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{{Short description|Sports car racing season}}
{{Motorsport season
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|title = [[Can-Am]] season
| year = 1978▼
|link = Can-Am season
| next = 1979
}}
The 1978 [[Can-Am]] season was the eleventh running of the [[Sports Car Club of America]]'s prototype based series and the second running of the revived series. [[Alan Jones (racing driver)|Alan Jones]] was declared champion,<ref>
==Results==
▲The 1978 [[Can-Am]] season was the eleventh running of the [[Sports Car Club of America]]'s prototype based series and the second running of the revived series. [[Alan Jones]] was declared champion<ref>http://www.oldracingcars.com/canam/1978/</ref>, winning five of the ten rounds. [[Chevrolet]] again swept the season. Lola was not as dominant this season, as [[Elliot Forbes-Robinson]] won at Charlotte in a Spyder<ref>http://www.oldracingcars.com/results/result.php?RaceID=C78B</ref>, SCCA legend [[George Follmer]] at Mont Tremblant in a Prophet<ref>http://www.oldracingcars.com/results/result.php?RaceID=C78D</ref>, and Forbes-Robinson again at Trois-Rivieres<ref>http://www.oldracingcars.com/results/result.php?RaceID=C78H</ref>.
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;"
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! Round
! Circuit
! Winning driver
*[[Road Atlanta]]▼
! Team
! Car
|-
| 1
| {{flagicon|
*[[Mosport Park]]▼
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Carl Haas|Carl A. Haas Racing Team]]
| Lola-Chevrolet
*[[Laguna Seca]]▼
|-
| 2
| Charlotte
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Elliot Forbes-Robinson]]
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Paul Newman|Newman-Freeman Racing]]
| Spyder-Chevrolet
|-
| 3
| Mid-Ohio
| {{flagicon|
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Carl Haas|Carl A. Haas Racing Team]]
| Lola-Chevrolet
|-
| 4
| St. Jovite
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[George Follmer]]
| {{flagicon|USA}} U.S. Racing
| Prophet-Chevrolet
|-
| 5
| Watkins Glen
| {{flagicon|
| {{flagicon|USA}} Racing Team VDS
| Lola-Chevrolet
|-
| 6
| Road America
| {{flagicon|
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Carl Haas|Carl A. Haas Racing Team]]
| Lola-Chevrolet
|-
| 7
| {{flagicon|
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Carl Haas|Carl A. Haas Racing Team]]
| Lola-Chevrolet
|-
| 8
| Trois-Rivières
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Elliot Forbes-Robinson]]
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Paul Newman|Newman-Freeman Racing]]
| Spyder-Chevrolet
|-
| 9
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Al Holbert]]
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Hogan Racing]]
| Lola-Chevrolet
|-
| 10
| Riverside
| {{flagicon|
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Carl Haas|Carl A. Haas Racing Team]]
| Lola-Chevrolet
|}
<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.wspr-racing.com/wspr/results/canam/canam1978.html |title=Can-Am 1978 |access-date=2012-04-02 |archive-date=2011-06-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606043526/http://www.wspr-racing.com/wspr/results/canam/canam1978.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==References==
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