1980 in Sports - Motor Racing

Motor Racing

  • Stock car racing –
    • NASCAR Championship – Dale Earnhardt
    • Buddy Baker won the Daytona 500
  • CART Racing – Johnny Rutherford won the season championship
    • Indianapolis 500 – Johnny Rutherford
  • Formula One Champion – Alan Jones of Australia
  • 24 hours of Le Mans – the team of Jean Rondeau / Jean-Pierre Jaussaud won, driving a Rondeau M379B
  • Rally racing – Walter Röhrl in a Fiat won the World Rally Championship
    • The team of Walter Röhrl / Christian Geistdörfer won the Monte Carlo Rally driving a Fiat 131 Abarth
  • Drag racing – Shirley Muldowney won the NHRA Top Fuel championship.
  • Touring car racing – Peter Brock and Jim Richards won their third consecutive Bathurst 1000, driving a Holden Torana

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