Tags: Motorsport Season.
1980 Dakar Rally also known as the 1980 Paris–Dakar Rally was the 2nd running of the Dakar Rally event. The 1980 event saw vehicle manufacturers such as Yamaha Volkswagen Lada and BMW taking part and the introduction of a category for trucks.216 competitors started the rally. Cyril Neveu won for the second time in succession on a Yamaha. Kotulinsky and Patrick Zaniroli won the car class.