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 the season champion, 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.
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.
It is indeed very hard to find any available source containing the points scoring system for this Can-Am season.
Results RndCircuitO2L Winning TeamU2L Winning TeamUnder 2-litre cars were not classified as a class.O2L Winning DriverU2L Winning DriverO2L Winning CarU2L Winning Car1Mont-Tremblant #6 Schkee Cars #60 Dave Johnson Tom Klauser Dave JohnsonSchkee DB1-ChevroletLola T290-Cosworth2Laguna Seca #77 Briggs Racing #94 Harald Kirberg Don Breidenbach Harald KirbergLola T332-ChevroletKirberg KK2-Porsche3Watkins Glen #1 Carl A. Haas Racing #79 Bob Brown Racing Patrick Tambay Bob BrownLola T333 CS-ChevroletMarch 77S-Hart4Road America #4 VDS Racing #79 Bob Brown Racing Peter Gethin Bob BrownLola T333 CS-ChevroletMarch 77S-Hart5Mid-Ohio #1 Carl A. Haas Racing #17 Great Plains Racing Patrick Tambay Gordon SmileyLola T333 CS-ChevroletLola T292-Ford6Mosport #1 Carl A. Haas Racing #69 United Racing Ltd. Patrick Tambay Mike HallLola T333 CS-ChevroletLola T294-Ford7Trois-Rivieres #1 Carl A. Haas Racing #25 Red Roof Inns Patrick Tambay Bobby RahalLola T333 CS-ChevroletLola T296-Hart8Sears Point #1 Carl A. Haas Racing #25 Red Roof Inns Patrick Tambay Jim TruemanLola T333 CS-ChevroletLola T296-Hart9Riverside #1 Carl A. Haas Racing #25 Red Roof Inns Patrick Tambay Jim TruemanLola T333 CS-ChevroletLola T296-Hart
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