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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.
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 ...
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 ...
1980 CART PPG Indy Car World Series This page was last edited on 28 December 2023, at 21:13 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...
The 1981 CART PPG Indy Car World Series season, the third in the CART era of U.S. open-wheel racing, consisted of 11 races, beginning in Avondale, Arizona on March 22 and concluding at the same location on October 31.
1980 USAC Mini-Indy Series season; C. 1980 Can-Am season; I. 1980 IMSA GT Championship; 1980 Indianapolis 500; 1980 CART PPG Indy Car World Series; T. 1980 Trans-Am ...
CART PPG Indy Car World Series: Johnny Rutherford: 1980 CART PPG Indy Car World Series: Manufacturers: Cosworth: Rookies: Dennis Firestone: USAC Mini-Indy Series: Peter Kuhn: 1980 USAC Mini-Indy Series season: Australian Drivers' Championship: Alfredo Costanzo: 1980 Australian Drivers' Championship: Cup of Peace and Friendship: Ulli Melkus 1980 ...
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. Rutherford won the USAC championship by a ...