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1977 Can-Am season

The 1977 Can Am season was the tenth running of the Sports Car Club of America's prototype-based series.

Despite the revived name, however, the new series was entirely unrelated to the previous series which had folded in 1974.

Most of the competitive cars were based on Formula 5000 chassis. Also, the first time under 2-litre cars were allowed to race, but with no separate class.

Patrick Tambay was the season champion, winning six of the nine races that year for Carl Haas.

While Lola chassis dominated the series, a Chevrolet powered Schkee DB1 driven by Tom Klausler won the first race at Mont Tremblant.

Other competitive cars included the 1974 champions Shadow, who now used Dodge engines and Wolf with a Dallara-built chassis.

While Chevrolet was not the only engine supplier, they swept the entire season.

This season also marked a resurgence of interest in SCCA events, with Can Am accompanying F5000 and the Trans Am Series seeing a mild resurgence in the eighties.

It is indeed very hard to find any available source containing the points scoring system for this Can-Am season.

Results

RndCircuitO2L Winning TeamU2L Winning TeamO2L Winning DriverU2L Winning DriverO2L Winning CarU2L Winning Car123456789
Mont-Tremblant**United States #6 Schkee Cars****Canada #60 Dave Johnson**
United States Tom KlauserCanada Dave Johnson
Schkee DB1-ChevroletLola T290-Cosworth
Laguna Seca**United States #77 Briggs Racing****United States #94 Harald Kirberg**
United States Don BreidenbachUnited States Harald Kirberg
Lola T332-ChevroletKirberg KK2-Porsche
Watkins Glen**United States #1 Carl A. Haas Racing****United States** **#79 Bob Brown Racing**
France Patrick TambayUnited States Bob Brown
Lola T333 CS-ChevroletMarch 77S-Hart
Road America**United States #4 VDS Racing****United States #79 Bob Brown Racing**
United Kingdom Peter GethinUnited States Bob Brown
Lola T333 CS-ChevroletMarch 77S-Hart
Mid-Ohio**United States #1 Carl A. Haas Racing****United States #17 Great Plains Racing**
France Patrick TambayUnited States Gordon Smiley
Lola T333 CS-ChevroletLola T292-Ford
Mosport**United States #1 Carl A. Haas Racing****United States #69 United Racing Ltd.**
France Patrick TambayUnited States Mike Hall
Lola T333 CS-ChevroletLola T294-Ford
Trois-Rivieres**United States #1 Carl A. Haas Racing****United States #25 Red Roof Inns**
France Patrick TambayUnited States Bobby Rahal
Lola T333 CS-ChevroletLola T296-Hart
Sears Point**United States #1 Carl A. Haas Racing****United States #25 Red Roof Inns**
France Patrick TambayUnited States Jim Trueman
Lola T333 CS-ChevroletLola T296-Hart
Riverside**United States #1 Carl A. Haas Racing****United States #25 Red Roof Inns**
France Patrick TambayUnited States Jim Trueman
Lola T333 CS-ChevroletLola T296-Hart

References

References

  1. "Can-Am 1977 «". Oldracingcars.com.
  2. "Mont-Tremblant, 12 Jun 1977 « Single-seater Can-Am «". Oldracingcars.com.
  3. Under 2-litre cars were not classified as a class.
  4. "World Sports Racing Prototypes - Can-Am 1977".
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