Elio de Angelis
Lake Speed finished 5th in his 4th World Championship race
Felice Rovelli (Italy), the 1976 and 1977 World Champion
Leif Larsson (Sweden) finished 2nd in the 1976 World Championship
Team USA - Lake Speed (driver), Herb Gruber (interpreter), Lynn Haddock (mechanic)
Rovelli was initially disqualified, but weeks later was reinstated as the winner
Terry Fullerton leading the field