1977 Formula Atlantic season

1977 Formula Atlantic seasonPrevious: 1976 IMSA1976 CASCNext: 1978 thumb|right|Gilles Villeneuve and Keke Rosberg at the Formula Atlantic race at Edmonton International Speedway, July 1977 The 1977 CASC Formula Atlantic Labatts Championship Series season was contested over 7 rounds. In this one-make engine formula all drivers had to use Ford engines. 39 different drivers competed in 5 different chassis. Calendar Race No Track State Date Laps Distance Time Speed Winner Pole position Fastest race lap 1 Mosport Park May 22, 1977 40 3.957=158.28 km 0'53:45.460 176.659 km/h Price Cobb Gilles Villeneuve Gilles Villeneuve 2 Gimli June 26, 1977 75 2.140369=160.527675 km 1'09:23.009 138.818 km/h Bobby Rahal ? Bobby Rahal 3 Edmonton July 3, 1977 67 2.414=161.738 km 1'04:01.258 151.580 km/h Gilles Villeneuve Gilles Villeneuve Price Cobb 4 Westwood July 17, 1977 57 2.89674=165.11418 km 1'00:31.19 163.696 km/h Keke Rosberg Howdy Holmes Howdy Holmes 5 Halifax August 7, 1977 65 2.57488=167.3672 km 1'12:23.4 138.721 km/h Bill Brack Gilles Villeneuve ? 6 St. Félicien August 14, 1977 100 1.6093=160.93 km 1'11:56.955 134.203 km/h Gilles Villeneuve Gilles Villeneuve ? Trois-Rivières September 4, 1977 did not count for the championship 7 Québec City September 25, 1977 80 2.0293273=162.346184 km 1'27:11.702 111.712 km/h Gilles Villeneuve Bill Brack Howdy Holmes Final points standings Driver For every race the points were awarded: 30 points to the winner, 24 for runner-up, 19 for third place, 15 for fourth place, 12 for fifth place, 10 for sixth place, 9 for seventh place, winding down to 1 point for 15th place. No additional points were awarded. All results count. Place Name Country Team Chassis Total points CAN CAN CAN CAN CAN CAN CAN 1 Gilles Villeneuve Ecurie Canada March 114 24 - 30 - - 30 30 2 Bobby Rahal Morgan Racing March 92 9 30 15 6 5 3 Pierre's Motors Racing Ralt 24 3 Bill Brack Shierson Racing March 87 - 19 12 24 30 2 - 4 Keke Rosberg Fred Opert Racing Chevron 82 - 24 24 30 - - 4 Price Cobb Hansen Racing March 82 30 - 19 - 24 - 9 6 Tom Gloy Shea Racing March 68 12 8 - 12 12 24 - 7 Chip Mead Pierre's Motors Racing Ralt 60 15 9 1 3 3 19 10 8 Kevin Cogan ? Ralt 59 19 6 - 19 - 15 - 9 Richard Spénard Ecurie Canada March 48 8 7 9 - 19 - 5 10 Howdy Holmes Shierson Racing March 46 - - 8 1 15 10 12 11 David Oxton Team Tui Tui 39 - 5 6 15 1 12 - 12 Marcel Talbot Hine Racing March 31 1 15 - 9 - 6 - Cliff Hansen Hansen Racing March 31 - 12 7 4 8 - - Gregg Young Fred Opert Racing Chevron 31 4 2 4 5 9 7 - 15 Craig Hill Team Ralt American Ralt 25 - - - - 10 8 7 16 Jeff Wood R&R Racing March 23 - 4 5 - 6 - 8 17 Juan Cochesa Pierre's Motors Racing Ralt 21 - 10 10 - - 1 - 18 Steve Saleen Clayton Racing Ralt 19 6 3 3 7 - - - Patrick Depailler Fred Opert Racing Chevron 19 - - - - - - 19 20 Jacques Laffite Fred Opert Racing Chevron 15 - - - - - - 15 21 Peter Ferguson ? Chevron 10 10 - - - - - - Jon Norman Norman Racing March 10 - - - 10 - - - 23 Didier Pironi Fred Opert Racing Chevron 9 - - - - - 9 - 24 Carl Liebich Liebrau Racing Lola 8 - - - 8 - - - Brad Abbott Stimola Racing March 8 - - - - 4 4 - Dan Marvin Norman Racing March 8 - - - 2 - - ? Chevron 6 27 Bruce Jensen ? Chevron 7 7 - - - - - - Dave McMillan Team Ralt American Ralt 7 - - - - 7 - - Robert Nelkin Nelkin Racing March 7 - 1 - - - 5 1 30 Francisco Romero Fred Opert Racing Chevron 5 5 - - - - - - 31 Mike Rocke R&R Racing March 4 - - 2 - 2 - - 32 Tim Cooper ? March 3 3 - - - - - - Rick Bell Bell Racing Chevron 3 - - - - - - 3 34 Bob Fisher ? March 2 2 - - - - - - Gilles Léger ? Ralt 2 - - - - - - 2 External links oldracingcars.com Formula Atlantic Category:Atlantic Championship seasons Category:1977 in Canadian motorsport