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1978 Tony Bettenhausen 200
Held on August 20, 1978 at Milwaukee Mile in West Allis, WI
200 L, 200 M, 321.8 KM - Scheduled Distance

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FEATURE RESULTS

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	1	25	Danny Ongais	Interscope Racing	Parnelli / Cosworth	200	179	running	400
2	4	7	Rick Mears	Gould Charge	Penske / Cosworth	200	9	running	320
3	3	20	Gordon Johncock	North American Van Lines	Wildcat / DGS	200	5	running	280
4	8	14	A.J. Foyt	Gilmore, Citicorp	Coyote / Foyt	200	7	running	240
5	7	2	Al Unser	1st National City Travelers Checks	Lola / Cosworth	199	0	running	200
6	13	40	Steve Krisiloff	Foreman Industries	Wildcat / DGS	198	0	running	160
7	6	6	Wally Dallenbach	Sugaripe Prune	McLaren / Cosworth	198	0	running	120
8	5	4	Johnny Rutherford	1st National City Travelers Checks	McLaren / Cosworth	198	0	running	100
9	16	29	Cliff Hucul	Longhorn Racing	McLaren / Offy	196	0	running	80
10	15	43	Tom Bigelow	Armstrong Moulding	Wildcat / DGS	195	0	running	60
11	17	24	Sheldon Kinser	Thermo King	Watson / Offy	195	0	running	40
12	18	26	Jim McElreath	Circle City Coal	Eagle / Offy	194	0	running	20
13	14	92	Al Loquasto	McCord Auto	Eagle / Offy	191	0	running	10
14	22	75	Todd Gibson	Gibson Racing	Eagle / Offy	189	0	running	10
15	2	1	Tom Sneva	Norton Spirit	Penske / Cosworth	181	0	running	10
16	12	19	Spike Gehlhausen	Tibon	Eagle / Offy	164	0	accident	10
17	19	85	Larry Cannon	Natural Lite Beer	Wildcat / DGS	134	0	oil leak	8
18	20	90	Lee Kunzman	Hank's Datsun	Sugai / Offy	102	0	brakes	8
19	10	16	Johnny Parsons	1st National City Travelers Checks	Lightning / Offy	83	0	oil leak	8
20	11	48	Bobby Unser	ARCO Graphite	Eagle / Cosworth	77	0	fuel return	8
21	9	17	Dick Simon	La Machine	Vollstedt / Offy	50	0	half shaft	6
22	21	98	Gary Bettenhausen	Oberdorfer	King / Offy	33	0	piston	61
DID NOT QUALIFY
			Tom Bagley					DNQ
			Joe Saldana					DNQ
			Mike Mosley					DNQ

RACE DATA
Did not start:
Did not qualify:
Time of Race: 1h:50:43
Starting Lineup Set By: Time Trials
Fast Qualifier: Danny Ongais
Preliminary Feature Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{PrelimWinners}}}|{{{PrelimWinners}}}]]
Heat Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{HeatWinners}}}|{{{HeatWinners}}}]]
Qualifier Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{QualWinners}}}|{{{QualWinners}}}]]
Dash Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{DashWinners}}}|{{{DashWinners}}}]]
Scramble Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{ScrambleWinners}}}|{{{ScrambleWinners}}}]]
Consi Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{ConsiWinners}}}|{{{ConsiWinners}}}]]
Non-Qualifiers Race Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{NonQualWinners}}}|{{{NonQualWinners}}}]]
Margin of Victory: Race Ended Under Green
Average Speed: 108.369 mph
Cautions: 6 for 28 laps - Laps 1-3 #4 spun turn 2, Laps 56-62 #17 accident turn 1, Laps 84-91 #16 oil on track, Laps 104-105 debris, Laps 109-110 debris, Laps 171-176 #19,43 accident turn 3
Lead Changes: 9 among 4 drivers - Danny Ongais 1-57, Gordon Johncock 58, A.J. Foyt 59-65, Johncock 66, Ongais 67-85, Johncock 86, Ongais 87-147, Johncock 148-149, Rick Mears 150-158, Ongais 159-200
Fastest Lap: Unknown/Unentered