1980 Trans-Am Series

American sports car racing competition August 2023 1980 Trans-Am Series 1979 1981 The 1980 Trans-Am Series was the fifteenth running of the Sports Car Club of America's premier series. After several years of recovery from the decline of demand for muscle cars in the early seventies and the 1973 Oil Crisis, Trans Am evolved into a support series for the IMSA GT Championship, using vehicles that were also used in IMSA GT races. This would set the standard for the series thereafter, and this standard would be applied to the SCCA's World Challenge series many years later. Almost all of the races ran for approximately one hundred miles. Besides Watkins Glen, the only exception was Trois-Rivières (~75 miles).See linked archive Schedule RdDateCircuitDistanceInfo1June 1USA Hallett Motor Racing Circuit100 miles (55 laps)2June 15USA Portland International Raceway100 miles (50 laps)3July 5USA Watkins Glen International6 hours (139 laps)Also a round of the 1980 World Championship for Makes.4July 19USA Road America100 miles (25 laps)5August 10USA Brainerd International Raceway100 miles (33 laps)6August 23CAN Circuit Trois-Rivières75 miles (35 laps)7September 7CAN Westwood Motorsport Park100 miles (56 laps)8October 19USA Laguna Seca Raceway100 miles (52 laps)9October 25USA Riverside International Raceway100 miles (40 laps) Championship 1980. Trans-Am Racing Sports Cars Results Round Circuit Winning driver Winning vehicle 1 USA Hallett USA John Bauer Porsche 911 2 USA Portland USA Mark Pielsticker Chevrolet Monza 3 USA Watkins Glen USA John BauerUSA Larry Green Porsche 911 4 USA Road America USA Monte Sheldon Porsche 911 5 USA Brainerd USA John Bauer Porsche 911 6 CAN Trois-Rivières USA Roy Woods Chevrolet Camaro 7 CAN Westwood USA John Bauer Porsche 911 8 USA Laguna Seca USA Greg Pickett Chevrolet Corvette 9 USA Riverside USA Greg Pickett Chevrolet Corvette Archives Trans-Am 1980 Championship Drivers John Bauer – 127 points Greg Pickett – 76 points Monte Sheldon – 72.5 points Roy Woods – 71 points Mark Pielsticker – 62 points References Category:Trans-Am Series Trans-Am Trans-Am