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	#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

External links

• World Sports Racing Prototypes - 1980 IMSA GT Championship results