The 1978 Formula Atlantic Labatts Championship Series season was contested over 7 rounds. In this one-make engine formula all drivers had to utilize Ford engines.
Calendar
Race No Track State Date Laps Distance Time Speed Winner Pole position Fastest race lap 1 Long Beach California April 6, 1978 50 3.250786=162.5393 km 1'14:18.682 131.236 km/h Howdy Holmes Bobby Rahal ? 2 Westwood April 23, 1978 56 2.89674=162.21744 km 1'08:47.021 141.502 km/h Keke Rosberg Jeff Wood ? 3 Québec City June 11, 1978 80 2.0293273=162.346184 km ? ? km/h Keke Rosberg Bobby Rahal ? 4 Lime Rock Connecticut July 4, 1978 65 2.462229=160.044885 km 0'54:55.024 174.858 km/h Bobby Rahal Howdy Holmes ? 5 Elkhart Lake Wisconsin July 23, 1978 25 6.4372=160.93 km 0'56:05.360 172.150 km/h Howdy Holmes Bobby Rahal ? 6 Hamilton August 7, 1978 39 2.09209=81.59151 km 0'47:24.585 103.259 km/h Keke Rosberg Bill Brack Price Cobb (1:05.694) Trois-Rivières September 3, 1978 did not count for the championship Bill Brack 7 Montréal September 24, 1978 35 4.409482=154.33187 km 1'02:08.582 149.010 km/h Jeff Wood Price Cobb Price Cobb (1:44.650)
Final points standings
Driver
For every race the points were awarded: 30 points to the winner, 24 for runner-up, 19 for third place, 15 for fourth place, 12 for fifth place, 10 for sixth place, 9 seventh place, winding down to 1 point for 15th place. No additional points were awarded. All results count.
Place Name Country Team Chassis Total points 1 Howdy Holmes Shierson Racing March 131 30 9 19 24 30 - 19 2 Keke Rosberg Fred Opert Racing Chevron 114 - 30 30 15 9 30 - 3 Price Cobb Ecurie Canada March 103 - 19 24 12 - 24 24 4 Jeff Wood Great Plains Racing March 88 15 24 - 19 - - 30 5 Bobby Rahal Pierre's Motors Racing Ralt 68 - - - 30 19 19 - 6 Tom Gloy Lane Sports March 60 24 6 - 10 12 - Shea Racing Chevron 8 7 Bertil Roos AME Racing March 57 7 7 9 9 10 - 15 8 Bill Brack Shierson Racing March 52 10 - 10 8 24 - - Danny Sullivan ? March 52 - 10 - - 15 15 12 10 Kevin Cogan Cogan Racing Ralt 49 19 15 15 - - - - 11 Chip Mead Pierre's Motors Racing Ralt 45 - 12 12 4 7 10 - 12 Bobby Brown ? March 28 - - 7 6 8 - 7 13 Chris Gleason Gleason Racing March 23 6 5 2 - 4 - 6 John Mortensen Shierson Racing March 23 - - 6 3 - 9 5 15 Bob Earl Tourte Racing Chevron 19 12 - - - - 7 - 16 Mike Rocke ? March 18 9 - 5 - - 4 - Robert Nelkin Nelkin Racing March 18 - - 8 - 6 - 4 18 Rick Bell ? Ralt 16 - - 4 2 3 6 1 19 Divina Galica Fred Opert Racing Chevron 15 3 - - - - 12 - 20 Skeeter McKitterick ? March 14 4 - - - - - AME Racing March 10 Ken Duclos ? Ralt 14 - - - 5 - - 9 Rick Koehler ? Excalibur (March) 14 - 3 - - - 8 3 23 Dan Marvin Norman Racing March 10 2 8 - - - - - 24 Carl Liebich Liebrau Racing Lola 9 8 - - 1 - - - 25 James Crawley Fred Opert Racing Chevron 7 - - - 7 - - - 26 Bruce Jensen ? Ralt 6 - - 1 - 5 - - Gilles Léger ? Ralt 6 - - 3 - - 3 - 28 Terry Vidger ? March 5 5 - - - - - - Jean-Pierre Alamy ? March 5 - - - - - 5 - 30 Ken Briggs ? March 4 - 4 - - - - - 31 Rick Shea Shea Racing Chevron 2 - 2 - - - - - Peter Robinson ? Chevron 2 - - - - 2 - - Jeff Smith Starr Racing Chevron 2 - - - - - 2 - Jon Norman Norman Racing March 2 - 1 - - - 1 - Giovanni Distasio ? March 2 - - - - - - 2 36 Willy T. Ribbs ? March 1 1 - - - - - - John Bauer ? March 1 - - - - 1 - -
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