1980 in motorsport
Appearance
The following is an overview of the events of 1980 in motorsport including the major racing events, motorsport venues that were opened and closed during a year, championships and non-championship events that were established and disestablished in a year, and births and deaths of racing drivers and other motorsport people.
Annual events
[edit]The calendar includes only annual major non-championship events or annual events that had significance separate from the championship. For the dates of the championship events see related season articles.
Date | Event | Ref |
---|---|---|
1–23 January | 2nd Dakar Rally | [1] |
2–3 February | 18th 24 Hours of Daytona | [2] |
17 February | 22nd Daytona 500 | [3] |
18 May | 38th Monaco Grand Prix | [4] |
25 May | 64th Indianapolis 500 | [5] |
31 May-6 June | 63rd Isle of Man TT | [6] |
14–15 June | 48th 24 Hours of Le Mans | [7] |
26–27 July | 32nd 24 Hours of Spa | [8] |
27 July | 3rd Suzuka 8 Hours | [9] |
4–5 October | 9th 24 Hours of Nurburgring | [10] |
5 October | 21st Hardie-Ferodo 1000 | [11] |
16 November | 27th Macau Grand Prix | [12] |
Births
[edit]Date | Month | Name | Nationality | Occupation | Note | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
19 | January | Jenson Button | British | Racing driver | Formula One World Champion (2009). | [13] |
4 | July | Marc Lieb | German | Racing driver | 24 Hours of Le Mans winner (2016). FIA World Endurance champion (2016). | [14] |
22 | Scott Dixon | New Zealand | Racing driver | Indianapolis 500 winner (2008). | [15] | |
5 | October | James Toseland | British | Motorcycle racer | Superbike World champion (2004, 2007). | [16] |
18 | November | François Duval | Belgian | Rally driver | 2005 Rally Australia winner. | [17] |
14 | December | Thed Björk | Swedish | Racing driver | World Touring Car champion (2017). | [18] |
17 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | American | Racing driver | Indianapolis 500 winner (2014). | [19] |
Deaths
[edit]Date | Month | Name | Age | Nationality | Occupation | Note | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
6 | January | Raymond Mays | 80 | British | Racing driver | One of the first British Formula One drivers. | [20] |
26 | November | Pete DePaolo | 82 | American | Racing driver | Indianapolis 500 winner (1925). | [21] |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "1980 Dakar Rally" (PDF). rssp.eu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 September 2009. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
- ^ "Daytona 24 Hours 1980 - Racing Sports Cars". racingsportscars.com. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
- ^ "1980 Daytona 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
- ^ "1980 Grand Prix of Monaco". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
- ^ "1980 Indianapolis 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
- ^ "TT 1980". iomtt.com. Isle of Man TT. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
- ^ "Le Mans Register - 1980". formula2.net. Archived from the original on 2012-01-14. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
- ^ "24 h Spa-Francorchamps". touringcarracing.net. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
- ^ "Suzuka 8 Hours 1980 results". Moto Racing JAPAN. Archived from the original on 8 October 2017. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
- ^ "Nurburgring 24 hours". touringcarracing.net. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
- ^ "1980 Bathurst 1000". Unique Cars & Parts. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
- ^ "1980 Macau Grand Prix". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
- ^ "Jenson Button". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
- ^ "Marc Lieb". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
- ^ "Scott Dixon". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
- ^ "James Toseland". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
- ^ "François Duval". ewrc-results.com. ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
- ^ "Thed Björk". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
- ^ "Ryan Hunter-Reay". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
- ^ "Raymond Mays". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
- ^ "Peter De Paolo". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
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