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

1980 Milwaukee Champ Cars

1980 Milwaukee Champ Cars is 21st CART race. Passed at the Milwaukee circuit. Johnny Rutherford won the pole position and this race. Rick Mears and Bobby Unser also climbed to the podium, in second and third place. Race distance 200 laps (332 km).

Previous race: 1980 Watkins Glen Champ Cars
Next race: 1980 California 500
Race Start: 10th August 1980

Interesting facts and statistics about the 1980 Milwaukee Champ Cars

6th victory for the Chaparral Racing team
7th victory for the Johnny Rutherford
12th podium for the Johnny Rutherford
10th podium for the Rick Mears
14th podium for the Bobby Unser

Chaparral 2K - 1980 Milwaukee Champ Cars winner

Chaparral 2K #4 - 1980 Milwaukee Champ Cars winner

1980 Milwaukee Champ Cars results

Position	Name	Car	Points	Result	Team
1	Johnny Rutherford	Chaparral 2K, #4	400	1h 54m 13s	Chaparral Racing
2	Rick Mears	Penske PC9, #1	320	199 laps	Penske Racing
3	Bobby Unser	Penske PC9, #11	280	197 laps	Penske Racing
4	Tom Bagley	Phoenix 80, #40	240	197 laps	Patrick Racing
5	Spike Gehlhausen	Penske PC7, #35	200	194 laps	Fletcher Racing Team
6	Bill Tempero	Eagle ? 1980, #65	160	192 laps	Bill Tempero
7	Dick Simon	Vollstedt ? 1980, #8	120	191 laps	Vollstedt Enterprises
8	Roger Rager	Wildcat Mk3, #66	100	188 laps	Roger Rager
9	Jim McElreath	Eagle ? 1980, #26	80	188 laps	McElreath Racing
10	Billy Engelhart	McLaren M24, #29	60	187 laps	Beaudoin Racing
11	Herm Johnson	Lightning ? 1980, #28	40	186 laps	Cliff-Menard Racing
12	Joe Saldana	Lightning ? 1980, #59	20	184 laps	Hoffman Racing
13	Al Unser	Longhorn LR01, #5	10	165 laps Upright	Longhorn Racing
14	Tom Bigelow	Lola T500, #43	10	159 laps	Armstrong Mould Racing Team
15	John Martin	Wildcat Mk1, #37	10	146 laps Piston	J&J Enterprises
16	Tom Sneva	Phoenix 80, #9	10	137 laps Accident	Sugaripe Prune Racing Team
17	Sheldon Kinser	Watson ? 1980, #2	8	133 laps Oil pressure	Leader Card Racers
18	John Mahler	Penske PC6, #92	8	112 laps Cylinder head	Intercomp Racing
19	Billy Vukovich	Watson ? 1980, #24	8	68 laps Transmission	Leader Card Racers
20	Mike Mosley	Penske PC7, #21	8	64 laps Accident	MACH 1 Racing
21	Bill Alsup	Penske PC7, #41	6	63 laps Engine	Alsup Racing
22	Pancho Carter	Penske PC7, #10	6	58 laps Engine	Alex Foods Racing
23	Gordon Johncock	Phoenix 80, #20	6	32 laps Piston	Patrick Racing
24	Jerry Karl	McLaren M16E, #38	6	29 laps Engine	William R Compton
25	Jerry Sneva	McLaren M24, #7	4	24 laps Piston	Armstrong Mould Racing Team
26	Roger Mears	King ? 1980, #97	4	3 laps Engine	Grant King Racers

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

Position	Name	Car	Result	Team
1	Johnny Rutherford	Chaparral 2K, #4	26.898s	Chaparral Racing
2	Al Unser	Longhorn LR01, #5	26.929s	Longhorn Racing
3	Rick Mears	Penske PC9, #1	27.52s	Penske Racing
4	Bobby Unser	Penske PC9, #11	27.539s	Penske Racing
5	Tom Sneva	Phoenix 80, #9	27.675s	Sugaripe Prune Racing Team
6	Pancho Carter	Penske PC7, #10	27.686s	Alex Foods Racing
7	Gordon Johncock	Phoenix 80, #20	27.769s	Patrick Racing
8	Mike Mosley	Penske PC7, #21	27.802s	MACH 1 Racing
9	Sheldon Kinser	Watson ? 1980, #2	28.101s	Leader Card Racers
10	Tom Bagley	Phoenix 80, #40	28.107s	Patrick Racing
11	Jerry Karl	McLaren M16E, #38	28.238s	William R Compton
12	Spike Gehlhausen	Penske PC7, #35	28.35s	Fletcher Racing Team
13	Bill Tempero	Eagle ? 1980, #65	28.452s	Bill Tempero
14	Billy Vukovich	Watson ? 1980, #24	28.603s	Leader Card Racers
15	Tom Bigelow	Lola T500, #43	28.648s	Armstrong Mould Racing Team
16	Bill Alsup	Penske PC7, #41	28.882s	Alsup Racing
17	Roger Rager	Wildcat Mk3, #66	28.975s	Roger Rager
18	Jerry Sneva	McLaren M24, #7	29s	Armstrong Mould Racing Team
19	Herm Johnson	Lightning ? 1980, #28	29.015s	Cliff-Menard Racing
20	Roger Mears	King ? 1980, #97	29.093s	Grant King Racers
21	Billy Engelhart	McLaren M24, #29	29.123s	Beaudoin Racing
22	Joe Saldana	Lightning ? 1980, #59	29.304s	Hoffman Racing
23	Jim McElreath	Eagle ? 1980, #26	29.37s	McElreath Racing
24	John Mahler	Penske PC6, #92	29.809s	Intercomp Racing
25	Dick Simon	Vollstedt ? 1980, #8	29.828s	Vollstedt Enterprises
26	John Martin	Wildcat Mk1, #37	29.813s	J&J Enterprises