1980 Trans-Am Series

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-Rivieres (~75 miles).^[1]

Results^[2]

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-Rivieres	Roy Woods	Chevrolet Camaro
7	Westwood	John Bauer	Porsche 911
8	Laguna Seca	Greg Pickett	Chevrolet Corvette
9	Riverside	Greg Pickett	Chevrolet Corvette

Championship

Drivers

1. John Bauer – 127 points
2. Greg Pickett – 76 points
3. Monte Sheldon – 72.5 points
4. Roy Woods – 71 points
5. Mark Pielsticker – 62 points

References