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Championship Finale (Daytona GT 250 IMSA GT), Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach
30 november 1980
Winners average : 183,262km/h
67 starters
Time : 02:11:30:780
| 1 | 30 | PORSCHE 935 930 890 0014 | Gianpiero Moretti-Reinhold Joest | 65 Laps | 1.GTX |
| 2 | 18 | PORSCHE 935JLP2 009 00043 | John Paul-John Paul Jr | 64 Laps | 2.GTX |
| 3 | 46 | PORSCHE 935J 009 0001 | Volkert Merl-Mauricio de Narvaez | 63 Laps | 3.GTX |
| 4 | 80 | CHEVROLET CAMARO | Maurice Carter | 63 Laps | 4.GTX |
| 5 | 2 | PORSCHE 935K3 930 770 0960 | Marty Hinze-Gary Belcher | 62 Laps | 5.GTX |
| 6 | 25 | BMW M1 4301040 | David Cowart-Kenper Miller | 62 Laps | 6.GTX |
| 7 | 4 | TRIUMPH TR8 | Bill Adam | 61 Laps | 1.GTO |
| 8 | 44 | TRIUMPH TR8 | Bob Tullius | 61 Laps | 2.GTO |
| 9 | 10 | CHEVROLET CORVETTE | Carl Shafer | 60 Laps | 3.GTO |
| 10 | 91 | PORSCHE CARRERA RSR | Roger Schramm-Werner Frank | 59 Laps | 4.GTO |
| 11 | 32 | DATSUN 240Z | George Alderman | 58 Laps | 1.GTU |
| 12 | 75 | DATSUN 280Z | Charles Morgan-Jim Miller | 58 Laps | 3.GTU |
| 13 | 38 | PORSCHE CARRERA RSR 911 460 9113 | Bonky Fernandez-Tato Ferrer | 57 Laps | 5.GTO |
| 14 | 11 | MAZDA RX7 | Dan Veach-Fred Phillips | 57 Laps | 3.GTU |
| 15 | 26 | CHEVROLET CAMARO | Herb Kanady | 57 Laps | 6.GTO |
| 16 | 82 | MAZDA RX7 | John Casey-Jim Cook | 57 Laps | 4.GTU |
| 17 | 58 | PORSCHE CARRERA RSR | Fritz Hochreuter-Ray Brezinka | 57 Laps | 7.GTO |
| 18 | 99 | CHEVROLET CORVETTE | Phil Currin | 57 Laps | 8.GTO |
| 19 | 86 | PORSCHE 935 | Hurley Haywood | 56 Laps | 7.GTX |
| 20 | 34 | PORSCHE 911 | George Drolsom | 55 Laps | 5.GTU |
| 21 | 61 | CHEVROLET CORVETTE | C.C Canada-Earle Moffitt | 55 Laps | 9.GTO |
| 22 | 08 | PORSCHE 911 911 030 1263 | Mark Speer-Ray Ratcliff | 55 Laps | 6.GTU |
| 23 | 48 | CHEVROLET CORVETTE | John Carusso | 54 Laps | 10.GTO |
| 24 | 52 | PORSCHE 911 | Fred Snow-Jeff Snow | 54 Laps | 7.GTU |
| 25 | 12 | TOYOTA COROLLA | Alan Martin | 53 Laps | 8.GTU |
| 26 | 04 | PORSCHE 914/6 471 29 12215 | Vince DiLella-Manolo Cueto | 53 Laps | 9.GTU |
| 27 | 71 | CHEVROLET CORVETTE | Philip Keirn-Ed Errington | 53 Laps | 11.GTO |
| 28 | 06 | CHEVROLET CORVETTE | Al Levenson | 52 Laps | 12.GTO |
| 29 | 28 | CHEVROLET CORVETTE | Irwin Ayres-Albert White | 52 Laps | 13.GTO |
| 30 | 21 | CHEVROLET MALIBU | Tommy Riggins-Robert Overby | 51 Laps | 14.GTO |
| 31 | 63 | PORSCHE CARRERA RSR 005 0009 | Luis Mendez | 51 Laps | 15.GTO |
| 32 | 90 | CHEVROLET CORVETTE | Kal Showket-Emory Donaldson | 47 Laps | 16.GTO |
| 33 | 68 | CHEVROLET CORVETTE | Richard Valentine-Bill Alsup | 46 Laps | 8.GTX |
| 34 | 54 | PORSCHE CARRERA RSR | Tony Garcia | 46 Laps | 17.GTO |
| 35 | 95 | PORSCHE 935K3 930 890 0023 | Dale Whittington | 44 Laps | 9.GTX |
| 36 | 00 | PORSCHE 935K3 000 00017 | Danny Ongais | 44 Laps | 10.GTX |
| 37 | 73 | MAZDA RX7 | Pierre Honegger | 42 Laps | 10.GTU |
| 38 | 87 | MAZDA RX7 | Jim Mullen-Craig Siebert | 41 Laps | 11.GTU |
| 39 | 45 | PORSCHE CARRERA RSR | Albert Naon | 41 Laps | 18.GTO |
| 40 | 41 | CHEVROLET CORVETTE | Rusty Schmidt-Scott Schmidt | 36 Laps | 19.GTO |
| 41 | 50 | DATSUN 240Z | Harry Chilcot | 33 Laps | 12.GTU |
| 42 | 14 | CHEVROLET CAMARO | Billy Hagan-Terry Labonte | 33 Laps | 11.GTX |
| 43 | 7 | MAZDA RX7 | Walt Bohren-Jeff Kline | 31 Laps | 13.GTU |
| 44 | 42 | CHEVROLET CAMARO | Dick Neland-Ed Kuhel | 29 Laps | 20.GTO |
| 45 | 37 | BMW 2002 | Jack Ellerman | 37 Laps | 14.GTU |
| 46 | 56 | CHEVROLET CAMARO | Craig Carter | 26 Laps | 21.GTO |
| 47 | 70 | MAZDA RX7 | Lee Mueller | 26 Laps | 15.GTU |
| 48 | 35 | PORSCHE 934 930 670 0161 | Mandy Gonzales | 24 Laps | 22.GTO |
| 49 | 0 | PORSCHE 935K3 000 00010 | Ted Field | 23 Laps | 12.GTX |
| 50 | 3 | CHEVROLET CORVETTE | Javier Garcia-Luis Sereix | 23 Laps | 23.GTO |
| 51 | 74 | MAZDA RX7 | Randy Pollock | 22 Laps | 16.GTU |
| 52 | 20 | CHEVROLET CAMARO | Tom Nehl | 22 Laps | 24.GTO |
| 53 | 36 | PORSCHE 911 | Ron Case-Dave Panaccione | 17 Laps | 17.GTU |
| 54 | 16 | MAZDA RX7 | Bob Speakman | 16 Laps | 18.GTU |
| 55 | 66 | MAZDA RX7 | Jack Dunham | 13 Laps | 19.GTU |
| 56 | 5 | PORSCHE 935K3 009 00016 | Bob Akin | 11 Laps | 13.GTX |
| 57 | 9 | PORSCHE 935K3 930 890 0021 | Preston Henn | 11 Laps | 14.GTX |
| 58 | 01 | PORSCHE 911 | Kurt Roehrig | 9 Laps | 20.GTU |
| 59 | 07 | PORSCHE 935 930 770 0958 | Ludwig Heimrath | 8 Laps | 15.GTX |
| 60 | 8 | PORSCHE CARRERA RSR 911 460 0035 | Bob Beasley-Chuck Grantham | 7 Laps | 25.GTO |
| 61 | 22 | ALFA ROMEO ALFETTA | Ernie Smith | 6 Laps | 21.GTU |
| 62 | 62 | PORSCHE 911 | Bill Koll | 3 Laps | 22.GTU |
| 63 | 88 | CHEVROLET CORVETTE | Jeffrey Loving | 3 Laps | 26.GTO |
| 64 | 13 | CHEVROLET CORVETTE | Fernando Garcia | 2 Laps | 27.GTO |
| 65 | 60 | AMX SPIRIT | Bob Lee | 0 Lap | 28.GTO |
| 66 | 78 | CHRYSLER BARRACUDA | Paul Metz | 0 Lap | 29.GTO |
| 67 | 94 | PORSCHE 935K3 930 990 0028 | Bill Whittington | 0 Lap | 16.GTX |
| 59 | PORSCHE 935 | Peter Gregg | GTX |
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