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1980 Pocono 500 in CART at the Pocono circuit. Full information

1980 Pocono 500

1980 Pocono 500 is 17th CART race. Passed at the Pocono circuit. Bobby Unser won the pole position and this race. Johnny Rutherford and Tom Sneva also climbed to the podium, in second and third place. Race distance 200 laps (805 km).

Previous race: 1980 Milwaukee Champ Cars
Next race: 1980 Mid-Ohio Champ Cars
Race Start: 22nd June 1980

Interesting facts and statistics about the 1980 Pocono 500

10th victory for the Penske Racing team
8th victory for the Bobby Unser
11th podium for the Bobby Unser
9th podium for the Johnny Rutherford
7th podium for the Tom Sneva

Penske PC9 #11 - 1980 Pocono 500 winner

1980 Pocono 500 results

Position	Name	Car	Points	Result	Team
1	Bobby Unser	Penske PC9, #11	1000	3h 18m 4.81s	Penske Racing
2	Johnny Rutherford	Chaparral 2K, #4	800	3h 18m 25.84s	Chaparral Racing
3	Tom Sneva	McLaren M24, #9	700	198 laps	Sugaripe Prune Racing Team
4	Bill Alsup	Penske PC7, #41	600	194 laps	Alsup Racing
5	Vern Schuppan	Wildcat Mk2, #34	500	193 laps	Wysard Motor Co
6	Pancho Carter	Lightning ? 1980, #10	400	193 laps	Alex Foods Racing
7	Sheldon Kinser	Watson ? 1980, #24	300	192 laps	Leader Card Racers
8	Howdy Holmes	Lola T500, #43	250	190 laps	Armstrong Mould Racing Team
9	Larry Cannon	Wildcat Mk1, #95	200	188 laps	Kraco Racing
10	Lee Kunzman	McLaren M24, #81	150	183 laps	O'Hanlon Racing Team
11	Herm Johnson	Lightning ? 1980, #28	100	182 laps	Cliff-Menard Racing
12	Rick Mears	Penske PC9, #1	50	163 laps Engine	Penske Racing
13	Billy Engelhart	McLaren M24, #29	25	133 laps Turbocharger	Beaudoin Racing
14	Jerry Sneva	Lola T500, #7	25	117 laps Ignition	Armstrong Mould Racing Team
15	Jerry Karl	McLaren M16E, #38	25	112 laps	William R Compton
16	Phil Caliva	McLaren M16C, #47	25	110 laps Ignition	Alsup Racing
17	Mario Andretti	Penske PC9, #12	20	105 laps Transmission	Penske Racing
18	Danny Ongais	Parnelli VPJ6B, #25	20	99 laps Clutch	Interscope Racing
19	AJ Foyt jr	Parnelli VPJ6C, #14	20	85 laps Valve	Gilmore Racing Team
20	John Martin	Wildcat Mk1, #37	20	78 laps Gearbox	J&J Enterprises
21	Dick Simon	Vollstedt ? 1980, #8	15	74 laps Gearbox	Vollstedt Enterprises
22	Joe Saldana	Lightning ? 1980, #59	15	73 laps Piston	Hoffman Racing
23	Mike Mosley	Eagle 80, #48	15	45 laps Piston	All-American Racers
24	Al Unser	Longhorn LR01, #5	15	34 laps Handling	Longhorn Racing
25	Phil Threshie	IAM 001, #30	10	26 laps Transmission	Machinists Union Racing
26	Roger Rager	Wildcat Mk3, #66	10	25 laps Accident	Roger Rager
27	Jim McElreath	King ? 1980, #97	10	25 laps Accident	McElreath Racing
28	Billy Vukovich	Watson ? 1980, #2	10	23 laps Piston	Leader Card Racers
29	Tom Bagley	Wildcat Mk4, #40	5	16 laps Handling	Patrick Racing
30	Dennis Firestone	Penske PC6, #18	5	10 laps Accident	Scientific Drilling Controls Racing
31	Al Loquasto	Lightning ? 1980, #86	5	10 laps Suspension	Pacific Coast Racing
32	Tony Bettenhausen jr	Eagle ? 1980, #32	5	4 laps Piston	Medlin Racing
33	Gary Bettenhausen	Wildcat Mk2, #46	5	1 laps Clutch	Armstrong Mould Racing Team

Qualifying Results for the 1980 Pocono 500 on the Pocono circuit

Position	Name	Car	Result	Team
1	Bobby Unser	Penske PC9, #11	1m 37.04s	Penske Racing
2	AJ Foyt jr	Parnelli VPJ6C, #14	1m 37.44s	Gilmore Racing Team
3	Mario Andretti	Penske PC9, #12	1m 37.76s	Penske Racing
4	Mike Mosley	Eagle 80, #48	1m 38.22s	All-American Racers
5	Johnny Rutherford	Chaparral 2K, #4	1m 38.74s	Chaparral Racing
6	Jerry Sneva	Lola T500, #7	1m 39.82s	Armstrong Mould Racing Team
7	Rick Mears	Penske PC9, #1	1m 39.95s	Penske Racing
8	Bill Alsup	Penske PC7, #41	1m 40.29s	Alsup Racing
9	Danny Ongais	Parnelli VPJ6B, #25	1m 40.79s	Interscope Racing
10	Tom Sneva	McLaren M24, #9	1m 40.89s	Sugaripe Prune Racing Team
11	Tom Bagley	Wildcat Mk4, #40	1m 41.03s	Patrick Racing
12	Al Unser	Longhorn LR01, #5	1m 41.56s	Longhorn Racing
13	Billy Vukovich	Watson ? 1980, #2	1m 41.85s	Leader Card Racers
14	Pancho Carter	Lightning ? 1980, #10	1m 42.05s	Alex Foods Racing
15	Roger Rager	Wildcat Mk3, #66	1m 42.21s	Roger Rager
16	Dick Simon	Vollstedt ? 1980, #8	1m 42.37s	Vollstedt Enterprises
17	Sheldon Kinser	Watson ? 1980, #24	1m 42.38s	Leader Card Racers
18	Dennis Firestone	Penske PC6, #18	1m 42.48s	Scientific Drilling Controls Racing
19	Howdy Holmes	Lola T500, #43	1m 42.52s	Armstrong Mould Racing Team
20	Billy Engelhart	McLaren M24, #29	1m 43.04s	Beaudoin Racing
21	John Martin	Wildcat Mk1, #37	1m 43.63s	J&J Enterprises
22	Joe Saldana	Lightning ? 1980, #59	1m 44.07s	Hoffman Racing
23	Jerry Karl	McLaren M16E, #38	1m 44.24s	William R Compton
24	Larry Cannon	Wildcat Mk1, #95	1m 44.45s	Kraco Racing
25	Gary Bettenhausen	Wildcat Mk2, #46	1m 44.53s	Armstrong Mould Racing Team
26	Lee Kunzman	McLaren M24, #81	1m 44.82s	O'Hanlon Racing Team
27	Vern Schuppan	Wildcat Mk2, #34	1m 45.04s	Wysard Motor Co
28	Phil Caliva	McLaren M16C, #47	1m 45.33s	Alsup Racing
29	Jim McElreath	King ? 1980, #97	1m 45.34s	McElreath Racing
30	Al Loquasto	Lightning ? 1980, #86	1m 45.65s	Pacific Coast Racing
31	Tony Bettenhausen jr	Eagle ? 1980, #32	1m 46.04s	Medlin Racing
32	Herm Johnson	Lightning ? 1980, #28	1m 44.1s	Cliff-Menard Racing
33	Phil Threshie	IAM 001, #30	1m 45.98s	Machinists Union Racing