Norton 200
Michigan International Speedway
2 Mile Paved Oval
100 Laps/200 Miles
July 17, 1977

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

Points

1 4 Danny Ongais 25 Interscope Racing Parnelli Cosworth TC 100 1:20:27.28 149.152 400
2 5 Gordon Johncock 20 STP Double Oil Filter Wildcat DGS 100 Finished 320
3 2 Johnny Rutherford 2 1st National Travel Check McLaren Cosworth TC 100 Finished 280
4 1 Tom Sneva 8 Norton Spirit Penske Cosworth TC 100 Finished 240
5 14 Larry Dickson 80 WKYG Radio/Polak McLaren Offy TC 97 Flagged 200
6 12 Rick Mears 38 Theodore Racing McLaren Offy TC 96 Flagged 160
7 17 Steve Krisiloff 90 East Side Café Eagle Offy TC 95 Flagged 120
8 6 Wally Dallenbach 40 STP Oil Treatment Wildcat DGS 94 Spun out 100
9 22 Spike Gehlhausen 19 Huebler Chevrolet McLaren Offy TC 92 Flagged 80
10 7 Pancho Carter 48 Jorgensen Steel Eagle Offy TC 89 Transmission 60
11 11 Tom Bigelow 24 Thermo-King Watson Offy TC 81 Broken connecting rod 40
12 9 Jim McElreath 73 Carillo Rods Eagle AMC 77 Turbo 20
13 21 Phil Threshie 44 Don Kay Eagle Foyt TC 69 Turbo
14 19 Billy Vukovich, Jr. 97 Genesee Beer King Offy TC 69 Suspension
15 20 Todd Gibson 22 Baja Boats Eagle Offy TC 67 Overheated
16 3 Al Unser 21 American Racing Wheels Parnelli Cosworth TC 47 Transmission
17 18 Gary Bettenhausen 98 Agajanian King Offy TC 41 Broken half shaft
18 13 Johnny Parsons 93 Vatis Eagle Offy TC 34 Turbo
19 15 Dick Simon 17 Bryant Heating Vollstedt Offy TC 6 Water hose
20 10 Roger McCluskey 11 1st National Travel Check Lightning Offy TC 5 Broken upright
21 8 Bobby Unser 6 Cobre/Clayton Lightning Offy TC 3 Steering
22 16 Bob Harkey 27 Bryant Heating Lightning Offy TC 1 Broken upright
-- -- A. J. Foyt 14 Gilmore Racing Coyote Foyt TC -- Broken half shafts practice
-- -- Jerry Grant 69 Hoffman Racing Eagle Offy TC -- DNS, too slow
-- -- John Mahler 42 Mergard Racing Eagle Offy TC -- Burned piston practice
-- -- Mike Mosley 5 Sugaripe Prune Lightning Offy TC -- Withdrew, sore neck
-- -- George Snider 18 Hillin-Longhorn Racing Wildcat DGS -- Broken rear end practice
-- -- Jerry Sneva 36 Bidwell McLaren Offy TC -- DNS, too slow
-- -- Joe Saldana 23 Thermo-King Eagle Offy TC -- Withdrew

Lap Leaders Total Laps
Johnny Rutherford 50 1-12, 38-42, 44-63, 79-91
Danny Ongais 24 13-21, 72-78, 93-100
Al Unser 11 22-26, 32-37
Gordon Johncock 8 64-71
Tom Bigelow 6 27-31, 43
Tom Sneva 1 92