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The 1980 CART PPG Indy Car World Series season was the second in the CART era of U.S. open-wheel racing. It consisted of twelve races, beginning in Ontario, California on April 13 and concluding in Avondale, Arizona on November 8. The PPG Indy Car World Series Drivers' Champion and Indianapolis 500 winner was Johnny Rutherford.
Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART) was a sanctioning body for American open-wheel car racing that operated from 1979 until dissolving after the 2003 season.CART was founded in 1979 by United States Auto Club (USAC) Championship Division team owners who disagreed with the direction and leadership of USAC, with the then-novel idea of team owners sanctioning and promoting their own series ...
USAC declared their 1980 season over after the five races, while CART finished out the remainder of the 1980 season on their own. Johnny Rutherford , driving Jim Hall 's revolutionary ground effects Chaparral 2K won three of the five races (including Indianapolis ), and finished second in the other two.
The 1980 California 500, the eleventh running of the event, was held at the Ontario Motor Speedway in Ontario, California, on Sunday, August 31, 1980. The event was race number 9 of 12 in the 1980 CART PPG Indy Car World Series. The race was won by Bobby Unser, his fourth California 500 victory. The race was the final California 500 before ...
In general, the new invitational rules would exclude few, if any, teams in Indy car racing, whether they were part of the USAC Trail or the CART series. [10] The 1980 CART PPG Indy Car World Series began in April, and Indianapolis was the second race of the season. CART awarded points for Indianapolis towards their championship. After ...
Pages in category "1980 in CART" This category contains only the following page. This list may not reflect recent changes. 1980 CART PPG Indy Car World Series
the 1980 CART PPG Indy Car World Series, sanctioned by CART, who would later become Champ Car Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title 1980 Champ Car season .
The 1980 Pocono 500 was an IndyCar Series motor race held at the Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pennsylvania, on Sunday June 22, 1980. Branded as the 1980 True Value 500 for sponsorship reasons, it was the tenth running of the event. The event was part of both the 1980 USAC Championship Car season and the 1980 CART PPG Indy Car World Series.