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1978 Milwaukee Indycars in USAC at the Milwaukee circuit. Full information

1978 Milwaukee Indycars

1978 Milwaukee Indycars is 329th USAC race. Passed at the Milwaukee circuit. Danny Ongais won the pole position, Rick Mears won this race. Johnny Rutherford and Wally Dallenbach also climbed to the podium, in second and third place. Race distance 150 laps (249 km).

Previous race: 1978 Mosport Park Indycars
Next race: 1978 Pocono 500
Race Start: 18th June 1978

Interesting facts and statistics about the 1978 Milwaukee Indycars

5th victory for the Penske Racing team
1st victory for the Rick Mears
2nd podium for the Rick Mears
33rd podium for the Johnny Rutherford
25th podium for the Wally Dallenbach

Penske PC6 - 1978 Milwaukee Indycars winner

Penske PC6 #7 - 1978 Milwaukee Indycars winner

1978 Milwaukee Indycars results

Position	Name	Car	Points	Result	Team
1	Rick Mears	Penske PC6, #7	300	1h 14m 34.77s	Penske Racing
2	Johnny Rutherford	McLaren M24B, #4	240	150 laps	Team McLaren
3	Wally Dallenbach	McLaren M24A, #6	210	148 laps	Sugaripe Prune Racing Team
4	Steve Krisiloff	Wildcat Mk2, #40	180	148 laps	Patrick Racing
5	Larry Dickson	Penske PC5, #80	150	148 laps	RP Racing
6	Tom Bigelow	Watson ? 1978, #24	120	147 laps	Leader Card Racers
7	Tom Bagley	Watson ? 1978, #22	90	145 laps	Leader Card Racers
8	Al Unser	Lola T500 HU1, #2	75	144 laps Out of fuel	Chaparral Racing
9	Johnny Parsons jr	Lightning ? 1978, #16	60	143 laps Out of fuel	Lindsey Hopkins Racing
10	Larry Cannon	Wildcat Mk1, #35	45	142 laps	Cannon Racing Team
11	Salt Walther	McLaren M24, #77	30	142 laps	Dayton-Walther
12	Al Loquasto	Eagle 72 Finley, #92	15	139 laps	Vatis Enterprises
13	Spike Gehlhausen	Eagle 74 Fletcher, #19	8	138 laps	Carl Gehlhausen
14	Mike Mosley	Lightning ? 1978, #78	8	136 laps Out of fuel	Alex Foods Racing
15	Tom Sneva	Penske PC6, #1	8	128 laps Out of fuel	Penske Racing
16	Danny Ongais	Parnelli VPJ6B, #25	8	92 laps Engine	Interscope Racing
17	Bobby Unser	Eagle ? 1978, #48	6	71 laps Magneto	All-American Racers
18	Dick Simon	Vollstedt 77, #17	6	57 laps Oil leak	Vollstedt Enterprises
19	AJ Foyt jr	Coyote ? 1978, #14	6	50 laps Handling	Gilmore Racing Team
20	Phil Threshie	Atlanta 72, #87	6	33 laps Magneto	Fiore Racing
21	Pancho Carter	Lightning ? 1978, #8	5	6 laps Clutch	Fletcher Racing Team
22	Gordon Johncock	Wildcat Mk2, #20	5	Clutch	Patrick Racing

Qualifying Results for the 1978 Milwaukee Indycars on the Milwaukee circuit

Position	Name	Car	Result	Team
1	Danny Ongais	Parnelli VPJ6B, #25	26.71s	Interscope Racing
2	Tom Sneva	Penske PC6, #1	Out of fuel	Penske Racing
3	Rick Mears	Penske PC6, #7		Penske Racing
4	Bobby Unser	Eagle ? 1978, #48	Magneto	All-American Racers
5	Johnny Rutherford	McLaren M24B, #4		Team McLaren
6	Gordon Johncock	Wildcat Mk2, #20	Clutch	Patrick Racing
7	Pancho Carter	Lightning ? 1978, #8	Clutch	Fletcher Racing Team
8	Al Unser	Lola T500 HU1, #2	Out of fuel	Chaparral Racing
9	AJ Foyt jr	Coyote ? 1978, #14	Handling	Gilmore Racing Team
10	Johnny Parsons jr	Lightning ? 1978, #16	Out of fuel	Lindsey Hopkins Racing
11	Wally Dallenbach	McLaren M24A, #6		Sugaripe Prune Racing Team
12	Larry Dickson	Penske PC5, #80		RP Racing
13	Tom Bigelow	Watson ? 1978, #24		Leader Card Racers
14	Spike Gehlhausen	Eagle 74 Fletcher, #19		Carl Gehlhausen
15	Steve Krisiloff	Wildcat Mk2, #40		Patrick Racing
16	Salt Walther	McLaren M24, #77		Dayton-Walther
17	Mike Mosley	Lightning ? 1978, #78	Out of fuel	Alex Foods Racing
19	Tom Bagley	Watson ? 1978, #22		Leader Card Racers
19	Phil Threshie	Atlanta 72, #87	Magneto	Fiore Racing
20	Al Loquasto	Eagle 72 Finley, #92		Vatis Enterprises
21	Larry Cannon	Wildcat Mk1, #35		Cannon Racing Team
22	Dick Simon	Vollstedt 77, #17	Oil leak	Vollstedt Enterprises