC-6 Cosworth TC 133 Flagged 8
17 8 Spike Gehlhausen 19 Tibon Eagle Offy TC 84 Stalled 6
18 15 Tom Bigelow 43 Armstrong Mould Wildcat DGS 61 Engine 6
19 18 Sheldon Kinser 24 Thermo-King Watson Offy TC 27 Turbo 6
20 13 George Snider 18 Longhorn Racing Wildcat Offy TC 14 Overheated 6
21 19 Gary Bettenhausen 98 Oberdorfer King Offy TC 3 Valve 5
22 16 Dick Simon 17 La Machine Vollstedt Offy TC 2 Piston 5
-- -- Larry Cannon 85 Natural Lite Beer Wildcat DGS -- Lost bearing practice
-- -- Tom Gloy 88 Machinists Union McLaren Offy TC -- DNS, too slow
-- -- Roger Mears 28 Galles Chevrolet Eagle Offy TC -- Wrecked practice
-- -- Johnny Parsons 16 1st National Travel Check Lightning Offy TC -- Wrecked practice
-- -- Frank Weiss 50 Mahony/BFM Manta Offy TC -- DNS, too slow
-- -- Salt Walther 77 Dayton-Walther McLaren Cosworth TC -- Blown engine practice
-- -- Jerry Sneva 30 Mary Schmidt McLaren Offy TC -- Blown engine practice

Lap Leaders Total Laps
Danny Ongais 72 1-63, 66-74
Johnny Rutherford 67 64-65, 75-128, 140-150
A. J. Foyt 11 129-139