1977 in motorsport explained

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.

Date	Event	Ref
5–6 February	15th 24 Hours of Daytona	^[1]
20 February	19th Daytona 500	^[2]
15 May	61st Targa Florio	^[3]
22 May	35th Monaco Grand Prix	^[4]
29 May	61st Indianapolis 500	^[5]
11–12 June	45th 24 Hours of Le Mans	^[6]
11–17 June	59th Isle of Man TT	^[7]
23–24 July	29th 24 Hours of Spa	^[8]
2 October	18th Hardie-Ferodo 1000	^[9]
8–9 October	6th 24 Hours of Nurburgring	^[10]
20 November	24th Macau Grand Prix	^[11]

Births

Date	Month	Name	Nationality	Occupation	Note	Ref
14	January	Narain Karthikeyan	Indian	Racing driver	The first Indian Formula One driver.	^[12]
28		Takuma Sato	Japanese	Racing driver	Indianapolis 500 winner (2017).	^[13]
14	December	Romain Dumas	French	Racing driver	24 Hours of Le Mans winner . FIA World Endurance champion (2016).	^[14]

Deaths

Date	Month	Name	Age	Nationality	Occupation	Note	Ref
18	March		32	Brazilian	Racing driver	1975 Brazilian Grand Prix winner.	^[15]
31	May	Floyd Davis	72	American	Racing driver	Indianapolis 500 winner (1941).	^[16]
9	September	Russell "Jungle Jim". Liberman	31	American	drag racer		^[17]

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See also

• List of 1977 motorsport champions

Notes and References

1. Web site: Daytona 24 Hours 1977 - Racing Sports Cars. racingsportscars.com. 16 April 2017.
2. Web site: 1977 Daytona 500. racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. 16 April 2017.
3. Web site: 61^ TARGA FLORIO. targaflorio.info. 16 April 2017.
4. Web site: 1977 Grand Prix of Monaco. racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. 15 April 2017.
5. Web site: 1977 Indianapolis 500. racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. 15 April 2017.
6. Web site: Le Mans Register - 1977. formula2.net. 16 April 2017.
7. Web site: TT 1977. iomtt.com. Isle of Man TT. 15 April 2017.
8. Web site: 24 h Spa-Francorchamps. touringcarracing.net. 16 April 2017.
9. Web site: 1977 Bathurst 1000. Unique Cars & Parts. 22 April 2017.
10. Web site: Nurburgring 24 hours. touringcarracing.net. 23 April 2017.
11. Web site: 1977 Macau Grand Prix. motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. 22 April 2017.
12. Web site: Narain Karthikeyan. en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. 15 April 2018.
13. Web site: Takuma Sato. en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. 17 April 2018.
14. Web site: Romain Dumas. motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. 17 April 2018.
15. Web site: Carlos Pace. en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. 16 April 2018.
16. Web site: Floyd Davis. motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. 17 April 2018.
17. Web site: No. 17 'Jungle Jim'. May 9, 2018. National Hot Rod Association.