| 1978 Phoenix 1Phoenix International Raceway
 1 Mile Paved Oval
 62 Laps/62 Miles
 March 18, 1978
 
	
		
	
	
		| Finish | Start | Driver | Car # | Sponsor/Name | Chassis | Engine | Laps | Status | Points |  
		| 1 | 3 | Tim Richmond | 98 | X | Lola | Volkswagen | 62 | 0:46:27 80.079 | 200 |  
		| 2 | 1 | Fred Phillips | 37 | X | X | Volkswagen | 62 | Finished | 160 |  
		| 3 | 2 | Tom Bagley | 1 | X | X | Volkswagen | 62 | Finished | 140 |  
		| 4 | 4 | Pete Halsmer | 12 | X | X | Volkswagen | 62 | Finished | 120 |  
		| 5 | 6 | Dennis Firestone | 55 | X | X | Volkswagen | 62 | Finished | 100 |  
		| 6 | 20 | Eddie Miller | 6 | X | X | Volkswagen | 62 | Finished | 80 |  
		| 7 | 17 | Bill Follmer | 59 | X | X | Volkswagen | 61 | X | 60 |  
		| 8 | 13 | Tommy Thompson | 50 | X | X | Volkswagen | 61 | X | 50 |  
		| 9 | 21 | G. Scott Ovel | 63 | X | X | Volkswagen | 61 | X | 40 |  
		| 10 | 18 | Bill Simpson | 28 | X | X | Volkswagen | 61 | X | 30 |  
		| 11 | 8 | Bill Henderson | 45 | X | X | Volkswagen | 61 | X | 20 |  
		| 12 | 15 | Richard Tallon | 39 | X | X | Volkswagen | 60 | X | 10 |  
		| 13 | 12 | Ted Field | 74 | X | X | Volkswagen | 60 | X | 5 |  
		| 14 | 22 | Don Schoeny | 31 | X | X | Volkswagen | 59 | X | 5 |  
		| 15 | 23 | Phil Caliva | 20 | X | X | Volkswagen | 59 | X | 5 |  
		| 16 | 28 | Herm Johnson | 2 | X | X | Volkswagen | 57 | X | 5 |  
		| 17 | 26 | Rich Amick | 89 | X | X | Volkswagen | 57 | X | 4 |  
		| 18 | 27 | Butch Meyer | 51 | X | X | Volkswagen | 56 | X | 4 |  
		| 19 | 19 | John Wood | 43 | X | X | Volkswagen | 37 | X | 4 |  
		| 20 | 10 | Gary Bettenhausen | 69 | X | X | Volkswagen | 23 | X | 4 |  
		| 21 | 5 | Bill Alsup | 41 | X | X | Volkswagen | 14 | X | 3 |  
		| 22 | 25 | Bobby Unser, Jr. | 27 | X | X | Volkswagen | 12 | X | 3 |  
		| 23 | 24 | Bert Busby | 85 | X | X | Volkswagen | 8 | X | 3 |  
		| 24 | 9 | Dick Ferguson | 23 | X | X | Volkswagen | 7 | X | 3 |  
		| 25 | 7 | Bob Cicconi | 60 | X | X | Volkswagen | 7 | X | 2 |  
		| 26 | 16 | Elliott Forbes-Robinson | 29 | X | X | Volkswagen | 3 | X | 2 |  
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		| -- | 11 | Harry MacDonald | 42 | X | X | Volkswagen | -- | Did not start | 2 |  
		| -- | 14 | Bubby Jones | 40 | X | X | Volkswagen | -- | Did not start | 2 |  |