1980 IndyCar season

1980 IndyCar season

PPG Indy Car World Series
Season
Races	12
Start date	April 13
End date	November 8
Awards
Drivers' champion	Johnny Rutherford
Constructors' Cup	Penske
Manufacturers' Cup	Cosworth
Nations' Cup	United States
Rookie of the Year	Dennis Firestone
Indianapolis 500 winner	Johnny Rutherford

Chronology
Previous season	Next season
1979	1981

The 1980 IndyCar season, the second in the CART era of U.S. open-wheel racing, consisted of 12 races, beginning in Ontario, California on April 13 and concluding in Avondale, Arizona on November 8. The PPG Indy Car World Series Drivers' Champion and Indianapolis 500 winner was Johnny Rutherford. Rookie of the Year was Dennis Firestone. The entire season, including the 64th Indianapolis 500, was to be co-sanctioned by the both the USAC and CART, however the USAC withdrew from the agreement after the fifth race.

1 Drivers and constructors
2 Calendar
3 Full Series Results
4 References
5 See also

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	7/9	Tom Sneva
Chaparral Cars Inc.	Chaparral	Cosworth	Goodyear	4	Johnny Rutherford
Team Penske	Penske Phoenix	Cosworth	Goodyear	1	Rick Mears
				11	Bobby Unser
				12	Mario Andretti
				20	Gordon Johncock
				61	Tom Gloy
Patrick Racing	Penske Wildcat Phoenix	Cosworth	Goodyear	20	Gordon Johncock
				40	Tom Bagley
				60	Gordon Smiley
Fletcher Racing	Penske Phoenix	Cosworth	Goodyear	35/55	Spike Gehlhausen
Fletcher Racing	Penske Phoenix	Cosworth	Goodyear	70	Gordon Smiley
All American Racers	Eagle	Cosworth	Goodyear	48	Mike Mosley
Longhorn Racing	Longhorn	Cosworth	Goodyear	5	Al Unser
Alsup Racing	Penske McLaren	Cosworth	Goodyear	41	Bill Alsup
Alsup Racing	Penske McLaren	Cosworth	Goodyear	47	Phil Caliva
Galles Racing	Penske McLaren	Cosworth Chevrolet	Goodyear	23/26 81	Dick Ferguson
King Racing	McLaren King	Cosworth Chevrolet	Goodyear	72/86 97	Roger Mears
King Racing	McLaren King	Cosworth Chevrolet	Goodyear	97	Billie Harvey Jerry Miller
1st National Bank of Peru	Anteres	Offy	Goodyear	50	Jan Sneva
Hoffman Racing	Penske Lightning Spyder	Cosworth Offy	Goodyear	59/69	Joe Saldana
Hoffman Racing	Penske Lightning Spyder	Cosworth Offy	Goodyear	79	Bob Frey
Stanton Barrett	Penske	Cosworth	Goodyear	75	Ron Shuman
Mergard Racing	Eagle	Offy	Goodyear	42	John Wood
Leader Card	Watson	Offy Cosworth	Goodyear	2/24	Billy Vukovich II
Leader Card	Watson	Offy Cosworth	Goodyear	24	Sheldon Kinser
Menard Racing	Lightning	Offy	Goodyear	28	Herm Johnson
Wood Power	Eagle	Chevrolet	Goodyear	15/65	Bill Tempero
Alex Foods	Penske	Cosworth	Goodyear	10	Pancho Carter
Del Ray Marine Agajanian-Faas	King	Chevrolet	Goodyear	98	Bob Harkey Tony Bettenhausen Jr
The Enterprise	Wildcat	Offy	Goodyear	22	Ross Davis
Pacific Coast Racing	Penske Lightning	Cosworth Offy	Goodyear	38/82	Rick Muther
Pacific Coast Racing	Penske Lightning	Cosworth Offy	Goodyear	86	Al Loquasto Jeff Heywood
Gilmore Racing	Parnelli	Cosworth	Goodyear	14	A.J. Foyt
Gilmore Racing	Parnelli	Cosworth	Goodyear	16	George Snider
Armstrong Mould O'Hanlon Racing	Wildcat Lola Orbiter McLaren March	DGS Cosworth Chevrolet	Goodyear	7/43/81	Jerry Sneva
				43	Tom Bigelow Howdy Holmes Danny Ongais
				44	Greg Leffler
				46	Gary Bettenhausen
				75	Bruce Hill
				81	Cliff Hucul Lee Kunzman
Interscope Racing	Parnelli	Cosworth	Goodyear	25	Danny Ongais
Richmond Racing Mach I Racing	Penske	Cosworth	Goodyear	21	Tim Richmond
Beaudoin Racing	McLaren	Cosworth	Goodyear	29	Billy Engelhart
Sun Systems	Penske	Cosworth	Goodyear	94	Bill Whittington
Sun Systems	Penske	Cosworth	Goodyear	96	Don Whittington
Scientific Drilling	Penske	Cosworth	Goodyear	18	Dennis Firestone
Guarantee	Lightning	Chevrolet	Goodyear	99	Hurley Haywood
Tonco Trailer	McLaren Gerhardt Karl	Chevrolet	Goodyear	38	Jerry Karl
Simon Racing	Vollstedt	Offy	Goodyear	8	Dick Simon
Advance Clean Sweep	Wildcat	Chevrolet	Goodyear	66	Roger Rager
McElreath Racing	Penske	Cosworth	Goodyear	23/97	Jim McElreath
Hopkins Racing	Lightning	Offy Cosworth	Goodyear	15/51	Johnny Parsons
Kraco Racing	Wildcat	DGS Offy	Goodyear	95	Larry Cannon
Vetrock Racing	Eagle	Offy	Goodyear	71	Dean Vetrock
Machinists Union	IAM	Chevrolet	Goodyear	30	Phil Threshie Larry Dickson
Cargo Master	Manta	Offy	Goodyear	50	Dick Ferguson
Parts Washer Service	Eagle Penske	Offy	Goodyear	91	Chip Mead
Parts Washer Service	Eagle Penske	Offy	Goodyear	92	John Mahler
Texaco Star	Lightning	Offy	Goodyear	55	Janet Guthrie
Vita Fresh Orange Juice Medlin Racing	Eagle	Offy	Goodyear	32	Tony Bettenhausen Jr
Wysard Motor Co.	Wildcat McLaren	DGS Cosworth	Goodyear	34	Vern Schuppan Pete Halsmer
J J Enterprises	Wildcat	Cosworth DGS	Goodyear	36/37	John Martin
BFM Enterprises	Manta	Offy	Goodyear	50	Milt Harper
National Engineering	McLaren	Cosworth	Goodyear	72	Michael Chandler
Walmotor	Penske	Cosworth	Goodyear	77	Salt Walther
Pronosticos Deportivos	Penske	Cosworth	Goodyear	88	Daniel Muñiz
-Private Entry-	Penske	Cosworth	Goodyear	91	Juan Carlos Bolaños
Shade Tree Racing	Eagle	Offy	Goodyear	85	Michel Jourdain
Psachie	Penske	Cosworth	Goodyear	55	Josele Garza
Rhoades Racing	Eagle	RAM	Goodyear	-	Larry Rice

Calendar

Rd	Race Name	Circuit	City/Location	Date
1	Datsun Twin 200	Ontario Motor Speedway	Ontario, California	April 13
2	Indianapolis 500-Mile Race	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Indianapolis, Indiana	May 26
3	Gould Rex Mays Classic 150	Milwaukee Mile	West Allis, Wisconsin	June 8
4	True Value 500	Pocono Raceway	Long Pond, Pennsylvania	June 22
5	Red Roof Inns 150	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	Lexington, Ohio	July 13
6	Norton 200	Michigan International Speedway	Brooklyn, Michigan	July 20
7	Kent Oil 150	Watkins Glen International	Watkins Glen, New York	August 3
8	Tony Bettenhausen 500	Milwaukee Mile	West Allis, Wisconsin	August 10
9	California 500	Ontario Motor Speedway	Ontario, California	August 31
10	Gould Grand Prix 150	Michigan International Speedway	Brooklyn, Michigan	September 20
11	I Copa México 150	Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez	Mexico City, Mexico	October 26
12	Miller High Life 150	Phoenix International Raceway	Avondale, Arizona	November 8

Full Series Results

Race Results

Rd	Name	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Report
1	Datsun Twin 200	Johnny Rutherford	Unknown	Johnny Rutherford	Chaparral	Report
2	Indianapolis 500	Johnny Rutherford	Unknown	Johnny Rutherford	Chaparral	Report
3	Gould-Rex Mays 150	Gordon Johncock	Unknown	Bobby Unser	Penske Racing	Report
4	True Value 500	Bobby Unser	Unknown	Bobby Unser	Penske Racing	Report
5	Red Roof Inns 150	Al Unser	Unknown	Johnny Rutherford	Chaparral	Report
6	Norton 200	Bobby Unser	Unknown	Johnny Rutherford	Chaparral	Report
7	Kent Oil 150	Al Unser	Unknown	Bobby Unser	Penske Racing	Report
8	Tony Bettenhausen 500	Johnny Rutherford	Unknown	Johnny Rutherford	Chaparral	Report
9	California 500	Bobby Unser	Unknown	Bobby Unser	Penske Racing	Report
10	Gould Grand Prix 150	Mario Andretti	Unknown	Mario Andretti	Penske Racing	Report
11	I Copa Mexico 150	Bobby Unser	Unknown	Rick Mears	Penske Racing	Report
12	Miller High Life 150	Mario Andretti	Unknown	Tom Sneva	Sugaripe Prune	Report

Points Breakdown

Points were awarded on the following basis:

Race Length	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33
500 miles	1000	800	700	600	500	400	300	250	200	150	100	50	25	25	25	25	20	20	20	20	15	15	15	10	10	10	10	10	5	5	5	5	5
200 miles	400	320	280	240	200	160	120	100	80	60	40	20	10	10	10	10	8	8	8	8	6	6	6	6	4	4
150 miles	300	240	210	160	150	120	90	75	60	45	30	15	8	8	8	8	6	6	6	6	5	4	4
125 miles	250	200	175	150	125	100	75	63	50	38	25	13	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4
100 miles	200	160	140	120	100	80	60	50	40	30	20	10	5	5	5	5	5	5

Final driver standings

Pos	Driver	ONT	IND	MIL	POC	MDO	MIC	WGL	MIL	ONT	MIC	MEX	PHX	Pts
1	Johnny Rutherford	1	1	2	2	1	1	5	1	2	4	Ret	Ret	4,723
2	Bobby Unser	Ret	Ret	1	1	Ret	2	1	3	1	2	2	DNQ	3,714
3	Tom Sneva	2	2	6	3	Ret	6	4	Ret	Ret	6	4	1	2,930
4	Rick Mears	Ret	5	5	12	Ret	4	2	2	3	3	1	7	2,866
5	Pancho Carter	Ret	6	4	6	7	3	7	Ret	7	7	Ret	Ret	1,855
6	Gordon Johncock	3	4	3	DNQ	2	5	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	1,572
7	Bill Alsup	7		9	4	3	10	8	Ret	Ret	10	Ret	Ret	1,214
8	Al Unser	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	7	Ret	13	4	5	3	Ret	1,153
9	Gary Bettenhausen		3	12	Ret	Ret	9	11	WD	Ret	Ret		3	1,057
10	Vern Schuppan				5	5		Ret		10				806
11	Tom Bagley	5	Ret	Ret	Ret		8	6	4	Ret	8	Ret	Ret	794
12	Dennis Firestone		Ret		Ret		14			6	DNS	5	5	743
13	Sheldon Kinser	Ret		11	7	Ret	16	Ret	Ret	12	14	7	4	697
14	Tom Gloy					6				5	9			680
15	Danny Ongais		7	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	3		Ret	11	Ret		601
16	Mario Andretti		Ret		Ret						1		2	580
17	Spike Gehlhausen	4	Ret				12		5	Ret		Ret		473
18	Roger Rager		Ret		Ret	8	Ret		8	11		Ret	Ret	381
19	Rick Muther	Ret		18		Ret	Ret	10		8				356
20	Bill Tempero	Ret		16		Ret	17	15	6	Ret	16	8	Ret	331
21	Dick Ferguson	8	Ret	DNQ			13			9				315
22	Howdy Holmes			15	8	Ret	11	13						314
23	Larry Cannon		Ret	DNQ	9		Ret		DNQ	Ret	Ret	9	Ret	299
24	Herm Johnson	Ret		17	11				11	13	13	Ret	8	272
24	Roger Mears	9				4		16	Ret					272
26	Tom Bigelow		8						14					260
27	Billy Engelhart		11	10	13				10	Ret			Ret	246
28	Jim McElreath		Ret		Ret			12	9			6		240
29	Jerry Karl		Ret	14	15	Ret	15	9	Ret	Ret		Ret	Ret	215
30	Tim Richmond		9	DNQ		Ret	Ret							209
31	Dick Simon		Ret	13	Ret		Ret	17	7	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	185
32	Greg Leffler		10							Ret	15		Ret	184
33	Gordon Smiley	6	Ret								Ret	DNQ		176
34	Lee Kunzman				10									150
35	Jerry Sneva		Ret	8	14				Ret	Ret	11		Ret	149
36	Pete Halsmer	Ret											6	128
37	Bill Vukovich II		12	Ret	Ret				Ret	Ret	Ret		Ret	96
38	Cliff Hucul			7										90
39	Phil Caliva	Ret			Ret	Ret				Ret		Ret		70
40	Jan Sneva	10												60
41	John Martin				Ret	Ret	Ret		Ret	Ret				56
41	Mike Mosley	Ret	Ret		Ret				Ret	Ret				56
43	Joe Saldana	Ret			Ret		Ret		12		Ret			50
44	A.J. Foyt	WD	Ret		Ret									45
45	Ron Shuman	11												40
46	Johnny Parsons		Ret		DNQ		Ret			Ret	Ret			36
47	John Mahler			DNQ		Ret		14	Ret	Ret		Ret		35
48	Don Whittington		13											25
48	John Wood	12				Ret			DNQ					25
48	Mike Chandler									Ret				25
48	George Snider		Ret		DNQ									25
52	Hurley Haywood		Ret											20
53	Phil Threshie			Ret	Ret				DNQ					15
54	Larry Dickson									Ret			Ret	10
55	Daniel Muñiz											Ret		8
55	Jerry Miller												Ret	8
57	Billie Harvey			19										6
57	Bob Frey				DNQ						17			6
57	Juan Carlos Bolaños											Ret		6
57	Michel Jourdain, Sr.											Ret	DNQ	6
57	Ross Davis	Ret												6
57	Salt Walther										18			6
63	Al Loquasto				Ret									5
63	Bill Whittington		Ret											5
63	Chip Mead									Ret				5
63	Tony Bettenhausen Jr			DNQ	Ret			DNQ						5
63	Jeff Heywood									Ret				5
Pos	Driver	ONT	IND	MIL	POC	MDO	MIC	WGL	MIL	ONT	MIC	MEX	PHX	Pts

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Finished, in points
Blue	Finished, no points
Blue	Not classified (NC)
Purple	Did not finish (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not participate
Blank	Excluded (EX)

In-line notation
Bold	Pole position
Rookie of the Year
Rookie

Driver Breakdown

Pos	Driver	Team	Entries	Wins	Podiums	Top 5s	Top 10s	Poles	Points
1	Rutherford	Chaparral Cars Inc.	12	5	8	10	10	3	4,723
2	B. Unser	Team Penske	11	4	8	8	8	3	3,714
3	T. Sneva	Sugaripe Prune	12	1	4	6	9	0	2,930
4	Ri. Mears	Team Penske	12	1	5	8	9	0	2,866
5	Carter	Alex Foods	12	0	1	2	8	0	1,855
6	Johncock	Patrick Racing Team Penske	11	0	3	5	5	1	1,572
7	Alsup	Alsup Racing	11	0	1	2	7	0	1,214
8	A. Unser	Longhorn Racing	12	0	1	3	4	2	1,153
9	G. Bettenhausen	Armstrong Mould	9	0	2	2	3	0	1,149
10	Schuppan	Wysard Motor Co.	4	0	0	2	3	0	806
11	Bagley	Patrick Racing	11	0	0	2	5	0	794
12	Firestone	Scientific Drilling	6	0	0	2	3	0	743
13	Kinser	Leader Card	11	0	0	1	3	0	697
14	Gloy	Team Penske	3	0	0	1	3	0	680
15	Ongais	Armstrong Mould Interscope Racing	9	0	0	1	2	0	601
16	Andretti	Team Penske	4	1	2	2	2	3	580
17	Gehlhausen	Fletcher Racing	6	0	0	2	2	0	473
18	Rager	Advance Clean Sweep	8	0	0	0	2	0	381
19	Muther	Pacific Coast Racing	6	0	0	0	2	0	356
20	Tempero	Wood Power	10	0	0	0	2	0	331
21	Ferguson	Galles Racing Cargo Master	4	0	0	0	2	0	315
22	Holmes	Armstrong Mould O'Hanlon Racing	5	0	0	0	1	0	314
23	Cannon	Kraco Racing	7	0	0	0	2	0	299
24	Johnson	Menard Racing	8	0	0	0	1	0	272
24	Ro. Mears	King Racing	4	0	0	1	2	0	272
26	Bigelow	Armstrong Mould	2	0	0	0	1	0	260
27	Engelhart	Beaudoin Racing	6	0	0	0	2	0	246
28	McElreath	McElreath Racing	5	0	0	0	2	0	240
29	Karl	Tonco Trailer	10	0	0	0	1	0	215
30	Richmond	Richmond Racing Mach I Racing	3	0	0	0	1	0	209
31	Simon	Simon Racing	10	0	0	0	1	0	185
32	Leffler	Armstrong Mould	4	0	0	0	1	0	184
33	Smiley	Patrick Racing Fletcher Racing	3	0	0	0	1	0	176
34	Kunzman	O'Hanlon Racing	1	0	0	0	1	0	150
35	Je. Sneva	Armstrong Mould O'Hanlon Racing	7	0	0	0	1	0	149
36	Halsmer	Wysard Motor Co.	2	0	0	0	1	0	128
37	Vukovich II	Leader Card	7	0	0	0	0	0	96
38	Hucul	Armstrong Mould	1	0	0	0	1	0	90
39	Caliva	Alsup Racing	5	0	0	0	0	0	70
40	Ja. Sneva	1st National Bank of Peru	1	0	0	0	1	0	60
41	Martin	JJ Enterprises	5	0	0	0	0	0	56
41	Mosley	All American Racers	5	0	0	0	0	0	56
43	Saldana	Hoffman Racing	5	0	0	0	0	0	50
44	Foyt	Gilmore Racing	3	0	0	0	0	0	45
45	Shuman	Stanton Barrett	1	0	0	0	0	0	40
46	Parsons	Hopkins Racing	4	0	0	0	0	0	36
47	Mahler	Parts Washer Service	5	0	0	0	0	0	35
48	D. Whittington	Sun Systems	1	0	0	0	0	0	25
48	Wood	Mergard Racing	2	0	0	0	0	0	25
48	Chandler	National Engineering	1	0	0	0	0	0	25
48	Snider	Gilmore Racing	1	0	0	0	0	0	25
52	Haywood	Guarantee	1	0	0	0	0	0	20
53	Threshie	Machinists Union	2	0	0	0	0	0	15
54	Dickson	Machinists Union	2	0	0	0	0	0	10
55	Muñiz	Pronosticos Deportivos	1	0	0	0	0	0	8
55	Miller	King Racing	1	0	0	0	0	0	8
57	Harvey	King Racing	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
57	Frey	Hoffman Racing	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
57	Bolaños	- Private Entry -	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
57	Jourdain	Shade Tree Racing	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
57	Davis	The Enterprise	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
57	Walther	Walmotor	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
63	Loquasto	Pacific Coast Racing	1	0	0	0	0	0	5
63	B. Whittington	Sun Systems	1	0	0	0	0	0	5
63	Mead	Parts Washer Service	1	0	0	0	0	0	5
63	T. Bettenhausen Jr.	Vita Fresh Orange Juice Medlin Racing	1	0	0	0	0	0	5
63	Heywood	Pacific Coast Racing	1	0	0	0	0	0	5

References

Åberg, Andreas. "PPG Indy Car World Series 1980". Driver Database. http://www.driverdb.com/standings/5-1980/. Retrieved 2009-05-19.
"1980 PPG Indy Car World Series". Champ Car Stats. http://www.champcarstats.com/year/1980.htm. Retrieved 2009-05-19.
"Official Box Score: 64th Indianapolis 500-Mile Race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway". Indianapolis Motor Speedway. http://www.indy500.com/stats/view/boxscore/year/1980/. Retrieved 2009-05-19.