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. ^ a b c d e f g h 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. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Australian Sports Car Championship, Australian Motor Racing Yearbook 1980/81, pages 100 to 105
  4. ^ a b Souvenir Program, Calder Raceway, Nov. 15-16 (1980), page 43
  5. ^ a b Official Program, Sandown, February 24, 1980
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j 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