1977 Formula Atlantic season

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1977 Formula Atlantic season
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Gilles Villeneuve and Keke Rosberg at the Formula Atlantic race at Edmonton International Speedway, July 1977 Villeneuve & Rosberg Formula Atlantic EIS 1977.jpg
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.

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Contents

Calendar

Race No Track State Date Laps Distance Time Speed Winner Pole Position Fastest Race Lap
1 Mosport Park Flag of Canada.svg  Canada 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 Flag of Canada.svg  Canada June 26, 1977 75 2.140369=160.527675 km 1'09:23.009 138.818 km/h Bobby Rahal ? Bobby Rahal
3 Edmonton Flag of Canada.svg  Canada 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 Flag of Canada.svg  Canada 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 Flag of Canada.svg  Canada August 7, 1977 65 2.57488=167.3672 km 1'12:23.4 138.721 km/h Bill Brack Gilles Villeneuve ?
6 St. Félicien Flag of Canada.svg  Canada August 14, 1977 100 1.6093=160.93 km 1'11:56.955 134.203 km/h Gilles Villeneuve Gilles Villeneuve ?
Trois-Rivières Flag of Canada.svg  Canada September 4, 1977 did not count for the championship
7 Québec City Flag of Canada.svg  Canada 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 Flag of Canada.svg Flag of Canada.svg Flag of Canada.svg Flag of Canada.svg Flag of Canada.svg Flag of Canada.svg Flag of Canada.svg
1 Gilles Villeneuve Flag of Canada.svg  Canada Ecurie Canada March 114 24 - 30 - - 30 30
2 Bobby Rahal Flag of the United States.svg  United States Morgan Racing March 92 9 30 15 6 5 3
Pierre's Motors Racing Ralt 24
3 Bill Brack Flag of Canada.svg  Canada Shierson Racing March 87 - 19 12 24 30 2 -
4 Keke Rosberg Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Opert Racing Chevron 82 - 24 24 30 - - 4
Price Cobb Flag of the United States.svg  United States Hansen Racing March 82 30 - 19 - 24 - 9
6 Tom Gloy Flag of the United States.svg  United States Shea Racing March 68 12 8 - 12 12 24 -
7 Chip Mead Flag of the United States.svg  United States Pierre's Motors Racing Ralt 60 15 9 1 3 3 19 10
8 Kevin Cogan Flag of the United States.svg  United States ? Ralt 59 19 6 - 19 - 15 -
9 Richard Spénard Flag of Canada.svg  Canada Ecurie Canada March 48 8 7 9 - 19 - 5
10 Howdy Holmes Flag of the United States.svg  United States Shierson Racing March 46 - - 8 1 15 10 12
11 David Oxton Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Team Tui Tui 39 - 5 6 15 1 12 -
12 Marcel Talbot Flag of Canada.svg  Canada Hine Racing March 31 1 15 - 9 - 6 -
Cliff Hansen Flag of the United States.svg  United States Hansen Racing March 31 - 12 7 4 8 - -
Gregg Young Flag of the United States.svg  United States Opert Racing Chevron 31 4 2 4 5 9 7 -
15 Craig Hill Flag of Canada.svg  Canada Team Ralt American Ralt 25 - - - - 10 8 7
16 Jeff Wood Flag of the United States.svg  United States R&R Racing March 23 - 4 5 - 6 - 8
17 Juan Cochesa Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela Pierre's Motors Racing Ralt 21 - 10 10 - - 1 -
18 Steve Saleen Flag of the United States.svg  United States Clayton Racing Ralt 19 6 3 3 7 - - -
Patrick Depailler Flag of France.svg  France Opert Racing Chevron 19 - - - - - - 19
20 Jacques Laffite Flag of France.svg  France Opert Racing Chevron 15 - - - - - - 15
21 Peter Ferguson Flag of Canada.svg  Canada ? Chevron 10 10 - - - - - -
Jon Norman Flag of the United States.svg  United States Norman Racing March 10 - - - 10 - - -
23 Didier Pironi Flag of France.svg  France Opert Racing Chevron 9 - - - - - 9 -
24 Carl Liebich Flag of the United States.svg  United States Liebrau Racing Lola 8 - - - 8 - - -
Brad Abbott Flag of the United States.svg  United States Stimola Racing March 8 - - - - 4 4 -
Dan Marvin Flag of the United States.svg  United States Norman Racing March 8 - - - 2 - -
? Chevron 6
27 Bruce Jensen Flag of Canada.svg  Canada ? Chevron 7 7 - - - - - -
Dave McMillan Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Team Ralt American Ralt 7 - - - - 7 - -
Robert Nelkin Flag of the United States.svg  United States Nelkin Racing March 7 - 1 - - - 5 1
30 Francisco Romero Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela Opert Racing Chevron 5 5 - - - - - -
31 Mike Rocke Flag of the United States.svg  United States R&R Racing March 4 - - 2 - 2 - -
32 Tim Cooper Flag of the United States.svg  United States ? March 3 3 - - - - - -
Rick Bell Flag of the United States.svg  United States Bell Racing Chevron 3 - - - - - - 3
34 Bob Fisher Flag of the United States.svg  United States ? March 2 2 - - - - - -
Gilles Léger Flag of Canada.svg  Canada ? Ralt 2 - - - - - - 2

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