1980 - PPG Indy Car World Series - Tony Bettenhausen 200 Race Results

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1980 - Tony Bettenhausen 200 Race Results

Race Name - Tony Bettenhausen 200
Date - 8/10/1980
Race Track - Milwaukee Mile
Number of Starting Cars - 26
Laps Run - 200
Pole Winner / Pole Speed - Johnny Rutherford / 133.838 mph
Cautions - 8 cautions for 45 laps
Average Race Speed - 105.063 mph
Lead Changes - 3 Leader(s) with 7 Lead Changes
Lap Leader - Al Unser
Race Number - 8

Finish	Start	Driver	Sponsor (Owner)	Chassis	Engine	Qualify Speed
1	1	Johnny Rutherford	Pennzoil	Chaparral	Cosworth	133.838
2	3	Rick Mears	Gould Charge	Penske	Cosworth	130.813
3	4	Bobby Unser	Norton Spirit	Penske	Cosworth	130.723
4	10	Tom Bagley	Kent Oil	Phoenix	Cosworth	128.081
5	12	Spike Gehlhausen	Winton Sales	Penske	Cosworth	126.984
6	13	Bill Tempero	Wood Power Systems	Eagle	Chevrolet	126.528
7	25	Dick Simon	VermontAmerican	Vollstedt	Offenhauser	120.691
8	17	Roger Rager	Advanced Clean Sweep	Wildcat	Chevrolet	124.245
9	23	Jim McElreath	McElreath	Eagle	Offenhauser	122.574
10	21	Billy Engelhart	Beadouin	McLaren	Cosworth	123.613
11	19	Herm Johnson	Menard Lumber	Lightning	Offenhauser	124.073
12	22	Joe Saldana	Hoffman Racing	Lightning	Offenhauser	122.85
13	2	Al Unser	Longhorn Racing	Longhorn	Cosworth	133.684
14	15	Tom Bigelow	Armstrong Mold	Lola	Cosworth	125.663
15	26	John Martin	J J Racing	Wildcat	DGS	120.752
16	5	Tom Sneva	Sugaripe Prune	Phoenix	Cosworth	130.081
17	9	Sheldon Kinser	Leader Card	Watson	Offenhauser	128.109
18	24	John Mahler	WWEG	Penske	Offenhauser	120.768
19	14	Bill Vukovich Jr	Genesee Beer	Watson	Cosworth	125.86
20	8	Mike Mosley	UNO Starcruiser	Penske	Cosworth	129.487
21	16	Bill Alsup	Polaroid Time Zero	Penske	Cosworth	124.645
22	6	Pancho Carter	Alex Foods	Penske	Cosworth	130.029
23	7	Gordon Johncock	North American Van Lines	Phoenix	Cosworth	129.64
24	11	Jerry Karl	Tonco Trailer	Karl	Chevrolet	127.487
25	18	Jerry Sneva	Huggers	McLaren	Cosworth	124.137
26	20	Roger Mears	Del Ray Marine	King	Chevrolet	123.741