1978 Indianapolis 500 - Results

Track Indianapolis

City Indianapolis, Indiana

Type Oval

Length 2.500 mi

Trackrecord 0:37.6160

P	Driver	L	Time	GP
1	Al Unser Lola-Cosworth	200	3:05:54.990
2	Tom Sneva	200	3:06:03.080 +8.090	+8.090
3	Gordon Johncock	199	0:00:00.000 +1 lap	+1 lap
4	Steve Krisiloff	198	0:00:00.000 +2 laps	+1 lap
5	Wally Dallenbach	195	0:00:00.000 +5 laps	+3 laps
6	Bobby Unser	195	0:00:00.000 +5 laps	+0.000
7	A. J. Foyt	191	0:00:00.000 +9 laps	+4 laps
8	George Snider	191	0:00:00.000 +9 laps	+0.000
9	Janet Guthrie	190	0:00:00.000 +10 laps	+1 lap
10	Johnny Parsons Jr.	186	0:00:00.000 +14 laps	+4 laps
11	Larry Rice	186	Engine +14 laps	+0.000
12	Mario Andretti	185	0:00:00.000 +15 laps	+1 lap
13	Johnny Rutherford	180	0:00:00.000 +20 laps	+5 laps
14	Jerry Karl	176	0:00:00.000 +24 laps	+4 laps
15	Joe Saldana	173	0:00:00.000 +27 laps	+3 laps
16	Gary Bettenhausen	147	Engine +53 laps	+26 laps
17	Mike Mosley	146	Engine +54 laps	+1 lap
18	Danny Ongais	145	Engine +55 laps	+1 lap
19	Dick Simon	138	Wheel Bearing +62 laps	+7 laps
20	Jim McElreath	132	Engine +68 laps	+6 laps
21	Tom Bigelow	107	Suspension +93 laps	+25 laps
22	Larry Dickson	104	Oil Pressure +96 laps	+3 laps
23	Rick Mears	103	Engine +97 laps	+1 lap
24	Pancho Carter	92	Engine +108 laps	+11 laps
25	Roger McCluskey	82	Clutch +118 laps	+10 laps
26	John Mahler	58	Gearbox +142 laps	+24 laps
27	Tom Bagley	25	Oil Leak +175 laps	+33 laps
28	Salt Walther	24	Clutch +176 laps	+1 lap
29	Spike Gehlhausen	23	Crash +177 laps	+1 lap
30	Phil Threshie	22	Oil Pressure +178 laps	+1 lap
31	Jerry Sneva	18	Transmission +182 laps	+4 laps
32	Sheldon Kinser	15	Oil Pressure +185 laps	+3 laps
33	Cliff Hucul	4	Oil Leak +196 laps	+11 laps

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