1977 in motorsport
# 1977 in motorsport

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

## Births

| Date | Month | Name | Nationality | Occupation | Note |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 14 | January | Narain Karthikeyan | Indian | Racing driver | The first Indian Formula One driver. |
| 28 | January | Takuma Sato | Japanese | Racing driver | Indianapolis 500 winner (2017). |
| 14 | December | Romain Dumas | French | Racing driver | 24 Hours of Le Mans winner (2010, 2016). FIA World Endurance champion (2016). |

## Deaths

| Date | Month | Name | Age | Nationality | Occupation | Note |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 18 | March | José Carlos Pace | 32 | Brazilian | Racing driver | 1975 Brazilian Grand Prix winner. |
| 31 | May | Floyd Davis | 72 | American | Racing driver | Indianapolis 500 winner (1941). |
| 9 | September | Russell "Jungle Jim". Liberman | 31 | American | drag racer | |
