1980 Indianapolis 500

Results of the 1980 Indianapolis 500 held at Indianapolis on Sunday, May 25, 1980.

Recap

After failing in its 1979 debut, Jim Hall's radically new Chaparral chassis is driven to easy victory by Johnny Rutherford. Tom Sneva becomes the first driver to place second after starting last. Future NASCAR star Tim Richmond is this year's top rookie, despite running out of fuel in the late stages. Following the checkered flag, Johnny Rutherford stopped near the entrance of pit lane to allow Tim Richmond to ride on the side of the winning car. [1] Ten different drivers led a race slowed by 13 caution flags, new race records that would stand until 1993 and 1988 respectively.

Results

Finish	Start	No	Name	Qual	Rank	Laps	Led	Status
1	1	4	Johnny Rutherford	192.257	1	200	118	Running
2	33	9	Tom Sneva	185.290	19	200	16	Running
3	32	46	Gary Bettenhausen	182.463	33	200	0	Running
4	17	20	Gordon Johncock	186.075	15	200	11	Running
5	6	1	Rick Mears	187.491	7	199	10	Flagged
6	8	10	Pancho Carter	186.480	11	199	5	Flagged
7	16	25	Danny Ongais	186.606	10	199	0	Flagged
8	31	43	Tom Bigelow	182.547	32	198	0	Flagged
9	19	21	Tim Richmond	188.334	5	197	1	Flagged
10	23	44	Greg Leffler	183.749	22	197	0	Flagged
11	22	29	Billy Engelhart	184.237	20	193	0	Flagged
12	30	2	Bill Vukovich II	182.741	31	192	0	Flagged
13	18	96	Don Whittington	183.927	21	178	0	Flagged
14	12	14	A.J. Foyt	185.500	16	173	0	Valve
15	21	16	George Snider	185.386	18	169	1	Engine
16	24	18	Dennis Firestone	183.701	23	137	0	Transmission
17	5	7	Jerry Sneva	187.852	6	130	0	Crash T1
18	25	99	Hurley Haywood	183.561	24	127	0	Fire
19	3	11	Bobby Unser	189.994	3	126	26	Turbocharger
20	2	12	Mario Andretti	191.012	2	71	10	Engine
21	28	38	Jerry Karl	183.011	28	64	0	Clutch
22	29	8	Dick Simon	182.787	30	58	0	Lost wheel
23	10	66	Roger Rager	186.374	13	55	2	Crash SC
24	11	23	Jim McElreath	186.249	14	54	0	Crash SC
25	20	70	Gordon Smiley	186.848	9	47	0	Turbocharger
26	7	15	Johnny Parsons	187.412	8	44	0	Piston
27	9	5	Al Unser	186.442	12	33	0	Cylinder
28	13	40	Tom Bagley	185.405	17	29	0	Pump
29	4	35	Spike Gehlhausen	188.344	4	20	0	Crash T1
30	27	94	Bill Whittington	183.262	26	9	0	Crash T1
31	15	26	Dick Ferguson	182.880	29	9	0	Crash T1
32	26	48	Mike Mosley	183.449	25	5	0	Gasket
33	14	95	Larry Cannon	183.253	27	2	0	Camshaft

Failed to qualify: Bill Alsup (#41), Tony Bettenhausen, Jr. (#32), Phil Caliva (#47), Larry Dickson (#80), Tom Frantz (#57), Janet Guthrie (#51, #55), Pete Halsmer (#34), Bob Harkey (#67), Howdy Holmes (#43, #45), Jim Hurtubise (#56), Herm Johnson (#28), Sheldon Kinser (#24), Lee Kunzman (#59), Al Loquasto (#81), John Mahler (#91), John Martin (#37), Roger Mears (#97), Rick Muther (#82), Bill Puterbaugh, Joe Saldana (#69), Vern Schuppan (#89), Ron Shuman (#78), Jan Sneva (#50, #77), Bill Tempero(#65), Phil Threshie (#30), Rich Vogler (#50), Salt Walther (#76), Frank Weiss (#68), John Wood (#42)

See also

• 1980 USAC Championship Car season

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