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1977 USAC Championship Car season

USAC National Championship Trail
Season
Races	14
Start date	March 6
End date	October 29
Awards
National champion	Tom Sneva
Indianapolis 500 winner	A. J. Foyt

Chronology
Previous season	Next season
1976	1978

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.

Contents

1 Schedule and results
2 Leading National Championship standings
3 References
4 See also

Schedule and results

Rnd	Date	Race Name	Length	Track	Location	Type	Pole Position	Winning Driver
1	March 6	Datsun Twin 200s	200 mi (320 km)	Ontario Motor Speedway	Ontario, California	Oval	Johnny Rutherford	A. J. Foyt
2	March 27	Jimmy Bryan 150	150 mi (240 km)	Phoenix International Raceway	Avondale, Arizona	Oval	Johnny Rutherford	Johnny Rutherford
3	April 2	Texas Grand Prix	200 mi (320 km)	Texas World Speedway	College Station, Texas	Oval	Johnny Rutherford	Tom Sneva
4	April 30	Trenton 200	201 mi (323 km)	Trenton International Speedway	Trenton, New Jersey	Oval	Johnny Rutherford	Wally Dallenbach
5	May 29	International 500 Mile Sweepstakes	500 mi (800 km)	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Speedway, Indiana	Oval	Tom Sneva	A. J. Foyt
6	June 12	Rex Mays Classic 150	150 mi (240 km)	Wisconsin State Fair Park Speedway	West Allis, Wisconsin	Oval	Bobby Unser	Johnny Rutherford
7	June 26	Schaefer 500	500 mi (800 km)	Pocono International Raceway	Long Pond, Pennsylvania	Oval	A. J. Foyt	Tom Sneva
8	July 3	Molson Diamond Indy	184.425 mi (296.803 km)	Mosport Park	Bowmanville, Canada	Road Course	Al Unser	A. J. Foyt
9	July 17	Norton 200	200 mi (320 km)	Michigan International Speedway	Brooklyn, Michigan	Oval	Tom Sneva	Danny Ongais
10	July 31	American Parts 200	200 mi (320 km)	Texas World Speedway	College Station, Texas	Oval	Danny Ongais	Johnny Rutherford
11	August 21	Tony Bettenhausen 200	200 mi (320 km)	Wisconsin State Fair Park Speedway	West Allis, Wisconsin	Oval	Danny Ongais	Johnny Rutherford
12	September 4	California 500	500 mi (800 km)	Ontario Motor Speedway	Ontario, California	Oval	Johnny Rutherford	Al Unser
13	September 17	Michigan Grand Prix	150 mi (240 km)	Michigan International Speedway	Brooklyn, Michigan	Oval	Danny Ongais	Gordon Johncock
14	October 29	Bobby Ball 150	150 mi (240 km)	Phoenix International Raceway	Avondale, Arizona	Oval	Bobby Unser	Gordon Johncock

Leading National Championship standings

#	Driver	Team	Points
1	Tom Sneva	Penske Racing	3965
2	Al Unser		3030
3	Johnny Rutherford		2840
4	A. J. Foyt	Gilmore Racing	2840
5	Gordon Johncock		2830

References

Åberg, Andreas. "USAC National Championship 1977". Driver Database. Archived from the original on 2009-05-06. http://www.driverdb.com/standings/980-1977/. Retrieved 2009-05-04.
Harms, Phil; Ferner, Michael; Measures, Gerry; Brown, Allen. "Indy 500 and USAC racing (1971-1978)". OldRacingCars.com. Archived from the original on 2009-05-06. http://www.oldracingcars.com/indy/. Retrieved 2009-05-04.
"1977 USAC National Championship Trail". ChampCarStats.com. Archived from the original on 2009-05-13. http://www.champcarstats.com/year/1977.htm. Retrieved 2009-05-11.
Harms, Phil. "1977 Championship Driver Summary". Motorsport.com. Archived from the original on 2011-05-03. http://old.motorsport.com/stats/champ/data/1977sum.pdf. Retrieved 2011-05-03.

v t e American Championship car racing (IndyCar) seasons

AAA	1905 1906–1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942–1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955

NASCAR	1952 1953

USAC	1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84

CART / CCWS	1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 ~~2008~~

IRL / INDYCAR	1996 1996–97 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

Years marked in italics are not official championship years.

v t e USAC Championship Cars (1971-1995)

Seasons	1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84

Indianapolis 500s	1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995

National Champions	Emerson Fittipaldi (twice) A. J. Foyt (twice) Gordon Johncock Joe Leonard (twice) Arie Luyendyk Roger McCluskey Rick Mears (three times) Bobby Rahal Johnny Rutherford Tom Sneva (three times) George Snider Danny Sullivan Al Unser Al Unser, Jr. (twice) Bobby Unser Jacques Villeneuve

Tracks	Atlanta Brands Hatch DuQuoin State Fair Illinois State Fair Indianapolis Indiana State Fair Michigan Mid-Ohio Milwaukee Mosport Nazareth Ontario Phoenix Pocono Rafaela Silverstone Texas World Trenton

The Indianapolis 500 was the only race in the USAC National Championship from 1984-85 onwards

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