1977 Can-Am season

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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 declared champion,[1] winning six of the nine races that year for Carl Haas. While Lola chassis dominated the series, a Chevrolet powered driven by Tom Klausler won the first race at Mont Tremblant.[2] 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.

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

Results[]

Rnd Circuit O2L Winning Team U2L Winning Team[3]
O2L Winning Driver U2L Winning Driver[3]
O2L Winning Car U2L Winning Car[3]
1 Mont-Tremblant United States #6 Canada #60
United States Tom Klauser Canada
-Chevrolet Lola T290-Cosworth
2 Laguna Seca United States #77 United States #94
United States United States
Lola T332-Chevrolet -Porsche
3 Watkins Glen United States #1 Carl A. Haas Racing United States #79
France Patrick Tambay United States
Lola T333 CS-Chevrolet -Hart
4 Road America Belgium #4 United States #79
United Kingdom Peter Gethin United States
Lola T333 CS-Chevrolet -Hart
5 Mid-Ohio United States #1 Carl A. Haas Racing United States #17 Great Plains Racing
France Patrick Tambay United States Gordon Smiley
Lola T333 CS-Chevrolet Lola T292-Ford
6 Mosport United States #1 Carl A. Haas Racing United States #69 United Racing Ltd.
France Patrick Tambay United States
Lola T333 CS-Chevrolet Lola T294-Ford
7 Trois-Rivieres United States #1 Carl A. Haas Racing United States #25 Red Roof Inns
France Patrick Tambay United States Bobby Rahal
Lola T333 CS-Chevrolet -Hart
8 Sears Point United States #1 Carl A. Haas Racing United States #25 Red Roof Inns
France Patrick Tambay United States Jim Trueman
Lola T333 CS-Chevrolet -Hart
9 Riverside United States #1 Carl A. Haas Racing United States #25 Red Roof Inns
France Patrick Tambay United States Jim Trueman
Lola T333 CS-Chevrolet -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. ^ a b c Under 2-litre cars were not classified as a class.
  4. ^ "World Sports Racing Prototypes - Can-Am 1977".
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