1980 IMSA GT Championship

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.

1980 IMSA GT Championship
Previous: 1979 Next: 1981

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


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