| series | Champcar complete |
| race | College Station II |
| year | 1978 |
| team | car | entry | driver | start | finish | chassis | engine | laps led | * | |
| AJ Foyt | 14 | Gilmore/Citicorp | AJ Foyt | | 2 | 1 | Coyote IV [75-1] | Foyt V8 tc | 50 | |
| McLaren | 4 | 1st National Travel Check | Johnny Rutherford | | 4 | 2 | McLaren M24 | Cosworth DFX | 3 | |
| Patrick | 40 | Foreman Industries | Steve Krisiloff | | 19 | 3 | Wildcat Mk.II [3] | DGS | ||
| O'Connell | 6 | Sugaripe Prune | Wally Dallenbach | | 5 | 4 | McLaren M24 [001] | Cosworth DFX | ||
| Penske | 1 | Norton Spirit | Tom Sneva | | 1 | 5 | Penske PC-6/78 [005] | Cosworth DFX | 19 | |
| Vollstedt | 17 | La Machine | Dick Simon | | 9 | 6 | Vollstedt 77 [14] | Offy Drake tc | ||
| Patrick | 20 | North American Van Lines | Gordon Johncock | | 14 | 7 | Wildcat Mk.II [4] | DGS | 10 | |
| All American Racers | 48 | ARCOgraphite | Bobby Unser | | 6 | 8 | Eagle 78 [7801] | Cosworth DFX | ||
| Penske | 7 | Gould Charge | Rick Mears | | 3 | 9 | Penske PC-6/78 | Cosworth DFX | 18 | |
| Hoffman | 69 | Mr. Wize Buys Carpet | Joe Saldana | | 20 | 10 | Eagle 72 [7221] | Offy Drake tc | ||
| Fletcher | 8 | Budweiser | Pancho Carter | | 7 | 11 | Lightning Mk1/77 | Cosworth DFX | ||
| McElreath | 26 | Circle City Coal | Jim McElreath | | 11 | 12 | Eagle 74 [7407] | Offy Drake tc | ||
| Morales | 78 | Alex Foods | Mike Mosley | | 13 | 13 | Lightning Mk1/77 | Offy Drake tc | ||
| Gehlhausen | 19 | Tibon | Spike Gehlhausen | | 17 | 14 | Eagle 74 Fletcher | Offy Drake tc | ||
| Cannon Racing | 85 | Cannon Racing | Larry Cannon | | 15 | 15 | Wildcat Mk.I [1] | DGS | ||
| Leader Card | 22 | Kent Oil | Tom Bagley | | 16 | 16 | Watson 77 [1] | Offy Drake tc | ||
| Hall Racing | 2 | 1st National Travel Check | Al Unser | | 8 | 17 | Lola T500 [HU01] | Cosworth DFX | ||
| Lindsey Hopkins | 16 | 1st National Travel Check | Johnny Parsons Jr | | 10 | 18 | Lightning Mk1/77 [c] | Offy Drake tc | ||
| Leader Card | 24 | Thermo King | Sheldon Kinser | | 21 | 19 | Watson 78 [1] | Offy Drake tc | ||
| Patrick Santello | 35 | S&M Electric | Vern Schuppan | | 12 | 20 | Lightning Mk1/77 [b] | Offy Drake tc | ||
| Hucul Racing | 29 | Longhorn Racing | Cliff Hucul | | 18 | 21 | McLaren M16E [E-2] | Offy Drake tc | ||
| Interscope | 25 | Interscope | Danny Ongais | | DNS | Parnelli VPJ6C | Cosworth DFX | |||
| Patrick | 20 | North American Van Lines | Gordon Johncock | | DNS | Wildcat Mk.IV [2] | Offy DT160 V8 | |||
| Penske | 71 | Norton Spirit | George Snider | | DNS | Penske PC-6/78 | Cosworth DFX |
