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

1980 Phoenix Champ Cars

1980 Phoenix Champ Cars is 25th CART race. Passed at the Phoenix circuit. Mario Andretti won the pole position, Tom Sneva won this race. Mario Andretti and Gary Bettenhausen also climbed to the podium, in second and third place. Race distance 150 laps (241 km).

Previous race: 1980 Mexico City Champ Cars
Next race: 1981 Phoenix Champ Cars
Race Start: 8th November 1980

Interesting facts and statistics about the 1980 Phoenix Champ Cars

1st victory for the Sugaripe Prune Racing Team team
1st victory for the Tom Sneva
8th podium for the Tom Sneva
3rd podium for the Mario Andretti
2nd podium for the Gary Bettenhausen

Phoenix 80 - 1980 Phoenix Champ Cars winner

Phoenix 80 #9 - 1980 Phoenix Champ Cars winner

1980 Phoenix Champ Cars results

Position	Name	Car	Points	Result	Team
1	Tom Sneva	Phoenix 80, #9	300	1h 30m 4s	Sugaripe Prune Racing Team
2	Mario Andretti	Penske PC9, #12	240	1h 30m 13.1s	Penske Racing
3	Gary Bettenhausen	Orbitor Mk1, #46	210	146 laps	Armstrong Mould Racing Team
4	Sheldon Kinser	Watson ? 1980, #24	180	146 laps	Leader Card Racers
5	Dennis Firestone	Penske PC6, #18	150	145 laps	Scientific Drilling Controls Racing
6	Pete Halsmer	McLaren M24, #34	120	145 laps	Wysard Motor Co
7	Rick Mears	Penske PC9, #1	90	143 laps	Penske Racing
8	Herm Johnson	Lightning ? 1980, #28	75	143 laps	Cliff-Menard Racing
9	Jerry Karl	McLaren M16E, #38	60	130 laps Engine	William R Compton
10	Roger Rager	Wildcat Mk3, #66	45	110 laps Transmission	Roger Rager
11	Bill Tempero	Eagle ? 1980, #65	30	30 laps Gearbox	Bill Tempero
12	Billy Vukovich	Eagle ? 1980, #2	15	97 laps Engine	Leader Card Racers
13	Johnny Rutherford	Chaparral 2K, #4	8	71 laps Mechanical	Chaparral Racing
14	Jerry Miller	King ? 1980, #97	8	65 laps Black flagged	Grant King Racers
15	Al Unser	Longhorn LR01, #5	8	54 laps Accident	Longhorn Racing
16	Tom Bagley	Phoenix 80, #40	8	53 laps Accident	Patrick Racing
17	Billy Engelhart	McLaren M24, #29	6	53 laps Accident	Beaudoin Racing
18	Larry Cannon	Wildcat Mk1, #95	6	50 laps Oil pressure	Kraco Racing
19	Pancho Carter	Penske PC7, #10	6	49 laps Oil system	Alex Foods Racing
20	Greg Leffler	Lola T500, #43	6	26 laps Accident	Armstrong Mould Racing Team
21	Bill Alsup	Penske PC7, #41	5	23 laps Accident	Alsup Racing
22	Larry Dickson	IAM 001, #30	5	22 laps Fuel pump	Machinists Union Racing
23	Jerry Sneva	McLaren M24, #81	5	8 laps Brakes	O'Hanlon Racing Team
24	Gordon Johncock	Phoenix 80, #20	5	7 laps Accident	Patrick Racing
25	Dick Simon	Vollstedt ? 1980, #8	3	1 laps Engine	Vollstedt Enterprises

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

Position	Name	Car	Result	Team
1	Mario Andretti	Penske PC9, #12	25.194s	Penske Racing
2	Johnny Rutherford	Chaparral 2K, #4	25.305s	Chaparral Racing
3	Pancho Carter	Penske PC7, #10	25.559s	Alex Foods Racing
4	Al Unser	Longhorn LR01, #5	25.694s	Longhorn Racing
5	Rick Mears	Penske PC9, #1	25.712s	Penske Racing
6	Tom Sneva	Phoenix 80, #9	25.888s	Sugaripe Prune Racing Team
7	Gordon Johncock	Phoenix 80, #20	26.155s	Patrick Racing
8	Billy Vukovich	Eagle ? 1980, #2	26.2s	Leader Card Racers
9	Tom Bagley	Phoenix 80, #40	26.216s	Patrick Racing
10	Bill Alsup	Penske PC7, #41	26.415s	Alsup Racing
11	Greg Leffler	Lola T500, #43	26.649s	Armstrong Mould Racing Team
12	Dick Simon	Vollstedt ? 1980, #8	26.694s	Vollstedt Enterprises
13	Billy Engelhart	McLaren M24, #29	26.886s	Beaudoin Racing
14	Dennis Firestone	Penske PC6, #18	26.987s	Scientific Drilling Controls Racing
15	Jerry Sneva	McLaren M24, #81	26.999s	O'Hanlon Racing Team
16	Gary Bettenhausen	Orbitor Mk1, #46	27.017s	Armstrong Mould Racing Team
17	Sheldon Kinser	Watson ? 1980, #24	27.16s	Leader Card Racers
18	Herm Johnson	Lightning ? 1980, #28	27.181s	Cliff-Menard Racing
19	Jerry Karl	McLaren M16E, #38	27.359s	William R Compton
20	Larry Dickson	IAM 001, #30	27.553s	Machinists Union Racing
21	Roger Rager	Wildcat Mk3, #66	27.584s	Roger Rager
22	Jerry Miller	King ? 1980, #97	27.812s	Grant King Racers
23	Bill Tempero	Eagle ? 1980, #65	28.162s	Bill Tempero
24	Pete Halsmer	McLaren M24, #34	28.799s	Wysard Motor Co
25	Larry Cannon	Wildcat Mk1, #95	28.937s	Kraco Racing