California 500
Ontario Motor Speedway
2.5 Mile Paved Oval
200 Laps/500 Miles
August 31, 1980

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

Points
1 1 Bobby Unser 11 Norton Spirit Penske PC-9 Cosworth 200 3:11:51 156.372 1,000
2 3 Johnny Rutherford 4 Pennzoil Chaparral Cosworth 200 Finished 800
3 2 Rick Mears 1 Gould Charge Penske PC-9 Cosworth 199 Flagged 700
4 6 Al Unser 5 Longhorn Racing Longhorn LR-01 Cosworth 193 Flagged 600
5 24 Tom Gloy 61 Lane Sports Penske PC-7 Cosworth 190 Flagged 500
6 23 Dennis Firestone 18 Scientific Drilling Penske PC-6 Cosworth 190 Flagged 400
7 22 Pancho Carter 10 Alex Foods Penske PC-7 Cosworth 189 Flagged 300
8 17 Rick Muther 82 Pacific Coast Racing Penske PC-7 Cosworth 188 Flagged 250
9 34 Dick Ferguson X Brookside Winery McLaren Cosworth 187 Flagged 200
10 25 Vern Schuppan 34 Wysard Motors McLaren Cosworth 185 Flagged 150
11 33 Roger Rager 66 Advance Clean Sweep Wildcat Chevy 180 Flagged 100
12 26 Sheldon Kinser 24 Genesee Beer Watson Cosworth 178 Flagged 50
13 27 Herm Johnson 28 Cliff International Lightning Offy 174 Flagged 25
14 13 Michael Chandler 72 National Engineering McLaren Cosworth 167 Engine 25
15 16 Tom Bagley 40 Kent Oil Wildcat Cosworth 159 Wheel bearing 25
16 7 Bill Alsup 41 Alsup Racing Penske PC-7 Cosworth 154 Wrecked 25
17 5 Mike Mosley 21 All American Racers Eagle Chevy 149 Wrecked 20
18 19 Bill Tempero 65 Wood Power Systems Eagle Chevy 143 Flagged 20
19 10 Danny Ongais 25 Interscope-Panasonic Parnelli Cosworth 125 Fuel pump 20
20 18 Greg Leffler 44 Starcraft RV Lola Cosworth 118 Ignition 20
21 29 Phil Caliva 47 London Pride McLaren Offy 117 Lost power 15
22 11 Johnny Parsons 15 Hopkins Racing Lightning Cosworth 116 Wheel bearing 15
23 14 Gordon Johncock 20 North American Van Lines Phoenix Cosworth 95 Engine 15
24 31 Larry Cannon 95 Kraco Car Stereo Wildcat DGS 93 Engine 15
25 15 John Martin 37 J & J Enterprises Wildcat DGS 83 Oil leak 10
26 8 Tom Sneva 9 Sugaripe Prune McLaren Cosworth 76 Engine 10
27 9 Jerry Karl 38 Tonco Trailer Karl Chevy 71 Engine 10
28 20 Bill Engelhart 29 Beadouin McLaren Cosworth 50 Clutch 10
29 37 Chip Mead 91 Parts Washer Service Eagle Offy 26 Fuel 5
30 35 John Mahler 92 Parts Washer Service Penske PC-6 Offy 24 Wrecked 5
31 21 Gary Bettenhausen 46 Armstrong Moulding Wildcat Offy 15 Transmission 5
32 36 Jeff Heywood 86 Pacific Coast Racing Lightning Offy 14 Oil leak 5
33 4 Spike Gehlhausen 35 Winton Sales Penske PC-7 Cosworth 12 Fuel pump 5
34 12 Billy Vukovich, Jr. 2 Leader Card Watson Offy 11 Turbo 5
35 32 Larry Dickson 30 I. A. M./Machinist Union IAM Chevy 10 Oil pressure 5
36 30 Jerry Sneva 43 Armstrong Moulding Orbiter Cosworth 3 Overheated 5
37 28 Dick Simon 8 Vermont American Vollstedt Offy 0 Oil pressure 5
                   
-- -- Howdy Holmes 43 Armstrong Moulding Orbiter Cosworth -- Driven by Je. Sneva

Lap Leaders Total Laps
Bobby Unser 182 13-31, 36-46, 48-66, 68-200
Johnny Rutherford 13 1-12, 47
Rick Mears 5 32-35, 67

 

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