 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Johnny Rutherford muJim Halls Chaparral 2K pasi mhedzisiro chassis yakatonga mwaka. Rutherford akakunda mijaho mishanu, kubatanidza kuita kunoshamisa pa 1980 Indianapolis 500. Rutherford akapedza ari pakati pevashanu vokutanga munhangemutange gumi dzokutanga, achibudira kunze kunotungamira kunoshamisa uye kusingaenzaniswi mumapoinzi. Rutherford akatanga mwaka uyu nekupedza 1st kana 2nd mumakwikwi matanhatu okutanga, uye akapedza nehuwandu hwevasere vakapedza 1st kana 2nd. Nguva yaRutherford yakanga isiri isina chinoitika, zvisinei. Munhangemutange yokupedzisira yemwaka wacho paPhoenix, apo airwisana naTom Sneva nokuda kwokutungamirira, Rutherford akabatanidzwa nemotokari yakanga yapfuura, akarova rusvingo, uye ipapo akatendeuka. Motokari yacho yakamhara zvakasimba pachikumbaridzo chayo, asi Rutherford haana kukuvadzwa zvakakomba. 