1980 CART World Series Season

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The 1980 CART World Series Season was the second CART World Series. It began on April 13, 1980 and it ended on November 8 after 12 races.

Contents 1 Drivers and constructors 2 Results and standings 2.1 Races 3 Full Series Results 3.1 Drivers 3.2 Driver Breakdown

[edit] Drivers and constructors

The following teams and drivers competed for the 1980 CART World Series.

Team	Chassis	Engine	Tires	No	Drivers
Sugaripe Prune	McLaren	Cosworth	Goodyear	7	Tom Sneva
Chaparral Cars Inc.	Chaparral	Cosworth	Goodyear	4	Johnny Rutherford
Team Penske	Penske	Cosworth	Goodyear	1	Rick Mears
				11	Bobby Unser
Patrick Racing	Penske Wildcat	Cosworth	Goodyear	20	Gordon Johncock
				40	Tom Bagley
				60	Gordon Smiley
Fletcher Racing	Penske	Cosworth	Goodyear	55	Spike Gehlhausen
All American Racers	Eagle	Cosworth	Goodyear	48	Mike Mosley
Longhorn Racing	Longhorn	Cosworth	Goodyear	5	Al Unser
Alsup Racing	Penske	Cosworth	Goodyear	41	Bill Alsup
				47	Phil Caliva
Galles Racing	Penske	Cosworth	Goodyear	23	Dick Ferguson
King Racing	McLaren	Cosworth	Goodyear	72	Roger Mears
1st National Bank of Peru	Anteres	Offy	Goodyear	50	Jan Sneva
Hoffman Racing	Penske	Cosworth	Goodyear	69	Joe Saldana
Stanton	Penske	Cosworth	Goodyear	75	Ron Shuman
Mergard Racing	Eagle	Offy	Goodyear	42	John Wood
Leader Card	Watson	Offy	Goodyear	24	Sheldon Kinser
Menard Racing	Lightning	Offy	Goodyear	28	Herm Johnson
Wood Power	Eagle	Chevrolet	Goodyear	15	Bill Tempero
Alex Foods	Penske	Cosworth	Goodyear	10	Pancho Carter
Wysard Motor Co.	Wildcat	Offy	Goodyear	34	Pete Halsmer
The Enterprise	Wildcat	Offy	Goodyear	22	Ross Davis
Pacific Coast Racing	Penske	Cosworth	Goodyear	38	Rick Muther
Gilmore Racing	Parnelli	Cosworth	Goodyear	14	A.J. Foyt

[edit] Results and standings

[edit] Races

Rd	Name	Circuit	Date	Winning driver	Winning team	Report
1	Datsun Twin 200	Ontario, California	April 13	Johnny Rutherford	Chaparral	Report
2	Indianapolis 500	Indianapolis, Indiana	May 26	Johnny Rutherford	Chaparral	Report
3	Gould-Rex Mays 150	West Allis, Wisconsin	June 8	Bobby Unser	Penske Racing	Report
4	True Value 500	Long Pond, Pennsylvania	June 22	Bobby Unser	Penske Racing	Report
5	Red Roof Inns 150	Lexington, Ohio	July 13	Johnny Rutherford	Chaparral	Report
6	Norton 200	Brooklyn, Michigan	July 20	Johnny Rutherford	Chaparral	Report
7	Kent Oil 150	Watkins Glen, New York	August 3	Bobby Unser	Penske Racing	Report
8	Tony Bettenhausen 500	West Allis, Wisconsin	August 10	Johnny Rutherford	Chaparral	Report
9	California 500	Ontario, California	August 31	Bobby Unser	Penske Racing	Report
10	Gould Grand Prix 150	Brooklyn, Michigan	September 20	Mario Andretti	Penske Racing	Report
11	I Copa Mexico 150	Mexico City, Mexico	October 26	Rick Mears	Penske Racing	Report
12	Miller High Life 150	Phoenix, Arizona	November 8	Tom Sneva	Sugaripe Prune	Report

[edit] Full Series Results

[edit] Drivers

Pos Driver ONT MS IND 500 MIL R1 POC 500 MID OHI MIC R1 WKG INT MIL R2 CAL 500 MIC R2 MEX CIT PHO IR Pts 1 Mears 4,060 2 B. Unser 3,820 3 Johncock 2,211 4 Rutherford 2,163 5 A. Unser 2,085 6 Ongais 1,473 7 T. Sneva 1,360 8 Bagley 1,208 9 Dallenbach 1,149 10 Mosley 1,126 11 Andretti 700 12 Kunzman 490 13 Carter 452 14 Schuppan 449 15 Alsup (R) 400 16 Saldana 368 17 Gehlhausen 343 18 Walther 314 19 Krisiloff 279 20 Frantz 236 21 J. Sneva 155 22 Richmond 112 23 Rice 105 24 Johnson 98 25 Mahler 74 26 Loquasto 70 27 Cannon 56 28 Ferguson 35 29 Scott 20 30 Caliva 10 - Foyt - - Holmes - - Vukovich Jr. - - McCluskey - - Bigelow - - Threshie - - Dickson - - Simon - - Kinser - - Hucul - - Parsons Jr. - - Snider - - Rasmussen - - Guthrie - - McElreath - - D. Whittington - - B. Whittington - - Martin - - Harkey - - Firestone - - Weiss - Pos Driver ONT MS IND 500 MIL R1 POC 500 MID OHI MIC R1 WKG INT MIL R2 CAL 500 MIC R2 MEX CIT PHO IR Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Finished, in points Blue Finished, no points Purple Did not finish (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Blank Did not participate Injured (INJ) Excluded (EX)

[edit] Driver Breakdown

Pos	Driver	Team	Entries	Wins	Podiums	Top 5's	Top 10's	Poles	Points
1	Mears	Team Penske	14	3	9	13	14	2	4,060
2	B. Unser	Team Penske	14	6	9	12	13	7	3,820
3	Johncock	Patrick Racing	14	2	5	9	11	2	2,211
4	Rutherford	McLaren International	14	2	5	8	9	2	2,163
5	A. Unser	Chaparral Cars Inc.	14	1	4	8	10	1	2,085
6	Ongais	Interscope Racing	13	0	0	2	6	0	1,473
7	T. Sneva	Sugaripe Prune	14	0	2	6	8	0	1,360
8	Bagley	Longhorn Racing	13	0	0	2	12	0	1,208
9	Dallenbach	Patrick Racing	14	0	1	5	8	0	1,149
10	Mosley	All American Racers	12	0	2	2	3	0	1,126
11	Andretti	Team Penske	1	0	1	1	1	0	700
12	Kunzman	Hamm	8	0	1	1	3	0	490
13	Carter	Alex Foods	13	0	0	0	6	0	452
14	Schuppan	Wysard Motor Co.	8	0	0	0	2	0	449
15	Alsup (R)	WASP Racing	13	0	0	0	6	0	400
16	Saldana	Hoffman Racing	13	0	0	0	4	0	368
17	Gehlhausen	Gehlhausen Racing	14	0	0	0	2	0	343
18	Walther	Walmotor	8	0	0	0	4	0	314
19	Krisiloff	Fletcher Racing	10	0	0	0	2	0	279
20	Frantz	Frantz Racing	7	0	0	0	1	0	236
21	J. Sneva	National Engineering	2	0	0	0	0	0	155
22	Richmond	-Private Entry-	5	0	0	0	1	0	112
23	Rice	S-M Electric	5	0	0	0	2	0	105
24	Johnson	Mergard Racing	2	0	0	0	1	0	98
25	Mahler	Sport Magazine	6	0	0	0	0	0	74
26	Loquasto	Gehlhausen Racing	3	0	0	0	1	0	70
27	Cannon	Canon Racing - GTI Engineering	4	0	0	0	0	0	56
28	Ferguson	Aero Electrics	3	0	0	0	0	0	35
29	Scott	Wheel Center	1	0	0	0	0	0	20
30	Caliva	Sta-On	1	0	0	0	0	0	10

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