1980 Australian Rally Championship

George Fury and navigator Monty Suffern in the Datsun Stanza won the 1980 Championship.

The 13th Australian Rally Championship was held over five events across Australia, the season consisting of one event each for New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia and Western Australia.

[1] The 1980 season saw the Datsun Stanzas dominate the competition, taking out first, third and fourth places in the championship.

It was the fifth championship for Datsun in six years, with wins in all five rounds.

Colin Bond and John Dawson-Damer put up some opposition in their Ford Escort RS1800 but it was Datsun's and in particular Fury's year.