1978 Brands Hatch Indycars

Name: 1978 Brands Hatch Indycars
Start: 07/10/1978
Location: Brands Hatch

Race Winner

Country

Britain

Circuit

Round

Laps

100

Pole

Fastest Lap

Ongais, 41.40s

1978 Season

Race Results

Position	Driver	No.	Team	Vehicle	Time	Points
1 1	Rick Mears	7	Penske Racing	Penske PC6-Cosworth (Goodyear)	1h 15m 23.45s	240
2 3	Tom Sneva	1	Penske Racing	Penske PC6-Cosworth	1h 15m 52.22s	192
3 4	Johnny Rutherford	4	Team McLaren	McLaren M24B-Cosworth	99 laps	168
4 5	AJ Foyt jr	14	Gilmore Racing Team	Coyote-Ford	98 laps	144
5 8	Wally Dallenbach	6	Sugaripe Prune Racing Team	McLaren M24-Cosworth	95 laps	120
6 8	Salt Walther	77	Dayton-Walther	McLaren M24-Cosworth	94 laps	96
7 4	Dick Simon	17	Vollstedt Enterprises	Vollstedt-Offenhauser	86 laps	72
8 8	George Snider	84	Gilmore Racing Team	Coyote-Ford	85 laps	60
9 6	Danny Ongais	25	Interscope Racing	Parnelli VPJ6B-Cosworth	83 laps Gearbox	48
10 5	Joe Saldana	69	Hoffman Racing	Eagle 73-Offenhauser	71 laps	36
11 7	Gordon Johncock	20	Patrick Racing	Wildcat Mk2-Offenhauser	33 laps Header	24
12 2	Spike Gehlhausen	19	Carl Gehlhausen	Eagle 74-Offenhauser	23 laps Valve	12
13 7	Bobby Unser	48	All-American Racers	Eagle-Cosworth	20 laps Gearbox	6
14 6	Tom Bagley	22	Leader Card Racers	Watson-Offenhauser	10 laps Engine	6
15 14	Al Unser	2	Chaparral Racing	Lola T500-Cosworth	Clutch	6

Grid	Driver	Team	Time
1	Al Unser	Chaparral Racing	40.95s
2	Rick Mears	Penske Racing	41.32s
3	Danny Ongais	Interscope Racing	41.32s
4	Gordon Johncock	Patrick Racing	41.62s
5	Tom Sneva	Penske Racing	41.93s
6	Bobby Unser	All-American Racers	42.39s
7	Johnny Rutherford	Team McLaren	42.68s
8	Tom Bagley	Leader Card Racers	42.71s
9	AJ Foyt jr	Gilmore Racing Team	43.01s
10	Spike Gehlhausen	Carl Gehlhausen	43.57s
11	Dick Simon	Vollstedt Enterprises	43.62s
13	Wally Dallenbach	Sugaripe Prune Racing Team	44.26s
14	Salt Walther	Dayton-Walther	44.66s
15	Joe Saldana	Hoffman Racing	50.05s
16	George Snider	Gilmore Racing Team