1977 Can-Am season
# 1977 Can-Am season

The 1977 Can Am season was the tenth running of the Sports Car Club of America's prototype-based series. Despite the revived name, however, the new series was entirely unrelated to the previous series which had folded in 1974. Most of the competitive cars were based on Formula 5000 chassis. Also, the first time under 2-litre cars were allowed to race, but with no separate class. Patrick Tambay was declared champion, winning six of the nine races that year for Carl Haas. While Lola chassis dominated the series, a Chevrolet powered Schkee DB1 driven by Tom Klausler won the first race at Mont Tremblant. Other competitive cars included the 1974 champions Shadow, who now used Dodge engines and Wolf with a Dallara-built chassis. While Chevrolet was not the only engine supplier, they swept the entire season. This season also marked a resurgence of interest in SCCA events, with Can Am accompanying F5000 and the Trans Am Series seeing a mild resurgence in the eighties.

Formula 5000 itself would also be classified as "single-seat Can Am", despite two-seater cars also entering the series.

## Results

| Rnd | Circuit | O2L Winning Team | U2L Winning Team |
| - | - | - | - |
| Rnd | Circuit | O2L Winning Driver | U2L Winning Driver |
| Rnd | Circuit | O2L Winning Car | U2L Winning Car |
| 1 | Mont-Tremblant | #6 Schkee Cars | #60 Dave Johnson |
| 1 | Mont-Tremblant | Tom Klauser | Dave Johnson |
| 1 | Mont-Tremblant | Schkee DB1-Chevrolet | Lola T290-Cosworth |
| 2 | Laguna Seca | #77 Briggs Racing | #94 Harald Kirberg |
| 2 | Laguna Seca | Don Breidenbach | Harald Kirberg |
| 2 | Laguna Seca | Lola T332-Chevrolet | Kirberg KK2-Porsche |
| 3 | Watkins Glen | #1 Carl A. Haas Racing | #79 Bob Brown Racing |
| 3 | Watkins Glen | Patrick Tambay | Bob Brown |
| 3 | Watkins Glen | Lola T333 CS-Chevrolet | March 77S-Hart |
| 4 | Road America | #4 VDS Racing | #79 Bob Brown Racing |
| 4 | Road America | Peter Gethin | Bob Brown |
| 4 | Road America | Lola T333 CS-Chevrolet | March 77S-Hart |
| 5 | Mid-Ohio | #1 Carl A. Haas Racing | #17 Great Plains Racing |
| 5 | Mid-Ohio | Patrick Tambay | Gordon Smiley |
| 5 | Mid-Ohio | Lola T333 CS-Chevrolet | Lola T292-Ford |
| 6 | Mosport | #1 Carl A. Haas Racing | #69 United Racing Ltd. |
| 6 | Mosport | Patrick Tambay | Mike Hall |
| 6 | Mosport | Lola T333 CS-Chevrolet | Lola T294-Ford |
| 7 | Trois-Rivieres | #1 Carl A. Haas Racing | #25 Red Roof Inns |
| 7 | Trois-Rivieres | Patrick Tambay | Bobby Rahal |
| 7 | Trois-Rivieres | Lola T333 CS-Chevrolet | Lola T296-Hart |
| 8 | Sears Point | #1 Carl A. Haas Racing | #25 Red Roof Inns |
| 8 | Sears Point | Patrick Tambay | Jim Trueman |
| 8 | Sears Point | Lola T333 CS-Chevrolet | Lola T296-Hart |
| 9 | Riverside | #1 Carl A. Haas Racing | #25 Red Roof Inns |
| 9 | Riverside | Patrick Tambay | Jim Trueman |
| 9 | Riverside | Lola T333 CS-Chevrolet | Lola T296-Hart |
