The 1978

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season was the eleventh running of the

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's prototype based series and the second running of the revived series. Alan Jones was declared champion, winning five of the ten rounds.

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again swept the season. Lola was not as dominant this season, as

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won at Charlotte in a Spyder, SCCA legend George Follmer at Mont Tremblant in a Prophet, and Forbes-Robinson again at Trois-Rivieres.

Results

References

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