Sports season
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 [ edit ]
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 [ edit ] 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Blue 6th-10th place Dark Blue Finished (Outside Top 10) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Brown Withdrawn (Wth) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Blank Did not participate (DNP) Not competing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
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