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Primera Copa Mexico 150

Sunday, October 26, 1980


Track:   Mexico City, Mexico   Track Type:   Road Course
Race Distance:   150 Miles   Lap Distance:   2.480 Miles
Pole Pos.:   Bobby Unser 124.278 mph   Margin of Victory:   7.000 sec.
  Rank   SP   Car   Driver   Chassis   Q.Time   Laps   Reason
              Sponsor   Engine   Q.Spd.  
 
  1   2   1   Rick Mears   PC-9/80   1:12.517   60   1:16:43 116.376
  Gould Charge   Coswth   123.116 mph  
  2   1   11   Bobby Unser   PC-9/80   1:11.839   60   1:16:50
  Norton Spirit   Coswth   124.278 mph  
  3   5   5   Al Unser   LR-01   1:13.986   60   Finished
  Longhorn Racing   Coswth   120.671 mph  
  4   10   9   Tom Sneva   McLaren   1:16.294   59   Flagged
  Sugaripe Prune   Coswth   117.021 mph  
  5   12   18   Dennis Firestone   PC-6/78   1:17.812   57   Flagged
  Scientific Drilling   Coswth   115.480 mph  
  6   19   16   Jim McElreath   Eagle   1:22.721   55   Flagged
  McElreath Racing   Offy   107.929 mph  
  7   17   24   Sheldon Kinser   Watson   1:20.745   55   Flagged
  Genesee Beer   Coswth   110.570 mph  
  8   15   65   Bill Tempero   Eagle   1:19.699   51   Flagged
  Zamboni Electric   Chevy   112.021 mph  
  9   25   95   Larry Cannon   Wildcat   1:30.540   50   Flagged
  Kraco Car Stereo   DGS   98.540 mph  
  10   4   4   Johnny Rutherford   Chaparral   1:14.236   49   Accident
  Pennzoil   Coswth   120.265 mph  
  11   23   66   Roger Rager   Wildcat   1:26.370   37   Oil leak
  Agencio Heriberto Acosta   Chevy   103.369 mph  
  12   11   38   Jerry Karl   Karl   1:16.338   36   Piston
  Tonco Trailer   Chevy   116.954 mph  
  13   22   92   John Mahler   PC-6/78   1:24.739   23   Engine
  Ovaciones   Offy   105.359 mph  
  14   13   28   Herm Johnson   Lightning   1:17.571   12   Oil leak
  Cliff Industries-Menard   Offy   115.095 mph  
  15   16   88   Daniel Muniz   PC-6/78   1:20.234   12   Engine
  Pronosticos Deportivos   Coswth   111.275 mph  
  16   4   41   Bill Alsup   PC-7/79   1:13.738   10   Transmission
  Alsup Racing   Coswth   121.077 mph  
  17   21   91   Juan Carlos Bolanos   Eagle   1:24.649   9   Engine
  Ovaciones   Offy   105.471 mph  
  18   9   40   Tom Bagley   Phoenix   1:15.473   9   Engine
  Kent Oil   Coswth   118.294 mph  
  19   6   20   Gordon Johncock   Phoenix   1:14.066   7   Engine
  North American Van Lines   Coswth   120.541 mph  
  20   20   85   Michel Jourdain   Eagle   1:23.229   5   Oil line
  Shade Tree Racing   Offy   107.270 mph  
  21   24   47   Phil Caliva   McLaren   1:27.670   3   Valve
  Intersec Security   Offy   101.836 mph  
  22   8   10   Pancho Carter   PC-7/79   1:14.757   2   Valve
  Alex Foods   Coswth   119.427 mph  
  23   14   8   Dick Simon   Vollstedt   1:19.378   1   Piston
  Vermont-American   Offy   112.474 mph  
  24   3   25   Danny Ongais   Parnelli   1:13.114   0   Accident
  Interscope-Panasonic   Coswth   122.111 mph  
  25   18   81   Spike Gehlhausen   McLaren   1:21.730   0   Broken hub
  O'Hanlon   Coswth   109.238 mph  
          35   Gordon Smiley   PC-7/79       0   Wrecked practice
  Winton Sales   Coswth      

Race Information

  1) Yellow Flags: None 2) Margin of victory - 7 seconds 3) CART Race #11

Lap Leaders

  Driver Total Laps Led
  Al Unser 13 23-35
  Bobby Unser 19 1-9,22,36-43,46
  Rick Mears 28 10-21,44-45,47-60
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