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1980 Michigan Champ Cars Race 2 in CART at the Michigan circuit. Full information

1980 Michigan Champ Cars

1980 Michigan Champ Cars is 23rd CART race. Passed at the Michigan circuit. Mario Andretti won the pole position and this race. Bobby Unser and Rick Mears also climbed to the podium, in second and third place. Race distance 75 laps (241 km).

Previous race: 1980 California 500
Next race: 1980 Mexico City Champ Cars
Race Start: 20th September 1980

Interesting facts and statistics about the 1980 Michigan Champ Cars

13th victory for the Penske Racing team
1st victory for the Mario Andretti
2nd podium for the Mario Andretti
16th podium for the Bobby Unser
12th podium for the Rick Mears

Penske PC9 - 1980 Michigan Champ Cars winner

Penske PC9 #12 - 1980 Michigan Champ Cars winner

1980 Michigan Champ Cars results

Position	Name	Car	Points	Result	Team
1	Mario Andretti	Penske PC9, #12	300	53m 44s	Penske Racing
2	Bobby Unser	Penske PC9, #11	240	53m 44.8s	Penske Racing
3	Rick Mears	Penske PC9, #1	210	53m 51s	Penske Racing
4	Johnny Rutherford	Chaparral 2K, #4	180	53m 55s	Chaparral Racing
5	Al Unser	Longhorn LR01, #5	150	73 laps	Longhorn Racing
6	Tom Sneva	Phoenix 80, #9	120	73 laps	Sugaripe Prune Racing Team
7	Pancho Carter	Penske PC7, #10	90	73 laps	Alex Foods Racing
8	Tom Bagley	Wildcat Mk4, #40	75	71 laps	Patrick Racing
9	Tom Gloy	Penske PC7, #61	60	71 laps	Penske Racing
10	Bill Alsup	Penske PC7, #41	45	71 laps	Alsup Racing
11	Danny Ongais	Orbitor Mk1, #43	30	70 laps	Armstrong Mould Racing Team
12	Jerry Sneva	McLaren M24, #81	15	70 laps	O'Hanlon Racing Team
13	Herm Johnson	Lightning ? 1980, #28	8	69 laps	Cliff-Menard Racing
14	Sheldon Kinser	Watson ? 1980, #24	8	68 laps	Leader Card Racers
15	Greg Leffler	Lola T500, #44	8	68 laps	Armstrong Mould Racing Team
16	Bill Tempero	Eagle ? 1980, #65	8	66 laps	Bill Tempero
17	Bob Frey	Eagle ? 1980, #69	6	65 laps	Hoffman Racing
18	Salt Walther	Penske PC6, #77	6	64 laps	Dayton-Walther
19	Gary Bettenhausen	Wildcat Mk2, #46	6	41 laps Oil cooler	Armstrong Mould Racing Team
20	Gordon Smiley	Penske PC7, #35	6	40 laps Accident	Fletcher Racing Team
21	Joe Saldana	Lightning ? 1980, #59	5	34 laps Con rod	Hoffman Racing
22	Larry Cannon	Wildcat Mk1, #95	5	30 laps Oil pressure	Kraco Racing
23	Johnny Parsons jr	Lightning ? 1980, #15	5	26 laps Engine	Lindsey Hopkins Racing
24	Gordon Johncock	Phoenix 80, #20	5	10 laps Engine	Patrick Racing
25	Billy Vukovich	Watson ? 1980, #2	3	8 laps Engine	Leader Card Racers
0	Dennis Firestone	Penske PC6, #18	3		Scientific Drilling Controls Racing

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

Position	Name	Car	Result	Team
1	Mario Andretti	Penske PC9, #12	36.769s	Penske Racing
2	Bobby Unser	Penske PC9, #11	36.885s	Penske Racing
3	Johnny Rutherford	Chaparral 2K, #4	37.014s	Chaparral Racing
4	Rick Mears	Penske PC9, #1	37.309s	Penske Racing
5	Al Unser	Longhorn LR01, #5	37.327s	Longhorn Racing
6	Pancho Carter	Penske PC7, #10	38.133s	Alex Foods Racing
7	Tom Sneva	Phoenix 80, #9	38.352s	Sugaripe Prune Racing Team
8	Bill Alsup	Penske PC7, #41	38.397s	Alsup Racing
9	Gordon Smiley	Penske PC7, #35	38.578s	Fletcher Racing Team
10	Gordon Johncock	Phoenix 80, #20	38.635s	Patrick Racing
11	Johnny Parsons jr	Lightning ? 1980, #15	38.806s	Lindsey Hopkins Racing
12	Danny Ongais	Orbitor Mk1, #43	39.124s	Armstrong Mould Racing Team
13	Billy Vukovich	Watson ? 1980, #2	39.393s	Leader Card Racers
14	Tom Bagley	Wildcat Mk4, #40	39.496s	Patrick Racing
15	Tom Gloy	Penske PC7, #61	39.597s	Penske Racing
16	Gary Bettenhausen	Wildcat Mk2, #46	39.663s	Armstrong Mould Racing Team
17	Herm Johnson	Lightning ? 1980, #28	39.712s	Cliff-Menard Racing
18	Greg Leffler	Lola T500, #44	39.764s	Armstrong Mould Racing Team
19	Sheldon Kinser	Watson ? 1980, #24	39.893s	Leader Card Racers
20	Dennis Firestone	Penske PC6, #18	40.522s	Scientific Drilling Controls Racing
21	Salt Walther	Penske PC6, #77	40.679s	Dayton-Walther
22	Joe Saldana	Lightning ? 1980, #59	40.882s	Hoffman Racing
23	Larry Cannon	Wildcat Mk1, #95	42.187s	Kraco Racing
24	Bob Frey	Eagle ? 1980, #69	44.309s	Hoffman Racing
25	Jerry Sneva	McLaren M24, #81		O'Hanlon Racing Team
26	Bill Tempero	Eagle ? 1980, #65		Bill Tempero