The 1980 Trans-Am Series was the fifteenth running of the Sports Car Club of America's premier series. After several years of recovery from the decline of demand for muscle cars in the early seventies and the 1973 Oil Crisis, Trans Am evolved into a support series for the IMSA GT Championship, using vehicles that were also used in IMSA GT races. This would set the standard for the series thereafter, and this standard would be applied to the SCCA's World Challenge series many years later. Almost all of the races ran for approximately one hundred miles. Besides Watkins Glen, the only exception was Trois-Rivières (~75 miles).See linked archive
Schedule RdDateCircuitDistanceInfo1June 1 Hallett Motor Racing Circuit100 miles (55 laps)2June 15 Portland International Raceway100 miles (50 laps)3July 5 Watkins Glen International6 hours (139 laps)Also a round of the 1980 World Championship for Makes.4July 19 Road America100 miles (25 laps)5August 10 Brainerd International Raceway100 miles (33 laps)6August 23 Circuit Trois-Rivières75 miles (35 laps)7September 7 Westwood Motorsport Park100 miles (56 laps)8October 19 Laguna Seca Raceway100 miles (52 laps)9October 25 Riverside International Raceway100 miles (40 laps) Championship 1980. Trans-Am Racing Sports Cars
Results
Round Circuit Winning driver Winning vehicle 1 Hallett John Bauer Porsche 911 2 Portland Mark Pielsticker Chevrolet Monza 3 Watkins Glen John Bauer Larry Green Porsche 911 4 Road America Monte Sheldon Porsche 911 5 Brainerd John Bauer Porsche 911 6 Trois-Rivières Roy Woods Chevrolet Camaro 7 Westwood John Bauer Porsche 911 8 Laguna Seca Greg Pickett Chevrolet Corvette 9 Riverside Greg Pickett Chevrolet Corvette Archives Trans-Am 1980
Championship
Drivers
John Bauer – 127 points Greg Pickett – 76 points Monte Sheldon – 72.5 points Roy Woods – 71 points Mark Pielsticker – 62 points
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