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1980 Mexico City Champ Cars in CART at the Mexico City circuit. Full information

1980 Mexico City Champ Cars

1980 Mexico City Champ Cars is 24th CART race. Passed at the Mexico City circuit. Bobby Unser won the pole position, Rick Mears won this race. Bobby Unser and Al Unser also climbed to the podium, in second and third place. Race distance 60 laps (239 km).

Previous race: 1980 Michigan Champ Cars
Next race: 1980 Phoenix Champ Cars
Race Start: 26th October 1980

Interesting facts and statistics about the 1980 Mexico City Champ Cars

14th victory for the Penske Racing team
3rd victory for the Rick Mears
13th podium for the Rick Mears
17th podium for the Bobby Unser
5th podium for the Al Unser

Penske PC9 - 1980 Mexico City Champ Cars winner

Penske PC9 #1 - 1980 Mexico City Champ Cars winner

1980 Mexico City Champ Cars results

Position	Name	Car	Points	Result	Team
1	Rick Mears	Penske PC9, #1	300	1h 16m 43s	Penske Racing
2	Bobby Unser	Penske PC9, #11	240	1h 16m 50s	Penske Racing
3	Al Unser	Longhorn LR01, #5	210	1h 17m 34s	Longhorn Racing
4	Tom Sneva	McLaren M24, #9	180	59 laps	Sugaripe Prune Racing Team
5	Dennis Firestone	Penske PC6, #18	150	57 laps	Scientific Drilling Controls Racing
6	Jim McElreath	Eagle ? 1980, #16	120	55 laps	McElreath Racing
7	Sheldon Kinser	Watson ? 1980, #24	90	55 laps	Leader Card Racers
8	Bill Tempero	Eagle ? 1980, #65	75	51 laps	Bill Tempero
9	Larry Cannon	Wildcat Mk1, #95	60	50 laps	Kraco Racing
10	Johnny Rutherford	Chaparral 2K, #7	45	49 laps Accident	Chaparral Racing
11	Roger Rager	Wildcat Mk3, #66	30	37 laps Oil leak	Roger Rager
12	Jerry Karl	McLaren M16E, #38	15	36 laps Engine	William R Compton
13	John Mahler	Penske PC6, #92	8	23 laps Engine	Intercomp Racing
14	Herm Johnson	Lightning ? 1980, #28	8	12 laps Oil leak	Cliff-Menard Racing
15	Daniel Muniz	Penske PC6, #88	8	12 laps Engine	Daniel Muniz
16	Bill Alsup	Penske PC7, #41	8	10 laps Transmission	Alsup Racing
17	Juan Carlos Bolanos	Eagle ? 1980, #91	6	9 laps Engine	Intercomp Racing
18	Tom Bagley	Phoenix 80, #40	6	9 laps Engine	Patrick Racing
19	Gordon Johncock	Phoenix 80, #20	6	7 laps Engine	Patrick Racing
20	Michel Jourdain	Eagle ? 1980, #85	6	5 laps Oil line	Shade Tree Racing
21	Phil Caliva	McLaren M16C, #47	5	3 laps Valve	Alsup Racing
22	Pancho Carter	Penske PC7, #10	5	2 laps Valve	Alex Foods Racing
23	Dick Simon	Vollstedt ? 1980, #8	5	1 laps Engine	Vollstedt Enterprises
24	Danny Ongais	Parnelli VPJ6B, #25	5	Accident	Interscope Racing
25	Spike Gehlhausen	McLaren M24, #81	3	Broken hub	O'Hanlon Racing Team

Qualifying Results for the 1980 Mexico City Champ Cars on the Mexico City circuit

Position	Name	Car	Result	Team
1	Bobby Unser	Penske PC9, #11	1m 11.839s	Penske Racing
2	Rick Mears	Penske PC9, #1	1m 12.517s	Penske Racing
3	Danny Ongais	Parnelli VPJ6B, #25	1m 13.114s	Interscope Racing
4	Bill Alsup	Penske PC7, #41	1m 13.738s	Alsup Racing
5	Al Unser	Longhorn LR01, #5	1m 13.986s	Longhorn Racing
6	Gordon Johncock	Phoenix 80, #20	1m 14.066s	Patrick Racing
7	Johnny Rutherford	Chaparral 2K, #7	1m 14.236s	Chaparral Racing
8	Pancho Carter	Penske PC7, #10	1m 14.757s	Alex Foods Racing
9	Tom Bagley	Phoenix 80, #40	1m 15.473s	Patrick Racing
10	Tom Sneva	McLaren M24, #9	1m 16.294s	Sugaripe Prune Racing Team
11	Jerry Karl	McLaren M16E, #38	1m 16.338s	William R Compton
12	Dennis Firestone	Penske PC6, #18	1m 17.812s	Scientific Drilling Controls Racing
13	Herm Johnson	Lightning ? 1980, #28	1m 17.571s	Cliff-Menard Racing
14	Dick Simon	Vollstedt ? 1980, #8	1m 19.378s	Vollstedt Enterprises
15	Bill Tempero	Eagle ? 1980, #65	1m 19.699s	Bill Tempero
16	Daniel Muniz	Penske PC6, #88	1m 20.234s	Daniel Muniz
17	Sheldon Kinser	Watson ? 1980, #24	1m 20.745s	Leader Card Racers
18	Spike Gehlhausen	McLaren M24, #81	1m 21.73s	O'Hanlon Racing Team
19	Jim McElreath	Eagle ? 1980, #16	1m 22.721s	McElreath Racing
20	Michel Jourdain	Eagle ? 1980, #85	1m 23.229s	Shade Tree Racing
21	Juan Carlos Bolanos	Eagle ? 1980, #91	1m 24.649s	Intercomp Racing
22	John Mahler	Penske PC6, #92	1m 24.739s	Intercomp Racing
23	Roger Rager	Wildcat Mk3, #66	1m 26.37s	Roger Rager
24	Phil Caliva	McLaren M16C, #47	1m 27.67s	Alsup Racing
25	Larry Cannon	Wildcat Mk1, #95	1m 30.54s	Kraco Racing