| series | Champcar complete |
| race | Michigan II |
| year | 1978 |
| team | car | entry | driver | start | finish | chassis | engine | laps led | * | |
| Interscope | 25 | Interscope | Danny Ongais | | 20 | 1 | Parnelli VPJ6C | Cosworth DFX | 17 | |
| Penske | 1 | Norton Spirit | Tom Sneva | | 2 | 2 | Penske PC-6/78 [005] | Cosworth DFX | ||
| Patrick | 20 | North American Van Lines | Gordon Johncock | | 9 | 3 | Wildcat Mk.II [4] | DGS | ||
| AMI Racing | 43 | Armstrong Mould | Tom Bigelow | | 16 | 4 | Wildcat Mk.II [2] | DGS | 10 | |
| AJ Foyt | 14 | American Racing Wheels | AJ Foyt | | 3 | 5 | Parnelli VPJ6CT [005] | Cosworth DFX | 9 | |
| Leader Card | 22 | Kent Oil | Tom Bagley | | 14 | 6 | Watson 77 [1] | Offy Drake tc | ||
| Lindsey Hopkins | 16 | 1st National Travel Check | Johnny Parsons Jr | | 10 | 7 | Lightning X-15 Laydown [1] | Offy Drake tc | ||
| Leader Card | 24 | Thermo King | Sheldon Kinser | | 11 | 8 | Watson 78 [1] | Offy Drake tc | ||
| McElreath | 26 | Circle City Coal | Jim McElreath | | 13 | 9 | Eagle 74 [7407] | Offy Drake tc | ||
| Hoffman | 69 | Mr. Wize Buys Carpet | Joe Saldana | | 18 | 10 | Eagle 72 [7221] | Offy Drake tc | ||
| O'Connell | 6 | Sugaripe Prune | Wally Dallenbach | | 6 | 11 | McLaren M24 [001] | Cosworth DFX | 13 | |
| Rasmussen | 58 | Rent-A-Racer | Eldon Rasmussen | | 19 | 12 | Rascar Atlanta 72 [1] | Foyt V8 tc | ||
| McLaren | 4 | 1st National Travel Check | Johnny Rutherford | | 1 | 13 | McLaren M24B [001] | Cosworth DFX | 26 | |
| Thunder Racing | 30 | Schram GM Parts | Jerry Sneva | | 17 | 14 | McLaren M16C/D [B-3] | Offy Drake tc | ||
| Patrick | 40 | Foreman Industries | Steve Krisiloff | | 16 | 15 | Wildcat Mk.IV [2] | Offy DT160 V8 | ||
| Gehlhausen | 19 | Tibon | Spike Gehlhausen | | 8 | 16 | Eagle 74 Fletcher | Offy Drake tc | ||
| Hall Racing | 2 | 1st National Travel Check | Al Unser | | 5 | 17 | Lola T500 | Cosworth DFX | ||
| Fletcher | 8 | Budweiser | Pancho Carter | | 7 | 18 | Lightning Mk1/77 [f] | Cosworth DFX | ||
| Cannon Racing | 85 | Natural Lite Beer | Larry Cannon | | 15 | 19 | Wildcat Mk.I [1] | DGS | ||
| Penske | 7 | Gould Charge | Mario Andretti | | 4 | 20 | Penske PC-6/78 [003] | Cosworth DFX | ||
| Lindsey Hopkins | 16 | 1st National Travel Check | Johnny Parsons Jr | | DNS | Lightning Mk1/77 [c] | Offy Drake tc |
