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1980 Indianapolis 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post CART race number 2 of 12 Sunday, May 25, 1980 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway, IN 200 laps on a 2.500 mile paved track (500.000 miles) Time of race: 3:29:59 Average speed: 142.862 mph Pole speed: 192.256 mph Cautions: 13 for 64 laps Margin of victory: 29.92 sec Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 22 Glossary    1980 CART results   /   1980 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Chass./Eng. Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 1 4   Johnny Rutherford Pennzoil   (Chaparral Racing) Chaparral / Cosworth 200 302147 running 118 1000 20 2 12   Mario Andretti Essex   (Roger Penske) Penske / Cosworth 71 30736 engine 10 20 19 3 11   Bobby Unser Norton Spirit   (Roger Penske) Penske / Cosworth 126 34559 ignition 26 20 29 4 35   Spike Gehlhausen Winton Sales   (Fletcher Racing) Penske / Cosworth 20 23565 crash 0 5 17 5 7   Jerry Sneva Hugger's Beverage Holders   (Sherman Armstrong) Lola / Cosworth 130 27380 crash 0 20 5 6 1   Rick Mears Gould Charge   (Roger Penske) Penske / Cosworth 199 41576 running 10 500 26 7 15   Johnny Parsons Wynn's   (Lindsey Hopkins) Lightning / Offy 44 24049 piston 0 10 6 8 10   Pancho Carter Alex Foods   (Alex Morales) Penske / Cosworth 199 35484 running 5 400 27 9 5   Al Unser Longhorn Racing   (Bobby Hillin) Longhorn / Cosworth 33 22672 cylinder 0 10 23 10 66   Roger Rager Advance Clean Sweep   (Roger Rager) Wildcat / Chevrolet 55 23929 crash 2 15 24 11 23   Jim McElreath McElreath Racing   (Jim McElreath) Penske / Cosworth 54 23777 crash 0 15 14 12 14   A.J. Foyt Gilmore Racing   (A.J. Foyt) Parnelli / Cosworth 173 26561 valve 0 25 28 13 40   Tom Bagley Kent Oil   (Pat Patrick) Wildcat / Cosworth 29 23521 pump drive 0 10 33 14 95   Larry Cannon Kraco Car Stereo   (Larry Cannon) Wildcat / DGS 2 22643 camshaft 0 5 31 15 26   Dick Ferguson AMS Oil   (Sanett Racing) Penske / Cosworth 9 24219 crash 0 5 7 16 25   Danny Ongais Interscope / Panasonic   (Ted Field) Parnelli / Cosworth 199 33718 running 0 300 4 17 20   Gordon Johncock North American Van Lines   (Pat Patrick) Penske / Cosworth 200 52312 running 11 600 13 18 96   Don Whittington Sun Systems   (Whittington Brothers) Penske / Cosworth 178 27835 running 0 25 9 19 21   Tim Richmond UNO / Q95 Starcruiser   (Mach 1 Enterprises) Penske / Cosworth 197 39969 out of fuel 1 200 25 20 70   Gordon Smiley Valvoline / Diamond Head   (Pat Patrick) Phoenix / Cosworth 47 24130 turbocharger 0 10 15 21 16   George Snider Gilmore Racing   (A.J. Foyt) Parnelli / Cosworth 169 27372 engine 1 25 11 22 29   Billy Engelhart Master Lock   (Beaudoin Racing) McLaren / Cosworth 193 29109 running 0 100 10 23 44   Greg Leffler Starcraft RV   (Sherman Armstrong) Lola / Cosworth 197 35809 running 0 150 16 24 18   Dennis Firestone Scientific Drilling   (Jack L. Rhoades) Penske / Cosworth 137 25899 transmission 0 25 18 25 99   Hurley Haywood Sta-On Car Glaze   (Lindsey Hopkins) Lightning / Chevrolet 127 25497 turbocharger 0 20 32 26 48   Mike Mosley Theodore Racing   (Dan Gurney) Eagle / Chevrolet 5 22168 gasket 0 5 30 27 94   Bill Whittington Sun Systems   (Whittington Brothers) Parnelli / Cosworth 9 21924 crash 0 5 21 28 38   Jerry Karl Tonco Trailers   (William Compton) McLaren / Chevrolet 64 24109 clutch 0 15 22 29 8   Dick Simon Vermont American   (Vollstedt Enterprises) Vollstedt / Offy 58 23806 lost wheel 0 15 12 30 2   Billy Vukovich, Jr. Hubler Chevrolet   (Leader Card) Watson / Offy 192 28015 running 0 50 8 31 43   Tom Bigelow Armstrong Moulding   (Sherman Armstrong) Lola / Cosworth 198 41313 running 0 250 3 32 46   Gary Bettenhausen Armstrong Moulding   (Sherman Armstrong) Wildcat / DGS 200 81182 running 0 700 2 33 9   Tom Sneva Bonjour Action Jeans   (Jerry O'Connell) McLaren / Cosworth 200 120662 running 16 800

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Jim Hurtubise 56 Moran Electric Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Johnny Rutherford 1 15 15   Roger Rager 16 17 2   George Snider 18 18 1   Gordon Johncock 19 24 6   Bobby Unser 25 30 6   Gordon Johncock 31 35 5   Pancho Carter 36 39 4   Johnny Rutherford 40 46 7   Mario Andretti 47 56 10   Pancho Carter 57 57 1   Johnny Rutherford 58 72 15   Tim Richmond 73 73 1   Tom Sneva 74 84 11   Bobby Unser 85 103 19   Johnny Rutherford 104 113 10   Rick Mears 114 116 3   Bobby Unser 117 117 1   Johnny Rutherford 118 142 25   Tom Sneva 143 147 5   Johnny Rutherford 148 171 24   Rick Mears 172 178 7   Johnny Rutherford 179 200 22 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Johnny Rutherford 1400     2   Tom Sneva 1120   -280   3   Gordon Johncock 880   -520   4   Gary Bettenhausen 700   -700   5   Rick Mears 506   -894   6   Pancho Carter 408   -992   7   Danny Ongais 300   -1100   8   Tom Bigelow 250   -1150   9   Spike Gehlhausen 245   -1155   10   Tom Bagley 210   -1190   11   Tim Richmond 200   -1200   12   Gordon Smiley 170   -1230   13   Greg Leffler 150   -1250   14   Bill Alsup 120   -1280   15   Dick Ferguson 105   -1295   16   Billy Engelhart 100   -1300   17   Roger Mears 80   -1320   18   Jan Sneva 60   -1340   19   Billy Vukovich, Jr. 50   -1350   20   Ron Shuman 40   -1360   21   Bobby Unser 26   -1374