THE WAY IT WAS

’80

Yuppie flew

The Yuppie is born – the young upwardly mobile professional. Well, they were already in cities, but thanks to Chicago journo Dan Rottenberg, now we had a word for highly paid, self-absorbed young suits.

Dack is back

Aussie rock royalty AC/DC release their seventh album Back in Black, signifying the band’s return with Brian Johnson after original frontman Bon Scott died earlier in the year after a bender.

Banked oval

Johnny Rutherford wins the Indy 500 in Jim Hall’s Chaparral racer. The team went on to win the 1980 Indy Series; Chapparal, with its origins in the ’60s, inspired ’70s-era ground effect Formula 1 cars.