The following is an overview of the events of 1977 in motorsport including the major racing events, motorsport venues that were opened and closed during a year, championships and non-championship events that were established and disestablished in a year, and births and deaths of racing drivers and other motorsport people.
Annual events The calendar includes only annual major non-championship events or annual events that had significance separate from the championship. For the dates of the championship events see related season articles. DateEventRef 5–6 February15th 24 Hours of Daytona 20 February19th Daytona 500 15 May61st Targa Florio 22 May35th Monaco Grand Prix 29 May61st Indianapolis 500 11–12 June45th 24 Hours of Le Mans 11–17 June59th Isle of Man TT 23–24 July29th 24 Hours of Spa 2 October18th Hardie-Ferodo 1000 8–9 October6th 24 Hours of Nurburgring 20 November24th Macau Grand Prix
Births DateMonthNameNationalityOccupationNoteRef14JanuaryNarain KarthikeyanIndianRacing driverThe first Indian Formula One driver.28Takuma SatoJapaneseRacing driverIndianapolis 500 winner (2017).14DecemberRomain DumasFrenchRacing driver24 Hours of Le Mans winner (, ). FIA World Endurance champion (2016).
Deaths DateMonthNameAgeNationalityOccupationNoteRef18MarchJosé Carlos Pace 32BrazilianRacing driver1975 Brazilian Grand Prix winner.31MayFloyd Davis72AmericanRacing driverIndianapolis 500 winner (1941).9SeptemberRussell "Jungle Jim". Liberman31Americandrag racer
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See also List of 1977 motorsport champions
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