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

1980 Milwaukee Champ Cars

1980 Milwaukee Champ Cars is 16th CART race. Passed at the Milwaukee circuit. Gordon Johncock won the pole position, Bobby Unser won this race. Johnny Rutherford and Gordon Johncock also climbed to the podium, in second and third place. Race distance 150 laps (249 km).

Previous race: 1980 Indianapolis 500
Next race: 1980 Riverside NASCAR
Race Start: 8th June 1980

Interesting facts and statistics about the 1980 Milwaukee Champ Cars

9th victory for the Penske Racing team
7th victory for the Bobby Unser
10th podium for the Bobby Unser
8th podium for the Johnny Rutherford
7th podium for the Gordon Johncock

Penske PC9 - 1980 Milwaukee Champ Cars winner

Penske PC9 #11 - 1980 Milwaukee Champ Cars winner

1980 Milwaukee Champ Cars results

Position	Name	Car	Points	Result	Team
1	Bobby Unser	Penske PC9, #11	300	1h 19m 48.36s	Penske Racing
2	Johnny Rutherford	Chaparral 2K, #4	240	1h 19m 54.87s	Chaparral Racing
3	Gordon Johncock	Phoenix 80, #20	210	150 laps	Patrick Racing
4	Pancho Carter	Penske PC7, #10	180	147 laps	Alex Foods Racing
5	Rick Mears	Penske PC9, #1	150	147 laps	Penske Racing
6	Tom Sneva	McLaren M24, #9	120	146 laps	Sugaripe Prune Racing Team
7	Cliff Hucul	McLaren M24, #81	90	145 laps	O'Hanlon Racing Team
8	Jerry Sneva	Orbitor Mk1, #7	75	145 laps	Armstrong Mould Racing Team
9	Bill Alsup	Penske PC7, #41	60	145 laps	Alsup Racing
10	Billy Engelhart	McLaren M24, #29	45	144 laps	Beaudoin Racing
11	Sheldon Kinser	Watson ? 1980, #24	30	144 laps	Leader Card Racers
12	Gary Bettenhausen	Wildcat Mk2, #46	15	143 laps	Armstrong Mould Racing Team
13	Dick Simon	Vollstedt ? 1980, #8	8	143 laps	Vollstedt Enterprises
14	Jerry Karl	McLaren M16E, #38	8	141 laps	William R Compton
15	Howdy Holmes	Lola T500, #43	8	141 laps	Armstrong Mould Racing Team
16	Bill Tempero	Eagle ? 1980, #65	8	141 laps	Bill Tempero
17	Herm Johnson	Lightning ? 1980, #28	6	136 laps	Cliff-Menard Racing
18	Rick Muther	Penske PC6, #82	6	127 laps	Pacific Coast Racing
19	Billie Harvey	King ? 1980, #97	6	126 laps	Grant King Racers
20	Al Unser	Longhorn LR01, #5	6	117 laps Engine	Longhorn Racing
21	Billy Vukovich	Watson ? 1980, #2	5	109 laps Suspension	Leader Card Racers
22	Phil Threshie	IAM 001, #30	5	106 laps Vibration	Machinists Union Racing
23	Tom Bagley	Phoenix 80, #40	5	82 laps Differential	Patrick Racing
24	Danny Ongais	Parnelli VPJ6B, #25	5	34 laps Engine	Interscope Racing

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

Position	Name	Car	Result	Team
1	Gordon Johncock	Phoenix 80, #20	27.377s	Patrick Racing
2	Johnny Rutherford	Chaparral 2K, #4	27.51s	Chaparral Racing
3	Al Unser	Longhorn LR01, #5	27.55s	Longhorn Racing
4	Rick Mears	Penske PC9, #1	27.59s	Penske Racing
5	Bobby Unser	Penske PC9, #11	27.7s	Penske Racing
6	Tom Bagley	Phoenix 80, #40	28.02s	Patrick Racing
7	Bill Alsup	Penske PC7, #41	28.05s	Alsup Racing
8	Pancho Carter	Penske PC7, #10	28.22s	Alex Foods Racing
9	Tom Sneva	McLaren M24, #9	28.37s	Sugaripe Prune Racing Team
10	Bill Tempero	Eagle ? 1980, #65	28.85s	Bill Tempero
11	Jerry Karl	McLaren M16E, #38	28.96s	William R Compton
12	Cliff Hucul	McLaren M24, #81	29.03s	O'Hanlon Racing Team
13	Sheldon Kinser	Watson ? 1980, #24	29.25s	Leader Card Racers
14	Billy Vukovich	Watson ? 1980, #2	29.2s	Leader Card Racers
15	Jerry Sneva	Orbitor Mk1, #7	29.27s	Armstrong Mould Racing Team
16	Gary Bettenhausen	Wildcat Mk2, #46	29.45s	Armstrong Mould Racing Team
17	Danny Ongais	Parnelli VPJ6B, #25	29.46s	Interscope Racing
18	Billy Engelhart	McLaren M24, #29	29.48s	Beaudoin Racing
19	Billie Harvey	King ? 1980, #97	29.53s	Grant King Racers
20	Rick Muther	Penske PC6, #82	29.59s	Pacific Coast Racing
21	Howdy Holmes	Lola T500, #43	29.61s	Armstrong Mould Racing Team
22	Herm Johnson	Lightning ? 1980, #28	29.62s	Cliff-Menard Racing
23	Dick Simon	Vollstedt ? 1980, #8	29.62s	Vollstedt Enterprises
24	Phil Threshie	IAM 001, #30	29.94s	Machinists Union Racing