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CART in the 1980 season. Full information

2nd season of CART, started 13th April and ended at 8th November 1980

Beginners of the season: Gordon Smiley , Ron Shuman , John Wood , Bill Tempero , Pete Halsmer , Ross Davis , Greg Leffler , Billy Engelhart , Hurley Haywood , Billie Harvey , Bob Frey , Michael Chandler , Chip Mead , Jeff Heywood , Daniel Muniz , Juan Carlos Bolanos , Michel Jourdain

Participated in training: Gary Bettenhausen , Johnny Parsons jr , Lee Kunzman , Dick Simon , John Mahler , Larry Cannon , Pancho Carter , Dick Ferguson , Tony Bettenhausen jr , Howdy Holmes , Tom Bagley , Joe Saldana , Phil Threshie , Tim Richmond , Gordon Smiley , John Wood , Bobby Unser , AJ Foyt jr , Bob Frey , Michel Jourdain , Gordon Johncock , George Snider

List of races and tracks in the 1980 season

	Race	Winner	Track	Race Start
	1980 Ontario Champ Cars	Johnny Rutherford Chaparral 2K, #4	Ontario	13th April 1980
	1980 Indianapolis 500	Johnny Rutherford Chaparral 2K, #4	Indianapolis	26th May 1980
	1980 Milwaukee Champ Cars Race 1	Bobby Unser Penske PC9, #11	Milwaukee	8th June 1980
	1980 Pocono 500	Bobby Unser Penske PC9, #11	Pocono	22nd June 1980
	1980 Mid-Ohio Champ Cars	Johnny Rutherford Chaparral 2K, #4	Mid-Ohio	13th July 1980
	1980 Michigan Champ Cars Race 1	Johnny Rutherford Chaparral 2K, #4	Michigan	20th July 1980
	1980 Watkins Glen Champ Cars	Bobby Unser Penske PC9, #11	Watkins Glen	3rd August 1980
	1980 Milwaukee Champ Cars Race 2	Johnny Rutherford Chaparral 2K, #4	Milwaukee	10th August 1980
	1980 California 500	Bobby Unser Penske PC9, #11	Ontario	31st August 1980
	1980 Michigan Champ Cars Race 2	Mario Andretti Penske PC9, #12	Michigan	20th September 1980
	1980 Mexico City Champ Cars	Rick Mears Penske PC9, #1	Mexico City	26th October 1980
	1980 Phoenix Champ Cars	Tom Sneva Phoenix 80, #9	Phoenix	8th November 1980

Drivers championship 1980

Johnny Rutherford

United States

Champion

Points: 4723 Wins: 5 Poles: 3

United States

2nd place

Points: 3714 Wins: 4 Poles: 4

United States

3rd place

Points: 2930 Wins: 1 Poles: 0

List of all drivers for the 1980 season

Name	Points
Johnny Rutherford	4723
Bobby Unser	3714
Tom Sneva	2930
Rick Mears	2866
Pancho Carter	1855
Gordon Johncock	1572
Bill Alsup	1214
Al Unser	1153
Gary Bettenhausen	1057
Vern Schuppan	806
Tom Bagley	794
Dennis Firestone	743
Sheldon Kinser	697
Tom Gloy	680
Danny Ongais	601
Mario Andretti	580
Spike Gehlhausen	473
Roger Rager	381
Rick Muther	356
Bill Tempero	331
Dick Ferguson	315
Howdy Holmes	314
Larry Cannon	299
Herm Johnson	272
Roger Mears	272
Tom Bigelow	260
Billy Engelhart	246
Jim McElreath	240
Jerry Karl	215
Tim Richmond	209
Dick Simon	185
Greg Leffler	184
Gordon Smiley	176
Lee Kunzman	150
Jerry Sneva	149
Pete Halsmer	128
Billy Vukovich	96
Cliff Hucul	90
Phil Caliva	70
Jan Sneva	60
Mike Mosley	56
John Martin	56
Joe Saldana	50
AJ Foyt jr	45
Ron Shuman	40
John Mahler	35
Don Whittington	25
John Wood	25
Michael Chandler	25
George Snider	25
Johnny Parsons jr	21
Hurley Haywood	20
Phil Threshie	15
Larry Dickson	10
Jerry Miller	8
Daniel Muniz	8
Salt Walther	6
Ross Davis	6
Billie Harvey	6
Bob Frey	6
Juan Carlos Bolanos	6
Michel Jourdain	6
Al Loquasto	5
Tony Bettenhausen jr	5
Bill Whittington	5
Chip Mead	5
Jeff Heywood	5

List of all cars in the 1980 season

Cosworth

Points: 7154 Wins: 6 Poles: 6

Cosworth

Points: 4723 Wins: 5 Poles: 3

Cosworth

Points: 4256 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Cosworth

Points: 3588 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Cosworth

Points: 2054 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Offenhauser

Points: 1511 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Cosworth

Points: 1311 Wins: 1 Poles: 1

Cosworth

Points: 1153 Wins: 0 Poles: 2

Cosworth TC

Points: 787 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Cosworth

Points: 685 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Cosworth

Points: 676 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Cosworth

Points: 571 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Lightning ? 1980

Cosworth

Points: 400 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Chevrolet

Points: 381 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Offenhauser

Points: 361 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Lightning ? 1980

Offenhauser

Points: 338 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Cosworth

Points: 336 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Chevrolet

Points: 331 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Offenhauser

Points: 258 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Chevrolet

Points: 216 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Chevrolet

Points: 215 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Vollstedt ? 1980

Offenhauser

Points: 185 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Offenhauser

Points: 102 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Cosworth

Points: 75 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Offenhauser

Points: 70 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Offenhauser

Points: 60 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Chevrolet

Points: 40 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Offenhauser

Points: 35 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Lightning ? 1980

Chevrolet

Points: 31 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Offenhauser

Points: 25 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Chevrolet

Points: 25 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Chevrolet

Points: 10 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Offenhauser

Points: 10 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Cosworth

Points: 8 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Offenhauser

Points: 0 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Offenhauser

Points: 0 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Chevrolet

Points: 0 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Cosworth

Points: 0 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

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