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Datsun Twin 200

Sunday, April 13, 1980


Track:   Ontario, CA   Track Type:   Paved Oval
Race Distance:   200 Miles   Lap Distance:   2.500 Miles
Pole Pos.:   Johnny Rutherford 196.803 mph   Margin of Victory:   0.000 sec.
  Rank   SP   Car   Driver   Chassis   Q.Time   Laps   Reason
              Sponsor   Engine   Q.Spd.  
 
  1   1   4   Johnny Rutherford   Chaparral   1:31.46   80   1:14:04.00 162.016
  Pennzoil   Coswth   196.803 mph  
  2   5   7   Tom Sneva   McLaren   0:46.640   79   Flagged
  O'Connell   Coswth   192.967 mph  
  3   8   20   Gordon Johncock   Wildcat   0:47.982   79   Flagged
  North American Van Lines   Coswth   187.570 mph  
  4   9   55   Spike Gehlhausen   PC-7/79   0:48.091   78   Flagged
  Arizona Mechanic   Coswth   187.145 mph  
  5   7   40   Tom Bagley   PC-6/78   0:47.478   77   Flagged
  Kent Oil   Coswth   189.561 mph  
  6   13   60   Gordon Smiley   PC-6/78   0:49.659   77   Flagged
  Pat Patrick Racing   Coswth   181.236 mph  
  7   14   41   Bill Alsup   PC-7/79   0:49.883   77   Flagged
  Alsup Racing   Coswth   180.422 mph  
  8   16   23   Dick Ferguson   PC-6/78   0:50.988   75   Flagged
  Aero Electronics   Coswth   176.512 mph  
  9   12   72   Roger Mears   McLaren   0:49.579   74   Flagged
  Hodgdon Engineering   Coswth   181.527 mph  
  10   23   50   Jan Sneva   Anteres   0:55.l04   71   Flagged
  BFM Enterprises   Offy   163.328 mph  
  11   22   75   Ron Shuman   PC-6/78   0:54.287   71   Spun Out
  Stanton Racing   Coswth   165.786 mph  
  12   25   42   John Wood   Eagle   0:56.385   68   Flagged
  Bose Corporation   Offy   159.618 mph  
  13   19   24   Sheldon Kinser   Watson   0:52.913   58   Overheated
  Scientific Drilling   Offy   170.091 mph  
  14   21   28   Herm Johnson   Lightning   0:54.032   51   Stalled
  Spirit of Eau Claire   Offy   166.568 mph  
  15   18   47   Phil Caliva   McLaren   0:51.790   51   Ignition
  Alsup Racing   Offy   173.779 mph  
  16   3   5   Al Unser   LR-01   0:46.587   45   Transmission
  Mark C. Bloome   Coswth   193.187 mph  
  17   17   15   Bill Tempero   Eagle   0:51.751   42   Broken fuel pump
  Spirit of Colorado   Chevy   173.910 mph  
  18   6   10   Pancho Carter   PC-7/79   0:47.194   39   Broken fuel pump
  Alex Foods   Coswth   190.702 mph  
  19   11   48   Mike Mosley   Eagle   0:48.493   36   Cylinder
  Theodore Racing   Coswth   185.594 mph  
  20   20   34   Pete Halsmer   Wildcat   0:53.216   33   Engine
  Wysard Motor   Offy   169.122 mph  
  21   4   1   Rick Mears   PC-7/79   0:46.588   24   Electrical fire
  Gould Charge   Coswth   193.183 mph  
  22   24   22   Ross Davis   Wildcat   0:55.186   19   Fuel
  The Enterprise   Offy   163.085 mph  
  23   2   11   Bobby Unser   PC-9/80   0:46.518   14   Radiator leak
  Norton Spirit   Coswth   193.473 mph  
  24   15   38   Rick Muther   PC-6/78   0:50.517   14   Lost oil pressure
  Pacific Coast Racing   Coswth   178.158 mph  
  25   10   69   Joe Saldana   PC-7/79   0:48.299   3   Turbocharger
  Hoffman Racing   Coswth   186.339 mph  
          14   A.J. Foyt   Parnelli   0:48.157   0   Withdrew
  Gilmore Racing   Coswth   186.339 mph  

Race Information

  1) Yellow Flags: 41-45, Carter stalled; 49-53, Tempero stalled backstretch, 76-80 Shuman spun T4 2) CRL Race #1

Lap Leaders

  Driver Total Laps Led
  Bobby Unser 6 8-13
  Johnny Rutherford 74 1-7,14-80
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