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 2February 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