High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1978 Indianapolis 500 was held at Indianapolis on Sunday, May 28, 1978. For the first time, Mary Fendrich Hulman, widow of Tony Hulman, delivered the command for drivers to start engines.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1978 Italian Grand Prix was the 14th race of the 1978 Formula One season. It was held on 10 September 1978 at Monza. It was marred by the death of Ronnie Peterson following an accident at the start of the race.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1978 Monaco Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on 7 May 1978 at Monaco. It was won by Patrick Depailler of France, his first Formula One victory.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1978 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 49th midseason exhibition between the all-stars of the American League (AL) and the National League (NL), the two leagues comprising Major League Baseball. The game was played on July 11, 1978 at San Diego Stadium in San Diego, California, home of the San Diego Padres of the National League. The game resulted in a 7-3 victory for the NL.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1978 NBA Playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association`s 1977-1978 season. The tournament concluded with the Eastern Conference champion Washington Bullets defeating the Western Conference champion Seattle SuperSonics four games to three in the Finals. Wes Unseld of the Bullets was named NBA Finals MVP. To date, it remains the first and only NBA Championship that the Washington Bullets have ever won.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1978 Pittsburgh Steelers season was the franchise`s 46th season in the National Football League (NFL). The season concluded with the team winning Super Bowl XIII to become the first franchise in the NFL to win three Super Bowl titles. The championship run was led by quarterback Terry Bradshaw and the team`s vaunted Steel Curtain defense. Bradshaw put together the best year of his career to that point, becoming only the second Steeler to win the NFL MVP award. Ten Steelers players were named to the Pro Bowl team, and four were judged as first-team All-Pros by the AP. Head coach Chuck Noll returned for his tenth season—moving him ahead of Walt Kiesling as the longest tenured head coach in...
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1978 Milwaukee Brewers season involved the Brewers finishing third in the American League East with a record of 93 wins and 69 losses.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1978 Montreal Expos season was the 10th in franchise history. The team finished fourth in the National League East with a record of 76-86, 14 games behind the first-place Philadelphia Phillies.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The New England Patriots finished the National Football League`s 1978 season with a record of eleven wins and five losses, and finished tied for first in the AFC East division.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1978 Men`s Hockey World Cup` was the fourth Hockey World Cup, held in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It was won by Pakistan, who defeated the Netherlands 3-1 in the final. The host nation, Argentina finished eighth.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1978 Winchester 400 motor race, the ninth annual (run yearly since 1970), was held as the "Dri-Power 400" under American Speed Association sanction on October 1, 1978, at the Winchester Speedway, in Indiana (USA).
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1978 Chicago White Sox season was the team`s 78th season in Major League Baseball, and its 79th overall. They finished with a record 71-90, good enough for fifth place in the American League West, 20.5 games behind the first-place Kansas City Royals.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1978 Benson & Hedges Cup was the seventh competing of cricket’s Benson & Hedges Cup. The competition was won by Kent County Cricket Club.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1978 Australian Grand Prix was a Formula 5000 race held on 10 September at the Sandown International Raceway.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1978 Kansas City Royals season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Royals finishing first in the American League West with a record of 92 wins and 70 losses. The team went on to lose in the 1978 American League Championship Series to the New York Yankees, 3 games to 1.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1978 British Formula One season (formally the 1978 Aurora AFX F1 Championship) was the first British Formula One Series season. It commenced on March 24 1978 and ended on September 24 after twelve races.