Australian Formula 1, in its 1980 incarnation, catered for cars complying with any one of the following three Formulae:

- Da Costa was excluded from the qualifying results due to the car not complying with the technical regulations.

It was open to racing cars complying with either Australian Formula 1 or Australian Formula 2.

We'll also consider cars complying with other National regs, on a case-by-case basis.

It was the thirteenth Australian Sports Car Championship and the last to be restricted to cars complying with Group D regulations.

The race was held for cars complying with Australian Touring Car regulations, which were based on International Group A touring car rules.

It was an endurance race for touring cars complying with CAMS Group C regulations.

The race was open to production based cars complying with the technical regulations for any one of the following:

It was the first time the race was held exclusively for cars complying with the Australian version of International Group A touring car regulations.

The race was held for cars complying with the Australian version of International Group A touring car regulations with three engine capacity classes.