Look Back Sunday: The 1980's

1980 Indy 500 winner Johnny Rutherford

Tim Richmond, 1980 Indy 500

Tim Richmond, 1980 Indy 500

1980 Indy 500 practice – Johnny Rutherford and Mario Andretti chat

Mario Andretti at Monaco in 1980 in the Lotus 81

Colin Chapman watches over the banned Lotus 88 in the British GP pitlane

1981 Indy 500 Winner Bobby Unser

Nelson Piquet in Brabham Ford. Belgium Grand Prix, Zolder, Belgium, 1981.

1981 Las Vegas GP, Mario Andretti in the Alfa Romeo chases Nelson Piquet’s Brabham and Carlos Reutemann’s winning Williams Ford

1981 Las Vegas F1 start – Alan Jones leads over his Williams teammate Carlos Reutemann

Mario Andretti was declared the winner the day following the Indy 500 after it was deemed Bobby Unser cheated by passing cars under the caution

Mario Andretti driving for the Alfa Romeo F1 team in 1981 at Monaco

1981 George Follmer TransAm

Start of the 1982 South African GP at Kyalami. Note the Ferraris are running with no front wing

Gilles Villeneuve’s fatal crash at Zolder in 1982

Mario Andretti puts the Ferrari on pole for the 1982 Italian GP at Monza

Mario Andretti puts the Ferrari on pole for the 1982 Italian GP at Monza and finished 3rd fighting throttle issues

1982 Porsche 956

Long Beach, California, USA. 2-4 April 1982. Mario Andretti (Williams FW07C-Ford Cosworth), retired. LAT Photographic

1982 Indy 500, AJ Foyt hammers the shit out of his car after it broke

1982 team Brabham F1 owner Bernie Ecclestone and his driver Nelson Piquet

1982 Mario Andretti waits to make his pole winning run for Ferrari

Long Beach, California, USA. 2-4 April 1982. Mario Andretti (Williams FW07C-Ford Cosworth)

Before becoming a NASCAR Cup car owner, Robert Yates was a respected engine builder and was part of the DiGard team in 1983 that won the NASCAR Cup championship with driver Bobby Allison. (Photo by ISC Images & Archives via Getty Images)

1983 Sebring winning Porsche

1983 French GP start at Paul Ricard

BROOKLYN, MI – JUNE 19, 1983: Cale Yarborough carries a CBS camera in his car for the second time and wins. He carried a camera at the Daytona 500 and won. Yarborough said, “As far as I’m concerned, CBS can put a camera in my car anytime”. (Photo by RacingOne/Getty Images)

Start of the 1983 USA GP at Long Beach. Compare the size of the grandstands back then to the miniscule ones used today for the IndyCar race.

1984 Dutch GP – Aryton Senna and Peter Warr

1984 Portuguese GP at Estoril

1984 United States Grand Prix.Fair Park, Dallas, Texas, USA. 6-8 July 1984. Nigel Mansell (Lotus 95T Renault) near to exhaustion, glanced a wall heavily and deranged the gear selectors on his car. He came to a standstill, then heroically pushed his car to the line to eventually finish in sixth position. Due to this he collapsed with heat exhaustion but recovered quite quickly afterwards. LAT Photographic

1984 Indy 500 Tom Sneva

1984 Indy 500 pitstop by Al Holbert

Estoril, Portugal, 19th – 21st October 1984, RD16.Keke Rosberg leads the field on the opening lap after starting in 4th. He went on to retire from the race with engine trouble. Action. Start. Photo: LAT Photographic/Williams F1.

1984 Michael and Mario Andretti

1984 Pocono 500 – Mario Andretti’s Budweiser Lola

Paul Newman in 1984 at the Indy 500

1985 Al Holbert Porsche

Jeff Gordon in 1985 at Hanford, California

Brands Hatch, England.4-6 October 1985.Nigel Mansell (Williams Honda) 1st position, Ayrton Senna (Lotus Renault) 2nd position and Alain Prost (McLaren TAG Porsche) 3rd position all go mad with the champagne on the podium.Ref-85 EUR 01. LAT Photographic

1985 Bill Elliott

1985 Lowenbrau Porsche 962b

1985 John Andretti Rollie Helmling midget

1985 Indy 500 AJ Foyt and Jack Starne

1985 Ferrari 637 IndyCar that never raced

1985 Portuguese GP podium at Estoril – Michele Alboreto, Ayrton Senna and Patrick Tambay. It was Senna’s first F1 win

1985 Dyson Racing Porsche 962

1985 Portuguese GP at Estoril – Ayrton Senna driving to victory for Lotus

Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A. 20-22 June 1986. Ayrton Senna (Lotus 98T Renault) leads Nigel Mansell (Williams FW11 Honda) at the start. LAT Photographic for Williams F1

Jerez, Spain.11-13 April 1986. Ayrton Senna (Lotus 98T Renault) crosses the line 14/100ths of a second ahead of Nigel Mansell (Williams FW11 Honda) for the win. One of the closest finishes in grand prix history. LAT Photographic for Williams

Brands Hatch, England.11-13 July 1986.Nigel Mansell (Williams Honda) 1st position, Nelson Piquet (Williams Honda) 2nd position and Alain Prost (McLaren TAG Porsche) 3rd position on the podium. LAT Photographic for WIlliams

1986 Australian Grand Prix Adelaide, Australia. 24th – 26th October. Nigel Mansell (Williams FW11 Honda). LAT Photo via Williams F1

1986 Porsche 962b

1986 Hoosier Hundred Parade Lap

Bobby Rahal wins the 1986 Indy 500

1987 Detroit GP – Nigel Mansell leads

1987 Indy 500 pole winner Mario Andretti

Ayrton Senna (BR), Camel Team Lotus Honda 99T. 1987 Brazil GP

Silverstone, England.10-12 July 1987. Nigel Mansell (Williams Honda) 1st position, Nelson Piquet (Williams Honda) and Ayrton Senna (Lotus Honda) 3rd position on the podium. LAT Photographic

Alan Kulwicki drove Zerex-sponsored Ford Thunderbirds on the NASCAR Winston Cup circuit from 1987 through 1990. (Photo by ISC Images & Archives via Getty Images)

1987 CART IndyCar – Mario Andretti talks to his engineer Adrian Newey – today he is Red Bull’s F1 design lead

1987 CART IndyCar start at Laguna Seca with Mario Andretti on pole and his son Michael Andretti alongside. Note the crowd on the hills – this was before Tony George nearly killed the sport.

1987 24 Hours of Daytona winners Al Holbert and Derek Bell

Robert Yates became a team owner in 1988, fielding Texaco-Havoline Fords for driver Davey Allison. (Photo by ISC Images & Archives via Getty Images)

1988 Mario Andretti at Phoenix

Mark Martin 1988 Daytona 500

Rick Mears 1988 Indy 500

1989 Suzuka – Prost and Senna collide

Jeff Gordon 1989 Knoxville Nationals

Jacarepaguá, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil.24-26 March 1989. Nigel Mansell (Ferrari) can barely lift his trophy after his 1st position on his Ferrari debut. LAT Photographic

1989 Indy 500 winner – Emerson Fittipaldi tangles with Al Unser Jr. into the wall on the final lap

1989 Daytona 500 winner Darrell Waltrip – Getty Images for NASCAR

1989 Japanese GP at Suzuka – Prost and Senna collide