Daily Empress Indy Silverstone
Silverstone Circuit
2.932 Mile Road Course
38 Laps/111.416 Miles
October 1, 1978
| Finish | Start | Driver | Car # | Sponsor/Name | Chassis | Engine | Laps | Status |
Points |
| 1 | 10 | A. J. Foyt | 14 | Gilmore/Citicorp | Coyote | Foyt TC | 38 | 1:04:03.35 104.361 | 300 |
| 2 | 3 | Rick Mears | 7 | Gould Charge | Penske PC-6 | Cosworth TC | 38 | Finished | 240 |
| 3 | 9 | Tom Sneva | 1 | Norton Spirit | Penske PC-6 | Cosworth TC | 38 | Finished | 210 |
| 4 | 4 | Gordon Johncock | 20 | North American Van Lines | Wildcat | DGS | 38 | Finished | 180 |
| 5 | 6 | Johnny Rutherford | 4 | 1st National Travel Check | McLaren | Cosworth TC | 38 | Finished | 150 |
| 6 | 11 | Steve Krisiloff | 40 | Foreman Industries | Wildcat | Offy V8 | 37 | Flagged | 120 |
| 7 | 12 | Salt Walther | 77 | Dayton-Walther | McLaren | Cosworth TC | 36 | Flagged | 90 |
| 8 | 5 | Bobby Unser | 48 | ARCOgraphite | Eagle | Cosworth TC | 28 | Cylinder head | 75 |
| 9 | 16 | Spike Gehlhausen | 19 | Tibon | Eagle | Offy TC | 28 | Flagged | 60 |
| 10 | 2 | Al Unser | 2 | 1st National Travel Check | Chaparral | Cosworth TC | 26 | Broken pinion gear | 45 |
| 11 | 13 | George Snider | 84 | Gilmore/Citicorp | Coyote | Foyt TC | 26 | Transmission | 30 |
| 12 | 15 | Dick Simon | 17 | La Machine | Vollstedt | Offy TC | 25 | Flagged | 15 |
| 13 | 7 | Tom Bagley | 22 | Kent Oil | Watson | Offy TC | 16 | Piston | 8 |
| 14 | 8 | Wally Dallenbach | 6 | Sugaripe Prune | McLaren | Cosworth TC | 15 | Engine | 8 |
| 15 | 1 | Danny Ongais | 25 | Interscope Racing | Parnelli | Cosworth TC | 5 | Broken half shaft | 8 |
| 16 | 14 | Joe Saldana | 69 | Team 69 | Eagle | Offy TC | 3 | Broken valve | 8 |
| Lap Leaders | Total | Laps |
| Al Unser | 18 | 5-22 |
| Rick Mears | 7 | 25-31 |
| A. J. Foyt | 7 | 32-38 |
| Danny Ongais | 4 | 1-4 |
| Gordon Johncock | 1 | 23 |
| Bobby Unser | 1 | 24 |