Sports season
1977 USAC Championship Car season |
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USAC National Championship Trail |
Season |
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Races | 14 |
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Start date | March 6 |
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End date | October 29 |
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Awards |
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National champion | Tom Sneva |
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Indianapolis 500 winner | A. J. Foyt |
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The 1977 USAC Championship Car season consisted of 14 races, beginning in Ontario, California on March 6 and concluding in Avondale, Arizona on October 29. The USAC National Champion was Tom Sneva and the Indianapolis 500 winner was A. J. Foyt. The schedule included a road course for the first time since 1970.
Schedule and results
Rnd | Date | Race Name | Track | Location | Pole Position | Winning Driver |
1 | March 6 | Datsun Twin 200s | O Ontario Motor Speedway | Ontario, California | Johnny Rutherford | A. J. Foyt |
2 | March 27 | Jimmy Bryan 150 | O Phoenix International Raceway | Avondale, Arizona | Johnny Rutherford | Johnny Rutherford |
3 | April 2 | Texas Grand Prix | O Texas World Speedway | College Station, Texas | Johnny Rutherford | Tom Sneva |
4 | April 30 | Trenton 200 | O Trenton International Speedway | Trenton, New Jersey | Johnny Rutherford | Wally Dallenbach Sr. |
5 | May 29 | International 500 Mile Sweepstakes | O Indianapolis Motor Speedway | Speedway, Indiana | Tom Sneva | A. J. Foyt |
6 | June 12 | Rex Mays Classic 150 | O Wisconsin State Fair Park Speedway | West Allis, Wisconsin | Bobby Unser | Johnny Rutherford |
7 | June 26 | Schaefer 500 | O Pocono International Raceway | Long Pond, Pennsylvania | A. J. Foyt | Tom Sneva |
8 | July 3 | Molson Diamond Indy | R Mosport Park | Bowmanville, Ontario | Al Unser | A. J. Foyt |
9 | July 17 | Norton 200 | O Michigan International Speedway | Brooklyn, Michigan | Tom Sneva | Danny Ongais |
10 | July 31 | American Parts 200 | O Texas World Speedway | College Station, Texas | Danny Ongais | Johnny Rutherford |
11 | August 21 | Tony Bettenhausen 200 | O Wisconsin State Fair Park Speedway | West Allis, Wisconsin | Danny Ongais | Johnny Rutherford |
12 | September 4 | California 500 | O Ontario Motor Speedway | Ontario, California | Johnny Rutherford | Al Unser |
13 | September 17 | Michigan Grand Prix | O Michigan International Speedway | Brooklyn, Michigan | Danny Ongais | Gordon Johncock |
- | September 24 | Machinists Union 150 | O Trenton International Speedway | Trenton, New Jersey | Race postponed due to rain; eventually cancelled |
14 | October 29 | Bobby Ball 150 | O Phoenix International Raceway | Avondale, Arizona | Bobby Unser | Gordon Johncock |
O Oval/Speedway
R Road Course
- The Machinist Union 150, scheduled for September 24, was first postponed due to rain, and was eventually cancelled on October 3.[1][2]
Final points standings
| Color | Result | Gold | Winner | Silver | 2nd place | Bronze | 3rd place | Green | 4th & 5th place | Light Blue | 6th-10th place | Dark Blue | Finished (Outside Top 10) | Purple | Did not finish (Ret) | Red | Did not qualify (DNQ) | Brown | Withdrawn (Wth) | Black | Disqualified (DSQ) | White | Did not start (DNS) | Blank | Did not participate (DNP) | Not competing | | In-line notation | Bold | Pole position | Italics | Ran fastest race lap | * | Led most race laps | RY Rookie of the Year | R Rookie | | |
See also
References
- ^ "Trenton Race Canceled". The New York Times. October 4, 1977. Retrieved August 2, 2019.
- ^ "Trenton 200". OldRacingCars.com. Retrieved August 2, 2019.
- Åberg, Andreas. "USAC National Championship 1977". Driver Database. Archived from the original on March 25, 2008. Retrieved May 4, 2009.
- Harms, Phil; Ferner, Michael; Measures, Gerry; Brown, Allen. "Indy 500 and USAC racing (1971-1978)". OldRacingCars.com. Archived from the original on May 6, 2009. Retrieved May 4, 2009.
- "1977 USAC National Championship Trail". ChampCarStats.com. Archived from the original on August 27, 2008. Retrieved May 11, 2009.
- Harms, Phil. "1977 Championship Driver Summary" (PDF). Motorsport.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 4, 2011. Retrieved May 3, 2011.
- http://media.indycar.com/pdf/2011/IICS_2011_Historical_Record_Book_INT6.pdf Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine (p. 217-218)
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