Starting Grid for the 1978 Indianapolis 500

Position Car Num. Driver Car Name/Entrant* Make/Model Qual Speed
1 1 Tom Sneva Norton Spirit Penske/Cosworth 202.156
2 25 Danny Ongais Interscope Racing Parnelli/Cosworth 200.120
3 71 Rick Mears (R) CAM2 Motor Oil Penske/Cosworth 200.070
4 4 Johnny Rutherford (W) 1st National City Travelers Checks McLaren/Cosworth 197.090
5 2 Al Unser (W) 1st National City Travelers Checks Lola/Cosworth 196.470
6 20 Gordon Johncock (W) North American Van Lines Wildcat/DGS 195.830
7 6 Wally Dallenbach Sugaripe Prune McLaren/Cosworth 195.220
8 16 Johnny Parsons 1st National City Travelers Checks Lightning/Offy 194.280
9 80 Larry Dickson Polak/Stay-On Car Glaze Penske/Cosworth 193.430
10 17 Dick Simon La Machine Vollstedt/Offy 192.960
11 11 Roger McCluskey National Engineering Co. Eagle/AMC 192.250
12 24 Sheldon Kinser Thermo-King Watson/Offy 192.050
13 40 Steve Krisiloff Foreman Industries Wildcat/DGS 191.250
14 22 Tom Bagley (R) Kent Oil Watson/Offy 190.940
15 51 Janet Guthrie Texaco Star Wildcat/DGS 190.320
16 19 Spike Gehlhausen Hubler Chevrolet/WIRE Radio Eagle/Offy 190.320
17 39 John Mahler Tibon Eagle/Offy 189.770
18 43 Tom Bigelow Armstrong Mould Wildcat/DGS 189.110
19 48 Bobby Unser (W) ARCO Graphite Eagle/Cosworth 194.650
20 14 A.J. Foyt (W) Gilmore Racing/Citicorp Coyote/Foyt 200.120
21 8 Pancho Carter Budweiser Lightning/Cosworth 196.820
22 77 Salt Walther Dayton-Walther McLaren/Cosworth 193.220
23 84 George Snider Gilmore Racing/Citicorp Coyote/Foyt 192.620
24 69 Joe Saldana (R) Mr. Wize Buys Carpet Shop Eagle/Offy 190.800
25 78 Mike Mosley Alex XLNT Foods Lightning/Offy 188.710
26 26 Jim McElreath Circle City Coal Eagle/Offy 188.050
27 29 Cliff Hucul Wendy's Hamburgers McLaren/Offy 187.800
28 88 Jerry Karl Machinists Union McLaren/Offy 187.540
29 47 Phil Threshie (R) Circle City Chevrolet/Tutweiler Cadillac Lightning/Offy 187.520
30 35 Larry Rice (R) Bryant Heating/WIBC Lightning/Offy 187.390
31 98 Gary Bettenhausen Oberdorfer Kingfish/Offy 187.320
32 30 Jerry Sneva Smock Material Handling McLaren/Offy 187.260
33 7 Mario Andretti (W) Gould Charge Penske/Cosworth 194.640





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