| Race Title: | Labatt's Hamilton Championship |
| Series Short: | Atlantic Championship |
| Location: | Hamilton, Ontario, Canada |
| Sponsor: | Labatt Brewing Company |
| First Race: | 1978 |
| First Series Race: | 1978 |
| Last Race: | 1978 |
| Laps: | 39 |
| Duration: | 47m 24.585s |
| Most Wins Driver: |  Keke Rosberg (1) |
| Most Wins Team: | Excita/Fred Opert Racing (1) |
| Most Wins Manufacturer: | Chevron B45 - Ford (1) |
| Surface: | Asphalt |
| Length Mi: | 1.3 |
| Turns: | 10 |
| Record Time: | 1m05.964s |
| Record Driver: | Price Cobb |
| Record Year: | 1978 |
| Record Class: | Formula Atlantic |
Race Hamilton, also known as the Labatt's Hamilton Championship, was a 1978 auto race held in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada featuring a round of the Formula Atlantic Labatt Championship Series. The event featured future driving stars Bobby Rahal, Keke Rosberg and Danny Sullivan competing for $10,000 in first-place prize money.[1]
The race took place on August 7 on a 2.092abbr=inNaNabbr=in, 10 turn temporary street circuit in downtown Hamilton with the start/finish line located between the Hamilton City Hall and the Art Gallery of Hamilton.[2]
The race attracted an estimated 60,000 fans, half of those watched for free from the roofs of surrounding buildings and by breaking down barriers.[3] [4] After a five-hour delay due to insurance issues with the safety barriers around the course, only 39 of the scheduled 73 laps took place due to darkness. Only 16 of the 29 cars entered, completed the race.[5]
| Pos | No. | Driver | Team | Chassis/Engine | Laps | Time | Speed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Keke Rosberg | Excita/Fred Opert Racing | Chevron B45 - Ford | 39 | 47m 24.585s | 68.113 mph | |
| 2 | 22 |  Price Cobb | Ecurie Canada | 39 | 47m 25.208s | 68.098 mph | ||
| 3 | 2 | Bobby Rahal | Pierre's Motor Racing | Ralt RT1 - Ford | 39 | 67.704 mph | ||
| 4 | 34 | Danny Sullivan | Bluebonnet Foods/Quaker State | 39 | 67.394 mph | |||
| 5 | 6 |  Divina Galica | Fred Opert Racing/Olympus | Chevron B39 - Ford | 39 | 66.255 mph | ||
| 6 | 31 | Chip Mead | Hanna Car Wash/Pierre's Motor Racing | Ralt RT1 - Ford | 38 | |||
| 7 | 9 | John Mortensen | Doug Shierson Racing | 38 | ||||
| 8 | 51 | Rick Koehler | Brooks Stevens | 38 | ||||
| 9 | 19 | Bob Earl | James Brolin | Chevron B-34 - Ford | 38 | |||
| 10 | 78 | Rick Bell | 38 | |||||
| 11 | 13 |  Jean-Pierre Alamy | 38 | |||||
| 12 | 15 | Mike Rocke | BDN | 37 | ||||
| 13 | 72 | Gilles Leger | 37 | |||||
| 14 | 50 | Jeff Smith | Starr Racing | 37 | ||||
| 15 | 58 | Jon Norman | Norman Racing | March 78B - Ford | 37 | |||
| 16 | 71 | John Connolly | 36 | |||||
| 17 | 20 | Jeff Wood | Great Plains Racing | 35 | Accident | |||
| 18 | 66 | Peter Robinson | 34 | Accident | ||||
| 19 | 33 | Kevin Cogan | Brian Robertson/Ralt American | 29 | Cross member | |||
| 20 | 38 | Tom Gloy | Tom Gloy/Lane Sports | March 77B - Ford | 26 | Transmission | ||
| 21 | 7 | Bill Brack | STP Special/Ecurie Canada | March 78B - Ford | 22 | Accident | ||
| 22 | 8 | Howdy Holmes | Jiffy Mixes/Doug Shierson Racing | 10 | Mechanical | |||
| 23 | 67 | R.J. Nelkin | Hunter Mountain | 10 | Mechanical | |||
| 24 | 21 | Michael Follett | 10 | Spun | ||||
| 25 | 63 | Ralph Manaker | R.M. Racing | March 76B - Ford | 3 | Mechanical | ||
| 26 | 62 | Cliff Hansen | Charles Gladding | 2 | Suspension | |||
| 25 | 54 | Carl Liebich | Liebrau Racing | 0 | Accident | |||
| 28 | 75 | Chris Gleason | Whalley BMW Sales | 0 | Accident | |||
| 29 | 79 | Bobby Brown | Automatic Radios | 0 | Accident | |||
| 30 | 24 | Bertil Roos | Racetune/Acme | 0 | Pulled off |