- 1980 USAC Championship Car season
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1980 USAC Championship Car season Championship Racing League Season Races 5 Start date April 13 End date July 13 Awards National champion 
Johnny RutherfordIndianapolis 500 winner Johnny RutherfordChronology Previous season Next season 1979 1981-82 The 1980 USAC Championship Car season consisted of five races, beginning in Ontario, California on April 13 and concluding in Lexington, Ohio on July 13. The USAC National Champion and Indianapolis 500 winner was Johnny Rutherford. The season was planned to be 12 races, each co-sanctioned with CART, however the USAC withdrew from the agreement after the fifth race.
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Schedule and results
Rnd Date Race Name Length Track Location Type Pole Position Winning Driver 1 April 13 
Datsun Twin 200200 mi (320 km) Ontario Motor Speedway Ontario, California Oval Johnny Rutherford Johnny Rutherford 2 May 26 
Indianapolis 500-Mile Race500 mi (800 km) Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway, Indiana Oval Johnny Rutherford Johnny Rutherford 3 June 8 
Gould Rex Mays Classic150 mi (240 km) Wisconsin State Fair Park Speedway West Allis, Wisconsin Oval Gordon Johncock Bobby Unser 4 June 22 
True Value 500500 mi (800 km) Pocono International Raceway Long Pond, Pennsylvania Oval Bobby Unser Bobby Unser 5 July 13 
Red Roof Inns 150150 mi (240 km) Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio Road course Al Unser Johnny Rutherford Leading National Championship standings
Pos Driver Team Wins Poles Points 1 Johnny RutherfordPennzoil 3 2 2740 2 Tom SnevaSugaripe Prune 0 0 1970 3 Bobby UnserNorton Spirit 2 1 1334 4 Gordon JohncockNorth American Van Lines 0 1 1330 5 Pancho CarterAlex Foods 0 0 1078 6 Bill AlsupAlsup Racing/Polaroid Time Zero 0 0 990 7 Rick MearsGould Charge 0 0 766 8 Gary BettenhausenArmstrong Moulding 0 0 726 9 
Vern SchuppanWysard Motors 0 0 650 10 Sheldon KinserGenesee Beer 0 0 673 11 Danny OngaisInterscope Racing 0 0 345 12 Howdy HolmesArmstrong Moulding 0 0 266 References
- Åberg, Andreas. "USAC National Championship 1980". Driver Database. Archived from the original on 2009-05-13. http://www.driverdb.com/standings/980-1980/. Retrieved 2009-05-11.
- "1980 Championship Racing League". ChampCarStats.com. Archived from the original on 2009-05-13. http://www.champcarstats.com/year/1980u.htm. Retrieved 2009-05-11.
See also
- 1980 Indianapolis 500
- 1980 IndyCar season
American Championship car racing (IndyCar) seasons AAA 1905 • 1906–1908 • 1909 • 1910 • 1911 • 1912 • 1913 • 1914 • 1915 • 1916 • 1917 • 1918 • 1919 • 1920 • 1921 • 1922 • 1923 • 1924 • 1925 • 1926 • 1927 • 1928 • 1929 • 1930 • 1931 • 1932 • 1933 • 1934 • 1935 • 1936 • 1937 • 1938 • 1939 • 1940 • 1941 • 1942–1945 • 1946 • 1947 • 1948 • 1949 • 1950 • 1951 • 1952 • 1953 • 1954 • 1955NASCAR 1952 • 1953USAC 1956 • 1957 • 1958 • 1959 • 1960 • 1961 • 1962 • 1963 • 1964 • 1965 • 1966 • 1967 • 1968 • 1969 • 1970 • 1971 • 1972 • 1973 • 1974 • 1975 • 1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1979 • 1980 • 1981–82 • 1982–83 • 1983–84CART / CCWS IRL / INDYCAR Years marked in italics are not official championship years.USAC Championship Cars (1971-1995) Seasons 1971 • 1972 • 1973 • 1974 • 1975 • 1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1979 • 1980 • 1981–82 • 1982–83 • 1983–84Indianapolis 500s National Champions Emerson Fittipaldi (twice) • A. J. Foyt (twice) • Gordon Johncock • Joe Leonard (twice) • Arie Luyendyk • Roger McCluskey • Rick Mears (three times) • Bobby Rahal • Johnny Rutherford • Tom Sneva (three times) • George Snider • Danny Sullivan • Al Unser • Al Unser, Jr. (twice) • Bobby Unser • Jacques VilleneuveTracks Atlanta • Brands Hatch • DuQuoin State Fair • Illinois State Fair • Indianapolis • Indiana State Fair • Michigan • Mid-Ohio • Milwaukee • Mosport • Nazareth • Ontario • Phoenix • Pocono • Rafaela • Silverstone • Texas World • TrentonThe Indianapolis 500 was the only race in the USAC National Championship from 1984-85 onwardsCategories:- 1980 in motorsport
- USAC Championship Car
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