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Tony Bettenhausen 200

Sunday, August 10, 1980


Track:   Milwaukee, WI   Track Type:   Paved Oval
Race Distance:   200 Miles   Lap Distance:   1.000 Mile
Pole Pos.:   Johnny Rutherford 133.838 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   0:26.898   200   1:54:13 105.063
  Pennzoil   Coswth   133.838 mph  
  2   3   1   Rick Mears   PC-9/80   0:27.520   199   Flagged
  Gould Charge   Coswth   130.813 mph  
  3   4   11   Bobby Unser   PC-9/80   0:27.539   197   Flagged
  Norton Spirit   Coswth   130.723 mph  
  4   10   40   Tom Bagley   Phoenix   0:28.107   197   Flagged
  Kent Oil   Coswth   128.081 mph  
  5   12   35   Spike Gehlhausen   PC-7/79   0:28.350   194   Flagged
  Winton Sales   Coswth   126.984 mph  
  6   13   65   Bill Tempero   Eagle   0:28.452   192   Flagged
  Wood Power Systems   Chevy   126.528 mph  
  7   25   8   Dick Simon   Vollstedt   0:29.828   191   Flagged
  Vermont-American   Offy   120.691 mph  
  8   17   66   Roger Rager   Wildcat   0:28.975   188   Flagged
  Advance Clean Sweep   Chevy   124.245 mph  
  9   23   26   Jim McElreath   Eagle   0:29.370   188   Flagged
  McElreath   Offy   122.574 mph  
  10   21   29   Bill Engelhart   McLaren   0:29.123   187   Flagged
  Beadouin   Coswth   123.613 mph  
  11   19   28   Herm Johnson   Lightning   0:29.015   186   Flagged
  Menard Lumber   Offy   124.073 mph  
  12   22   59   Joe Saldana   Lightning   0:29.304   184   Flagged
  Hoffman Racing   Offy   122.850 mph  
  13   2   5   Al Unser   LR-01   0:26.929   165   Broken upright
  Longhorn Racing   Coswth   133.684 mph  
  14   15   43   Tom Bigelow   Lola   0:28.648   159   Flagged
  Armstrong Mold   Coswth   125.663 mph  
  15   26   37   John Martin   Wildcat   0:29.813   146   Piston
  J & J Racing   DGS   120.752 mph  
  16   5   9   Tom Sneva   Phoenix   0:27.675   137   Accident
  Sugaripe Prune   Coswth   130.081 mph  
  17   9   2   Sheldon Kinser   Watson   0:28.101   133   Lost oil pressure
  Leader Card   Offy   128.109 mph  
  18   24   92   John Mahler   PC-6/78   0:29.809   112   Cylinder
  WWEG   Offy   120.768 mph  
  19   14   24   Billy Vukovich   Watson   0:28.603   68   Transmission
  Genesee Beer   Coswth   125.860 mph  
  20   8   21   Mike Mosley   PC-7/79   0:27.802   64   Accident
  UNO Starcruiser   Coswth   129.487 mph  
  21   16   41   Bill Alsup   PC-7/79   0:28.882   63   Engine
  Polaroid Time Zero   Coswth   124.645 mph  
  22   6   10   Pancho Carter   PC-7/79   0:27.686   58   Engine
  Alex Foods   Coswth   130.029 mph  
  23   7   20   Gordon Johncock   Phoenix   0:27.769   32   Piston
  North American Van Lines   Coswth   129.640 mph  
  24   11   38   Jerry Karl   Karl   0:28.238   29   Engine
  Tonco Trailer   Chevy   127.487 mph  
  25   18   7   Jerry Sneva   McLaren   0:29.000   24   Piston
  Huggers   Coswth   124.137 mph  
  26   20   97   Roger Mears   King   0:29.093   3   Engine
  Del Ray Marine   Chevy   123.741 mph  
          46   Gary Bettenhausen   Wildcat   0:29.312   0   Withdrew
  Armstrong Mold   DGS   122.816 mph  
          30   Phil Threshie   IAM   0:30.166   0   Too slow
  I. A. M./Machinist Union   DGS   119.340 mph  
          95   Larry Cannon   Wildcat   0:31.337   0   Too slow
  Kraco Car Stereo   Offy   114.880 mph  
          11   Bobby Unser   PC-9/80   0:30.473   0   Withdrew
  Norton Spirit   Coswth   118.137 mph  
          42   John Wood   Eagle   0:31.536   0   Too slow
  Mergard Enterprises   Offy   114.155 mph  
          71   Dean Vetrock   Eagle       0   No attempt
  Vetrock   Chevy      

Race Information

  1) Yellow Flags: 6-10,Mears blew engine; 36-42, rain; 58-59, Carter smoking; 67-74, Mosley wreck; 108-111, Rager spun; 122-127, Mahler tow-in; 133-136, T Sneva spun; 166-174, Al Unser wreck 2) Mears penalized 1 lap - left pits with fuel hose attach 3) B Unser penalized 1 lap - ran over air hose 4) CRL Race #8

Lap Leaders

  Driver Total Laps Led
  Rick Mears 1 67
  Johnny Rutherford 63 1-19,59-66,113,166-200
  Al Unser 136 20-58,68-112,114-165
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