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
[edit]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
[edit]Cars competed in two engine displacement classes:[1]
Points system
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h 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
- ^ 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
- ^ a b Souvenir Program, Calder Raceway, Nov. 15-16 (1980), page 43
- ^ a b Official Program, Sandown, February 24, 1980
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j 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
External links
[edit]- 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
