1980 Australian Sports Car Championship

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]

  • Up to and including 2000cc[1]
  • Over 2000cc[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 Cars Australia[5] 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[6] Rex Colliver[6][7] Lotus 47[3] R. Colliver[5]  ?  ?  ?  ?  ? 11[6]
8[6] Alan Edwards[6] Bolwell Nagari[3] Essendon Car Radio  ?  ?  ?  ?  ? 9[6]
9[6] Bob Kennedy[6] Triumph TR5[6] R Kennedy  ?  ?  ?  ?  ? 8[6]

References
  1. Conditions for Australian Titles, 1980 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, pages 91 to 93
  2. Records, Titles and Awards, 2006 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 14-6
  3. Australian Sports Car Championship, Australian Motor Racing Yearbook 1980/81, pages 100 to 105
  4. Souvenir Program, Calder Raceway, Nov. 15-16 (1980), page 43
  5. Official Program, Sandown, February 24, 1980
  6. Latham's Sporties, Racing Car News, December 1980, page 23
  7. RCN identifies the 7th placed driver only as “Colliver”. AMRY includes reference to “Rex Colliver” contesting the championship
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