1980 Australian Sports Sedan Championship

The 1980 Australian Sports Sedan Championship was open to drivers of Sports Sedans complying with CAMS Group B regulations. The title was contested over an eleven-round series

• Round 1, Oran Park Raceway, New South Wales, 23 March
• Round 2, Winton Motor Raceway, Victoria, 4 May
• Round 3, Amaroo Park, New South Wales, 25 May
• Round 4, Wanneroo Park, Western Australia, 8 June
• Round 5, Lakeside International Raceway, Queensland, 22 June
• Round 6, Calder Park Raceway, Victoria, 3 August
• Round 7, Surfers Paradise, Queensland, 31 August
• Round 8, Symmons Plains, Tasmania, 21 September
• Round 9, Baskerville, Tasmania, 12 October
• Round 10, The Advertiser Sports Sedan Challenge, Adelaide International Raceway, South Australia, 19 October
• Round 11, Sandown Raceway, Victoria, 14 December

Points were awarded on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis to the top six outright placegetters in each round. Only the best nine scores could be retained by each driver although this had no effect on the nett pointscores.

Results

John McCormack placed 4th in this Jaguar XJ-S (pictured in 2015 in its 1980 livery)

Position	Driver	No.	Car	Entrant	Rd1	Rd2	Rd3	Rd4	Rd5	Rd6	Rd7	Rd8	Rd9	Rd10	Rd11	Total
1	Tony Edmondson	9	Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV Repco Holden	Donald Elliott	6	6	6	9	-	9	9	1	9	-	4	59
2	Allan Grice	7 / 1 / 6	Holden Torana LX BMW 318i Turbo	Craven Mild Racing	4	-	-	6	9	6	-	-	6	9	3	43
3	Jim Richards	15	Ford XC Falcon Hardtop	Jim Richards	-	9	9	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	31
4	John McCormack	8	Jaguar XJ-S	McCormack - Unipart Racing	-	3	2	2	6	-	-	6	-	-	-	19
4	Graeme Whincup	5	Chevrolet Monza	Graeme Whincup	3	2	1	1	3	3	-	-	-	6	-	19
6	John Briggs	7	Chevrolet Monza	JR Team Monza	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	6	15
6	Garry Rogers	34	Holden Torana LX	Greater Pacific Finance	-	-	4	3	-	4	-	4	-	-	-	15
8	Phil Ward	2	Holden Monaro HQ	Australian Penthouse Racing	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9
9	Brian Potts	42 / 20	Holden Torana LJ		2	-	-	-	2	-	4	-	-	-	-	8
10	Tony Parkinson	2	Holden Commodore VB	QH-ABS	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	4	2	7
11	Paul Gulson	44	Leyland Mini - Mazda	Paul Gulson	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	6
11	Steve Harrington	4	Holden Torana	Roadways of Tasmania	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	-	-	6
13	Wayne Mahnken	79	Holden EH - Turbo		-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4
13	Allan Moffat	25 / 77	Chevrolet Monza Mazda RX-7	Allan Moffat Racing	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	4
13	Mike Griffen	41	Datsun 120Y - Mazda		-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	4
13	Richard Purtell	27	Holden Torana		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	4
17	Greg Wright	47	Holden Torana LX		-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	3
17	David Ferrall	27	Chrysler Charger CL - Chevrolet	Road & Track Services (SA) Pty Ltd	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	3
19	Bob Jane	10	Chevrolet Monza	Bob Jane T-Marts	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	2
19	Ian Denner	97	Ford Cortina		-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	2
19	Vince Powell	30	Ford Cortina TD - Chevrolet	Elite Racing	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	2
19	Martin Sinclair	96	Holden Torana		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	2
19	Robbie Mills	13	Toyota Corona - Holden		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	2
19	Max Clark	11	Holden Torana LH SLR5000 L34	Max Clark	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	2
25	Bruce Stewart	33	Holden Torana		1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
25	Kent Youlden	58	Ford Cortina		-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
25	Russell Worthington	100	Mazda RX-3		-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
25	James Bartsch	93	Holden Torana	James Bartsch	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1

References

• Australian Motor Racing Yearbook, 1980/81
• CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, 1980
• Official Program, Adelaide International Raceway, Sunday, 19 October 1980
• Racing Car News, February 1981
• The Australian Racing History of Ford, © 1989
• The Official Racing History of Holden, © 1988
• Autopics
• CAMS Manual