California 500
Ontario Motor Speedway
2.5 Mile Paved Oval
200 Laps/500 Miles
September 4, 1977

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

Points
1 3 Al Unser 21 American Racing Wheels Parnelli Cosworth TC 200 3:17:16.37 154.687 1,000
2 6 A. J. Foyt 14 Gilmore Racing Coyote Foyt TC 200 Finished 800
3 4 Tom Sneva 8 Norton Spirit Penske Cosworth TC 199 Flagged 700
4 2 Mario Andretti 9 CAM2 Motor Oil McLaren Cosworth TC 197 Flagged 600
5 8 Bobby Olivero 78 Alex Foods Lightning Offy TC 195 Flagged 500
6 22 Vern Schuppan 15 Alex Foods Lightning Offy TC 195 Flagged 400
7 29 Larry Dickson 80 WKYG Radio/Polak McLaren Offy TC 193 Flagged 300
8 20 Danny Ongais 25 Interscope Racing Parnelli Cosworth TC 192 Flagged 250
9 11 Jim McElreath 74 AMC Experimental Eagle AMC 186 Flagged 200
10 30 John Martin 28 American Kids Eagle Offy TC 186 Flagged 150
11 5 Gordon Johncock 20 STP Double Oil Filter Wildcat DGS 174 Wrecked turn 1 100
12 32 Larry Cannon 85 Cannon Brothers Wildcat Offy TC 168 Flagged 50
13 13 Spike Gehlhausen 19 PV Corp Eagle Offy TC 163 Transmission
14 24 Pancho Carter 48 Jorgensen Steel Eagle Offy TC 154 Overheated
15 15 Lee Kunzman 65 S&M Electric Eagle Offy TC 138 Turbo
16 9 Mike Mosley 5 Sugaripe Prune Lightning Offy TC 135 Engine
17 26 Gary Bettenhausen 98 Agajanian King Offy TC 117 Water pump
18 27 Al Loquasto 86 Frostie Root Beer McLaren Offy TC 112 Manifold
19 25 Janet Guthrie 27 Payne Air Conditioning Lightning Offy TC 112 Engine
20 21 Wally Dallenbach 40 STP Oil Treatment Wildcat DGS 78 Engine
21 33 Eldon Rasmussen 58 C-W Cleaner Rascar Foyt TC 75 Engine
22 10 Roger McCluskey 11 1st National Travel Check Lightning Offy TC 57 Piston
23 18 James McElreath 26 AMAX Energy Eagle Offy TC 48 Engine
24 1 Johnny Rutherford 2 1st National Travel Check McLaren Cosworth TC 46 Valve
25 28 Salt Walther 77 Dayton-Walther McLaren DGS 45 Engine
26 17 Rick Mears 38 Theodore Racing McLaren Offy TC 42 Engine
27 19 Steve Krisiloff 91 East Side Café Eagle Offy TC 27 Engine
28 23 Tom Bigelow 24 Thermo-King Watson Offy TC 23 Valve
29 16 Johnny Parsons 30 Caesar's Palace McLaren Offy TC 23 Piston
30 7 Bobby Unser 6 Cobre/Clayton Lightning Offy TC 18 Suspension
31 31 Billy Vukovich, Jr. 97 Genesee Beer King Offy TC 14 Engine
32 14 George Snider 18 Longhorn Racing Eagle Offy TC 8 Gear box
33 12 Dick Simon 17 Payne Air Conditioning Lightning Offy TC 3 Piston
-- -- Dick Simon 27 Payne Air Conditioning Lightning Offy TC 59 Relieved Ja. Guthrie 64-112
-- -- Chuck Gurney 57 Crower Eagle Crower -- Wrecked practice
-- -- Bob Harkey 99 Hunt Magneto Eagle Offy TC -- DNQ, engine trouble
-- -- Phil Threshie 44 Mr. Golden Sunflower Eagle Foyt TC -- Wrecked qualifying
-- -- Jerry Sneva 67 Crombie Brothers Eagle Foyt TC -- DNQ, engine trouble
-- -- Joe Saldana 23 Thermo-King Eagle Offy TC -- Wrecked qualifying
-- -- Lloyd Ruby 10 1st National Travel Check Lightning Offy TC -- Did not appear
-- -- Todd Gibson 22 Baja Boats Eagle Offy TC -- Did not appear
-- -- Cliff Hucul 29 Team Canada McLaren Offy TC -- Did not appear
-- -- Jerry Sneva 36 Spirit of America McLaren Offy TC -- Did not appear
-- -- Ed Crombie 67 Crombie Brothers Eagle Foyt TC -- Driven by J. Senva
-- -- Tommy Hunt 99 Hunt Magneto Eagle Offy TC -- Driven by Harkey

Lap Leaders Total Laps
Al Unser 93 13, 20-22, 58-67, 84-99, 115-151, 175-200
Gordon Johncock 67 23-52, 68-77, 80-83, 152-174
Danny Ongais 23 14-19, 78-79, 100-114
Mario Andretti 12 1-12
Mike Mosley 5 53-57