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1980 Red Roof Inns 250 Previous race results / Next race results                         Post USAC Champ Car Series race number 5 of 5 Sunday, July 13, 1980 at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Lexington, OH 65 laps on a 2.400 mile road course (156.000 miles) Time of race: 1:48:04 Average speed: 86.601 mph Pole speed: 101.803 mph Cautions: 2 for 9 laps Margin of victory: 23.05 sec Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 5 Glossary    1980 USAC Champ Car Series results   /   1980 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Chass./Eng. Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 4 4   Johnny Rutherford Pennzoil   (Chaparral Racing) Chaparral / Cosworth 65 22177 running 19 300 2 6 20   Gordon Johncock North American Van Lines   (Pat Patrick) Phoenix / Cosworth 65 16428 running 2 240 3 7 41   Bill Alsup Polaroid Time Zero   (Bill Alsup) Penske / Cosworth 64 12240 running 0 210 4 18 97   Roger Mears Agajanian-Giuffre   (Grant King) King / Chevy 63 9203 running 0 180 5 12 34   Vern Schuppan Wysard Motors   (Herb Wysard) Wildcat / DGS 61 7765 running 0 150 6 15 61   Tom Gloy Lane Sports   (Roger Penske) Penske / Cosworth 60 6515 running 0 120 7 9 10   Pancho Carter Alex Foods   (Alex Morales) Penske / Cosworth 58 5890 running 0 90 8 17 66   Roger Rager Advance Clean Sweep   (Roger Rager) Wildcat / Chevy 57 5265 running 0 75 9 3 1   Rick Mears Gould Charge   (Roger Penske) Penske / Cosworth 53 4765 crash 32 60 10 16 82   Rick Muther Pacific Coast Racing Penske / Cosworth 46 4515 crash 0 45 11 8 9   Tom Sneva Sugaripe Prune   (Jerry O'Connell) McLaren / Cosworth 42 4265 crash 0 30 12 20 47   Phil Caliva Alsup Racing   (Bill Alsup) McLaren / Offy 32 4015 clutch 0 15 13 1 5   Al Unser Longhorn Racing   (Bobby Hillin) Longhorn / Cosworth 27 3765 suspension 0 8 14 10 43   Howdy Holmes Armstrong Moulding   (Sherman Armstrong) Orbiter / Cosworth 24 3515 stalled 0 8 15 2 11   Bobby Unser Norton Spirit   (Roger Penske) Penske / Cosworth 13 3265 valve 12 8 16 13 37   John Martin J & J Enterprises   (Ross Davis) Wildcat / DGS 13 3015 oil pressure 0 8 17 11 65   Bill Tempero Wood Power Systems   (Bill Tempero) Eagle / Chevy 12 2890 fuel vent 0 6 18 14 38   Jerry Karl Tonco Trailers   (William Compton) McLaren / Chevy 10 2765 stalled 0 6 19 21 92   John Mahler Parts Washer Service   (Intercomp) Eagle / Offy 8 2640 engine block 0 6 20 24 46   Gary Bettenhausen Armstrong Moulding   (Sherman Armstrong) Wildcat / DGS 2 2515 engine 0 6 21 19 21   Tim Richmond UNO / Q95 / Starcruiser   (Mach I Enterprises) Penske / Cosworth 0 2390 crash 0 5 22 23 42   John Wood Mergard Enterprises   (Don Mergard) Eagle / Offy 0 2265 crash 0 5 23 5 25   Danny Ongais Interscope / Panasonic   (Ted Field) Parnelli / Cosworth 0 2202 ignition 0 5 24 22 24   Sheldon Kinser Genesee Beer   (Ralph Wilke) Watson / Cosworth 0 2140 engine 0 5

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Dick Simon 8 Vermont American Vollstedt / Offy Tom Bagley 40 Kent Oil Phoenix / Cosworth Joe Saldana 59 Hoffman Racing Lightning / Offy Lee Kunzman 75 O'Hanlon Racing McLaren / Offy Larry Cannon 95 Kraco Car Stereo Wildcat / Offy Tony Bettenhausen, Jr. 98 Agajanian-Giuffre King / Chevy Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 47 47     48 52 5   #9 spun turn 3   53 54 2     55 58 4   #1,82 accident turn 1   59 65 7       Percent of race run under caution: 13.8%             Average green flag run: 18.7 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Bobby Unser 1 12 12   Rick Mears 13 24 12   Gordon Johncock 25 26 2   Rick Mears 27 46 20   Johnny Rutherford 47 65 19 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Johnny Rutherford 2740     2   Tom Sneva 1970   -770   3   Bobby Unser 1334   -1406   4   Gordon Johncock 1330   -1410   5   Pancho Carter 1078   -1662   6   Bill Alsup 990   -1750   7   Rick Mears 766   -1974   8   Gary Bettenhausen 726   -2014   9   Vern Schuppan 650   -2090   10   Sheldon Kinser 345   -2395   11   Danny Ongais 330   -2410   12   Howdy Holmes 266   -2474   13   Roger Mears 260   -2480   14   Tom Bigelow 250   -2490   15   Spike Gehlhausen 245   -2495   16   Tom Bagley 220   -2520   17   Larry Cannon 205   -2535   17   Tim Richmond 205   -2535   19   Gordon Smiley 170   -2570   19   Billy Engelhart 170   -2570   21   Greg Leffler 150   -2590