International 500 Mile Sweepstakes
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
2.5 Mile Paved Oval
200 Laps/500 Miles
May 28, 1978

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

Points

1 5 Al Unser 2 1st National Travel Check Lola 78 Cosworth TC 200 3:05:54.99 161.363 1,000
2 1 Tom Sneva 1 Norton Spirit Penske PC-6 Cosworth TC 200 Finished 800
3 6 Gordon Johncock 20 North American Van Lines Wildcat 78 DGS 199 Flagged 700
4 13 Steve Krisiloff 40 Foreman Industries Wildcat DGS 198 Flagged 600
5 7 Wally Dallenbach 6 Sugaripe Prune McLaren 77 Cosworth TC 195 Out of fuel 500
6 19 Bobby Unser 48 ARCOgraphite Eagle 78 Cosworth TC 195 Flagged 400
7 20 A. J. Foyt 14 Gilmore/Citicorp Coyote Foyt TC 191 Flagged 300
8 23 George Snider 84 Gilmore/Citicorp Coyote Foyt TC 191 Flagged 250
9 15 Janet Guthrie 51 Texaco Star Wildcat DGS 190 Flagged
10 8 Johnny Parsons 16 1st National Travel Check Lightning Offy TC 186 Flagged 150
11 30 Larry Rice 35 Bryant/WIBC Lightning Offy TC 186 Engine 100
12 33 Mario Andretti 7 Gould Charge Penske Cosworth TC 185 Flagged 50
13 4 Johnny Rutherford 4 1st National Travel Check McLaren 77 Cosworth TC 180 Flagged 25
14 28 Jerry Karl 88 Machinists Union McLaren Offy TC 176 Flagged 25
15 24 Joe Saldana 69 Wize-Guy Carpet Eagle 73 Offy TC 173 Flagged 25
16 31 Gary Bettenhausen 98 Oberdorfer King 76 Offy TC 147 Piston 25
17 25 Mike Mosley 78 Alex Foods Lightning Offy TC 146 Broken gear 20
18 2 Danny Ongais 25 Interscope Racing Parnelli Cosworth TC 145 Piston 20
19 10 Dick Simon 17 La Machine Vollstedt Offy TC 138 Wheel bearing 20
20 26 Jim McElreath 26 Circle City Coal Eagle 74 Offy TC 132 Engine 20
21 18 Tom Bigelow 43 Armstrong Mould Wildcat 76 DGS 107 Broken connecting rod 15
22 9 Larry Dickson 80 Polak Construction Penske PC-5 Cosworth TC 104 Lost oil pressure 15
23 3 Rick Mears 71 CAM2 Motor Oil Penske PC-6 Cosworth TC 103 Engine 15
24 21 Pancho Carter 8 Budweiser Lightning Cosworth TC 92 Broken exhaust header 15
25 11 Roger McCluskey 11 National Auto Engineering Eagle 76 AMC 82 Clutch 10
26 17 John Mahler 39 Tibon Eagle Offy TC 58 Broken timing gear 10
27 14 Tom Bagley 22 Kent Oil Watson 77 Offy TC 25 Overheated 10
28 22 Salt Walther 77 Dayton-Walther McLaren Cosworth TC 24 Transmission 10
29 16 Spike Gehlhausen 19 Hubler Chevrolet/WIRE Eagle 74 Offy TC 23 Wrecked SE 5
30 29 Phil Threshie 87 Tutwiler Lightning Offy TC 22 Lost oil pressure 5
31 32 Jerry Sneva 30 Smock Material McLaren Offy TC 18 Broken rear end 5
32 12 Sheldon Kinser 24 Thermo-King Watson Offy TC 15 Lost oil pressure 5
33 27 Cliff Hucul 29 Wendy's Hamburger McLaren Offy TC 4 Broken oil line 5
-- -- Gary Bettenhausen 95 Dairy Queen Kingfish Offy TC -- Did not qualify
-- -- Larry Cannon 85 Dayton-Walther Wildcat X -- DNS, too slow
-- -- Pancho Carter 78 Alex Foods Lightning Offy TC -- Did not qualify
-- -- Bob Harkey 4 X Eagle Offy TC -- DNS, too slow
-- -- Gary Irvin 9 Tassi Vatis X X -- Did not qualify
-- -- Jim Hurtubise X X Mallard FE Offy TC -- Did not qualify
-- -- Mike Hiss 7 Gould Charge Penske PC-6 Cosworth TC -- Raced by Ma. Andretti
-- -- Mike Hiss 66 Penske Racing Penske Cosworth -- Did not qualify
-- -- Bubby Jones 18 Simon Shopping Centers Wildcat 2 Offy TC -- Did not qualify
-- -- Gordon Johncock 51 Texaco Star Wildcat DGS -- Did not qualify
-- -- Lee Kunzman 90 X Sugai Fox Offy TC -- Did not qualify
-- -- Al Loquasto 8 Frostie Root Beer McLaren Offy TC -- DNS, too slow
-- -- Graham McRae 33 Dayton-Walther McLaren Offy TC -- DNS, too slow
-- -- Graham McRae

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Dayton-Walther McLaren Offy TC -- Did not qualify
-- -- John Martin 2 Wheel Center Eagle Offy TC -- Did not qualify
-- -- Bobby Olivero 78 Alex Foods Lightning Offy TC -- Did not qualify
-- -- Billy Vukovich, Jr. 18 Longhorn Racing X X -- DNS, too slow
-- -- Billy Vukovich, Jr. 93 McCord Auto Supply Eagle Offy TC -- Did not qualify
-- -- Eldon Rasmussen 58 Rent-A-Racer X X -- Did not qualify
-- -- Larry Rice 6 Bryant/WIBC Eagle Offy TC -- Did not qualify
-- -- Larry Rice 65 City of Syracuse Eagle Offy TC -- Did not qualify
-- -- Roger Rager 9 Dairy Queen Dragon Offy TC -- Wrecked qualifying
-- -- Roger Rager 97 Dairy Queen Dragon Offy TC -- Did not qualify
-- -- Dick Simon 27 Bryant Heating & Cooling Vollstedt Offy TC -- Did not qualify
-- -- Chuck Gurney 57 Crower Cam Eagle Crower -- Did not qualify
-- -- Mel Kenyon X X X X -- Did not qualify
-- -- Vern Schuppan X X X X -- Did not qualify
-- -- Ed Finley X Olmstead Eagle 73 Voelker -- Did not qualify

Lap Leaders Total Laps
Al Unser 121 76-107, 111-179, 181-200
Danny Ongais 71 1-11, 13-25, 32-75, 108-110
Steve Krisiloff 5 26-30
Tom Sneva 3 12, 31, 180