1980 Can-Am season

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The 1980 Can Am Series season was the thirteenth running of the Sports Car Club of America's prototype based series and the fourth running of the revived series. Patrick Tambay was declared champion, [1] winning six of the ten rounds and finishing third at Riverside. [2] Chevrolet again swept the season. Lola, Holbert, and Prophet were the dominant chassis suppliers, with Intrepid finishing second at Watkins Glen [3] and Frisbee finishing first at Laguna Seca.

The two liter class went to Gary Gove in his Ralt RT2.

The scoring system was 9-6-4-3-2-1 points awarded to the first six classified finishers. All results counted.

Results

RoundCircuitWinning driverTeamCar
1Sears Point Flag of France.svg Patrick Tambay Flag of the United States.svg Carl A. Haas Racing Team Lola-Chevrolet
2Mid-Ohio Flag of France.svg Patrick Tambay Flag of the United States.svg Carl A. Haas Racing Team Lola-Chevrolet
3Mosport Flag of France.svg Patrick Tambay Flag of the United States.svg Carl A. Haas Racing Team Lola-Chevrolet
4Watkins Glen Flag of France.svg Patrick Tambay Flag of the United States.svg Carl A. Haas Racing Team Lola-Chevrolet
5Road America Flag of the United States.svg Al Holbert Flag of the United States.svg Holbert Racing Holbert-Chevrolet
6Brainerd Flag of France.svg Patrick Tambay Flag of the United States.svg Carl A. Haas Racing Team Lola-Chevrolet
7Trois-Rivières Flag of France.svg Patrick Tambay Flag of the United States.svg Carl A. Haas Racing Team Lola-Chevrolet
8Road Atlanta Flag of Australia (converted).svg Geoff Brabham Flag of the United States.svg Racing Team VDSLola-Chevrolet
9Laguna Seca Flag of the United States.svg Al Unser Flag of the United States.svg Brad Frisselle RacingFrissbee-Chevrolet
10Riverside Flag of the United States.svg Al Holbert Flag of the United States.svg Holbert Racing Holbert-Chevrolet

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