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1980 Indianapolis 500

1980 Indianapolis 500 is 15th CART race. Passed at the Indianapolis circuit. Johnny Rutherford won the pole position and this race. Tom Sneva and Gary Bettenhausen also climbed to the podium, in second and third place. Race distance 200 laps (805 km).

Previous race: 1980 Ontario Champ Cars
Next race: 1980 Milwaukee Champ Cars
Race Start: 26th May 1980

Interesting facts and statistics about the 1980 Indianapolis 500

3rd victory for the Chaparral Racing team
4th victory for the Johnny Rutherford
7th podium for the Johnny Rutherford
6th podium for the Tom Sneva
1st podium for the Gary Bettenhausen

1980 Indianapolis 500

Chaparral 2K #4 - 1980 Indianapolis 500 winner

1980 Indianapolis 500 results

Position	Name	Car	Points	Result	Team
1	Johnny Rutherford	Chaparral 2K, #4	1000	3h 29m 59.56s	Chaparral Racing
2	Tom Sneva	McLaren M24, #9	800	3h 30m 29.48s	Sugaripe Prune Racing Team
3	Gary Bettenhausen	Wildcat Mk2, #46	700	3h 30m 32.9s	Armstrong Mould Racing Team
4	Gordon Johncock	Penske PC6, #20	600	3h 30m 33.17s	Patrick Racing
5	Rick Mears	Penske PC9, #1	500	199 laps	Penske Racing
6	Pancho Carter	Penske PC7, #10	400	199 laps	Alex Foods Racing
7	Danny Ongais	Parnelli VPJ6B, #25	300	199 laps	Interscope Racing
8	Tom Bigelow	Lola T500, #43	250	198 laps	Armstrong Mould Racing Team
9	Tim Richmond	Penske PC7, #21	200	197 laps Out of fuel	MACH 1 Racing
10	Greg Leffler	Lola T500, #44	150	197 laps	Armstrong Mould Racing Team
11	Billy Engelhart	McLaren M24, #29	100	193 laps	Beaudoin Racing
12	Billy Vukovich	Watson ? 1980, #2	50	192 laps	Leader Card Racers
13	Don Whittington	Penske PC7, #96	25	178 laps	Whittington Racing
14	AJ Foyt jr	Parnelli VPJ6C, #14	25	173 laps Valve	Gilmore Racing Team
15	George Snider	Parnelli VPJ6C, #16	25	169 laps Engine	Gilmore Racing Team
16	Dennis Firestone	Penske PC6, #18	25	137 laps Transmission	Scientific Drilling Controls Racing
17	Jerry Sneva	Lola T500, #7	20	130 laps Accident	Armstrong Mould Racing Team
18	Hurley Haywood	Lightning ? 1980, #99	20	127 laps Turbocharger	Lindsey Hopkins Racing
19	Bobby Unser	Penske PC9, #11	20	126 laps Ignition	Penske Racing
20	Mario Andretti	Penske PC9, #12	20	71 laps Engine	Penske Racing
21	Jerry Karl	McLaren M16E, #38	15	64 laps Clutch	William R Compton
22	Dick Simon	Vollstedt ? 1980, #8	15	58 laps Wheel	Vollstedt Enterprises
23	Roger Rager	Wildcat Mk3, #66	15	55 laps Accident	Roger Rager
24	Jim McElreath	Penske PC6, #23	15	54 laps Accident	McElreath Racing
25	Gordon Smiley	Phoenix 80, #70	10	47 laps Turbocharger	Patrick Racing
26	Johnny Parsons jr	Lightning ? 1980, #15	10	44 laps Turbocharger	Lindsey Hopkins Racing
27	Al Unser	Longhorn LR01, #5	10	33 laps Cylinder block	Longhorn Racing
28	Tom Bagley	Wildcat Mk4, #40	10	29 laps Fuel pump	Patrick Racing
29	Spike Gehlhausen	Penske PC7, #35	5	20 laps Accident	Fletcher Racing Team
30	Bill Whittington	Parnelli VPJ6C, #94	5	9 laps Accident	Whittington Racing
31	Dick Ferguson	Penske PC6, #26	5	9 laps Accident	Sanett Racing
32	Mike Mosley	Eagle 80, #48	5	5 laps Gasket	All-American Racers
33	Larry Cannon	Wildcat Mk1, #95	5	2 laps Camshaft	Kraco Racing
0	Phil Caliva	McLaren M16C, #47	0		Alsup Racing
0	Salt Walther	Penske PC7, #76	0		Dayton-Walther
0	John Martin	Wildcat ? 1980, #37	0		J&J Enterprises
0	Bill Alsup	Penske PC7, #41	0		Alsup Racing
0	Tony Bettenhausen jr	Eagle ? 1980, #32	0		Medlin Racing
0	Pete Halsmer	Wildcat ? 1980, #34	0		Wysard Motor Co
0	Sheldon Kinser	Watson ? 1980, #24	0		Leader Card Racers

Qualifying Results for the 1980 Indianapolis 500 on the Indianapolis circuit

Position	Name	Car	Result	Team
1	Johnny Rutherford	Chaparral 2K, #4	3m 7.25s	Chaparral Racing
2	Mario Andretti	Penske PC9, #12	3m 8.47s	Penske Racing
3	Bobby Unser	Penske PC9, #11	3m 9.48s	Penske Racing
4	Spike Gehlhausen	Penske PC7, #35	3m 11.14s	Fletcher Racing Team
5	Jerry Sneva	Lola T500, #7	3m 11.64s	Armstrong Mould Racing Team
6	Rick Mears	Penske PC9, #1	3m 12.01s	Penske Racing
7	Johnny Parsons jr	Lightning ? 1980, #15	3m 12.09s	Lindsey Hopkins Racing
8	Pancho Carter	Penske PC7, #10	3m 13.05s	Alex Foods Racing
9	Al Unser	Longhorn LR01, #5	3m 13.09s	Longhorn Racing
10	Roger Rager	Wildcat Mk3, #66	3m 13.16s	Roger Rager
11	Jim McElreath	Penske PC6, #23	3m 13.29s	McElreath Racing
12	AJ Foyt jr	Parnelli VPJ6C, #14	3m 14.07s	Gilmore Racing Team
13	Tom Bagley	Wildcat Mk4, #40	3m 14.17s	Patrick Racing
14	Larry Cannon	Wildcat Mk1, #95	3m 16.45s	Kraco Racing
15	Dick Ferguson	Penske PC6, #26	3m 16.85s	Sanett Racing
16	Danny Ongais	Parnelli VPJ6B, #25	3m 12.92s	Interscope Racing
17	Gordon Johncock	Penske PC6, #20	3m 13.47s	Patrick Racing
18	Don Whittington	Penske PC7, #96	3m 15.73s	Whittington Racing
19	Tim Richmond	Penske PC7, #21	3m 11.15s	MACH 1 Racing
20	Gordon Smiley	Phoenix 80, #70	3m 12.67s	Patrick Racing
21	George Snider	Parnelli VPJ6C, #16	3m 14.19s	Gilmore Racing Team
22	Billy Engelhart	McLaren M24, #29	3m 15.4s	Beaudoin Racing
23	Greg Leffler	Lola T500, #44	3m 15.92s	Armstrong Mould Racing Team
24	Dennis Firestone	Penske PC6, #18	3m 15.97s	Scientific Drilling Controls Racing
25	Hurley Haywood	Lightning ? 1980, #99	3m 16.12s	Lindsey Hopkins Racing
26	Mike Mosley	Eagle 80, #48	3m 16.24s	All-American Racers
27	Bill Whittington	Parnelli VPJ6C, #94	3m 16.44s	Whittington Racing
28	Jerry Karl	McLaren M16E, #38	3m 16.71s	William R Compton
29	Dick Simon	Vollstedt ? 1980, #8	3m 16.95s	Vollstedt Enterprises
30	Billy Vukovich	Watson ? 1980, #2	3m 17s	Leader Card Racers
31	Tom Bigelow	Lola T500, #43	3m 17.21s	Armstrong Mould Racing Team
32	Gary Bettenhausen	Wildcat Mk2, #46	3m 17.3s	Armstrong Mould Racing Team
33	Tom Sneva	McLaren M24, #9	3m 14.29s	Sugaripe Prune Racing Team
34	John Martin	Wildcat ? 1980, #37		J&J Enterprises
35	Bill Alsup	Penske PC7, #41		Alsup Racing
36	Salt Walther	Penske PC7, #76		Dayton-Walther
37	Pete Halsmer	Wildcat ? 1980, #34		Wysard Motor Co
38	Sheldon Kinser	Watson ? 1980, #24		Leader Card Racers
39	Phil Caliva	McLaren M16C, #47		Alsup Racing
40	Tony Bettenhausen jr	Eagle ? 1980, #32		Medlin Racing