1980 in motorsport explained

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

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

Date	Month	Name	Nationality	Occupation	Note	Ref
19	January	Jenson Button	British	Racing driver	Formula One World Champion .	^[13]
4	July	Marc Lieb	German	Racing driver	24 Hours of Le Mans winner . 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 .	^[16]
18	November	François Duval	Belgian	Rally driver	2005 Rally Australia winner.	^[17]
14	December	Thed Björk	Swedish	Racing driver	World Touring Car champion .	^[18]
17		Ryan Hunter-Reay	American	Racing driver	Indianapolis 500 winner (2014).	^[19]

Deaths

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

• List of 1980 motorsport champions

Notes and References

1. Web site: 1980 Dakar Rally. rssp.eu. 29 April 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20090929212001/http://rssp.eu/downloads/dakar/1980.pdf. 29 September 2009. dead.
2. Web site: Daytona 24 Hours 1980 - Racing Sports Cars. racingsportscars.com. 16 April 2017.
3. Web site: 1980 Daytona 500. racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. 16 April 2017.
4. Web site: 1980 Grand Prix of Monaco. racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. 15 April 2017.
5. Web site: 1980 Indianapolis 500. racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. 15 April 2017.
6. Web site: TT 1980. iomtt.com. Isle of Man TT. 15 April 2017.
7. Web site: Le Mans Register - 1980. formula2.net. 16 April 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20120114143732/http://www.formula2.net/1980.htm. 2012-01-14. dead.
8. Web site: 24 h Spa-Francorchamps. touringcarracing.net. 16 April 2017.
9. Web site: Suzuka 8 Hours 1980 results. Moto Racing JAPAN. 24 April 2017. 8 October 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171008180603/http://www.motoracing-japan.com/result/spl/808h.html. dead.
10. Web site: Nurburgring 24 hours. touringcarracing.net. 23 April 2017.
11. Web site: 1980 Bathurst 1000. Unique Cars & Parts. 22 April 2017.
12. Web site: 1980 Macau Grand Prix. motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. 22 April 2017.
13. Web site: Jenson Button. en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. 15 April 2018.
14. Web site: Marc Lieb. motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. 17 April 2018.
15. Web site: Scott Dixon. motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. 18 April 2018.
16. Web site: James Toseland. motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. 18 April 2018.
17. News: François Duval. 27 April 2018. ewrc-results.com. ewrc-results.com.
18. Web site: Thed Björk. motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. 17 April 2018.
19. Web site: Ryan Hunter-Reay. motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. 18 April 2018.
20. Web site: Raymond Mays. en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. 15 April 2018.
21. Web site: Peter De Paolo. motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. 16 April 2018.