Post by Blaise Zebrataur on Oct 18, 2018 6:50:25 GMT -5
Race #11 - Primera Copa Mexico 150
The CART Series made their 11th stop of 1980 at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, in Mexico City, Mexico, for the inaugural Primera Copa Mexico 150.
Al Unser led the field to the Green for the second race in a row as drivers raced for the first time outside of the United States and at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez as Unser would pick up his dominating performance from Michigan as he would once again show his talents as he was able to keep all challengers behind him for the first thirty laps before Tom Sneva would finally give the race it's first lead change. A few laps later the second and final caution would come out, allowing drivers to pit, now able to make it the rest of the way without making anymore pit stops.
With the green back out, Sneva quickly began to build up a lead, growing to three seconds, as Sneva would hang on and would score his first win in over a year. Meanwhile, finishing in 12th, Johnny Rutherford scored enough points to lock up the championship with one race to go.
Other Noticeables:
Tom Sneva scored his 1st win of the year,
Sneva led 1 time for 31 laps, which were the final 31 laps,
It was the 2nd win of his career in the CART Series and his first since 1979 at Atlanta; 20 races ago,
Daniel Muniz(19th), Juan Carlos Bolanos(20th) and Michel Jourdain(22nd) made their CART Series debuts,
Johnny Rutherford, who finished 12th, is the 1980 CART Series Champion, leading Bobby Unser by 449 points
1.9-Tom Sneva (31 laps led)
2.11-Bobby Unser
3.5-Al Unser (29 laps led)
4.26-Jim McElreath
5.65-Bill Tempero
6.28-Herm Johnson
7.1-Rick Mears
8.41-Bill Alsup
9.18-Dennis Firestone
10.95-Larry Cannon
11.66-Roger Rager
12.7-Johnny Rutherford
13.38-Jerry Karl
14.20-Gordon Johncock
15.10-Pancho Carter
16.81-Spike Gehlhausen
17.92-John Mahler
18.24-Sheldon Kinser
19.88-Daniel Muniz
20.91-Juan Carlos Bolanos
21.47-Phil Caliva
22.85-Michel Jourdain
23.8-Dick Simon
24.25-Danny Ongais-1 lap
25.40-Tom Bagley-52 laps (Header)
Al Unser-1-29
Tom Sneva-30-60
1 Lead Change among 2 drivers
Caution Flags: 2 for 4 laps
Lap 7 (Car #25 Spin Turn 3),
Lap 33 (Car #92 Spin Turn 1)
Margin of Victory: 3.895 Seconds
Time of Race: 1 Hour, 46 Minutes and 45 Seconds
The CART Series made their 11th stop of 1980 at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, in Mexico City, Mexico, for the inaugural Primera Copa Mexico 150.
Al Unser led the field to the Green for the second race in a row as drivers raced for the first time outside of the United States and at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez as Unser would pick up his dominating performance from Michigan as he would once again show his talents as he was able to keep all challengers behind him for the first thirty laps before Tom Sneva would finally give the race it's first lead change. A few laps later the second and final caution would come out, allowing drivers to pit, now able to make it the rest of the way without making anymore pit stops.
With the green back out, Sneva quickly began to build up a lead, growing to three seconds, as Sneva would hang on and would score his first win in over a year. Meanwhile, finishing in 12th, Johnny Rutherford scored enough points to lock up the championship with one race to go.
Other Noticeables:
Tom Sneva scored his 1st win of the year,
Sneva led 1 time for 31 laps, which were the final 31 laps,
It was the 2nd win of his career in the CART Series and his first since 1979 at Atlanta; 20 races ago,
Daniel Muniz(19th), Juan Carlos Bolanos(20th) and Michel Jourdain(22nd) made their CART Series debuts,
Johnny Rutherford, who finished 12th, is the 1980 CART Series Champion, leading Bobby Unser by 449 points
1.9-Tom Sneva (31 laps led)
2.11-Bobby Unser
3.5-Al Unser (29 laps led)
4.26-Jim McElreath
5.65-Bill Tempero
6.28-Herm Johnson
7.1-Rick Mears
8.41-Bill Alsup
9.18-Dennis Firestone
10.95-Larry Cannon
11.66-Roger Rager
12.7-Johnny Rutherford
13.38-Jerry Karl
14.20-Gordon Johncock
15.10-Pancho Carter
16.81-Spike Gehlhausen
17.92-John Mahler
18.24-Sheldon Kinser
19.88-Daniel Muniz
20.91-Juan Carlos Bolanos
21.47-Phil Caliva
22.85-Michel Jourdain
23.8-Dick Simon
24.25-Danny Ongais-1 lap
25.40-Tom Bagley-52 laps (Header)
Al Unser-1-29
Tom Sneva-30-60
1 Lead Change among 2 drivers
Caution Flags: 2 for 4 laps
Lap 7 (Car #25 Spin Turn 3),
Lap 33 (Car #92 Spin Turn 1)
Margin of Victory: 3.895 Seconds
Time of Race: 1 Hour, 46 Minutes and 45 Seconds
