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 Lap Team
1 Bobby Unser Penske PC9, #11 300 1h 19m 48.36s 0 Penske Racing
2 Johnny Rutherford Chaparral 2K, #4 240 1h 19m 54.87s 0 Chaparral Racing
3 Gordon Johncock Phoenix 80, #20 210 150 laps 0 Patrick Racing
4 Pancho Carter Penske PC7, #10 180 147 laps 0 Alex Foods Racing
5 Rick Mears Penske PC9, #1 150 147 laps 0 Penske Racing
6 Tom Sneva McLaren M24, #9 120 146 laps 0 Sugaripe Prune Racing Team
7 Cliff Hucul McLaren M24, #81 90 145 laps 0 O'Hanlon Racing Team
8 Jerry Sneva Orbitor Mk1, #7 75 145 laps 0 Armstrong Mould Racing Team
9 Bill Alsup Penske PC7, #41 60 145 laps 0 Alsup Racing
10 Billy Engelhart McLaren M24, #29 45 144 laps 0 Beaudoin Racing
11 Sheldon Kinser Watson ? 1980, #24 30 144 laps 0 Leader Card Racers
12 Gary Bettenhausen Wildcat Mk2, #46 15 143 laps 0 Armstrong Mould Racing Team
13 Dick Simon Vollstedt ? 1980, #8 8 143 laps 0 Vollstedt Enterprises
14 Jerry Karl McLaren M16E, #38 8 141 laps 0 William R Compton
15 Howdy Holmes Lola T500, #43 8 141 laps 0 Armstrong Mould Racing Team
16 Bill Tempero Eagle ? 1980, #65 8 141 laps 0 Bill Tempero
17 Herm Johnson Lightning ? 1980, #28 6 136 laps 0 Cliff-Menard Racing
18 Rick Muther Penske PC6, #82 6 127 laps 0 Pacific Coast Racing
19 Billie Harvey King ? 1980, #97 6 126 laps 0 Grant King Racers
20 Al Unser Longhorn LR01, #5 6 117 laps Engine 0 Longhorn Racing
21 Billy Vukovich Watson ? 1980, #2 5 109 laps Suspension 0 Leader Card Racers
22 Phil Threshie IAM 001, #30 5 106 laps Vibration 0 Machinists Union Racing
23 Tom Bagley, Danny Ongais Phoenix 80, #40 5 82 laps Differential 0 Patrick Racing

List of all cars for the 1980 Milwaukee Champ Cars on the Milwaukee circuit

Eagle ? 1980

Chevrolet

McLaren M16E

Chevrolet

Phoenix 80

Cosworth

Penske PC6

Cosworth

Watson ? 1980

Cosworth

McLaren M24

Cosworth

King ? 1980

Chevrolet

Wildcat Mk1

Offenhauser

March ? 1980

Chevrolet

Penske PC7

Cosworth

Watson ? 1980

Offenhauser

Longhorn LR01

Cosworth

Penske PC9

Cosworth

Vollstedt ? 1980

Offenhauser

Wildcat Mk2

Offenhauser

Eagle ? 1980

Offenhauser

Parnelli VPJ6B

Cosworth

Orbitor Mk1

Cosworth

Chaparral 2K

Cosworth

IAM 001

Chevrolet

Lola T500

Cosworth TC

Antares ? 1980

Offenhauser

Lightning ? 1980

Offenhauser