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Line 1: {{Short description\|Sports car racing season}} {{Motorsport season \| series = Can-Am \|title = [[Can-Am]] season \| year = 1978▼ \|link = Can-Am season ▲\| year = 1978 \| 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>~~http~~{{Cite web\|url=https://www.oldracingcars.com/canam/1978/\|title=Can-Am 1978 « OldRacingCars.com\|first=Allen\|last=Brown\|website=OldRacingCars.com}}</ref> winning five of the ten rounds. [[Chevrolet]] again swept the season. [[Lola Cars\|Lola]] was not as dominant this season, as [[Elliot Forbes-Robinson]] won at Charlotte in a Spyder,<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.oldracingcars.com/results/result.php?RaceID=C78B\|title = Charlotte, 27 May 1978 « Single-seater Can-Am}}</ref> SCCA legend [[George Follmer]] at Mont Tremblant in a Prophet,<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.oldracingcars.com/results/result.php?RaceID=C78D\|title = Mont-Tremblant, 25 Jun 1978 « Single-seater Can-Am}}</ref> and Forbes-Robinson again at Trois-Rivieres.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.oldracingcars.com/results/result.php?RaceID=C78H\|title = Trois-Rivières, 3 Sep 1978 « Single-seater Can-Am}}</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> ~~==Results<ref>http://www.wspr-racing.com/wspr/results/canam/canam1978.html</ref>==~~ {\| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" Line 14 ⟶ 16: ! Circuit ! Winning driver ! Team ~~! Winning engine~~ ! Car ~~! Winnign chassis~~ \|- \| 1 \| Road Atlanta \| {{flagicon\|AUえーゆーS}} [[Alan Jones (racing driver)\|Alan Jones]] \| {{flagicon\|USA}} [[Carl Haas\|Carl A. Haas Racing Team]] \| Chevrolet▼ \| Lola-Chevrolet \|- \| 2 \| Charlotte \| {{flagicon\|USUSA}} [[Elliot Forbes-Robinson]] \| {{flagicon\|USA}} [[Paul Newman\|Newman-Freeman Racing]] \| Spyder-Chevrolet ~~\| Lola~~ \|- \|3 ~~\|Mid-Ohio~~ \|{{flagicon\|AUえーゆーS}} Alan Jones▼ \|Chevrolet▼ ~~\|Lola~~ \|- \|4 \|St. Jovite▼ \|{{flagicon\|USA}} George Follmer▼ \|Chevrolet▼ ~~\|Prophet~~ \|- \|5 3 \|~~Mid~~ Mid-Ohio \| {{flagicon\|~~France~~AUS}} ~~Patrick~~[[Alan Jones (racing driver)\|Alan ~~Tambay~~Jones]] \| {{flagicon\|USA}} [[Carl Haas\|Carl A. Haas Racing Team]] ~~\|Chevrolet~~ \| Lola-Chevrolet \|- \|6 4 ▲\| St. Jovite \|Watkins Glen▼ \| {{flagicon\|NZUSA}} ~~Warwick~~[[George ~~Brown~~Follmer]] ▲\| {{flagicon\|~~AUS~~USA}} ~~Alan~~U.S. ~~Jones~~Racing ~~\|Chevrolet~~ ▲\| Prophet-Chevrolet ~~\|Lola~~ \|- \|7 5 ▲\| Watkins Glen \|Road America▼ \| {{flagicon\|AUえーゆーS}} ~~Alan~~[[Warwick ~~Jones~~Brown]] \| {{flagicon\|USA}} Racing Team VDS ~~\|Chevrolet~~ \| Lola-Chevrolet \|- \|8 6 ▲\| Road America \|Mosport▼ \| {{flagicon\|AUえーゆーS}} [[Alan Jones (racing driver)\|Alan Jones]] \| {{flagicon\|USA}} [[Carl Haas\|Carl A. Haas Racing Team]] ~~\|Chevrolet~~ \| Lola-Chevrolet \|- \|9 7 ▲\| Mosport ~~\|Tros-Rivieres~~ \| {{flagicon\|USAUS}} ~~Elliot~~[[Alan Jones (racing driver)\|Alan ~~Forbes-Robinson~~Jones]] \| {{flagicon\|USA}} [[Carl Haas\|Carl A. Haas Racing Team]] ~~\|Chevrolet~~ \| Lola-Chevrolet \|- \|10 8 \| Trois-Rivières \|Laguna Seca▼ \| {{flagicon\|USUSA}} Al[[Elliot ~~Holbert~~Forbes-Robinson]] \| {{flagicon\|USA}} [[Paul Newman\|Newman-Freeman Racing]] ~~\|Chevrolet~~ ▲\| Spyder-Chevrolet ~~\|Lola~~ \|- \|11 9 ▲\| Laguna Seca \|Riverside▼ \| {{flagicon\|~~AUS~~USA}} ~~Alan~~[[Al ~~Jones~~Holbert]] ▲\| {{flagicon\|USA}} ~~George~~[[Hogan ~~Follmer~~Racing]] ~~\|Chevrolet~~ \| Lola-Chevrolet \|- \| 10 ▲\| Riverside \| {{flagicon\|AUえーゆーS}} [[Alan Jones (racing driver)\|Alan Jones]] \| {{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== Line 91 ⟶ 87: [[Category:Can-Am seasons]] [[Category:1978 in motorsport]] [[Category:1978 in American motorsport]] [[Category:1978 in Canadian motorsport]]