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.
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] |
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 ( 2010, 2016). FIA World Endurance champion ( 2016). | [14] |
Date | Month | Name | Age | Nationality | Occupation | Note | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
18 | March | José Carlos Pace | 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] |
–