1977 World Sportscar Championship season

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1977 World Sportscar Championship season
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The 1977 World Sportscar Championship season was the 25th FIA World Championship for Makes. It was a series running under the Group 6, Group 5, GT, and IMSA GTX and GTO formulas. Group 6 ran their own separate races from the other classes, making for two schedules and thus two championships, with the exception of all classes running the 24 Hours of Le Mans. It ran from February 5, 1977 to October 23, 1977, and was comprised of 18 races total amongst the two championships.

[edit] Schedule

Although comprised of 18 races, certain races were scored for Sportscars only and others were scored for GT only.

Rnd	Race	Circuit	Competitors	Date
1	24 Hours of Daytona	Daytona International Speedway	GT	February 5 February 6
2	6 Hours of Mugello	Mugello Circuit	GT	March 20
3	500km de I'ACF	Dijon-Prenois	Sportscars	April 17
4	Trofeo Filippo Caracciola (1000km)	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	Sportscars	April 24
5	Kosset 6 Hours	Silverstone Circuit	GT	May 15
6	ADAC 1000km Nürburgring	Nürburgring	GT	May 29
7	Trofeo Ignazio Giunti (400km)	Vallelunga	Sportscars	June 2
8	24 Hours of Le Mans†	Circuit de la Sarthe	Both	June 11 June 12
9	Coppa Floria (500km)	Pergusa	Sportscars	June 19
10	6 Hours of Watkins Glen	Watkins Glen International	GT	July 9
11	Prémio International de Costa do Sol (2hr 30min)	Autódromo do Estoril	Sportscars	July 10
12	500km Le Castellet	Circuit Paul Ricard	Sportscars	July 24
13	Molson Diamond 6 Hours	Mosport	GT	August 20
14	250km Imola	Autodromo Dino Ferrari	Sportscars	September 4
15	Elan Trophae (300km)	Salzburgring	Sportscars	September 18
16	Rivet Supply 6 Hours	Brands Hatch	GT	September 25
17	Hessen Preis (6 Hours)	Hockenheimring	GT	October 9
18	6 Hours of Vellelunga	Vallelunga	GT	October 23

† - No points were awarded for the 24 Hours of Le Mans in either class.

[edit] External Links

• 1977 World Championship For Makes