USAC National Silver Crown 1980 standings

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USAC National Silver Crown 1980 standings

Championship points standings for the USAC National Silver Crown 1980

Position	Driver	Team	Car
1.	Gary Bettenhausen	Delrose/Holt
2.	Pancho Carter	Johnny Capels	Grant King
3.	Rich Vogler	Don Siebert	Grant King (Chevrolet)
4.	Steve Chassey	DiGeronimo/Kurtz
5.	Bobby Olivero	Wilke	Watson (Chevrolet)
6.	Tom Bigelow	Hammond
7.	Chris Cumberworth	Lang
8.	Larry Dickson	Hammond, McClure
9.	Joe Saldana	Johnson
9.	Lennie Waldo	Stenger
11.	Sheldon Kinser	Smith, Seymour, Ben Leyba	Watson (Offenhauser TC) Watson (Cosworth)
15.	Bill Tyler	Smith
	Billy Burks	Harris
	Karl Busson	Johnson
	Steve Cannon
	Duke Cook	DePalma
	Billy Engelhart	Marcello
	A. J. Foyt	Delrose/Holt
	Bob Frey	Rahn
	Larry Gates	Stenger, Fortune
	Mike Gregg
	Emmett Hahn	Smith
	Jack Hewitt	Ralph DePalma
	Gary Hieber	Haller
	Gary Irvin	Higman
	Steve Kinser	Smith
	Rich Leavell	Peterson/Niebel
	Eddie Leavitt	Seymour
	Greg Leffler	Armstrong
	Van May	Smith
	Mack McClellan	Niebel
	Jim McElreath
	Lealand McSpadden	Smith
	Bob Meli
	Jerry Miller	Hall
	Jan Opperman	Miller
	Johnny Parsons	DePalma
	Paul Pitzer	Harmon
	Bill Puterbaugh	Linsmeyer
	Larry Rice	Weaver
	Frankie Schneider	Mataka
	Ken Schrader	Smith
	Dean Shirley	Sohm
	Ron Shuman	Middleton
	Robert Smith	Conroy
	Larry Snellbaker	Lloyd
	George Snider	Lefevre
	Jerry Stone	Stephens
	Sammy Swindell	Smith
	Bill Vukovich II	Ben Leyba
	Jerry Weeks	Lefevre
	Tony Weyant
	Kramer Williamson	Amerling
	Doug Wolfgang	Peterson/Niebel

	Driver	Number
Most race wins	Gary Bettenhausen	4
Most podium positions	Gary Bettenhausen	6
Most podium positions without a win	Bobby Olivero	2

Nationality of participating drivers

%	Country		Drivers	Number
100%	U.S.A.		Sheldon Kinser, Gary Bettenhausen, Pancho Carter, Bobby Olivero, Ron Shuman, Steve Chassey, Steve Cannon, Dean Shirley, Bob Frey, Billy Burks, Larry Dickson, Larry Gates, Gary Hieber, Joe Saldana, Mike Gregg, Robert Smith, Eddie Leavitt, Lealand McSpadden, Rich Vogler, Bill Puterbaugh, Larry Rice, Mack McClellan, George Snider, Kramer Williamson, Lennie Waldo, Tom Bigelow, Bill Tyler, Frankie Schneider, Duke Cook, Chris Cumberworth, Van May, Greg Leffler, Larry Snellbaker, Jan Opperman, Gary Irvin, Tony Weyant, Bill Vukovich II, Jerry Miller, Jack Hewitt, Rich Leavell, Sammy Swindell, Paul Pitzer, Jim McElreath, A. J. Foyt, Jerry Weeks, Karl Busson, Doug Wolfgang, Billy Engelhart, Jerry Stone, Emmett Hahn, Bob Meli, Ken Schrader, Steve Kinser, Johnny Parsons	54

Individual driver statistics for the 1980 USAC National Silver Crown

Driver	Age	Races	Wins	Podiums	Fastest laps
Bettenhausen, Gary	38 y/o	7	4	6
Bigelow, Tom	40 y/o	7	0	1
Burks, Billy	n/a	3	0	0
Busson, Karl	42 y/o	1	0	0
Cannon, Steve	39 y/o	5	0	0
Carter, Pancho	30 y/o	8	1	4
Chassey, Steve	35 y/o	6	0	1
Cook, Duke	36 y/o	3	0	0
Cumberworth, Chris	n/a	6	0	0
Dickson, Larry	41 y/o	4	0	0	0
Engelhart, Billy	38 y/o	3	1	2
Foyt, A. J.	45 y/o	1	0	0
Frey, Bob	29 y/o	1	0	0
Gates, Larry	n/a	6	0	0
Gregg, Mike	31 y/o	3	0	0
Hahn, Emmett	n/a	2	0	0
Hewitt, Jack	28 y/o	2	0	0
Hieber, Gary	20 y/o	4	0	0
Irvin, Gary	36 y/o	3	0	0
Kinser, Sheldon	37 y/o	7	1	1
Kinser, Steve	26 y/o	1	0	0
Leavell, Rich	n/a	4	0	0
Leavitt, Eddie	37 y/o	2	0	0
Leffler, Greg	28 y/o	2	0	0
May, Van	n/a	1	0	0
McClellan, Mack	26 y/o	3	0	0
McElreath, Jim	52 y/o	2	0	0
McSpadden, Lealand	33 y/o	1	0	0
Meli, Bob	n/a	1	0	0
Miller, Jerry	42 y/o	3	0	0
Olivero, Bobby	33 y/o	8	0	2
Opperman, Jan	41 y/o	3	0	0
Parsons, Johnny	35 y/o	1	0	1
Pitzer, Paul	36 y/o	2	0	0
Puterbaugh, Bill	44 y/o	3	0	0
Rice, Larry	34 y/o	7	0	0
Saldana, Joe	35 y/o	8	0	0	0
Schneider, Frankie	53 y/o	3	0	0
Schrader, Ken	25 y/o	1	0	1
Shirley, Dean	n/a	2	0	0
Shuman, Ron	27 y/o	6	0	0
Smith, Robert	9 y/o	4	0	1
Snellbaker, Larry	42 y/o	4	0	0
Snider, George	39 y/o	3	0	0
Stone, Jerry	n/a	2	0	0
Swindell, Sammy	24 y/o	1	0	0
Tyler, Bill	26 y/o	4	0	0
Vogler, Rich	29 y/o	7	1	3
Vukovich II, Bill	36 y/o	1	0	0
Waldo, Lennie	36 y/o	6	0	0	0
Weeks, Jerry	35 y/o	2	0	0
Weyant, Tony	19 y/o	2	0	0
Williamson, Kramer	30 y/o	5	0	1
Wolfgang, Doug	27 y/o	1	0	0

#	Date	Circuit	Winner	Second	Third	Pole	FL