1980 - PPG Indy Car World Series - Norton 200 Race Results

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1980 - Norton 200 Race Results

Race Name - Norton 200
Date - 7/20/1980
Race Track - Michigan International Speedway
Number of Starting Cars - 26
Laps Run - 100
Pole Winner / Pole Speed - Bobby Unser / 192.488 mph
Cautions - 4 cautions for 19 laps
Average Race Speed - 148.515 mph
Lead Changes - 4 Leader(s) with 10 Lead Changes
Lap Leader - Johnny Rutherford
Race Number - 6

Finish	Start	Driver	Sponsor (Owner)	Chassis	Engine	Qualify Speed
1	2	Johnny Rutherford	Pennzoil	Chaparral	Cosworth	190.814
2	1	Bobby Unser	Norton Spirit	Penske	Cosworth	192.488
3	4	Pancho Carter	Alex Foods	Penske	Cosworth	188.438
4	3	Rick Mears	Gould Charge	Penske	Cosworth	189.409
5	7	Gordon Johncock	North American Van Lines	Wildcat	Cosworth	186.926
6	12	Tom Sneva	Sugaripe Prune	McLaren	Cosworth	183.081
7	5	Al Unser	Longhorn Racing	Longhorn	Cosworth	187.799
8	8	Tom Bagley	Kent Oil	Wildcat	Cosworth	184.858
9	15	Gary Bettenhausen	Armstrong Mold	Wildcat	DGS	181.369
10	6	Bill Alsup	Polaroid Time Zero	Penske	Cosworth	187.73
11	24	Howdy Holmes	Armstrong Molding	Lola	Cosworth	178.958
12	19	Spike Gehlhausen	Winton Sales	Penske	Cosworth	179.48
13	23	Dick Ferguson	Galles Chevy	McLaren	Chevrolet	179.153
14	11	Dennis Firestone	Scientific Drilling	Penske	Cosworth	183.43
15	9	Jerry Karl	Tonco Trailer	McLaren	Chevrolet	184.219
16	10	Sheldon Kinser	Leader Card	Watson	Cosworth	183.524
17	25	Bill Tempero	Wood Power Systems	Eagle	Chevrolet	174.267
18	22	Dick Simon	VermontAmerican	Vollstedt	Offenhauser	179.174
19	21	John Martin	J J Enterprises	Wildcat	DGS	179.457
20	14	Larry Cannon	Kraco Car Stereo	Wildcat	DGS	181.819
21	16	Danny Ongais	InterscopePanasonic	Parnelli	Cosworth	180.642
22	13	Johnny Parsons	Hopkins Racing	Lightning	Chevrolet	182.339
23	20	Joe Saldana	Hoffman Racing	Lightning	Offenhauser	179.475
24	18	Roger Rager	Advanced Clean Sweep	Wildcat	Chevrolet	180.406
25	26	Rick Muther	Pacific Coast Racing	Penske	Cosworth	178.847
26	17	Tim Richmond	UNOQ95 Starcruiser	Penske	Cosworth	180.519