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 competetive 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 declared champion,[1] 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.[2] Other competetive 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.

1977 Can-Am season
Previous: 1974 Next: 1978

Formula 5000 itself would also be classified as "single-seat Can Am", despite two-seater cars also entering the series.

Results[3]
Rnd Circuit O2L Winning Team U2L Winning Team[4]
O2L Winning Driver U2L Winning Driver[4]
O2L Winning Car U2L Winning Car[4]
1 Mont-Tremblant #6 Schkee Cars #60 Dave Johnson
Tom Klauser Dave Johnson
Schkee DB1-Chevrolet Lola T290-Cosworth
2 Laguna Seca #77 Briggs Racing #94 Harald Kirberg
Don Breidenbach Harald Kirberg
Lola T332-Chevrolet Kirberg KK2-Porsche
3 Watkins Glen #1 Carl A. Haas Racing #79 Bob Brown Racing
Patrick Tambay Bob Brown
Lola T333 CS-Chevrolet March 77S-Hart
4 Road America #4 VDS Racing #79 Bob Brown Racing
Peter Gethin Bob Brown
Lola T333 CS-Chevrolet March 77S-Hart
5 Mid-Ohio #1 Carl A. Haas Racing #17 Great Plains Racing
Patrick Tambay Gordon Smiley
Lola T333 CS-Chevrolet Lola T292-Ford
6 Mosport #1 Carl A. Haas Racing #69 United Racing Ltd.
Patrick Tambay Mike Hall
Lola T333 CS-Chevrolet Lola T294-Ford
7 Trois-Rivieres #1 Carl A. Haas Racing #25 Red Roof Inns
Patrick Tambay Bobby Rahal
Lola T333 CS-Chevrolet Lola T296-Hart
8 Sears Point #1 Carl A. Haas Racing #25 Red Roof Inns
Patrick Tambay Jim Trueman
Lola T333 CS-Chevrolet Lola T296-Hart
9 Riverside #1 Carl A. Haas Racing #25 Red Roof Inns
Patrick Tambay Jim Trueman
Lola T333 CS-Chevrolet Lola T296-Hart
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References
  1. "Can-Am 1977 «". Oldracingcars.com. Retrieved 2011-11-25.
  2. "Mont-Tremblant, 12 Jun 1977 « Single-seater Can-Am «". Oldracingcars.com. Retrieved 2011-11-25.
  3. http://www.wsrp.cz/canam1977.html
  4. Under 2-litre cars were not classified as a class.
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