1980 - PPG Indy Car World Series - Indianapolis 500 Race Results

The Champ Car World Series merged operations with the Indy Racing League (IRL) under the Indy Car Series name effective for the 2008 season. The owners of the Champ Car World Series filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on March 5, 2008.

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1980 - Indianapolis 500 Race Results

Race Name - Indianapolis 500
Date - 5/25/1980
Race Track - Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Number of Starting Cars - 33
Laps Run - 200
Pole Winner / Pole Speed - Johnny Rutherford / 192.256 mph
Cautions - 13 cautions for 64 laps
Average Race Speed - 142.862 mph
Lead Changes - 10 Leader(s) with 22 Lead Changes
Lap Leader - Johnny Rutherford
Race Number - 2

Finish	Start	Driver	Sponsor (Owner)	Chassis	Engine	Qualify Speed
1	1	Johnny Rutherford	Pennzoil	Chaparral	Cosworth	192.256
2	33	Tom Sneva	Bonjour Action Jeans	McLaren	Cosworth	185.29
3	32	Gary Bettenhausen	Armstrong Mold	Wildcat	DGS	182.463
4	17	Gordon Johncock	North American Van Lines	Penske	Cosworth	186.075
5	6	Rick Mears	Gould Charge	Penske	Cosworth	187.49
6	8	Pancho Carter	Alex Foods	Penske	Cosworth	186.48
7	16	Danny Ongais	InterscopePanasonic	Parnelli	Cosworth	186.606
8	31	Tom Bigelow	Armstrong Mold	Lola	Cosworth	182.547
9	19	Tim Richmond	UNOQ95 Starcuiser	Penske	Cosworth	188.334
10	23	Greg Leffler	Starcraft RV	Lola	Cosworth	183.748
11	22	Billy Engelhart	Master Lock	McLaren	Cosworth	184.237
12	30	Bill Vukovich Jr	Hubler Chevrolet	Watson	Offenhauser	182.741
13	18	Don Whittington	Sun System	Penske	Cosworth	183.927
14	12	AJ Foyt	Gilmore Racing	Parnelli	Cosworth	185.5
15	21	George Snider	Gilmore Racing	Parnelli	Cosworth	185.385
16	24	Dennis Firestone	Scientific Drilling	Penske	Cosworth	183.702
17	5	Jerry Sneva	Huggers Beverage Holder	Lola	Cosworth	187.852
18	25	Hurley Haywood	StaOn Glaze	Lightning	Chevrolet	183.561
19	3	Bobby Unser	Norton Spirit	Penske	Cosworth	189.994
20	2	Mario Andretti	Essex	Penske	Cosworth	191.012
21	28	Jerry Karl	Tonco Trailer	McLaren	Chevrolet	183.011
22	29	Dick Simon	VermontAmerican	Vollstedt	Offenhauser	182.788
23	10	Roger Rager	Advanced Clean Sweep	Wildcat	Chevrolet	186.374
24	11	Jim McElreath	McElreath	Penske	Cosworth	186.249
25	20	Gordon Smiley	ValvolineDiamond Head	Phoenix	Cosworth	186.848
26	7	Johnny Parsons	Wynns	Lightning	Offenhauser	187.412
27	9	Al Unser	Longhorn Racing	Longhorn	Cosworth	186.442
28	13	Tom Bagley	Kent Oil	Wildcat	Cosworth	185.405
29	4	Spike Gehlhausen	Winton Sales	Penske	Cosworth	188.344
30	27	Bill Whittington	Sun Systems	Parnelli	Cosworth	183.262
31	15	Dick Ferguson	AMS Oil	Penske	Cosworth	182.88
32	26	Mike Mosley	Theodore Racing	Eagle	Chevrolet	183.449
33	14	Larry Cannon	Kraco Car Stereo	Wildcat	DGS	183.253