He qualified the car with a respectable speed of 194.647 mph (8th).
Jones qualified the car at Indianapolis in sixth place at 166.075 mph.
He qualified the car at the first attempt, only to spin out.
He failed to qualify the unfamiliar car but impressed the team enough to be offered the seat for the following season.
The short track ace qualified the car in 29th, but steadily improved to 19th in the final showing.
The team qualified the car on eight occasions during 1978, but retired seven times with mechanical failures.
Again, 43 cars would start, and again, he attempted to qualify the 21 car.
He finished eighth, which was high enough to qualify the car for the Daytona 500.
Said qualified the car, 9th and finished 24th.
Neither driver qualified the car, so Taramazzo did not start the race.