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1980 Michigan Champ Cars Race 1 in CART at the Michigan circuit. Full information

1980 Michigan Champ Cars

1980 Michigan Champ Cars is 19th CART race. Passed at the Michigan circuit. Bobby Unser won the pole position, Johnny Rutherford won this race. Bobby Unser and Pancho Carter also climbed to the podium, in second and third place. Race distance 100 laps (322 km).

Previous race: 1980 Mid-Ohio Champ Cars
Next race: 1980 Watkins Glen Champ Cars
Race Start: 20th July 1980

Interesting facts and statistics about the 1980 Michigan Champ Cars

5th victory for the Chaparral Racing team
6th victory for the Johnny Rutherford
11th podium for the Johnny Rutherford
12th podium for the Bobby Unser
1st podium for the Pancho Carter

Chaparral 2K - 1980 Michigan Champ Cars winner

Chaparral 2K #4 - 1980 Michigan Champ Cars winner

1980 Michigan Champ Cars results

Position	Name	Car	Points	Result	Team
1	Johnny Rutherford	Chaparral 2K, #4	400	1h 20m 48s	Chaparral Racing
2	Bobby Unser	Penske PC9, #11	320	1h 21m 1.25s	Penske Racing
3	Pancho Carter	Penske PC7, #10	280	1h 21m 6.2s	Alex Foods Racing
4	Rick Mears	Penske PC9, #1	240	1h 21m 17s	Penske Racing
5	Gordon Johncock	Wildcat Mk4, #20	200	99 laps	Patrick Racing
6	Tom Sneva	McLaren M24, #9	160	99 laps	Sugaripe Prune Racing Team
7	Al Unser	Longhorn LR01, #5	120	99 laps	Longhorn Racing
8	Tom Bagley	Wildcat Mk4, #40	100	98 laps	Patrick Racing
9	Gary Bettenhausen	Wildcat Mk2, #46	80	98 laps	Armstrong Mould Racing Team
10	Bill Alsup	Penske PC7, #41	60	98 laps	Alsup Racing
11	Howdy Holmes	Lola T500, #43	40	96 laps	Armstrong Mould Racing Team
12	Spike Gehlhausen	Penske PC7, #35	20	96 laps	Fletcher Racing Team
13	Dick Ferguson	McLaren M24, #81	10	96 laps	O'Hanlon Racing Team
14	Dennis Firestone	Penske PC6, #18	10	96 laps	Scientific Drilling Controls Racing
15	Jerry Karl	McLaren M16E, #38	10	94 laps	William R Compton
16	Sheldon Kinser	Watson ? 1980, #24	10	94 laps	Leader Card Racers
17	Bill Tempero	Eagle ? 1980, #65	8	92 laps	Bill Tempero
18	Dick Simon	Vollstedt ? 1980, #8	8	78 laps Engine	Vollstedt Enterprises
19	John Martin	Wildcat Mk1, #37	8	77 laps Valve	J&J Enterprises
20	Larry Cannon	Wildcat Mk1, #95	8	45 laps Accident	Kraco Racing
21	Danny Ongais	Parnelli VPJ6B, #25	6	29 laps Engine	Interscope Racing
22	Johnny Parsons jr	Lightning ? 1980, #51	6	13 laps Water pipe	Lindsey Hopkins Racing
23	Joe Saldana	Lightning ? 1980, #59	6	13 laps Con rod	Hoffman Racing
24	Roger Rager	Wildcat Mk3, #66	6	9 laps Oil leak	Roger Rager
25	Rick Muther	Penske PC7, #82	4	5 laps Steering	Pacific Coast Racing
26	Tim Richmond	Penske PC7, #21	4	4 laps Accident	MACH 1 Racing

Qualifying Results for the 1980 Michigan Champ Cars on the Michigan circuit

Position	Name	Car	Result	Team
1	Bobby Unser	Penske PC9, #11	37.405s	Penske Racing
2	Johnny Rutherford	Chaparral 2K, #4	37.733s	Chaparral Racing
3	Rick Mears	Penske PC9, #1	38.013s	Penske Racing
4	Pancho Carter	Penske PC7, #10	38.209s	Alex Foods Racing
5	Al Unser	Longhorn LR01, #5	38.339s	Longhorn Racing
6	Bill Alsup	Penske PC7, #41	38.353s	Alsup Racing
7	Gordon Johncock	Wildcat Mk4, #20	38.518s	Patrick Racing
8	Tom Bagley	Wildcat Mk4, #40	38.949s	Patrick Racing
9	Jerry Karl	McLaren M16E, #38	39.084s	William R Compton
10	Sheldon Kinser	Watson ? 1980, #24	39.232s	Leader Card Racers
11	Dennis Firestone	Penske PC6, #18	39.252s	Scientific Drilling Controls Racing
12	Tom Sneva	McLaren M24, #9	39.327s	Sugaripe Prune Racing Team
13	Johnny Parsons jr	Lightning ? 1980, #51	39.487s	Lindsey Hopkins Racing
14	Larry Cannon	Wildcat Mk1, #95	39.6s	Kraco Racing
15	Gary Bettenhausen	Wildcat Mk2, #46	39.698s	Armstrong Mould Racing Team
16	Danny Ongais	Parnelli VPJ6B, #25	39.858s	Interscope Racing
17	Tim Richmond	Penske PC7, #21	39.885s	MACH 1 Racing
18	Roger Rager	Wildcat Mk3, #66	39.91s	Roger Rager
19	Spike Gehlhausen	Penske PC7, #35	40.116s	Fletcher Racing Team
20	Joe Saldana	Lightning ? 1980, #59	40.117s	Hoffman Racing
21	John Martin	Wildcat Mk1, #37	40.121s	J&J Enterprises
22	Dick Simon	Vollstedt ? 1980, #8	40.18s	Vollstedt Enterprises
23	Dick Ferguson	McLaren M24, #81	40.189s	O'Hanlon Racing Team
24	Howdy Holmes	Lola T500, #43	40.233s	Armstrong Mould Racing Team
25	Bill Tempero	Eagle ? 1980, #65	41.316s	Bill Tempero
26	Rick Muther	Penske PC7, #82	40.258s	Pacific Coast Racing