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1980 Mid-Ohio Champ Cars in CART at the Mid-Ohio circuit. Full information

1980 Mid-Ohio Champ Cars

1980 Mid-Ohio Champ Cars is 18th CART race. Passed at the Mid-Ohio circuit. Al Unser won the pole position, Johnny Rutherford won this race. Gordon Johncock and Bill Alsup also climbed to the podium, in second and third place. Race distance 65 laps (251 km).

Previous race: 1980 Pocono 500
Next race: 1980 Michigan Champ Cars
Race Start: 13th July 1980

Interesting facts and statistics about the 1980 Mid-Ohio Champ Cars

4th victory for the Chaparral Racing team
5th victory for the Johnny Rutherford
10th podium for the Johnny Rutherford
8th podium for the Gordon Johncock
1st podium for the Bill Alsup

Chaparral 2K - 1980 Mid-Ohio Champ Cars winner

Chaparral 2K #4 - 1980 Mid-Ohio Champ Cars winner

1980 Mid-Ohio Champ Cars results

Position	Name	Car	Points	Result	Team
1	Johnny Rutherford	Chaparral 2K, #4	300	1h 48m 4.93s	Chaparral Racing
2	Gordon Johncock	Phoenix 80, #20	240	1h 48m 27.98s	Patrick Racing
3	Bill Alsup	Penske PC7, #41	210	64 laps	Alsup Racing
4	Roger Mears	King ? 1980, #86	180	63 laps	Grant King Racers
5	Vern Schuppan	Wildcat Mk2, #34	150	61 laps	Wysard Motor Co
6	Tom Gloy	Penske PC6, #61	120	60 laps	Penske Racing
7	Pancho Carter	Penske PC7, #10	90	58 laps	Alex Foods Racing
8	Roger Rager	Wildcat Mk3, #66	75	57 laps	Roger Rager
9	Rick Mears	Penske PC9, #1	60	53 laps Accident	Penske Racing
10	Rick Muther	Penske PC6, #82	45	46 laps Accident	Pacific Coast Racing
11	Tom Sneva	McLaren M24, #9	30	42 laps Accident	Sugaripe Prune Racing Team
12	Phil Caliva	McLaren M16C, #47	15	32 laps Clutch	Alsup Racing
13	Al Unser	Longhorn LR01, #5	8	27 laps Suspension	Longhorn Racing
14	Howdy Holmes	Orbitor Mk1, #43	8	24 laps Stalled	Armstrong Mould Racing Team
15	Bobby Unser	Penske PC9, #11	8	13 laps Valve	Penske Racing
16	John Martin	Wildcat Mk1, #36	8	13 laps Oil pressure	J&J Enterprises
17	Bill Tempero	Eagle ? 1980, #65	6	12 laps Fuel feed	Bill Tempero
18	Jerry Karl	McLaren M16E, #38	6	10 laps Stalled	William R Compton
19	John Mahler	Penske PC6, #92	6	8 laps Cylinder block	Intercomp Racing
20	Gary Bettenhausen	Wildcat Mk2, #46	6	2 laps Engine	Armstrong Mould Racing Team
21	Danny Ongais	Parnelli VPJ6B, #25	5	Ignition	Interscope Racing
22	Tim Richmond	Penske PC7, #21	5	Accident	MACH 1 Racing
23	John Wood, Sheldon Kinser	Eagle 80, #42	5	Accident	Mergard Racing

Qualifying Results for the 1980 Mid-Ohio Champ Cars on the Mid-Ohio circuit

Position	Name	Car	Result	Team
1	Al Unser	Longhorn LR01, #5	1m 24.87s	Longhorn Racing
2	Bobby Unser	Penske PC9, #11	1m 25.73s	Penske Racing
3	Rick Mears	Penske PC9, #1	1m 26.04s	Penske Racing
4	Johnny Rutherford	Chaparral 2K, #4	1m 26.47s	Chaparral Racing
5	Danny Ongais	Parnelli VPJ6B, #25	1m 26.56s	Interscope Racing
6	Gordon Johncock	Phoenix 80, #20	1m 28.2s	Patrick Racing
7	Bill Alsup	Penske PC7, #41	1m 28.61s	Alsup Racing
8	Tom Sneva	McLaren M24, #9	1m 29.26s	Sugaripe Prune Racing Team
9	Pancho Carter	Penske PC7, #10	1m 29.88s	Alex Foods Racing
10	Howdy Holmes	Orbitor Mk1, #43	1m 30.07s	Armstrong Mould Racing Team
11	Bill Tempero	Eagle ? 1980, #65	1m 31.51s	Bill Tempero
12	Vern Schuppan	Wildcat Mk2, #34	1m 32.55s	Wysard Motor Co
13	John Martin	Wildcat Mk1, #36	1m 33s	J&J Enterprises
14	Jerry Karl	McLaren M16E, #38	1m 33.62s	William R Compton
15	Tom Gloy	Penske PC6, #61	1m 34.18s	Penske Racing
16	Rick Muther	Penske PC6, #82	1m 34.58s	Pacific Coast Racing
17	Roger Rager	Wildcat Mk3, #66	1m 34.82s	Roger Rager
18	Roger Mears	King ? 1980, #86	1m 35.15s	Grant King Racers
19	Tim Richmond	Penske PC7, #21	1m 35.34s	MACH 1 Racing
20	Phil Caliva	McLaren M16C, #47	1m 35.55s	Alsup Racing
21	John Mahler	Penske PC6, #92	1m 35.84s	Intercomp Racing
22	Sheldon Kinser	Watson ? 1980, #24	1m 36.43s	Leader Card Racers
23	John Wood, Gary Bettenhausen	Eagle 80, #42	1m 51.21s	Mergard Racing