1980 Australian Sports Car Championship
# 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. The title, which was the twelfth Australian Sports Car Championship, was won by Allan Moffat, driving a Porsche 930 Turbo.

## 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 Raceway | 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 Australia | 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 | Rex Colliver | Lotus 47 | R. Colliver | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | 11 |
| 8 | Alan Edwards | Bolwell Nagari | Essendon Car Radio | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | 9 |
| 9 | Bob Kennedy | Triumph TR5 | R Kennedy | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | 8 |
