1980 Australian Sports Car Championship
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The 1980 Australian Sports Car Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing title open to Group D Production Sports Cars.[1] The title, which was the twelfth Australian Sports Car Championship,[2] was won by Allan Moffat, driving a Porsche 930 Turbo.[3]
Calendar
The championship was contested over a five round series with two heats per round.[3]
| Round [3] | Circuit [3] | State | Date [3] | Winner [3] | Car [3] |
| 1 | Sandown Park | Victoria | 24 February | Allan Moffat | Porsche 930 Turbo |
| 2 | Baskerville | Tasmania | 20 April | Allan Moffat | Porsche 930 Turbo |
| 3 | Amaroo Park | New South Wales | 13 July | John Latham | Porsche Turbo |
| 4 | Winton | Victoria | 24 August | Allan Moffat | Porsche 930 Turbo |
| 5 | Calder Raceway [4] | Victoria | 16-Nov | John Latham | Porsche Turbo |
Classes
Cars competed in two engine displacement classes: [1]
Points system
Round results were determined by allocating points on a 20-16-13-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis for the top fourteen places in each heat.[1] Where drivers attained the same number of points, the placings achieved in the second heat were used to determine the round placing.[1]
Actual championship points were then awarded on a 4-3-2-1 basis for the first four outright places at each round, regardless of class.[1] Additionally, championship points were awarded on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis for the first six places in each class at each round.[1]
Championship results
The top nine championship placings were as follows:
| Position [3] | Driver [3] | Car [3] | Entrant [4] | San [3] | Bas [3] | Ama [3] | Win [3] | Cal [3] | Total [3] |
| 1 | Allan Moffat | Porsche 930 Turbo | Porsche Distributors [3] | 13 | 13 | 9 | 13 | - | 48 |
| 2 | Peter Hopwood | Lotus Elan | PL Hopwood | - | 10 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 43 |
| 3 | John Latham | Porsche Turbo | John Latham | - | 6 | 13 | 3 | 13 | 35 |
| 4 | Ross Mathiesen | Porsche Carrera | Agree | 9 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 34 |
| 5 | Murray Bryden | Lotus 7 S4 | M Bryden | 4 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 28 |
| 6 | Peter Fitzgerald | Porsche Carrera | Lidsay G Quinn Real Estate | 6 | - | 3 | 1 | 9 | 19 |
| 7 [5] | Rex Colliver [5] [6] | Lotus 47 [3] | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | 11 [5] | |
| 8 [5] | Alan Edwards [5] | Bolwell Nagari [3] | Essendon Car Radio | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | 9 [5] |
| 9 [5] | Bob Kennedy [5] | Triumph TR5 [5] | R Kennedy | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | 8 [5] |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Conditions for Australian Titles, 1980 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, pages 91 to 93
- ↑ Records, Titles and Awards, 2006 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 14-6
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 3.16 3.17 3.18 Australian Sports Car Championship, Australian Motor Racing Yearbook 1980/81, pages 100 to 105
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Souvenir Program, Calder Raceway, Nov. 15-16 (1980), page 43
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.8 5.9 Latham's Sporties, Racing Car News, December 1980, page 23
- ↑ RCN identifies the 7th placed driver only as “Colliver”. AMRY includes reference to “Rex Colliver” contesting the championship
