1980 Australian Sports Car Championship

Australian sports car racing 1980 Australian Sports Car Championship 1979 1981 The 1980 Australian Sports Car Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing title open to Group D Production Sports Cars.Conditions for Australian Titles, 1980 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, pages 91 to 93 The title, which was the twelfth Australian Sports Car Championship,Records, Titles and Awards, 2006 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 14-6 was won by Allan Moffat, driving a Porsche 930 Turbo.Australian Sports Car Championship, Australian Motor Racing Yearbook 1980/81, pages 100 to 105 Calendar The championship was contested over a five-round series with two heats per round. Round Circuit State Date Winner Car 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 RacewaySouvenir Program, Calder Raceway, Nov. 15-16 (1980), page 43 Victoria 16-Nov John Latham Porsche Turbo Classes Cars competed in two engine displacement classes: Up to and including 2000cc Over 2000cc 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. Where drivers attained the same number of points, the placings achieved in the second heat were used to determine the round placing. 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. 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. Championship results The top nine championship placings were as follows: Position Driver Car Entrant San Bas Ama Win Cal Total 1 Allan Moffat Porsche 930 Turbo Porsche Cars AustraliaOfficial Program, Sandown, February 24, 1980 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 7Latham's Sporties, Racing Car News, December 1980, page 23 Rex ColliverRCN identifies the 7th placed driver only as “Colliver”. AMRY includes reference to “Rex Colliver” contesting the championship Lotus 47 R. Colliver ? ? ? ? ? 11 8 Alan Edwards Bolwell Nagari Essendon Car Radio ? ? ? ? ? 9 9 Bob Kennedy Triumph TR5 R Kennedy ? ? ? ? ? 8 References External links Image of the Allan Moffat Porsche 930 Turbo at the Amaroo Park round of the 1980 Australian Sports Car Championship, i187.photobucket.com, as archived at web.archive.org Baskerville Raceway Photo Catalogue, oldmotorsportphotos.com.au - includes links to Entry List and image gallery for the Baskerville round of the 1980 Australian Sports Car Championship Category:Australian Sports Car Championship Sports Car Championship