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1980 Watkins Glen Champ Cars in CART at the Watkins Glen circuit. Full information

1980 Watkins Glen Champ Cars

1980 Watkins Glen Champ Cars is 20th CART race. Passed at the Watkins Glen circuit. Al Unser won the pole position, Bobby Unser won this race. Rick Mears and Danny Ongais also climbed to the podium, in second and third place. Race distance 62 laps (242 km).

Previous race: 1980 Michigan Champ Cars
Next race: 1980 Milwaukee Champ Cars
Race Start: 3rd August 1980

Interesting facts and statistics about the 1980 Watkins Glen Champ Cars

11th victory for the Penske Racing team
9th victory for the Bobby Unser
13th podium for the Bobby Unser
9th podium for the Rick Mears
1st podium for the Danny Ongais

Penske PC9 - 1980 Watkins Glen Champ Cars winner

Penske PC9 #11 - 1980 Watkins Glen Champ Cars winner

1980 Watkins Glen Champ Cars results

Position	Name	Car	Points	Result	Team
1	Bobby Unser	Penske PC9, #11	300	1h 30m 51s	Penske Racing
2	Rick Mears	Penske PC9, #1	240	1h 30m 51.45s	Penske Racing
3	Danny Ongais	Parnelli VPJ6B, #25	210	1h 30m 56s	Interscope Racing
4	Tom Sneva	McLaren M24, #9	180	62 laps	Sugaripe Prune Racing Team
5	Johnny Rutherford	Chaparral 2K, #4	150	62 laps	Chaparral Racing
6	Tom Bagley	Phoenix 80, #40	120	62 laps	Patrick Racing
7	Pancho Carter	Penske PC7, #10	90	62 laps	Alex Foods Racing
8	Bill Alsup	Penske PC7, #41	75	61 laps	Alsup Racing
9	Jerry Karl	McLaren M16E, #38	60	60 laps	William R Compton
10	Rick Muther	Penske PC7, #82	45	59 laps	Pacific Coast Racing
11	Gary Bettenhausen	Wildcat Mk2, #46	30	59 laps	Armstrong Mould Racing Team
12	Jim McElreath	Eagle ? 1980, #26	15	58 laps	McElreath Racing
13	Howdy Holmes	Orbitor Mk1, #43	8	55 laps Engine	Armstrong Mould Racing Team
14	John Mahler	Penske PC6, #92	8	54 laps Turbocharger	Intercomp Racing
15	Bill Tempero	Eagle ? 1980, #65	8	50 laps	Bill Tempero
16	Roger Mears	King ? 1980, #97	8	47 laps Magneto	Grant King Racers
17	Dick Simon	Vollstedt ? 1980, #8	6	42 laps	Vollstedt Enterprises
18	Vern Schuppan	Wildcat Mk2, #34	6	23 laps Engine	Wysard Motor Co
19	Al Unser	Longhorn LR01, #5	6	21 laps Accident	Longhorn Racing
20	Sheldon Kinser	Watson ? 1980, #24	6	20 laps Magneto	Leader Card Racers
21	Gordon Johncock	Phoenix 80, #20	5	2 laps Accident	Patrick Racing
0	Tony Bettenhausen jr	King ? 1980, #98	0		Grant King Racers

Qualifying Results for the 1980 Watkins Glen Champ Cars on the Watkins Glen circuit

Position	Name	Car	Result	Team
1	Al Unser	Longhorn LR01, #5	1m 6.085s	Longhorn Racing
2	Rick Mears	Penske PC9, #1	1m 7.685s	Penske Racing
3	Bobby Unser	Penske PC9, #11	1m 7.726s	Penske Racing
4	Bill Alsup	Penske PC7, #41	1m 8.21s	Alsup Racing
5	Johnny Rutherford	Chaparral 2K, #4	1m 8.743s	Chaparral Racing
6	Howdy Holmes	Orbitor Mk1, #43	1m 9.068s	Armstrong Mould Racing Team
7	Danny Ongais	Parnelli VPJ6B, #25	1m 9.109s	Interscope Racing
8	Gordon Johncock	Phoenix 80, #20	1m 9.165s	Patrick Racing
9	Vern Schuppan	Wildcat Mk2, #34	1m 9.933s	Wysard Motor Co
10	Bill Tempero	Eagle ? 1980, #65	1m 10.887s	Bill Tempero
11	Jerry Karl	McLaren M16E, #38	1m 10.893s	William R Compton
12	Pancho Carter	Penske PC7, #10	1m 11.595s	Alex Foods Racing
13	Tom Bagley	Phoenix 80, #40	1m 14.199s	Patrick Racing
14	Rick Muther	Penske PC7, #82	1m 14.759s	Pacific Coast Racing
15	Roger Mears	King ? 1980, #97	1m 14.929s	Grant King Racers
16	John Mahler	Penske PC6, #92	1m 15.728s	Intercomp Racing
17	Dick Simon	Vollstedt ? 1980, #8	1m 16.338s	Vollstedt Enterprises
18	Jim McElreath	Eagle ? 1980, #26	1m 17.064s	McElreath Racing
19	Gary Bettenhausen	Wildcat Mk2, #46	1m 17.544s	Armstrong Mould Racing Team
20	Sheldon Kinser	Watson ? 1980, #24	1m 18.599s	Leader Card Racers
21	Tom Sneva	McLaren M24, #9	1m 11.137s	Sugaripe Prune Racing Team
22	Tony Bettenhausen jr	King ? 1980, #98		Grant King Racers