Indianapolis 500-Mile Race
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
2.5 Mile Paved Oval
200 Laps/500 Miles
May 26, 1980

Finish Start Driver Car # Sponsor/Name Chassis Engine Laps Status

Points
1 1 Johnny Rutherford 4 Pennzoil Chaparral Cosworth 200 3:29:59.56 142.862 1,000
2 33 Tom Sneva 9 Bonjour Action Jeans McLaren 77 Cosworth 200 3:30:29.48 142.524 800
3 32 Gary Bettenhausen 46 Armstrong Moulding Wildcat DGS 200 3:30:32.90 142.485 700
4 17 Gordon Johncock 20 North American Van Lines Penske PC-6 Cosworth 200 3:30:33.17 142.482 600
5 6 Rick Mears 1 Gould Charge Penske PC-9 Cosworth 199 Flagged 141.840 500
6 8 Pancho Carter 10 Alex Foods Penske PC-7 Cosworth 199 Flagged 141.817 400
7 16 Danny Ongais 25 Interscope-Panasonic Parnelli Cosworth 199 Flagged 141.739 300
8 31 Tom Bigelow 43 Armstrong Moulding Lola Cosworth 198 Flagged 140.960 250
9 19 Tim Richmond 21 UNO/Q95 Starcruiser Penske PC-7 Cosworth 197 Out of fuel 141.149 200
10 23 Greg Leffler 44 Starcraft RV Lola Cosworth 197 Flagged 140.610 150
11 22 Bill Engelhart 29 Master Lock McLaren Cosworth 193 Flagged 137.615 100
12 30 Billy Vukovich, Jr. 2 Hubler Chevrolet Watson Offy 192 Flagged 136.962 50
13 18 Don Whittington 96 Sun Systems Penske Cosworth 178 Flagged 126.951 25
14 12 A. J. Foyt 14 Gilmore Racing Parnelli Cosworth 173 Valve 25
15 21 George Snider 16 Gilmore Racing Parnelli Cosworth 169 Engine 25
16 24 Dennis Firestone 18 Scientific Drilling Penske PC-6 Cosworth 137 Transmission 25
17 5 Jerry Sneva 7 Hugger's Beverage Holders Lola Cosworth 130 Wrecked turn 1 20
18 25 Hurley Haywood 99 Sta-On Glaze Lightning Chevy 127 Turbo 20
19 3 Bobby Unser 11 Norton Spirit Penske PC-9 Cosworth 126 Ignition coil 20
20 2 Mario Andretti 12 Essex Penske PC-9 Cosworth 71 Engine 20
21 28 Jerry Karl 38 Tonco Trailer McLaren Chevy 64 Clutch 15
22 29 Dick Simon 8 Vermont American Vollstedt Offy 58 Lost wheel 15
23 10 Roger Rager 66 Advance Clean Sweep Wildcat Chevy 55 Accident, turn 1 15
24 11 Jim McElreath 23 McElreath Racing Penske PC-7 Cosworth 54 Accident, turn 1 15
25 20 Gordon Smiley 70 Valvoline/Diamond Head Phoenix Cosworth 47 Turbo 10
26 7 Johnny Parsons 15 Wynn's Lightning Offy 44 Piston 10
27 9 Al Unser 5 Longhorn Racing Longhorn LR-01 Cosworth 33 Cylinder 10
28 13 Tom Bagley 40 Kent Oil Wildcat Cosworth 29 Pump drive 10
29 4 Spike Gehlhausen 35 Winton Sales Penske PC-7 Cosworth 20 Accident turn 1 5
30 27 Bill Whittington 94 Sun Systems Parnelli Cosworth 9 Accident turn 1 5
31 15 Dick Ferguson 26 AMS Oil Penske PC-6 Cosworth 9 Accident turn 1 5
32 26 Mike Mosley 48 Theodore Racing Eagle Chevy 5 Gasket 5
33 14 Larry Cannon 95 Kraco Car Stereo Wildcat DGS 2 Camshaft 5
-- -- Bill Alsup 41 Alsup Racing Penske PC-7 Cosworth -- DNS, too slow
-- -- Larry Dickson 80 RP Racing Enterprises X X -- Did not qualify
-- -- Phil Caliva 47 Alsup Racing McLaren Offy -- DNS, too slow
-- -- Tom Bagley 20 North American Van Lines Penske PC-6 Cosworth -- Did not qualify
-- -- Tom Bagley 70 Valvoline-Diamond Head Phoenix Cosworth -- Did not qualify
-- -- Tom Bigelow 3 Armstrong Moulding Lola Cosworth -- Did not qualify
-- -- Tom Bigelow 45 Armstrong Moulding Lola Cosworth -- Did not qualify
-- -- Tony Bettenhausen, Jr. 32 Vita Fresh Eagle Offy -- DNS, too slow
-- -- A. J. Foyt 16 Gilmore Racing Parnelli Cosworth -- Did not qualify
-- -- Tom Frantz 57 Frantz Auto Body McLaren Cosworth -- Did not qualify
-- -- Janet Guthrie 51 Texaco Star Lightning Cosworth -- Did not qualify
-- -- Janet Guthrie 55 Texaco Star Lightning Cosworth -- Did not qualify
-- -- Bob Harkey 67 The Canadian I Rascar Chevy -- Did not qualify
-- -- Howdy Holmes 43 Armstrong Moulding Lola Cosworth -- Did not qualify
-- -- Howdy Holmes 45 Armstrong Moulding Lola Cosworth -- Did not qualify
-- -- Jim Hurtubise 56 Moran Electric Mallard Offy TC -- Did not qualify
-- -- Pete Halsmer 34 Wysard Motor Wildcat DGS -- DNS, too slow
-- -- Gordon Johncock 40 Kent Oil Wildcat Cosworth -- Did not qualify
-- -- Herm Johnson 28 Cliff-Menard Racing Lightning Offy TC -- Did not qualify
-- -- Lee Kunzman 59 George the T-Shirt Man Special X X -- Did not qualify
-- -- Sheldon Kinser 24 Genesee Beer Watson Cosworth -- DNS, too slow
-- -- Al Loquasto 81 O'Hanlon's L'il Cheaper McLaren Cosworth -- Did not qualify
-- -- Jim McElreath 97 Giuffre Brothers Cranes King Chevy -- Did not qualify
-- -- John Mahler 91 Intercomp Racing Finley Offy TC -- Did not qualify
-- -- John Martin 37 J & J Enterprises Wildcat DGS -- DNS, too slow
-- -- Rick Muther 82 Pacific Coast Racing Penske Cosworth -- Did not qualify
-- -- Roger Mears 97 Giuffre Brothers Cranes King Chevy -- Did not qualify
-- -- Al Unser 78 Stanton Racing Products Penske Cosworth -- Did not qualify
-- -- Rich Vogler 50 B.M.F. Enterprises Manta Offy TC -- Did not qualify
-- -- Bill Puterbaugh X X X X -- Did not qualify
-- -- Johnny Parsons 55 Texaco Star Lightning Cosworth -- Did not qualify
-- -- Bill Tempero 65 Wood Power Systems/Spirit of Colorado Eagle Chevy -- Did not qualify
-- -- Phil Threshie 30 I. A. M. Special X X -- Did not qualify
-- -- Frank Weiss 68 The Canadian II McLaren Offy TC -- Did not qualify
-- -- John Wood 42 Mergard's 20th Century Eagle Offy TC -- Did not qualify
-- -- Salt Walther 76 Walmotor Penske PC-7 Cosworth -- DNS, too slow
-- -- Johnny Rutherford 49 Pennzoil Chaparral Cosworth -- Did not qualify
-- -- Jan Sneva 50 BFM Enterprises Antares Offy -- Did not qualify
-- -- Jan Sneva 77 Bryan Ltd./Jose Joannides Special X X -- Wrecked rookie orientation  
-- -- Joe Saldana 69 Hoffman Racing Penske PC-7 Cosworth -- Did not qualify
-- -- Ron Shuman 78 Stanton Racing Products Penske Cosworth -- Did not qualify
-- -- Tom Sneva 81 O'Hanlon's L'il Cheaper McLaren Cosworth -- Did not qualify
-- -- Vern Schuppan 89 X X X -- Did not qualify
-- -- Buddie Boys 67 The Canadian I Rascar Chevy -- Entry declined, not enough experience  
-- -- Dana Carter 19 Scientific Drilling Controls McLaren Offy TC -- Wrecked rookie orientation  

Lap Leaders Total Laps
Johnny Rutherford 118 1-15, 40-46, 58-72, 104-113, 118-142, 148-171, 179-200
Bobby Unser 26 25-30, 85-103, 117
Tom Sneva 16 74-84, 143-147
Gordon Johncock 11 19-24, 31-35
Mario Andretti 10 47-56
Rick Mears 10 114-116, 172-178
Pancho Carter 5 36-39, 57
Roger Rager 2 16-17
George Snider 1 18
Tim Richmond 1 73

 

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