The 1980 Can Am Series season was the thirteenth running of the

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's prototype based series and the fourth running of the revived series.

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was declared champion, winning six of the ten rounds and finishing third at Riverside.

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again swept the season. Lola, Holbert, and Prophet were the dominant chassis suppliers, with Intrepid finishing second at Watkins Glen and Frisbee finishing first at Laguna Seca. The two liter class went to Gary Gove in his Ralt RT2.

Results

References

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Can-Am The Canadian-American Challenge Cup, or Can-Am, was an Sports Car Club of America, SCCA/Canadian Auto Sport Clubs, CASC sports car racing series from 1966 to 1987. History Can-Am started out as a race series for group 7 sports racers with two r ...