1980 CART PPG Indy Car World Series

1980 CART season
Champion: Johnny Rutherford
PPG Indy Car World Series
Season
Races	12
Start date	April 13
End date	November 8
Awards
Drivers' champion	Johnny Rutherford
Constructors' Cup	Penske
Manufacturers' Cup	Cosworth
Nations' Cup	United States
Rookie of the Year	Dennis Firestone
Indianapolis 500 winner	Johnny Rutherford
Chronology
Previous season	Next season
1979	1981

The 1980 CART PPG Indy Car World Series season was the second in the CART era of U.S. open-wheel racing. It consisted of 12 races, beginning in Ontario, California on April 13 and concluding in Avondale, Arizona on November 8. The PPG Indy Car World Series Drivers' Champion and Indianapolis 500 winner was Johnny Rutherford. Rookie of the Year was Dennis Firestone. The entire season, including the 64th Indianapolis 500, was to be co-sanctioned by the both the USAC and CART, however the USAC withdrew from the agreement after the fifth race.

The season-opening race at Phoenix, set for March 2, was cancelled due to local flooding and washed out roads.

Johnny Rutherford in Jim Hall's Chaparral 2K ground effects chassis dominated the season. Rutherford won five races, including a dominating performance at the 1980 Indianapolis 500. Rutherford finished in the top five in the first ten races, pulling out to a commanding and unmatchable points lead. Rutherford started the season out by finishing 1st or 2nd in the first six races, and ended with a total of eight finished of 1st or 2nd. Rutherford's season was not without incident, however. In the final race of the season at Phoenix, while battling Tom Sneva for the lead, Rutherford tangled with a lapped car, hit the wall, then flipped over. The car landed upside-down hard on its rollbar, but Rutherford was not seriously injured.

Drivers and constructors

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

Team/Car Owner	Chassis	Engine	Tires	#	Drivers	Notes
Team Penske	Penske	Cosworth	G	1	Rick Mears
				11	Bobby Unser
				12	Mario Andretti	Indianapolis, Pocono, Michigan (2) and Phoenix only.
				61	Tom Gloy	Mid Ohio, Ontario (2) and Michigan (2) only.
Leader Card Racing	Watson Eagle	Offenhauser Cosworth	G	2	Billy Vukovich II Sheldon Kinser	Vukovich drove the car at Indianapolis, Milwaukee (1), Pocono, Ontario (2), Michigan (2) and Phoenix only. Kinser drove the car at Milwaukee (2) only. Used the Offenhauser engine. Used the Eagle chassis at Phoenix only.
				24	Sheldon Kinser Billy Vukovich II	Kinser drove the car in all races except Milwaukee (2) only. Vukovich drove the car at Milwaukee (2) only. Used the Offenhauser engine at Ontario (1) and Watkins Glen only. Used the Watson chassis in all races.
AMI Racing	Wildcat Lola Orbiter McLaren	Drake Goosen Sparks Cosworth Offenhauser	G	3	Howdy Holmes Tom Bigelow	Indianapolis only. Holmes attempted to qualify the car with the Orbitor chassis and Cosworth engine. Bigelow qualified the car with the Lola chassis and the Cosworth engine and had the number changed to 43 prior to the race.
				7	Jerry Sneva	Indianapolis, Milwaukee (both) and Pocono only. Used the Lola chassis at Indianapolis and Pocono only. Used the Orbitor chassis at Milwaukee (1) only. Used the McLaren chassis at Milwaukee (2) only. Used the Cosworth engine.
				43	Tom Bigelow Howdy Holmes Danny Ongais Jerry Sneva Greg Leffler	Bigelow drove the car at Indianapolis (after being renumbered from 3, see above) and Milwaukee (2) only. Holmes drove the car at Indianapolis qualifying, Milwaukee (1), Pocono, Mid Ohio, Michigan (1) and Watkins Glen. Sneva drove the car at Ontario (2) only. Ongais drove the car at Michigan (2) only. Leffler drove the car at Phoenix only. Used the Cosworth engine in all races. Used the Orbitor chassis at Indianapolis (when Holmes drove it), Milwaukee (both), Pocono, Mid Ohio, Michigan (both), Watkins Glen and Ontario (2). Used the Lola chassis at Indianapolis (when Bigelow drove it) and Phoenix only. Team ran in conjunction with Interscope Racing at Michigan (2) only.
				44	Greg Leffler	Indianapolis, Pocono, Ontario (2) and Michigan only. Used the Lola chassis and the Cosworth engine.
				45	Tom Bigelow Howdy Holmes	Indianapolis practice only. Used the Lola chassis and the Cosworth engine.
				46	Gary Bettenhausen	All races except Ontario (1) and Mexico City only. Used the Orbitor chassis at Phoenix only, the Wildcat chassis at all other races. Used the Drake Goosen Sparks engine at all races except Ontario (2) and Phoenix. Used the Offenhauser engine at Ontario (2) and the Cosworth engine at Phoenix.
Chaparral Cars	Chaparral	Cosworth	G	4	Johnny Rutherford
Longhorn Racing	Longhorn	Cosworth	G	5	Al Unser
Jerry O'Connel Racing	McLaren Phoenix	Cosworth	G	7	Tom Sneva	Ontario (1) only. Used the McLaren chassis.
				9	Tom Sneva	All races starting at Indianapolis only. Used the Phoenix chassis at Indianapolis, Watkins Glen, Milwaukee (2), Michigan (2) and Phoenix only (the chassis was replaced with a McLaren chassis at Indianapolis and Watkins Glen after qualifying).
				89	Vern Schuppan	Indianapolis only. Used the McLaren chassis.
Vollstedt Enterprises	Vollstedt	Offenhauser	G	8	Dick Simon	All races except Ontario (1), Michigan (2) and Phoenix only.
				12	Dick Simon	Phoenix only.
Morales Motorsports	Penske Lightning	Cosworth	G	10	Pancho Carter	Used the Lightning chassis at Pocono only.
Gilmore Racing	Parnelli	Cosworth	G	14	A. J. Foyt	Ontario (1), Indianapolis and Pocono only.
				16	George Snider	Indianapolis and Pocono only.
Tempero Racing	Eagle	Chevrolet	G	15	Bill Tempero	Ontario (1) only.
				65	Bill Tempero	All races except Ontario (1) and Pocono.
Lindsey Hopkins Racing	Lightning	Offenhauser Cosworth	G	15	Johnny Parsons	Indianapolis, Pocono, Ontario (2) and Michigan (2) only. Used the Offenhauser engine at Indianapolis only, the Cosworth engine at Pocono and Ontario (2) only and the Chevrolet engine at Michigan (2) only.
				51	Johnny Parsons	Pocono and Michigan (1) only. Used the Chevrolet engine.
				55	Janet Guthrie	Indianapolis and Milwaukee (1) only. Used the Cosworth engine.
				99	Hurley Haywood	Indianapolis only. Used the Chevrolet engine.
McElreath Racing	Penske Eagle	Cosworth Offenhauser	G	16	Jim McElreath	Mexico City only. Used the Eagle chassis and the Offenhauser engine.
				23	Jim McElreath	Indianapolis, Watkins Glen and Milwaukee (2) only. Used the Penske chassis and the Cosworth engine.
Rhoades Competition	Penske McLaren Eagle	Cosworth Offenhauser Chevrolet Ram	G	18	Dennis Firestone	Indianapolis, Pocono, Michigan (both), Ontario (2), Mexico City and Phoenix only. Used the Penske chassis and the Cosworth engine.
				19	Dana Carter	Indianapolis only. Used the McLaren chassis and the Offenhauser engine.
				X	Larry Rice	Phoenix only. Used the Eagle chassis and the Ram engine. Number was unknown.
Patrick Racing	Penske Wildcat Phoenix	Cosworth	G	20	Gordon Johncock	Used the Phoenix chassis at all races except Ontario (1), Indianapolis and Michigan (1) only. Used the Wildcat chassis at Ontario (1) and Michigan (1) and the Wildcat chassis at Indianapolis only.
				40	Tom Bagley	Used the Penske chassis at Ontario (1) only, the Wildcat chassis at Indianapolis, Pocono, Michigan (both) and Ontario (2) only and used the Phoenix chassis at all other races.
				60	Gordon Smiley	Ontario (1) only. Used the Penske chassis.
				70	Gordon Smiley	Indianapolis only. Used the Phoenix chassis.
Mach I Racing	Penske Eagle	Cosworth Chevrolet	G	21	Tim Richmond Mike Mosley	Richmond drove the car at all races from Indianapolis to Michigan (1) only. Mosely drove the car at Milwaukee (2) and Ontario (2) only. Used the Eagle chassis and the Chevrolet engine at Ontario (2) only. Team ran in conjunction with All American Racers at Ontario (2) only.
Davis Racing	Wildcat	Offenhauser	G	22	Ross Davis	Ontario (1) only.
Sanett Racing	Penske	Cosworth Chevrolet	G	23	Dick Ferguson	Ontario (1) only. Used the Penske chassis and the Cosworth engine.
				26	Dick Ferguson	Indianapolis only. Used the Penske chassis and the Cosworth engine.
Interscope Racing	Parnelli	Cosworth	G	25	Danny Ongais	All races except Ontario (1), Milwaukee (2), Michigan (2) and Phoenix only.
Menard Racing	Lightning	Offenhauser	G	28	Herm Johnson	All races except Mid Ohio, Michigan (1) and Watkins Glen only.
Beaudoin Racing	McLaren	Cosworth	G	29	Billy Engelhart	Indianapolis, Milwaukee (both), Pocono, Ontario (2) and Phoenix only.
Machinists Union Racing	IAM	Donovan Drake Goosen Sparks Chevrolet	G	30	Phil Threshie Larry Dickson	Threshie drove the car at Indianapolis, Milwaukee (both), Pocono and Michigan (1) only. Dickson drove the car at Ontario (2) and Phoenix. Used the Donovan engine at Indianapolis, Milwaukee (1), Pocono and Michigan (1), the Drake Goosen Sparks engine at Milwaukee (2) only and the Chevrolet engine at Ontario (2) and Phoenix only.
Medlin Racing	Eagle	Offenhauser	G	32	Tony Bettenhausen Jr	Indianapolis, Milwaukee (1) and Pocono only.
Wysard Racing	Wildcat McLaren	Offenhauser Drake Goosen Sparks Cosworth	G	34	Pete Halsmer Vern Schuppan	Halsmer drove the car at Ontario (1), Indianapolis and Phoenix only. Schuppan drove the car at Pocono, Mid Ohio, Watkins Glen and Ontario (2) only. Used the Wildcat chassis at Ontario (1), Indianapolis, Pocono, Mid Ohio and Watkins Glen only, the Offenhauser engine at Ontario (1) only, the Drake Goosen Sparks engine at all races with the Wildcat chassis, except Ontario (1). Used the McLaren chassis and the Cosworth engine at Ontario (2) and Phoenix only.
Bob Fletcher Racing	Penske Phoenix	Cosworth	G	35	Spike Gehlhausen Bill Alsup Gordon Smiley	Gehlhausen drove the car at Indianapolis, Pocono, Michigan (1), Milwaukee (2) and Ontario (2) only. Alsup drove the car at Indianapolis practice only. Smiley drove the car at Michigan (2) and Mexico City only.
				55	Spike Gehlhausen	Ontario (1) only.
J J Enterprises	Wildcat	Drake Goosen Sparks Cosworth	G	36	John Martin	Mid Ohio only. Used the Drake Goosen Sparks engine.
				37	John Martin	Indianapolis, Pocono, Michigan (1), Milwaukee (2) and Ontario (2) only. Used the Cosworth engine at Pocono only.
Pacific Coast Racing	Penske Lightning	Cosworth Offenhauser	G	38	Rick Muther	Ontario (1) only. Used the Penske chassis and the Cosworth engine.
				82	Rick Muther	Indianapolis, Milwaukee (1), Mid Ohio, Michigan (1), Watkins Glen and Ontario (2) only. Used the Penske chassis and the Cosworth engine.
				86	Al Loquasto Jeff Heywood	Loquasto drove the car at Indianapolis and Pocono only. Heywood drove the car at Ontario (2) only.
Karl Racing	McLaren Gerhardt Karl	Chevrolet	G	38	Jerry Karl	All races except Ontario (1) and Michigan (2) only. Used the McLaren chassis at Indianapolis, Pocono, Mid Ohio and Michigan (1), the Gerhardt chassis at Milwaukee (1) only and the Karl chassis at all remaining races.
Alsup Racing	Penske McLaren	Cosworth Offenhauser	G	41	Bill Alsup	Used the Penske chassis and the Cosworth engine.
				47	Phil Caliva	Ontario (1), Indianapolis, Pocono, Mid Ohio, Ontario (2) and Mexico City only. Used the McLaren chassis and the Offenhauser.
Mergard Racing	Eagle	Offenhauser	G	42	John Wood	Ontario (1), Indianapolis, Pocono, Mid Ohio and Milwaukee (2) only.
All American Racers	Eagle	Cosworth Chevrolet	G	48	Mike Mosley	Ontario (1), Indianapolis and Pocono only. Used the Cosworth engine at Ontario (1) only.
BFM Enterprises	Antares Manta	Offenhauser	G	50	Jan Sneva Rich Vogler Dick Ferguson  Milt Harper	Sneva drove the car at Ontario (1) and Indianapolis practice only. Vogler drove the car at Indianapolis only. Ferguson drove the car at Milwaukee (1) only. Harper drove the car at Pocono only. Used the Manta chassis for all drivers except Sneva.
Garza Racing	Penske	Cosworth	G	55	Josele Garza	Phoenix only.
Hurtubise Racing	Mallard	Offenhauser	G	56	Jim Hurtubise	Indianapolis only
Frantz Racing	McLaren	Cosworth	G	57	Tom Frantz	Indianapolis only.
Hoffman Racing	Penske Lightning Spyder	Cosworth Offenhauser	G	59	Lee Kunzman Joe Saldana	Kunzman drove the car at Indianapolis only. Saldana drove the car at Pocono, Mid Ohio, Michigan (both) and Milwaukee (2) only. Used the Lightning chassis and the Offenhauser engine.
				69	Joe Saldana Bob Frey	Saldana drove the car at Ontario (1) and Indianapolis only. Frey drove the car at Michigan (2) only. Used the Penske chassis and the Cosworth engine for Saldana and the Eagle chassis and the Offenhauser engine for Frey.
				79	Bob Frey	Pocono only. Used the Spyder chassis and the Offenhauser engine.
Rager Racing	Wildcat	Chevrolet	G	66	Roger Rager	All races except Ontario (1), Milwaukee (1), Watkins Glen and Michigan (2) only.
Rasmussen Racing	Rascar McLaren	Foyt Offenhauser	G	67	Buddie Boys Bob Harkey	Boys was entered in the car at Indianapolis and drove at Pocono only. Harkey drove the car at Indianapolis only. Used the Rascar chassis and the Foyt engine.
				68	Frank Weiss	Indianapolis only. Used the McLaren chassis and the Offenhauser engine.
Vetrock Racing	Eagle	Offenhauser	G	71	Dean Vetrock	Milwaukee (2) only.
Hodgdon Racing	McLaren	Cosworth	G	72	Roger Mears Michael Chandler	Mears drove the car at Ontario (1) only. Chandler drove the car at Ontario (2) only.
Stanton Racing	Penske	Cosworth	G	75	Ron Shuman	Ontario (1) and Indianapolis only.
O'Hanlon Racing	March McLaren	Drake Goosen Sparks Cosworth Chevrolet	G	75	Bruce Hill Lee Kunzman	Hill drove the car at Milwaukee (1) only. Kunzman drove the car at Mid Ohio only. Used the March chassis and the Chevrolet engine for Hill and the McLaren chassis and the Cosworth engine for Kunzman.
				81	Cliff Hucul Lee Kunzman Jerry Sneva Spike Gehlhausen	Hucul drove the car at Milwaukee (1) only. Kunzman drove the car at Pocono only. Sneva drove the car at Michigan (2) and Phoenix only. Gehlhausen drove the car at Mexico City only. Used the McLaren chassis and the Cosworth engine at all races.
Walmotor	Penske	Cosworth	G	76	Salt Walther	Indianapolis only.
				77	Jerry Sneva Salt Walther	Sneva drove the car at the Indianapolis Rookie Orientation only. Walther drove the car at Michigan (1) only.
RP Racing	X	X	G	80	Larry Dickson	Indianapolis only. The chassis and the engine were unknown.
Woodward Racing	McLaren	Cosworth Chevrolet	G	81	Dick Ferguson	Michigan (1) and Ontario (2). Used the Chevrolet engine at Michigan (1) only.
Shade Tree Racing	Eagle	Offenhauser	G	85	Michel Jourdain	Mexico City and Phoenix only.
Pronosticos Deportivos	Penske	Cosworth	G	88	Daniel Muñiz	Mexico City only.
Intercomp	Finley Eagle Penske	Offenhauser	G	91	John Mahler Chip Mead	Mahler drove the car at Indianapolis only. Mead drove the car at Ontario (2) only. Used the Finley chassis at Indianapolis and the Eagle chassis at Ontario (2) only.
				92	John Mahler	Milwaukee (both), Mid Ohio, Watkins Glen, Ontario (2) and Mexico City only. Used the Eagle chassis at Milwaukee (1) only and the Penske chassis at all remaining races.
Ovaciones	Penske	Cosworth	G	91	Juan Carlos Bolaños	Mexico City only.
Whittington Bros. Racing	Penske Parnelli	Cosworth	G	94	Bill Whittington	Indianapolis only. Used the Parnelli chassis.
				96	Don Whittington, Jr.	Indianapolis and Pocono only. Used the Penske chassis.
Cannon Racing	Wildcat	Drake Goosen Sparks Offenhauser	G	95	Larry Cannon	All races except Ontario (1) and Watkins Glen only. Used the Offenhauser engine at Milwaukee (both), Pocono and Mid Ohio.
Agajanian-Grant King Racers	King	Chevrolet	G	86	Roger Mears	Mid Ohio only.
				97	Roger Mears Jim McElreath Billie Harvey Jerry Miller	Mears drove the car at Indianapolis, Watkins Glen and Milwaukee (2) only. Harvey drove the car at Milwaukee (1) only. McElreath drove the car at Pocono only. Miller drove the car at Phoenix only.
				98	Bob Harkey Tony Bettenhausen Jr	Harkey drove the car at Pocono only. Bettenhausen drove the car at Mid Ohio and Watkins Glen only.

Full Series Results

Calendar

Rd	Date	Race Name	Circuit	City/Location	Pole Position	Winning driver	Winning team	Report
1	April 13	Datsun Twin 200	Ontario Motor Speedway	Ontario, California	Johnny Rutherford	Johnny Rutherford	Chaparral Cars	Report
2	May 26	Indianapolis 500-Mile Race	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Indianapolis, Indiana	Johnny Rutherford	Johnny Rutherford	Chaparral Cars	Report
3	June 8	Gould Rex Mays Classic 150	Milwaukee Mile	West Allis, Wisconsin	Gordon Johncock	Bobby Unser	Team Penske	Report
4	June 22	True Value 500	Pocono Raceway	Long Pond, Pennsylvania	Bobby Unser	Bobby Unser	Team Penske	Report
5	July 13	Red Roof Inns 150	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	Lexington, Ohio	Al Unser	Johnny Rutherford	Chaparral Cars	Report
6	July 20	Norton 200	Michigan International Speedway	Brooklyn, Michigan	Bobby Unser	Johnny Rutherford	Chaparral Cars	Report
7	August 3	Kent Oil 150	Watkins Glen International	Watkins Glen, New York	Al Unser	Bobby Unser	Team Penske	Report
8	August 10	Tony Bettenhausen 200	Milwaukee Mile	West Allis, Wisconsin	Johnny Rutherford	Johnny Rutherford	Chaparral Cars	Report
9	August 31	California 500	Ontario Motor Speedway	Ontario, California	Bobby Unser	Bobby Unser	Team Penske	Report
10	September 20	Gould Grand Prix 150	Michigan International Speedway	Brooklyn, Michigan	Mario Andretti	Mario Andretti	Team Penske	Report
11	October 26	I Copa México 150	Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez	Mexico City, Mexico	Bobby Unser	Rick Mears	Team Penske	Report
12	November 8	Miller High Life 150	Phoenix International Raceway	Avondale, Arizona	Mario Andretti	Tom Sneva	Jerry O'Connell Racing	Report

  Oval/Speedway

  Road Course/Street Circuit

• CART and USAC united in 1980 under the banner of the Championship Racing League (CRL).The first five races of the season were run under CRL banner sanction by USAC. The union dissolved after the Mid-Ohio race. CART sanctioned the seven remaining races on the schedule and combined the results of those along with the CRL events for their championship.

Points Breakdown

Points were awarded on the following basis:

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

Final driver standings

Rounds 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pts Races 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 Pos Driver ONT INDY MIL POC MDO MIC WGL MIL ONT MIC MXS PHX 1 Johnny Rutherford 1 1 2 2 1 1 5 1 2 4 Ret Ret 4,723 2 Bobby Unser Ret Ret 1 1 Ret 2 1 3 1 2 2 DNQ 3,714 3 Tom Sneva 2 2 6 3 Ret 6 4 Ret Ret 6 4 1 2,930 4 Rick Mears Ret 5 5 12 Ret 4 2 2 3 3 1 7 2,866 5 Pancho Carter Ret 6 4 6 7 3 7 Ret 7 7 Ret Ret 1,855 6 Gordon Johncock 3 4 3 DNQ 2 5 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 1,572 7 Bill Alsup 7 DNQ 9 4 3 10 8 Ret Ret 10 Ret Ret 1,214 8 Al Unser Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 7 Ret 13 4 5 3 Ret 1,153 9 Gary Bettenhausen 3 12 Ret Ret 9 11 WD Ret Ret 3 1,057 10 Vern Schuppan DNQ 5 5 Ret 10 806 11 Tom Bagley 5 Ret Ret Ret DNS 8 6 4 Ret 8 Ret Ret 794 12 Dennis Firestone Ret Ret 14 6 DNS 5 5 743 13 Sheldon Kinser Ret DNQ 11 7 Ret 16 Ret Ret 12 14 7 4 697 14 Tom Gloy 6 5 9 680 15 Danny Ongais 7 Ret Ret Ret Ret 3 Ret 11 Ret 601 16 Mario Andretti Ret Ret 1 2 580 17 Spike Gehlhausen 4 Ret DNQ 12 5 Ret Ret 473 18 Roger Rager Ret Ret 8 Ret 8 11 Ret Ret 381 19 Rick Muther Ret DNQ 18 Ret Ret 10 8 356 20 Bill Tempero Ret DNQ 16 Ret 17 15 6 Ret 16 8 Ret 331 21 Dick Ferguson 8 Ret DNQ 13 9 315 22 Howdy Holmes DNQ 15 8 Ret 11 13 314 23 Larry Cannon Ret DNQ 9 DNQ Ret DNQ Ret Ret 9 Ret 299 24 Herm Johnson Ret DNQ 17 11 11 13 13 Ret 8 272 24 Roger Mears 9 DNQ 4 16 Ret 272 26 Tom Bigelow 8 14 260 27 Billy Engelhart 11 10 13 10 Ret Ret 246 28 Jim McElreath Ret Ret 12 9 6 240 29 Jerry Karl Ret 14 15 Ret 15 9 Ret Ret Ret Ret 215 30 Tim Richmond 9 DNQ DNQ Ret Ret 209 31 Dick Simon Ret 13 Ret DNS Ret 17 7 Ret Ret Ret Ret 185 32 Greg Leffler 10 DNQ Ret 15 Ret 184 33 Gordon Smiley 6 Ret Ret DNQ 176 34 Lee Kunzman DNQ 10 DNQ 150 35 Jerry Sneva Ret 8 14 Ret Ret 11 Ret 149 36 Pete Halsmer Ret DNQ 6 128 37 Billy Vukovich II 12 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 96 38 Cliff Hucul 7 90 39 Phil Caliva Ret DNQ Ret Ret Ret Ret 70 40 Jan Sneva 10 DNQ 60 41 John Martin DNQ Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 56 41 Mike Mosley Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 56 43 Joe Saldana Ret DNQ Ret DNQ Ret 12 Ret 50 44 A. J. Foyt DNS Ret Ret 45 45 Ron Shuman 11 DNQ 40 46 Johnny Parsons Ret DNQ Ret Ret Ret 36 47 John Mahler DNQ DNQ Ret 14 Ret Ret Ret 35 48 Don Whittington, Jr. 13 DNQ 25 48 John Wood 12 DNQ DNQ Ret DNQ 25 48 Mike Chandler Ret 25 48 George Snider Ret DNQ 25 52 Hurley Haywood Ret 20 53 Phil Threshie DNQ Ret Ret DNQ DNQ 15 54 Larry Dickson DNQ Ret Ret 10 55 Daniel Muñiz Ret 8 55 Jerry Miller Ret 8 57 Billie Harvey 19 6 57 Bob Frey DNQ DNQ DNQ 17 6 57 Juan Carlos Bolaños Ret 6 57 Michel Jourdain Sr. Ret DNQ 6 57 Ross Davis Ret DNQ 6 57 Salt Walther DNQ 18 6 63 Al Loquasto DNQ Ret 5 63 Bill Whittington Ret 5 63 Chip Mead Ret 5 63 Tony Bettenhausen Jr DNQ DNQ Ret DNQ DNQ 5 63 Jeff Heywood Ret 5 Pos Driver ONT1 INDY MIL1 POC MDO MIC1 WGL MIL2 ONT2 MIC2 MXS PHX Pts

Color Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green 4th & 5th place Light Blue 6th-10th place Dark Blue Finished (Outside Top 10) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Brown Withdrawn (Wth) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Blank Did not participate (DNP) Not competing In-line notation Bold Pole position Italics Ran fastest race lap * Led most race laps DNS Any driver who qualifies but does not start (DNS) Rookie of the Year Rookie

Driver Breakdown

Pos	Driver	Team/Car Owner	Starts	Wins	Podiums	Top 5s	Top 10s	Poles	Points
1	Rutherford	Chaparral Cars	12	5	8	10	10	3	4,723
2	B. Unser	Team Penske	11	4	8	8	8	3	3,714
3	T. Sneva	Jerry O'Connell Racing	12	1	4	6	9	0	2,930
4	Ri. Mears	Team Penske	12	1	5	8	9	0	2,866
5	Carter	Morales Motorsports	12	0	1	2	8	0	1,855
6	Johncock	Patrick Racing	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	AMI Racing	9	0	2	2	3	0	1,149
10	Schuppan	Jerry O'Connell Racing Wysard Racing	4	0	0	2	3	0	806
11	Bagley	Patrick Racing	11	0	0	2	5	0	794
12	Firestone	Rhoades Competition	6	0	0	2	3	0	743
13	Kinser	Leader Card Racing	11	0	0	1	3	0	697
14	Gloy	Team Penske	3	0	0	1	3	0	680
15	Ongais	Interscope Racing AMI Racing	9	0	0	1	2	0	601
16	Andretti	Team Penske	4	1	2	2	2	3	580
17	Gehlhausen	Bob Fletcher Racing	6	0	0	2	2	0	473
18	Rager	Rager Racing	8	0	0	0	2	0	381
19	Muther	Pacific Coast Racing	6	0	0	0	2	0	356
20	Tempero	Tempero Racing	10	0	0	0	2	0	331
21	Ferguson	Sanett Racing	4	0	0	0	2	0	315
22	Holmes	AMI Racing	5	0	0	0	1	0	314
23	Cannon	Cannon Racing	7	0	0	0	2	0	299
24	Johnson	Menard Racing	8	0	0	0	1	0	272
24	Ro. Mears	Hodgdon Racing Agajanian-Grant King Racers	4	0	0	1	2	0	272
26	Bigelow	AMI Racing	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	Karl Racing	10	0	0	0	1	0	215
30	Richmond	Mach I Racing	3	0	0	0	1	0	209
31	Simon	Vollstedt Enterprises	10	0	0	0	1	0	185
32	Leffler	AMI Racing	4	0	0	0	1	0	184
33	Smiley	Patrick Racing Bob Fletcher Racing	3	0	0	0	1	0	176
34	Kunzman	O'Hanlon Racing	1	0	0	0	1	0	150
35	Je. Sneva	AMI Racing O'Hanlon Racing	7	0	0	0	1	0	149
36	Halsmer	Wysard Racing	2	0	0	0	1	0	128
37	Vukovich	Leader Card Racing	7	0	0	0	0	0	96
38	Hucul	O'Hanlon Racing	1	0	0	0	1	0	90
39	Caliva	Alsup Racing	5	0	0	0	0	0	70
40	Ja. Sneva	BFM Enterprises Walmotor	1	0	0	0	1	0	60
41	Martin	JJ Enterprises	5	0	0	0	0	0	56
41	Mosley	All American Racers Mach I Racing	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 Racing	1	0	0	0	0	0	40
46	Parsons	Lindsey Hopkins Racing	4	0	0	0	0	0	36
47	Mahler	Intercomp	5	0	0	0	0	0	35
48	D. Whittington	Whittington Bros. Racing	1	0	0	0	0	0	25
48	Wood	Mergard Racing	2	0	0	0	0	0	25
48	Chandler	Hodgdon Racing	1	0	0	0	0	0	25
48	Snider	Gilmore Racing	1	0	0	0	0	0	25
52	Haywood	Linsey Hopkins Racing	1	0	0	0	0	0	20
53	Threshie	Machinists Union Racing	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	Agajanian-Grant King Racers	1	0	0	0	0	0	8
57	Harvey	Agajanian-Grant King Racers	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
57	Frey	Hoffman Racing	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
57	Bolaños	Ovaciones	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
57	Jourdain	Shade Tree Racing	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
57	Davis	Davis Racing	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	Whittington Bros. Racing	1	0	0	0	0	0	5
63	Mead	Intercomp	1	0	0	0	0	0	5
63	T. Bettenhausen Jr.	Bettenhausen Racing	1	0	0	0	0	0	5
63	Heywood	Pacific Coast Racing	1	0	0	0	0	0	5

See also

• 1980 Indianapolis 500
• 1980 USAC Championship Car season

References

• Åberg, Andreas. "PPG Indy Car World Series 1980". Driver Database. Retrieved 2009-05-19.
• "1980 PPG Indy Car World Series". Champ Car Stats. Retrieved 2009-05-19.
• "Official Box Score: 64th Indianapolis 500-Mile Race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway". Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Retrieved 2009-05-19.