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]

1980 Australian Sports Car Championship

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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]