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1980 Ontario Champ Cars in CART at the Ontario circuit. Full information

1980 Ontario Champ Cars

1980 Ontario Champ Cars is 14th CART race. Passed at the Ontario circuit. Johnny Rutherford won the pole position and this race. Tom Sneva and Gordon Johncock also climbed to the podium, in second and third place. Race distance 80 laps (322 km).

Previous race: 1979 Phoenix Champ Cars
Next race: 1980 Indianapolis 500
Race Start: 13th April 1980

Interesting facts and statistics about the 1980 Ontario Champ Cars

2nd victory for the Chaparral Racing team
3rd victory for the Johnny Rutherford
6th podium for the Johnny Rutherford
5th podium for the Tom Sneva
6th podium for the Gordon Johncock

Chaparral 2K - 1980 Ontario Champ Cars winner

Chaparral 2K #4 - 1980 Ontario Champ Cars winner

1980 Ontario Champ Cars results

Position	Name	Car	Points	Result	Team
1	Johnny Rutherford	Chaparral 2K, #4	400	1h 14m 4s	Chaparral Racing
2	Tom Sneva	McLaren M24, #7	320	79 laps	Sugaripe Prune Racing Team
3	Gordon Johncock	Wildcat Mk4, #20	280	79 laps	Patrick Racing
4	Spike Gehlhausen	Penske PC7, #55	240	78 laps	Fletcher Racing Team
5	Tom Bagley	Penske PC6, #40	200	77 laps	Patrick Racing
6	Gordon Smiley	Penske PC6, #60	160	77 laps	Patrick Racing
7	Bill Alsup	Penske PC7, #41	120	77 laps	Alsup Racing
8	Dick Ferguson	Penske PC6, #23	100	75 laps	Sanett Racing
9	Roger Mears	McLaren M24, #72	80	74 laps	Hodgson Racing
10	Jan Sneva	Antares ? 1980, #50	60	71 laps	BFM Enterprises
11	Ron Shuman	Penske PC6, #75	40	71 laps Spun	Stanton Racing
12	John Wood	Eagle 80, #42	20	68 laps	Mergard Racing
13	Sheldon Kinser	Watson ? 1980, #24	10	58 laps Overheating	Leader Card Racers
14	Herm Johnson	Lightning ? 1980, #28	10	51 laps Engine	Cliff-Menard Racing
15	Phil Caliva	McLaren M16C, #47	10	51 laps Ignition	Alsup Racing
16	Al Unser	Longhorn LR01, #5	10	45 laps Transmission	Longhorn Racing
17	Bill Tempero	Eagle ? 1980, #15	8	42 laps Fuel pump	Bill Tempero
18	Pancho Carter	Penske PC7, #10	8	39 laps Fuel pump	Alex Foods Racing
19	Mike Mosley	Eagle 80, #48	8	36 laps Cylinder head	All-American Racers
20	Pete Halsmer	Wildcat Mk2, #34	8	33 laps Engine	Wysard Motor Co
21	Rick Mears	Penske PC7, #1	6	24 laps Fire	Penske Racing
22	Ross Davis	Wildcat Mk1, #22	6	19 laps Fuel	J&J Enterprises
23	Bobby Unser	Penske PC9, #11	6	14 laps Radiator	Penske Racing
24	Rick Muther	Penske PC6, #38	6	14 laps Oil pressure	Pacific Coast Racing
25	Joe Saldana	Penske PC7, #69	4	3 laps Turbocharger	Hoffman Racing

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

Position	Name	Car	Result	Team
1	Johnny Rutherford	Chaparral 2K, #4	45.731s	Chaparral Racing
2	Bobby Unser	Penske PC9, #11	46.518s	Penske Racing
3	Al Unser	Longhorn LR01, #5	46.587s	Longhorn Racing
4	Rick Mears	Penske PC7, #1	46.588s	Penske Racing
5	Tom Sneva	McLaren M24, #7	46.64s	Sugaripe Prune Racing Team
6	Pancho Carter	Penske PC7, #10	47.194s	Alex Foods Racing
7	Tom Bagley	Penske PC6, #40	47.478s	Patrick Racing
8	Gordon Johncock	Wildcat Mk4, #20	47.982s	Patrick Racing
9	Spike Gehlhausen	Penske PC7, #55	48.091s	Fletcher Racing Team
10	Joe Saldana	Penske PC7, #69	48.299s	Hoffman Racing
11	Mike Mosley	Eagle 80, #48	48.493s	All-American Racers
12	Roger Mears	McLaren M24, #72	49.579s	Hodgson Racing
13	Gordon Smiley	Penske PC6, #60	49.659s	Patrick Racing
14	Bill Alsup	Penske PC7, #41	49.883s	Alsup Racing
15	Rick Muther	Penske PC6, #38	50.517s	Pacific Coast Racing
16	Dick Ferguson	Penske PC6, #23	50.988s	Sanett Racing
17	Bill Tempero	Eagle ? 1980, #15	51.751s	Bill Tempero
18	Phil Caliva	McLaren M16C, #47	51.79s	Alsup Racing
19	Sheldon Kinser	Watson ? 1980, #24	52.913s	Leader Card Racers
20	Pete Halsmer	Wildcat Mk2, #34	53.216s	Wysard Motor Co
21	Herm Johnson	Lightning ? 1980, #28	54.032s	Cliff-Menard Racing
22	Ron Shuman	Penske PC6, #75	54.287s	Stanton Racing
23	Jan Sneva	Antares ? 1980, #50	55.104s	BFM Enterprises
24	Ross Davis	Wildcat Mk1, #22	55.186s	J&J Enterprises
25	John Wood	Eagle 80, #42	56.385s	Mergard Racing