1980 CART PPG IndyCar World Series standings
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Rank | Driver | Points | Starts | Poles | Wins | Podiums | Avg. Start | Avg. Finish | Races Led | Races Led Most | X Led | Laps Led | Races Led Points | Avg % Led | % Beat | Fastest Laps | Laps | DNFs |
1 | Johnny Rutherford | 4723 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3.58 | 3.58 | 10 | 3 | 27 | 447 | 12 | 29.37 | 90.06 | 1 | 1452 | 2 |
2 | Bobby Unser | 3714 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 2.27 | 6.36 | 10 | 2 | 26 | 446 | 0 | 28.09 | 79.51 | 0 | 1197 | 3 |
3 | Tom Sneva | 2930 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 11.17 | 7.25 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 115 | 0 | 6.28 | 75.96 | 0 | 1321 | 3 |
4 | Rick Mears | 2866 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3.75 | 6.17 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 106 | 0 | 12.67 | 80.13 | 0 | 1424 | 3 |
5 | Pancho Carter | 1855 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8.83 | 10.67 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0.38 | 62.82 | 0 | 1169 | 4 |
6 | Gordon Johncock | 1572 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8.27 | 13.73 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 91 | 0 | 5.66 | 50.00 | 0 | 746 | 6 |
7 | Bill Alsup | 1214 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8.27 | 11.36 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.29 | 59.43 | 0 | 960 | 4 |
8 | Al Unser | 1153 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4.67 | 13.83 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 183 | 0 | 10.39 | 50.64 | 0 | 921 | 8 |
9 | Gary Bettenhausen | 1057 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20.44 | 15.67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 44.77 | 0 | 705 | 4 |
10 | Vern Schuppan | 806 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.25 | 9.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 69.37 | 0 | 462 | 1 |
11 | Tom Bagley | 794 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.55 | 14.55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 48.44 | 0 | 853 | 6 |
12 | Dennis Firestone | 743 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.00 | 12.67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 59.30 | 0 | 635 | 2 |
13 | Sheldon Kinser | 697 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.18 | 13.18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.09 | 52.31 | 0 | 1088 | 4 |
14 | Tom Gloy | 680 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 6.67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 79.76 | 0 | 321 | 0 |
15 | Danny Ongais | 601 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10.56 | 16.44 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.06 | 41.84 | 0 | 618 | 6 |
16 | Mario Andretti | 580 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1.75 | 10.00 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 68 | 0 | 19.59 | 67.86 | 0 | 401 | 2 |
17 | Spike Gehlhausen | 473 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.00 | 18.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 38.18 | 0 | 400 | 3 |
18 | Roger Rager | 381 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.25 | 15.13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.13 | 48.64 | 0 | 661 | 5 |
19 | Rick Muther | 356 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 15.83 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 41.06 | 0 | 439 | 3 |
20 | Bill Tempero | 331 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.90 | 14.10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 47.39 | 0 | 893 | 4 |
21 | Dick Ferguson | 315 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.00 | 15.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 50.86 | 0 | 367 | 1 |
22 | Howdy Holmes | 314 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.00 | 12.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 54.47 | 0 | 506 | 2 |
23 | Larry Cannon | 299 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.29 | 19.29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 35.03 | 0 | 458 | 5 |
24 | Roger Mears | 272 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.25 | 13.75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 44.57 | 0 | 187 | 2 |
25 | Herm Johnson | 272 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.13 | 12.63 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 56.34 | 0 | 953 | 2 |
26 | Tom Bigelow | 260 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.00 | 11.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 64.29 | 0 | 357 | 0 |
27 | Billy Engelhart | 246 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.00 | 14.83 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 51.46 | 0 | 760 | 3 |
28 | Jim McElreath | 240 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.00 | 15.60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 44.70 | 0 | 380 | 2 |
29 | Jerry Karl | 215 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.60 | 16.40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 41.44 | 0 | 747 | 6 |
30 | Tim Richmond | 209 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.33 | 19.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.17 | 31.65 | 0 | 201 | 3 |
31 | Dick Simon | 185 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.67 | 20.33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 27.50 | 0 | 588 | 6 |
32 | Greg Leffler | 184 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.50 | 16.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 47.41 | 0 | 409 | 2 |
33 | Gordon Smiley | 176 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.00 | 17.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 40.00 | 0 | 164 | 2 |
34 | Lee Kunzman | 150 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26.00 | 10.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 71.88 | 0 | 183 | 0 |
35 | Jerry Sneva | 149 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.29 | 19.29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 34.69 | 0 | 497 | 5 |
36 | Pete Halsmer | 128 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.00 | 13.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 50.00 | 0 | 178 | 1 |
37 | Bill Vukovich, Jr. | 96 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.86 | 21.57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 26.53 | 0 | 508 | 6 |
38 | Cliff Hucul | 90 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.00 | 7.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 73.91 | 0 | 145 | 0 |
39 | Phil Caliva | 70 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.80 | 17.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 42.45 | 0 | 313 | 5 |
40 | Jan Sneva | 60 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.00 | 10.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 62.50 | 0 | 71 | 0 |
41 | John Martin | 56 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.20 | 19.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 36.17 | 0 | 397 | 5 |
42 | Mike Mosley | 56 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.80 | 22.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 28.38 | 0 | 299 | 5 |
43 | Joe Saldana | 50 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.20 | 20.60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 25.19 | 0 | 307 | 4 |
44 | A.J. Foyt | 45 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.00 | 16.50 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 67 | 0 | 16.75 | 50.79 | 0 | 258 | 2 |
45 | Ron Shuman | 40 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.00 | 11.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 58.33 | 0 | 71 | 1 |
46 | Johnny Parsons | 36 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.50 | 23.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 23.93 | 0 | 199 | 4 |
47 | John Mahler | 35 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.60 | 18.80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 30.47 | 0 | 221 | 5 |
48 | John Wood | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24.00 | 17.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 29.79 | 0 | 68 | 1 |
49 | Don Whittington | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 13.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 61.29 | 0 | 178 | 0 |
50 | Mike Chandler | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.00 | 14.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 63.89 | 0 | 167 | 1 |
51 | George Snider | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.00 | 15.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.50 | 54.84 | 0 | 169 | 1 |
52 | Hurley Haywood | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 | 18.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 45.16 | 0 | 127 | 1 |
53 | Phil Threshie | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28.50 | 23.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 18.18 | 0 | 132 | 2 |
54 | Larry Dickson | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26.00 | 28.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 8.33 | 0 | 32 | 2 |
55 | Jerry Miller | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.00 | 14.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 45.83 | 0 | 65 | 1 |
56 | Daniel Muñiz | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.00 | 15.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 41.67 | 0 | 12 | 1 |
57 | Bob Frey | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24.00 | 17.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 36.00 | 0 | 65 | 0 |
58 | Salt Walther | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.00 | 18.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 32.00 | 0 | 64 | 0 |
59 | Billie Harvey | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.00 | 19.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 21.74 | 0 | 126 | 0 |
60 | Michel Jourdain | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.00 | 20.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 20.83 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
61 | Ross Davis | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24.00 | 22.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 12.50 | 0 | 19 | 1 |
62 | Juan Carlos Bolaños | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.00 | 17.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 33.33 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
63 | Chip Mead | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37.00 | 29.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 22.22 | 0 | 26 | 1 |
64 | Bill Whittington | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 30.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 6.45 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
65 | Tony Bettenhausen, Jr. | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31.00 | 32.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3.13 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
66 | Jeff Heywood | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36.00 | 32.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 13.89 | 0 | 14 | 1 |
67 | Al Loquasto | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30.00 | 31.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 6.25 | 0 | 10 | 1 |