1980 CART World Series season

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The 1980 CART World Series Season was the second CART World Series. It began on April 13, 1980 and it ended on November 8 after 12 races.

1 Drivers and constructors
2 Grands Prix
3 Full Series Results

[edit] Drivers and constructors

The following teams and drivers competed for the 1980 CART World Series.

Team	Chassis	Engine	Tires	No	Drivers
Sugaripe Prune	McLaren	Cosworth	Goodyear	7/9	Tom Sneva
Chaparral Cars Inc.	Chaparral	Cosworth	Goodyear	4	Johnny Rutherford
Team Penske	Penske Phoenix	Cosworth	Goodyear	1	Rick Mears
				11	Bobby Unser
				12	Mario Andretti
				20	Gordon Johncock
				61	Tom Gloy
Patrick Racing	Penske Wildcat Phoenix	Cosworth	Goodyear	20	Gordon Johncock
				40	Tom Bagley
				60	Gordon Smiley
Fletcher Racing	Penske Phoenix	Cosworth	Goodyear	35/55	Spike Gehlhausen
Fletcher Racing	Penske Phoenix	Cosworth	Goodyear	70	Gordon Smiley
All American Racers	Eagle	Cosworth	Goodyear	48	Mike Mosley
Longhorn Racing	Longhorn	Cosworth	Goodyear	5	Al Unser
Alsup Racing	Penske McLaren	Cosworth	Goodyear	41	Bill Alsup
Alsup Racing	Penske McLaren	Cosworth	Goodyear	47	Phil Caliva
Galles Racing	Penske McLaren	Cosworth Chevrolet	Goodyear	23/26 81	Dick Ferguson
King Racing	McLaren King	Cosworth Chevrolet	Goodyear	72/86 97	Roger Mears
King Racing	McLaren King	Cosworth Chevrolet	Goodyear	97	Billie Harvey Jerry Miller
1st National Bank of Peru	Anteres	Offy	Goodyear	50	Jan Sneva
Hoffman Racing	Penske Lightning Spyder	Cosworth Offy	Goodyear	59/69	Joe Saldana
Hoffman Racing	Penske Lightning Spyder	Cosworth Offy	Goodyear	79	Bob Frey
Stanton	Penske	Cosworth	Goodyear	75	Ron Shuman
Mergard Racing	Eagle	Offy	Goodyear	42	John Wood
Leader Card	Watson	Offy Cosworth	Goodyear	2/24	Billy Vukovich II
Leader Card	Watson	Offy Cosworth	Goodyear	24	Sheldon Kinser
Menard Racing	Lightning	Offy	Goodyear	28	Herm Johnson
Wood Power	Eagle	Chevrolet	Goodyear	15/65	Bill Tempero
Alex Foods	Penske	Cosworth	Goodyear	10	Pancho Carter
Del Ray Marine Agajanian-Faas	King	Chevrolet	Goodyear	98	Bob Harkey Tony Bettenhausen Jr
The Enterprise	Wildcat	Offy	Goodyear	22	Ross Davis
Pacific Coast Racing	Penske Lightning	Cosworth Offy	Goodyear	38/82	Rick Muther
Pacific Coast Racing	Penske Lightning	Cosworth Offy	Goodyear	86	Al Loquasto Jeff Heywood
Gilmore Racing	Parnelli	Cosworth	Goodyear	14	A.J. Foyt
Gilmore Racing	Parnelli	Cosworth	Goodyear	16	George Snider
Armstrong Mould O'Hanlon Racing	Wildcat Lola Orbiter McLaren March	DGS Cosworth Chevrolet	Goodyear	7/43/81	Jerry Sneva
				43	Tom Bigelow Howdy Holmes Danny Ongais
				44	Greg Leffler
				46	Gary Bettenhausen
				75	Bruce Hill
				81	Cliff Hucul Lee Kunzman
Interscope Racing	Parnelli	Cosworth	Goodyear	25	Danny Ongais
Richmond Racing Mach I Racing	Penske	Cosworth	Goodyear	21	Tim Richmond
Beaudoin Racing	McLaren	Cosworth	Goodyear	29	Billy Engelhart
Sun Systems	Penske	Cosworth	Goodyear	94	Bill Whittington
Sun Systems	Penske	Cosworth	Goodyear	96	Don Whittington
Scientific Drilling	Penske	Cosworth	Goodyear	18	Dennis Firestone
Guarantee	Lightning	Chevrolet	Goodyear	99	Hurley Haywood
Tonco Trailer	McLaren Gerhardt Karl	Chevrolet	Goodyear	38	Jerry Karl
Simon Racing	Vollstedt	Offy	Goodyear	8	Dick Simon
Advance Clean Sweep	Wildcat	Chevrolet	Goodyear	66	Roger Rager
McElreath Racing	Penske	Cosworth	Goodyear	23/97	Jim McElreath
Hopkins Racing	Lightning	Offy Cosworth	Goodyear	15/51	Johnny Parsons
Kraco Racing	Wildcat	DGS Offy	Goodyear	95	Larry Cannon
Vetrock Racing	Eagle	Offy	Goodyear	71	Dean Vetrock
Machinists Union	IAM	Chevrolet	Goodyear	30	Phil Threshie Larry Dickson
Cargo Master	Manta	Offy	Goodyear	50	Dick Ferguson
Parts Washer Service	Eagle Penske	Offy	Goodyear	91	Chip Mead
Parts Washer Service	Eagle Penske	Offy	Goodyear	92	John Mahler
Texaco Star	Lightning	Offy	Goodyear	55	Janet Guthrie
Vita Fresh Orange Juice Medlin Racing	Eagle	Offy	Goodyear	32	Tony Bettenhausen Jr
Wysard Motor Co.	Wildcat McLaren	DGS Cosworth	Goodyear	34	Vern Schuppan Pete Halsmer
J J Enterprises	Wildcat	Cosworth DGS	Goodyear	36/37	John Martin
BFM Enterprises	Manta	Offy	Goodyear	50	Milt Harper
National Engineering	McLaren	Cosworth	Goodyear	72	Michael Chandler
Walmotor	Penske	Cosworth	Goodyear	77	Salt Walther
Pronosticos Deportivos	Penske	Cosworth	Goodyear	88	Daniel Muñiz
-Private Entry-	Penske	Cosworth	Goodyear	91	Juan Carlos Bolaños
Shade Tree Racing	Eagle	Offy	Goodyear	85	Michel Jourdain
Psachie	Penske	Cosworth	Goodyear	55	Josele Garza
Rhoades Racing	Eagle	RAM	Goodyear	-	Larry Rice

[edit] Grands Prix

Rd	Race Name	Circuit	City/Location	Date
1	Datsun Twin 200	Ontario Motor Speedway	Ontario, California	April 13
2	Indianapolis 500	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Indianapolis, Indiana	May 26
3	Gould-Rex Mays 150	Milwaukee Mile	West Allis, Wisconsin	June 8
4	True Value 500	Pocono Raceway	Long Pond, Pennsylvania	June 22
5	Red Roof Inns 150	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	Lexington, Ohio	July 13
6	Norton 200	Michigan International Speedway	Brooklyn, Michigan	July 20
7	Kent Oil 150	Watkins Glen International	Watkins Glen, New York	August 3
8	Tony Bettenhausen 500	Milwaukee Mile	West Allis, Wisconsin	August 10
9	California 500	Ontario Motor Speedway	Ontario, California	August 31
10	Gould Grand Prix 150	Michigan International Speedway	Brooklyn, Michigan	September 20
11	I Copa Mexico 150	Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez	Mexico City, Mexico	October 26
12	Miller High Life 150	Phoenix International Raceway	Phoenix, Arizona	November 8

[edit] Full Series Results

[edit] Race Results

Rd	Name	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Report
1	Datsun Twin 200	Johnny Rutherford	Unknown	Johnny Rutherford	Chaparral	Report
2	Indianapolis 500	Johnny Rutherford	Unknown	Johnny Rutherford	Chaparral	Report
3	Gould-Rex Mays 150	Gordon Johncock	Unknown	Bobby Unser	Penske Racing	Report
4	True Value 500	Bobby Unser	Unknown	Bobby Unser	Penske Racing	Report
5	Red Roof Inns 150	Al Unser	Unknown	Johnny Rutherford	Chaparral	Report
6	Norton 200	Bobby Unser	Unknown	Johnny Rutherford	Chaparral	Report
7	Kent Oil 150	Al Unser	Unknown	Bobby Unser	Penske Racing	Report
8	Tony Bettenhausen 500	Johnny Rutherford	Unknown	Johnny Rutherford	Chaparral	Report
9	California 500	Bobby Unser	Unknown	Bobby Unser	Penske Racing	Report
10	Gould Grand Prix 150	Mario Andretti	Unknown	Mario Andretti	Penske Racing	Report
11	I Copa Mexico 150	Bobby Unser	Unknown	Rick Mears	Penske Racing	Report
12	Miller High Life 150	Mario Andretti	Unknown	Tom Sneva	Sugaripe Prune	Report

[edit] Points Breakdown

Points Earned for Each Type of Race
Pos	100 Miles	125 Miles	150 Miles	200 Miles	500 Miles	Pos	100 Miles	125 Miles	150 Miles	200 Miles	500 Miles
1	200	250	300	400	1000	18	5	5	6	8	20
2	160	200	240	320	800	19		5	6	8	20
3	140	175	210	280	700	20		5	6	8	20
4	120	150	160	240	600	21		4	5	6	15
5	100	125	150	200	500	22		4	4	6	15
6	80	100	120	160	400	23		4	4	6	15
7	60	75	90	120	300	24				6	10
8	50	63	75	100	250	25				4	10
9	40	50	60	80	200	26				4	10
10	30	38	45	60	150	27					10
11	20	25	30	40	100	28					10
12	10	13	15	20	50	29					5
13	5	5	8	10	25	30					5
14	5	5	8	10	25	31					5
15	5	5	8	10	25	32					5
16	5	5	8	10	25	33					5
17	5	5	6	8	20

[edit] Drivers

Pos	Driver	ONT MS	IND 500	MIL R1	POC 500	MID OHI	MIC R1	WKG INT	MIL R2	CAL 500	MIC R2	MEX CIT	PHO IR	Pts
1	Rutherford	1	1	2	2	1	1	5	1	2	4	Ret	Ret	4,723
2	B. Unser	Ret	Ret	1	1	Ret	2	1	3	1	2	2	DNQ	3,714
3	T. Sneva	2	2	6	3	Ret	6	4	Ret	Ret	6	4	1	2,930
4	Ri. Mears	Ret	5	5	12	Ret	4	2	2	3	3	1	7	2,866
5	Carter	Ret	6	4	6	7	3	7	Ret	7	7	Ret	Ret	1,855
6	Johncock	3	4	3	DNQ	2	5	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	1,572
7	Alsup	7		9	4	3	10	8	Ret	Ret	10	Ret	Ret	1,214
8	A. Unser	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	7	Ret	13	4	5	3	Ret	1,153
9	G. Bettenhausen		3	12	Ret	Ret	9	11	WD	Ret	Ret		3	1,057
10	Schuppan				5	5		Ret		10				806
11	Bagley	5	Ret	Ret	Ret		8	6	4	Ret	8	Ret	Ret	794
12	Firestone		Ret		Ret		14			6	DNS	5	5	743
13	Kinser	Ret		11	7	Ret	16	Ret	Ret	12	14	7	4	697
14	Gloy					6				5	9			680
15	Ongais		7	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	3		Ret	11	Ret		601
16	Andretti		Ret		Ret						1		2	580
17	Gehlhausen	4	Ret				12		5	Ret		Ret		473
18	Rager		Ret		Ret	8	Ret		8	11		Ret	Ret	381
19	Muther	Ret		18		Ret	Ret	10		8				356
20	Tempero	Ret		16		Ret	17	15	6	Ret	16	8	Ret	331
21	Ferguson	8	Ret	DNQ			13			9				315
22	Holmes			15	8	Ret	11	13						314
23	Cannon		Ret	DNQ	9		Ret		DNQ	Ret	Ret	9	Ret	299
24	Johnson	Ret		17	11				11	13	13	Ret	8	272
24	Ro. Mears	9				4		16	Ret					272
26	Bigelow		8						14					260
27	Engelhart		11	10	13				10	Ret			Ret	246
28	McElreath		Ret		Ret			12	9			6		240
29	Karl		Ret	14	15	Ret	15	9	Ret	Ret		Ret	Ret	215
30	Richmond		9	DNQ		Ret	Ret							209
31	Simon		Ret	13	Ret		Ret	17	7	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	185
32	Leffler		10							Ret	15		Ret	184
33	Smiley	6	Ret								Ret	DNQ		176
34	Kunzman				10									150
35	Je. Sneva		Ret	8	14				Ret	Ret	11		Ret	149
36	Halsmer	Ret											6	128
37	Vukovich II		12	Ret	Ret				Ret	Ret	Ret		Ret	96
38	Hucul			7										90
39	Caliva	Ret			Ret	Ret				Ret		Ret		70
40	Ja. Sneva	10												60
41	Martin				Ret	Ret	Ret		Ret	Ret				56
41	Mosley	Ret	Ret		Ret				Ret	Ret				56
43	Saldana	Ret			Ret		Ret		12		Ret			50
44	Foyt	WD	Ret		Ret									45
45	Shuman	11												40
46	Parsons		Ret		DNQ		Ret			Ret	Ret			36
47	Mahler			DNQ		Ret		14	Ret	Ret		Ret		35
48	D. Whittington		13											25
48	Wood	12				Ret			DNQ					25
48	Chandler									Ret				25
48	Snider		Ret		DNQ									25
52	Haywood		Ret											20
53	Threshie			Ret	Ret				DNQ					15
54	Dickson									Ret			Ret	10
55	Muñiz											Ret		8
55	Miller												DSQ	8
57	Harvey			19										6
57	Frey				DNQ						17			6
57	Bolaños											Ret		6
57	Jourdain											Ret	DNQ	6
57	Davis	Ret												6
57	Walther										18			6
63	Loquasto				Ret									5
63	B. Whittington		Ret											5
63	Mead									Ret				5
63	T. Bettenhausen Jr			DNQ	Ret			DNQ						5
63	Heywood									Ret				5
-	Hill			DNQ										-
-	Guthrie			DNQ										-
-	Harper				DNQ									-
-	Harkey				DNQ									-
-	Vetrock								DNQ					-
-	Garza												DNQ	-
-	Rice												DNQ	-
Pos	Driver	ONT MS	IND 500	MIL R1	POC 500	MID OHI	MIC R1	WKG INT	MIL R2	CAL 500	MIC R2	MEX CIT	PHO IR	Pts

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Finished, in points
Blue	Finished, no points
Purple	Did not finish (Ret)
Purple	Not classified (NC)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
White	Withdrew (WD)
Blank	Did not participate
	Injured (INJ)
	Excluded (EX)

[edit] Driver Breakdown

Pos	Driver	Team	Entries	Wins	Podiums	Top 5's	Top 10's	Poles	Points
1	Rutherford	Chaparral Cars Inc.	12	5	8	10	10	3	4,723
2	B. Unser	Team Penske	11	4	8	8	8	3	3,714
3	T. Sneva	Sugaripe Prune	12	1	4	6	9	0	2,930
4	Ri. Mears	Team Penske	12	1	5	8	9	0	2,866
5	Carter	Alex Foods	12	0	1	2	8	0	1,855
6	Johncock	Patrick Racing Team Penske	11	0	3	5	5	1	1,572
7	Alsup	Alsup Racing	11	0	1	2	7	0	1,214
8	A. Unser	Longhorn Racing	12	0	1	3	4	2	1,153
9	G. Bettenhausen	Armstrong Mould	9	0	2	2	3	0	1,149
10	Schuppan	Wysard Motor Co.	4	0	0	2	3	0	806
11	Bagley	Patrick Racing	11	0	0	2	5	0	794
12	Firestone	Scientific Drilling	6	0	0	2	3	0	743
13	Kinser	Leader Card	11	0	0	1	3	0	697
14	Gloy	Team Penske	3	0	0	1	3	0	680
15	Ongais	Armstrong Mould Interscope Racing	9	0	0	1	2	0	601
16	Andretti	Team Penske	4	1	2	2	2	3	580
17	Gehlhausen	Fletcher Racing	6	0	0	2	2	0	473
18	Rager	Advance Clean Sweep	8	0	0	0	2	0	381
19	Muther	Pacific Coast Racing	6	0	0	0	2	0	356
20	Tempero	Wood Power	10	0	0	0	2	0	331
21	Ferguson	Galles Racing Cargo Master	4	0	0	0	2	0	315
22	Holmes	Armstrong Mould O'Hanlon Racing	5	0	0	0	1	0	314
23	Cannon	Kraco Racing	7	0	0	0	2	0	299
24	Johnson	Menard Racing	8	0	0	0	1	0	272
24	Ro. Mears	King Racing	4	0	0	1	2	0	272
26	Bigelow	Armstrong Mould	2	0	0	0	1	0	260
27	Engelhart	Beaudoin Racing	6	0	0	0	2	0	246
28	McElreath	McElreath Racing	5	0	0	0	2	0	240
29	Karl	Tonco Trailer	10	0	0	0	1	0	215
30	Richmond	Richmond Racing Mach I Racing	3	0	0	0	1	0	209
31	Simon	Simon Racing	10	0	0	0	1	0	185
32	Leffler	Armstrong Mould	4	0	0	0	1	0	184
33	Smiley	Patrick Racing Fletcher Racing	3	0	0	0	1	0	176
34	Kunzman	O'Hanlon Racing	1	0	0	0	1	0	150
35	Je. Sneva	Armstrong Mould O'Hanlon Racing	7	0	0	0	1	0	149
36	Halsmer	Wysard Motor Co.	2	0	0	0	1	0	128
37	Vukovich II	Leader Card	7	0	0	0	0	0	96
38	Hucul	Armstrong Mould	1	0	0	0	1	0	90
39	Caliva	Alsup Racing	5	0	0	0	0	0	70
40	Ja. Sneva	1st National Bank of Peru	1	0	0	0	1	0	60
41	Martin	JJ Enterprises	5	0	0	0	0	0	56
41	Mosley	All American Racers	5	0	0	0	0	0	56
43	Saldana	Hoffman Racing	5	0	0	0	0	0	50
44	Foyt	Gilmore Racing	3	0	0	0	0	0	45
45	Shuman	Stanton	1	0	0	0	0	0	40
46	Parsons	Hopkins Racing	4	0	0	0	0	0	36
47	Mahler	Parts Washer Service	5	0	0	0	0	0	35
48	D. Whittington	Sun Systems	1	0	0	0	0	0	25
48	Wood	Mergard Racing	2	0	0	0	0	0	25
48	Chandler	National Engineering	1	0	0	0	0	0	25
48	Snider	Gilmore Racing	1	0	0	0	0	0	25
52	Haywood	Guarantee	1	0	0	0	0	0	20
53	Threshie	Machinists Union	2	0	0	0	0	0	15
54	Dickson	Machinists Union	2	0	0	0	0	0	10
55	Muñiz	Pronosticos Deportivos	1	0	0	0	0	0	8
55	Miller	King Racing	1	0	0	0	0	0	8
57	Harvey	King Racing	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
57	Frey	Hoffman Racing	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
57	Bolaños	- Private Entry -	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
57	Jourdain	Shade Tree Racing	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
57	Davis	The Enterprise	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
57	Walther	Walmotor	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
63	Loquasto	Pacific Coast Racing	1	0	0	0	0	0	5
63	B. Whittington	Sun Systems	1	0	0	0	0	0	5
63	Mead	Parts Washer Service	1	0	0	0	0	0	5
63	T. Bettenhausen Jr.	Vita Fresh Orange Juice Medlin Racing	1	0	0	0	0	0	5
63	Heywood	Pacific Coast Racing	1	0	0	0	0	0	5

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1980 CART World Series season

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[edit] Drivers and constructors

[edit] Grands Prix

[edit] Full Series Results

[edit] Race Results

[edit] Points Breakdown

[edit] Drivers

[edit] Driver Breakdown

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