| series | Champcar complete |
| race | College Station |
| year | 1978 |
| team | car | entry | driver | start | finish | chassis | engine | laps led | * | |
| Interscope | 25 | Interscope | Danny Ongais | | 1 | 1 | Parnelli VPJ6C | Cosworth DFX | 56 | |
| Penske | 1 | Norton Spirit | Tom Sneva | | 4 | 2 | Penske PC-6/78 | Cosworth DFX | ||
| Patrick | 20 | North American Van Lines | Gordon Johncock | | 8 | 3 | Wildcat Mk.II [4] | DGS | 20 | |
| O'Connell | 6 | Sugaripe Prune | Wally Dallenbach | | 7 | 4 | McLaren M24 [001] | Cosworth DFX | ||
| Penske | 7 | Gould Charge | Mario Andretti | | 2 | 5 | Penske PC-6/78 [003] | Cosworth DFX | 23 | |
| McElreath | 26 | McElreath Racing | Jim McElreath | | 19 | 6 | Eagle 73 [7306] | Offy 159 tc | ||
| Dayton-Walther | 77 | Dayton-Walther | Salt Walther | | 16 | 7 | McLaren M16C/D [C-5] | DGS | ||
| Patrick | 40 | Goodyear | Steve Krisiloff | | 12 | 8 | Wildcat Mk.II [3] | DGS | ||
| Morales | 78 | Alex Foods | Bobby Olivero | | 15 | 9 | Lightning Mk1/77 | Offy Drake tc | ||
| Leader Card | 22 | Kent Oil | Tom Bagley | | 17 | 10 | Eagle | Offy tc | ||
| Lindsey Hopkins | 16 | 1st National Travel Check | Johnny Parsons Jr | | 9 | 11 | Lightning Mk1/77 [c] | Offy Drake tc | ||
| AMI Racing | 43 | Armstrong Mould | Tom Bigelow | | 13 | 12 | Wildcat Mk.II [2] | DGS | ||
| All American Racers | 48 | ARCOgraphite | Bobby Unser | | 6 | 13 | Lightning Mk1/77 [ROMLIN/7] | Cosworth DFX | ||
| Polak Racing | 80 | Polak Racing | Larry Dickson | | 11 | 14 | Penske PC-5/77 [001] | Cosworth DFX | ||
| Leader Card | 24 | Thermo King | Sheldon Kinser | | 18 | 15 | Watson 77 [1] | Offy Drake tc | ||
| Gehlhausen | 19 | PV Corp | Spike Gehlhausen | | 21 | 16 | Eagle 74 Fletcher | Offy Drake tc | ||
| AJ Foyt | 14 | Gilmore/1st National | AJ Foyt | | 3 | 17 | Coyote IV [75-1] | Foyt V8 tc | 1 | |
| Fletcher | 8 | Budweiser | Vern Schuppan | | 14 | 18 | Lightning Mk1/77 [a] | Cosworth DFX | ||
| McLaren | 4 | 1st National Travel Check | Johnny Rutherford | | 5 | 18 | McLaren M24 | Cosworth DFX | ||
| Hodgdon | 74 | AMC Experimental | Roger McCluskey | | 10 | 20 | Eagle 74 | AMC 209 V8 tc | ||
| Frank Fiore | 87 | Machinists Union | Jerry Karl | | 20 | 21 | Rascar Atlanta 72 [2] | Offy Drake tc | ||
| Hall Racing | 2 | 1st National Travel Check | Al Unser | | DNS | Lola T500 [HU01] | Cosworth DFX | |||
| Patrick | 20 | North American Van Lines | Gordon Johncock | | DNS | Wildcat Mk.IV [1] | Offy DT160 V8 |
