1978 Indianapolis 500
Box score

1978 Indianapolis 500

Section Title: Box score
Table Section Text: None

Finish	Start	No	Name	Qual	Rank	Laps	Led	Status

1	5	2	United States Al Unser (W)	196.474	7	200	121	Running

2	1	1	United States Tom Sneva	202.156	1	200	3	Running

3	6	20	United States Gordon Johncock (W)	195.833	8	199	0	Flagged

4	13	40	United States Steve Krisiloff	191.255	19	198	5	Flagged

5	7	6	United States Wally Dallenbach Sr.	195.233	9	195	0	Out of fuel

6	19	48	United States Bobby Unser (W)	194.658	10	195	0	Flagged

7	20	14	United States A. J. Foyt (W)	200.122	2	191	0	Flagged

8	23	84	United States George Snider	192.626	16	191	0	Flagged

9	15	51	United States Janet Guthrie	190.325	22	190	0	Flagged

10	8	16	United States Johnny Parsons	194.280	12	186	0	Flagged

11	30	35	United States Larry Rice (R)	187.392	31	186	0	Engine

12	33	7	United States Mario Andretti (W)	194.647	11	185	0	Flagged

13	4	4	United States Johnny Rutherford (W)	197.098	5	180	0	Flagged

14	28	88	United States Jerry Karl	187.549	29	176	0	Flagged

15	24	69	United States Joe Saldana (R)	190.809	21	173	0	Flagged

16	31	98	United States Gary Bettenhausen	187.324	32	147	0	Engine

17	25	78	United States Mike Mosley	188.719	26	146	0	Turbocharger

18	2	25	United States Danny Ongais	200.122	3	145	71	Blown Engine

19	10	17	United States Dick Simon	192.967	15	138	0	Wheel Bearing

20	26	26	United States Jim McElreath	188.058	27	132	0	Engine

21	18	43	United States Tom Bigelow	189.115	25	107	0	Rod

22	9	80	United States Larry Dickson	193.434	13	104	0	Oil Pressure

23	3	71	United States Rick Mears (R)	200.078	4	103	0	Engine

24	21	8	United States Pancho Carter	196.829	6	92	0	Header

25	11	11	United States Roger McCluskey	192.256	17	82	0	Clutch

26	17	39	United States John Mahler	189.723	24	58	0	1/2-time gear

27	14	22	United States Tom Bagley (R)	190.941	20	25	0	Oil Leak

28	22	77	United States Salt Walther	193.226	14	24	0	Clutch

29	16	19	United States Spike Gehlhausen	190.325	23	23	0	Crash T2

30	29	47	United States Phil Threshie (R)	187.520	30	22	0	Oil Pressure

31	32	30	United States Jerry Sneva	187.266	33	18	0	Transmission

32	12	24	United States Sheldon Kinser	192.051	18	15	0	Oil Pressure

33	27	29	Canada Cliff Hucul	187.805	28	4	0	Oil Line

Sentence(s)

Johnny Rutherford set an average of 197.098 mph.

final_sentence: Johnny Rutherford set an average of 197.098 mph.