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(Now, most 1978 races are publicly available, so not many to discuss here. Danny Ongais dominated this one after having achieving the final lead change less than halfway through.)
 
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Revision as of 13:40, 4 July 2022

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Program for the race.

Status: Lost

The 1978 Coors 200 (also known as the 1978 Texas 200) was the third race of the 1978 USAC Championship Car Season. Occurring on 15th April at the Texas World Speedway, the race would ultimately be won by polesitter Danny Ongais in a Parnelli-Cosworth, after having achieved the final lead change less than halfway through the event.

Background

The 1978 Coors 200 was the fourth running of the event, with the race lasting 200 miles.[1] It was one of two 1978 USAC Championship Car Season races to commence at Texas World Speedway, the other being the Texas Grand Prix,[2] which commenced on 6th August and was won by A.J. Foyt in a Coyote-Foyt.[3] USAC races would continue to commence at the speedway before it was completely removed from the IndyCar schedule when the 1980 race was cancelled following the USAC-CART conflict.[4]

Prior to the race, qualifying commenced with Danny Ongais winning the pole position with a speed of 211.889 mph.[1] Directly behind him was Penske-Cosworth's Mario Andretti, with Foyt lining up third out of 21 competitors.[1]

The Race

With the starting order decided, the 1978 Coors 200 commenced on 15th April.[1] Andretti shot into the lead on the opening lap, but Ongais regained it a lap later, only to lose it to Foyt on lap 3.[1] Foyt himself only held onto the first position for a lap, before Gordon Johncock in a Wildcat-DGS took over.[1] He led four laps, with Andretti taking the lead on lap 8, holding onto it for another 12.[1] When a caution period between laps 19-26 occurred, which was triggered by a crash from McLaren-Cosworth's Johnny Rutherford, Johncock emerged in front once the race restarted on lap 27.[1] He held onto it until being repassed by Andretti on lap 33.[1]

Andretti defended the lead for a further ten laps, but was unable to prevent Johncock from moving past on lap 43.[1] Three laps later, Ongais moved into the first position, in what ultimately turned out to be the final lead change.[1] From there, Ongais generally controlled proceedings, with Penske-Cosworth's Tom Sneva being his main competition.[1] He therefore claimed victory and $17,843 in prize money.[1] Sneva finished second, with Johncock a lap down in third.[1]

Availability

According to IndyCar on TV, the race received live flag-to-flag coverage from CBS as part of its CBS Sports Spectacular, being billed as the Texas 200.[5] The broadcast should not be confused with CBS' coverage of the 1978 Texas Grand Prix, which was also called the Texas 200 and can be found on YouTube.[6][3] In contrast, the Coors 200 broadcast has yet to resurface, and no footage of the race is currently publicly available.

Gallery

Video

The 1978 Texas Grand Prix on CBS Sports Spectacular.

See Also

References

  1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 Racing-Reference detailing the qualifying and race results of the event. Retrieved 27th Jun '22
  2. ↑ Racing-Reference detailing the 1978 USAC Championship Car Season schedule. Retrieved 27th Jun '22
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Racing-Reference detailing the results of the 1978 Texas Grand Prix. Retrieved 27th Jun '22
  4. ↑ Racing Circuits detailing the history of the Texas World Speedway. Retrieved 27th Jun '22
  5. ↑ IndyCar on TV detailing the CBS broadcast of the race. Retrieved 27th Jun '22
  6. ↑ IndyCar on TV detailing the CBS broadcast of the 1978 Texas Grand Prix. Retrieved 27th Jun '22
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