1980 Mexico City Champ Cars

Name: 1980 Mexico City Champ Cars
Start: 26/10/1980
Location: Mexico City

Sunday, October 26, 1980
Copa Mexico 150
CART/PPG Indycar World Series

Race Winner

Rick Mears , Penske Racing

Country

Mexico

Circuit

Mexico City

Round

Laps

Pole

Bobby Unser , Penske Racing

1980 Season

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Race Results

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Position	Driver	No.	Team	Vehicle	Time	Points
1 1	Rick Mears	1	Penske Racing	Penske PC9-Cosworth (Goodyear)	1h 16m 43s	300
2 1	Bobby Unser	11	Penske Racing	Penske PC9-Cosworth (Goodyear)	1h 16m 50s	240
3 2	Al Unser	5	Longhorn Racing	Longhorn LR01-Cosworth (Goodyear)	1h 17m 34s	210
4 6	Tom Sneva	9	Sugaripe Prune Racing Team	McLaren M24-Cosworth (Goodyear)	59 laps	180
5 7	Dennis Firestone	18	Scientific Drilling Controls Racing	Penske PC6-Cosworth (Goodyear)	57 laps	150
6 13	Jim McElreath	16	McElreath Racing	Eagle-Offenhauser (Goodyear)	55 laps	120
7 10	Sheldon Kinser	24	Leader Card Racers	Watson-Cosworth (Goodyear)	55 laps	90
8 7	Bill Tempero	65	Bill Tempero	Eagle-Chevrolet (Goodyear)	51 laps	75
9 16	Larry Cannon	95	Kraco Racing	Wildcat Mk1-Offenhauser (Goodyear)	50 laps	60
10 3	Johnny Rutherford	7	Chaparral Racing	Chaparral 2K-Cosworth (Goodyear)	49 laps Accident	45
11 12	Roger Rager	66	Roger Rager	Wildcat Mk3-Chevrolet (Goodyear)	37 laps Oil leak	30
12 1	Jerry Karl	38	William R Compton	McLaren M16E-Chevrolet (Goodyear)	36 laps Engine	15
13 9	John Mahler	92	Intercomp Racing	Penske PC6-Offenhauser (Goodyear)	23 laps Engine	8
14 1	Herm Johnson	28	Cliff-Menard Racing	Lightning-Offenhauser (Goodyear)	12 laps Oil leak	8
15 1	Daniel Muniz	88	Daniel Muniz	Penske PC6-Cosworth (Goodyear)	12 laps Engine	8
16 12	Bill Alsup	41	Alsup Racing	Penske PC7-Cosworth (Goodyear)	10 laps Transmission	8
17 4	Juan Carlos Bolanos	91	Intercomp Racing	Eagle-Offenhauser (Goodyear)	9 laps Engine	6
18 9	Tom Bagley	40	Patrick Racing	Phoenix 80-Cosworth (Goodyear)	9 laps Engine	6
19 13	Gordon Johncock	20	Patrick Racing	Phoenix 80-Cosworth (Goodyear)	7 laps Engine	6
20	Michel Jourdain	85	Shade Tree Racing	Eagle-Offenhauser (Goodyear)	5 laps Oil line	6
21 3	Phil Caliva	47	Alsup Racing	McLaren M16C-Offenhauser (Goodyear)	3 laps Valve	5
22 14	Pancho Carter	10	Alex Foods Racing	Penske PC7-Cosworth (Goodyear)	2 laps Valve	5
23 9	Dick Simon	8	Vollstedt Enterprises	Vollstedt-Offenhauser (Goodyear)	1 laps Engine	5
24 21	Danny Ongais	25	Interscope Racing	Parnelli VPJ6B-Cosworth (Goodyear)	Accident	5
25 7	Spike Gehlhausen	81	O'Hanlon Racing Team	McLaren M24-Cosworth (Goodyear)	Broken hub	3
DNS	Gordon Smiley	35	Fletcher Racing Team	Penske PC7-Cosworth (Goodyear)		0

Qualifying

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Grid	Driver	Team	Time
1	Bobby Unser	Penske Racing	1m 11.839s
2	Rick Mears	Penske Racing	1m 12.517s
3	Danny Ongais	Interscope Racing	1m 13.114s
4	Bill Alsup	Alsup Racing	1m 13.738s
5	Al Unser	Longhorn Racing	1m 13.986s
6	Gordon Johncock	Patrick Racing	1m 14.066s
7	Johnny Rutherford	Chaparral Racing	1m 14.236s
8	Pancho Carter	Alex Foods Racing	1m 14.757s
9	Tom Bagley	Patrick Racing	1m 15.473s
10	Tom Sneva	Sugaripe Prune Racing Team	1m 16.294s
11	Jerry Karl	William R Compton	1m 16.338s
12	Dennis Firestone	Scientific Drilling Controls Racing	1m 17.812s
13	Herm Johnson	Cliff-Menard Racing	1m 17.571s
14	Dick Simon	Vollstedt Enterprises	1m 19.378s
15	Bill Tempero	Bill Tempero	1m 19.699s
16	Daniel Muniz	Daniel Muniz	1m 20.234s
17	Sheldon Kinser	Leader Card Racers	1m 20.745s
18	Spike Gehlhausen	O'Hanlon Racing Team	1m 21.73s
19	Jim McElreath	McElreath Racing	1m 22.721s
20	Michel Jourdain	Shade Tree Racing	1m 23.229s
21	Juan Carlos Bolanos	Intercomp Racing	1m 24.649s
22	John Mahler	Intercomp Racing	1m 24.739s
23	Roger Rager	Roger Rager	1m 26.37s
24	Phil Caliva	Alsup Racing	1m 27.67s
25	Larry Cannon	Kraco Racing	1m 30.54s