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Kent Oil 150

Sunday, August 3, 1980


Track:   Watkins Glen, NY   Track Type:   Road Course
Race Distance:   150 Miles   Lap Distance:   2.428 Miles
Pole Pos.:   Al Unser, Sr 132.266 mph   Margin of Victory:   0.000 sec.
  Rank   SP   Car   Driver   Chassis   Q.Time   Laps   Reason
              Sponsor   Engine   Q.Spd.  
 
  1   3   11   Bobby Unser   PC-9/80   1:07.726   62   1:30:51 99.309
  Norton Spirit   Coswth   129.061 mph  
  2   2   1   Rick Mears   PC-9/80   1:07.685   62   Finished
  Gould Charge   Coswth   129.685 mph  
  3   7   25   Danny Ongais   Parnelli   1:09.109   62   Finished
  Interscope-Panasonic   Coswth   126.478 mph  
  4   21   9   Tom Sneva   McLaren   1:11.137   62   Finished
  Sugaripe Prune   Coswth   122.873 mph  
  5   15   4   Johnny Rutherford   Chaparral   1:08.743   62   Finished
  Pennzoil   Coswth   127.152 mph  
  6   13   40   Tom Bagley   Phoenix   1:14.199   62   Finished
  Kent Oil   Coswth   117.802 mph  
  7   12   10   Pancho Carter   PC-7/79   1:11.595   62   Finished
  Alex Foods   Coswth   122.087 mph  
  8   4   41   Bill Alsup   PC-7/79   1:08.210   61   Flagged
  Polaroid Time Zero   Coswth   128.145 mph  
  9   11   38   Jerry Karl   Karl   1:10.893   60   Flagged
  Tonco Trailer   Chevy   123.296 mph  
  10   14   82   Rick Muther   PC-7/79   1:14.759   59   Flagged
  Pacific Coast Racing   Coswth   116.920 mph  
  11   19   46   Gary Bettenhausen   Wildcat   1:17.544   59   Flagged
  Armstrong Mold   DGS   112.721 mph  
  12   18   26   Jim McElreath   Eagle   1:17.064   58   Flagged
  McElreath Racing   Offy   113.423 mph  
  13   6   43   Howdy Holmes   Orbiter   1:09.068   55   Engine
  Armstrong Mold   Coswth   126.554 mph  
  14   16   92   John Mahler   PC-6/78   1:15.728   54   Turbocharger
  Parts Washer Service   Offy   115.424 mph  
  15   10   65   Bill Tempero   Eagle   1:10.887   50   Flagged
  Wood Power Systems   Chevy   123.306 mph  
  16   15   97   Roger Mears   King   1:14.929   47   Magneto cap
  Del Ray Marine   Chevy   116.654 mph  
  17   17   8   Dick Simon   Vollstedt   1:16.338   42   Flagged
  Vermont-American   Offy   114.501 mph  
  18   9   34   Vern Schuppan   Wildcat   1:09.933   23   Engine
  Wysard Motor   DGS   124.988 mph  
  19   1   5   Al Unser   LR-01   1:06.085   21   Accident
  Longhorn Racing   Coswth   132.266 mph  
  20   20   24   Sheldon Kinser   Watson   1:18.599   20   Magneto
  Genesee Beer   Offy   111.208 mph  
  21   8   20   Gordon Johncock   Phoenix   1:09.165   2   Accident
  North American Van Lines   Coswth   126.376 mph  
          98   Tony, Jr Bettenhausen   King   1:14.753   0   Wrecked after qual
  Agajanian   Chevy   116.929 mph  

Race Information

  1) Yellow Flags: 3-11 Johncock wreck, backstretch; 23-27 Unser wreck, end of pits; 41-43 Debris on track; 49-52 Karl, Alsup wreck T11 2) Sneva qualified Phoenix-CoswTC, started McLaren in back 3) CRL Race #7

Lap Leaders

  Driver Total Laps Led
  Bill Alsup 2 26-27
  Al Unser 13 1-13
  Bobby Unser 18 14-25,57-62
  Rick Mears 29 28-56
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