1980 IMSA GT Championship

1980 IMSA GT Championship

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The 1980 IMSA GT Series season was the 10th season of the IMSA GT Championship auto racing series. It was a series for GTX class Group 5 cars and GTO and GTU class grand tourer cars. It began February 2, 1980, and ended November 30, 1980, after fourteen rounds.

Schedule

Not all classes participated in shorter events. Races marked with All had all classes on track at the same time.

Rnd	Race	Length	Class	Circuit	Date
1	24 Hour Pepsi Challenge	24 Hours	All	Daytona International Speedway	February 2 February 3
2	Coca-Cola 12 Hours of Sebring	12 Hours	All	Sebring International Raceway	March 22
3	Road Atlanta Grand Prix	50 Miles (twice)	GTX/GTO	Road Atlanta	April 12
		45 Minutes	GTU
4	Los Angeles Times/Toyota Grand Prix	5 Hours	All	Riverside International Raceway	April 27
5	Datsun Monterey Triple Crown	45 Minutes	GTU	Laguna Seca Raceway	May 4
		100 Miles	GTX/GTO
6	Coca-Cola 400	45 Minutes	GTU	Lime Rock Park	May 26
		1 Hour 30 Minutes	GTX/GTO
7	Pepsi Grand Prix	100 Miles	GTO/GTU	Brainerd International Raceway	June 15
8	Paul Revere 250	250 Miles	All	Daytona International Speedway	July 4
9	Datsun's Golden State Challenge	100 Miles	GTX/GTO	Golden State International Raceway	July 27
		75 Miles	GTU
10	G.I. Joe's Grand Prix	100 Miles	GTX/GTO	Portland International Raceway	August 3
		45 Minutes	GTU
11	Molson Canadian 1000	6 Hours	All	Mosport Park	August 17
12	Pabst 500	500 Miles	All	Road America	August 31
13	Grand Prix of Road Atlanta	45 Minutes	GTU	Road Atlanta	September 21
		50 Miles (twice)	GTX/GTO
14	Championship Finale Daytona GT 250	250 Miles	All	Daytona International Speedway	November 30

Season results

Rnd	Circuit	GTX Winning Team	GTO Winning Team	GTU Winning Team	Results
		GTX Winning Drivers	GTO Winning Drivers	GTU Winning Drivers
1	Daytona	Template:Flagicon #2 LM Joest Racing	Template:Flagicon #54 Montura Racing	Template:Flagicon #62 Koll Motor Sports	Results
		Template:Flagicon Reinhold Joest Template:Flagicon Rolf Stommelen Template:Flagicon Volkert Merl	Template:Flagicon Tony Garcia Template:Flagicon Alberto Vadia Template:Flagicon Terry Herman	Template:Flagicon Bill Koll Template:Flagicon Jim Cook Template:Flagicon Greg LaCava
2	Sebring	Template:Flagicon #6 Dick Barbour Racing	Template:Flagicon #44 Group 44	Template:Flagicon #77 Mandeville Racing	Results
		Template:Flagicon Dick Barbour Template:Flagicon John Fitzpatrick	Template:Flagicon Bob Tullius Template:Flagicon Bill Adam	Template:Flagicon Roger Mandeville Template:Flagicon Jim Downing Template:Flagicon Brad Frisselle
3	Road Atlanta	Template:Flagicon #95 Whittington Bros. Racing	Template:Flagicon #99 Full-Time Racing	Template:Flagicon #7 Racing Beat	Results
		Template:Flagicon Bill Whittington	Template:Flagicon Phil Currin	Template:Flagicon Walt Bohren
4	Riverside	Template:Flagicon #6 Dick Barbour Racing	Template:Flagicon #54 Montura Racing	Template:Flagicon #47 Brad Frisselle Racing	Results
		Template:Flagicon Dick Barbour Template:Flagicon John Fitzpatrick	Template:Flagicon Tony Garcia Template:Flagicon Terry Herman	Template:Flagicon Brad Frisselle Template:Flagicon Yoshimi Katayama
5	Laguna Seca	Template:Flagicon #6 Dick Barbour Racing	Template:Flagicon #54 Montura Racing	Template:Flagicon #7 Racing Beat	Results
		Template:Flagicon John Fitzpatrick	Template:Flagicon Tony Garcia	Template:Flagicon Walt Bohren
6	Lime Rock	Template:Flagicon #09 Preston Henn	Template:Flagicon #63 Mendez Racing	Template:Flagicon #83 Electramotive	Results
		Template:Flagicon John Paul Sr. Template:Flagicon John Paul Jr.	Template:Flagicon Luis Mendez	Template:Flagicon Don Devendorf
7	Brainerd	Did not participate	Template:Flagicon #63 Mendex Racing	Template:Flagicon #17 Racing Beat	Results
			Template:Flagicon Luis Mendez	Template:Flagicon Jeff Kline
8	Daytona	Template:Flagicon #6 Dick Barbour Racing	Template:Flagicon #44 Group 44	Template:Flagicon #7 Racing Beat	Results
		Template:Flagicon John Fitzpatrick	Template:Flagicon Bob Tullius	Template:Flagicon Walt Bohren
9	Golden State	Template:Flagicon #6 Dick Barbour Racing	Template:Flagicon #68 Mendez Racing	Template:Flagicon #7 Racing Beat	Results
		Template:Flagicon John Fitzpatrick	Template:Flagicon Luis Mendez	Template:Flagicon Walt Bohren
10	Portland	Template:Flagicon #6 Dick Barbour Racing	Template:Flagicon #68 Mendez Racing	Template:Flagicon #7 Racing Beat	Results
		Template:Flagicon John Fitzpatrick	Template:Flagicon Luis Mendez	Template:Flagicon Walt Bohren
11	Mosport	Template:Flagicon #6 Dick Barbour Racing	Template:Flagicon #44 JRT Quaker State	Template:Flagicon #17 Racing Beat	Results
		Template:Flagicon John Fitzpatrick Template:Flagicon Brian Redman	Template:Flagicon Bob Tullius Template:Flagicon Bill Adam	Template:Flagicon John Morton Template:Flagicon Jeff Kline Template:Flagicon Walt Bohren
12	Road America	Template:Flagicon #18 JLP Racing	Template:Flagicon #44 Group 44	Template:Flagicon #83 Electramotive	Results
		Template:Flagicon John Paul Sr. Template:Flagicon John Paul Jr.	Template:Flagicon Bob Tullius Template:Flagicon Bill Adam	Template:Flagicon Don Devendorf Template:Flagicon Tony Adamowicz
13	Road Atlanta	Template:Flagicon #30 MOMO/Electrodyne	Template:Flagicon #46 DeNarvaez Enterprises	Template:Flagicon #7 Racing Beat	Results
		Template:Flagicon Gianpiero Moretti	Template:Flagicon Terry Herman	Template:Flagicon Jeff Kline
14	Daytona	Template:Flagicon #30 MOMO/Electrodyne	Template:Flagicon #4 Group 44	Template:Flagicon #32 Alderman Racing	Results
		Template:Flagicon Gianpiero Moretti Template:Flagicon Reinhold Joest	Template:Flagicon Bill Adam	Template:Flagicon George Alderman

External links

• World Sports Racing Prototypes - 1980 IMSA GT Championship results

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