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Winners of
Races for Championship Cars, 1980-1989
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Rick Mears
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Driver of the Decade:
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Rick Mears
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20 Victories
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Car of the Decade:
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March/Cosworth
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53 Victories
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Indianapolis Motor Speedway Photo
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Indy Dominators: Rick Mears (4 victories), A. J. Foyt (4), Al Unser Sr. (4) and Johnny Rutherford (3).
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Indianapolis, 1980. Johnny Rutherford wins his third Indy 500.
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| Johnny Rutherford |
| National Champion |
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Photograph by Bob Sheridan
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Pocono, June 8, 1980. Poor showing for A.J., who finished 19th.
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| 1981 |
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| Rick Mears |
| National Champion |
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*USAC event
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Indianapolis 1982. Gordon Johncock wins his second 500, eleven years after winning his first.
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| 1982 |
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| Rick Mears |
| National Champion |
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Rick Mears pits on his way to second place in the 1982 Indy 500. (This photo may be from 1980 when Mears drove an identically-painted car.)
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May 29, 1982: Parade lap at Indy.
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| 1983 |
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| Al Unser |
| National Champion |
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| 1984 |
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| Mario Andretti |
| National Champion |
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Indianapolis 1984.
Rick Mears celebrates after taking the checkered flag.
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From "Indy 500:
More Than a Race" by Tom Carnegie
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Indianapolis, 1985.
Danny Sullivan (5) passed Mario Andretti, spun, recovered --
and won the race.
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| 1985 |
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| Al Unser |
| National Champion |
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Bobby Rahal, the 1986 Indianapolis
winner.
| 1986 |
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| Bobby Rahal |
| National Champion |
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Bobby Rahal wins at Indianapolis, 1986.
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| 1987 |
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| Bobby Rahal |
| National Champion |
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Indianapolis, 1988. Rick Mears,
pole-sitter and winner.
| 1988 |
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| Danny Sullivan |
| National Champion |
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Photo by Jerry Imboden
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The front row for the 1989 Indianapolis 500: On the pole was Rick Mears, in the center, Al Unser, and on the outside, Emerson Fittipaldi, the race winner.
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| 1989 |
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| Emerson Fittipaldi |
| National Champion |
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