The following year Weiss returned to Indianapolis and finished orientation but failed to make the field.
1980 | Indianapolis | Indianapolis 500 | Indianapolis Colts | 1980 Summer Olympics | 1980 in music | Fortune 500 | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | ATP World Tour 500 series | 1980 Winter Olympics | Wrestling at the 1980 Summer Olympics | S&P 500 | Daytona 500 | Canadian federal election, 1980 | UEFA Euro 1980 | 1980 Summer Olympics boycott | United States presidential election, 1980 | Canoeing at the 1980 Summer Olympics | 1980 in baseball | Friday the 13th (1980 film) | 1980 in television | Indianapolis Museum of Art | History of the Indianapolis Colts | 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens | Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra | Indianapolis International Airport | Fame (1980 film) | Galactica 1980 | Football at the 1980 Summer Olympics | Fiat 500 |
Rutherford won five races that season, including the Indianapolis 500, along with the Datsun Twin 200 at Ontario Motor Speedway, the Red Roof Inn 150 at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course; the Norton 200 at Michigan International Speedway, and the Tony Bettenhausen 200 at the Wisconsin State Fair Park Speedway.