The 1980 Stock Car Brasil Championship was the second iteration of the Stock Car Brasil Championship. The season would begin at the Autódromo Internacional de Tarumã on April 20 and would conclude at the Interlagos Circuit on October 12.
The season was won by Ingo Hoffmann. It would be his first of twelve Stock Car Brasil championship titles; the last of which would be won 22 years later in 2002.
Calendar The following circuits hosted at least one round of the 1980 championship. RoundCircuit (Event)DatesMap 1 Autódromo Internacional de Tarumã April 20 2 Autódromo de Jacarepaguá May 11 3 Autódromo Internacional de Guaporé May 25 4 Autódromo Internacional de Brasília June 8 5 Autódromo Internacional de Goiânia June 22 6 Autódromo Internacional de Cascavel July 27 7 Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba August 10 8 Autódromo de Interlagos September 14 9 Autódromo de Interlagos October 12
Teams and drivers All teams and drivers were Brazilian-registered. All entrants ran the Chevrolet Opala car. Entrant Tire Driver Rounds Spinelli Racing 5 Antônio Carlos Avallone 2–7, 9 11 Walter Spinelli All 19 Olimpio Alencar Jr. All Giaffone Motorsport 10 Affonso Giaffone Jr. All 31 José Carlos Giaffone All Equipe Johnson 17 Ingo Hoffmann All Jayme Figueiredo All Equipe Coca-Cola Brasil/Polwax 22 Paulo Gomes All Sylvio de Barros 2 Equipe Havoline-Texaco 27 João Carlos Palhares All 67 Marcos Gracia 1, 3–6 Castrol Racing 55 José Catanhede 1–3, 6, 9 Ricardo Baptista 1, 3–4, 7 WB Motorsports 62 Luiz Alberto Pereira All 186 Marcos Troncon All Valvoline Team 64 Joannis Likoroupoulos 1–3, 5–9 Roberto Fontanari 4, 7 Águia Autosport 77 Aloysio Andrade Filho 1–6, 8 Ashford Motorsports 88 José Luiz Nogueira 1 Team Metalpó Antonio Castro Prado 1–2, 5–7, 9 Fernando Tradt 3, 7 Boettger Competições Carlos Drumond 1, 6 Márcio Mauro 4 Bastos Racing Team Armando Balbi 5–8 San Philipo/Objetivo Competições Mauro Turcatel 1, 5, 9 Camel Grand Prix João Correa All Reinaldo Campello 3–9 Action/Sultox-Sulpesca Racing Luis Carlos Sansone 1–2, 4–5, 7 Pedro Carneiro Pereira 4–6, 9 Benson & Hedges Racing Julio Tedesco 2–3, 7 Chesterfield Racing René de Nigris 1–6, 8–9 Sidney Alves 4–5, 7–8 Renner Racing Paulo Valiengo 5–7 Luiz Aladino Osorio 1, 5, 9 Kohlbach Engineering Ricardo Fontanari 1, 4, 8 Oxigeral GP Zeca Giaffone All Edgar Mello Filho 9 Caster Competições Chico Serra 1, 3–9 Molas Hoesch Team Rodrigo Mello 1, 9 Trefitec Leonardo Sánchez 2, 6 Team Metalpó-Combustol Alfredo Guaraná Menezes 3, 9 Óleo Lorga Racing Guilherme Mottur 3, 6
Results and standings Season summary Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team 1 Tarumã 20 April Olimpio Alencar Jr. Ingo Hoffmann Olimpio Alencar Jr. Spinelli Racing 2 Jacarepaguá 11 May Paulo Gomes Paulo Gomes João Carlos Palhares Equipe Havoline-Texaco 3 Guaporé 25 May Paulo Gomes João Carlos Palhares Ingo Hoffmann Equipe Johnson 4 Brasília 8 June Ingo Hoffmann Ingo Hoffmann Olimpio Alencar Jr. Spinelli Racing 5 Goiânia 22 June Ingo Hoffmann Ingo Hoffmann Ingo Hoffmann Equipe Johnson 6 Cascavel 27 July Reinaldo Campello Paulo Gomes Reinaldo Campello Camel Grand Prix 7 Curitiba 10 August Ingo Hoffmann Affonso Giaffone Jr. Ingo Hoffmann Equipe Johnson 8 Interlagos 14 September Ingo Hoffmann Ingo Hoffmann Ingo Hoffmann Equipe Johnson 9 Interlagos 12 October Olimpio Alencar Jr. Olimpio Alencar Jr. Zeca Giaffone Oxigeral GP
Championship standings Pos Driver TAR RIO GUA BRA GOI CAS CUR INT1 INT2 Pts 1 Ingo Hoffmann 12 2 1 6 1 10 1 1 3 234 2 Olimpio Alencar Jr. 1 6 9 1 8 Ret 4 7 8 195 3 Paulo Gomes 6 7 10 3 2 2 Ret 16 2 194 4 Zeca Giaffone 4 Ret 2 Ret 3 3 2 2 1 188 5 Affonso Giaffone Jr. 7 Ret 7 7 Ret 9 Ret 6 7 172 6 Reinaldo Campello 8 8 11 1 8 10 9 169 7 Luiz Alberto Pereira Ret 4 5 2 4 Ret 3 4 4 168 8 João Carlos Palhares DNS 1 12 10 12 11 6 15 12 148 9 Walter Spinelli 3 3 4 4 5 4 Ret 3 5 142 10 Antonio Castro Prado 8 9 Ret 13 7 11 137 11 Marcos Troncon Ret 5 6 Ret 7 5 Ret 5 6 117 12 Sidney Alves 9 9 5 8 100 13 José Catanhede Ret Ret 11 8 10 93 14 Marcos Gracia 2 Ret 11 17 Ret 79 15 João Correa 9 Ret 14 13 18 Ret 10 Ret 14 79 16 Armando Balbi 15 12 Ret 11 63 17 Joannis Likoroupoulos DSQ 8 13 14 14 13 Ret 16 61 18 Jayme Figueiredo Ret Ret Ret Ret 16 17 9 9 15 59 19 José Luiz Nogueira 5 53 20 Antônio Carlos Avallone Ret 3 5 6 DNP Ret DNS 35 21 Luis Carlos Sansone Ret 10 14 13 11 17 22 Aloysio Andrade Filho 11 NC 15 15 Ret 15 14 17 23 René de Nigris Ret 11 Ret 12 Ret 18 12 DNA 9 24 Carlos Drumond Ret 6 4 25 Pedro Carneiro Pereira DNP 10 7 19 3 26 Chico Serra DNS NC Ret Ret Ret NC Ret 17 0 27 Edgar Mello Filho Ret 0 28 Ricardo Fontanari Ret Ret DNS 0 29 Alfredo Guaraná Menezes Ret Ret 0 30 Rodrigo Mello Ret DNQ 0 31 Leonardo Sánchez AN Ret0 32 Guilherme Mottur Ret INF 0 33 Márcio Mauro Ret 0 34 Ricardo Baptista DNQ INF INF Ret 0 35 Sylvio de Barros Ret 0 36 Fernando Tradt Ret 0 37 Roberto Fontanari Ret 0 38 Mauro Turcatel Ret 0 39 Julio Tedesco DNQ DNQ DNPQ Ret 0 40 Paulo Valiengo Ret NE NE0 41 Luiz Aladino OsorioDSQ Ret Ret 0 42 José Carlos Giaffone INF Ret 0 Pos Driver TAR RIO GUA BRA GOI CAS CUR INT1 INT2 Pts Source: Bold – Pole positionItalics – Fastest lap† – Retired, but classified
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