1980 - PPG Indy Car World Series - True Value 500 Race Results

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1980 - True Value 500 Race Results

Race Name - True Value 500
Date - 6/22/1980
Race Track - Pocono International Raceway
Number of Starting Cars - 33
Laps Run - 200
Pole Winner / Pole Speed - Bobby Unser / 185.491 mph
Cautions - 5 cautions for 23 laps
Average Race Speed - 151.454 mph
Lead Changes - 7 Leader(s) with 16 Lead Changes
Lap Leader - Bobby Unser
Race Number - 4

Finish	Start	Driver	Sponsor (Owner)	Chassis	Engine	Qualify Speed
1	1	Bobby Unser	Norton Spirit	Penske	Cosworth	185.491
2	5	Johnny Rutherford	Pennzoil	Chaparral	Cosworth	182.315
3	10	Tom Sneva	Sugaripe Prune	McLaren	Cosworth	178.412
4	8	Bill Alsup	Polaroid Time Zero	Penske	Cosworth	179.48
5	27	Vern Schuppan	Wysard Motor	Wildcat	DGS	171.363
6	14	Pancho Carter	Alex Foods	Lightning	Cosworth	176.384
7	17	Sheldon Kinser	Genesee Beer	Watson	Cosworth	175.816
8	19	Howdy Holmes	Armstrong Molding	Lola	Cosworth	175.575
9	24	Larry Cannon	Kraco Car Stereo	Wildcat	Offenhauser	172.331
10	26	Lee Kunzman	OHanlon Racing	McLaren	Cosworth	171.723
11	32	Herm Johnson	Menard Lumber	Lightning	Offenhauser	172.911
12	7	Rick Mears	Gould Charge	Penske	Cosworth	180.09
13	20	Billy Engelhart	Clark Equipment	McLaren	Cosworth	174.689
14	6	Jerry Sneva	Armstrong Mold	Lola	Cosworth	180.325
15	23	Jerry Karl	Tonco Trailer	McLaren	Chevrolet	172.678
16	28	Phil Caliva	Nicolosi Restaurant	McLaren	Offenhauser	170.891
17	3	Mario Andretti	Essex	Penske	Cosworth	184.124
18	9	Danny Ongais	Interscope Panasonic	Parnelli	Cosworth	178.589
19	2	AJ Foyt	Gilmore Racing	Parnelli	Cosworth	184.749
20	21	John Martin	J J Enterprises	Wildcat	Cosworth	173.695
21	16	Dick Simon	VermontAmerican	Vollstedt	Offenhauser	175.833
22	22	Joe Saldana	HoltNeward	Lightning	Offenhauser	173.01
23	4	Mike Mosley	Theodore Racing	Eagle	Chevrolet	183.262
24	12	Al Unser	Longhorn Racing	Longhorn	Cosworth	177.235
25	33	Phil Threshie	I A M/Machinist Union	IAM	Donovan	169.843
26	15	Roger Rager	Advanced Clean Sweep	Wildcat	Chevrolet	176.108
27	29	Jim McElreath	Del Ray Marine	King	Chevrolet	170.875
28	13	Bill Vukovich Jr	Leader Card	Watson	Offenhauser	176.73
29	11	Tom Bagley	Kent Oil	Wildcat	Cosworth	178.165
30	18	Dennis Firestone	Scientific Drilling	Penske	Cosworth	175.644
31	30	Al Loquasto	Pacific Coast Racing	Lightning	Offenhauser	170.374
32	31	Tony Bettenhausen Jr	Medlin Racing	Eagle	Offenhauser	169.747
33	25	Gary Bettenhausen	Armstrong Mold	Wildcat	DGS	171.871