1977 USAC National Championship Trail

Tom Sneva - Champion

Date Race Track Miles Type Winner
3/6/77 Datsun Twin 200s Ontario 200 PO A. J. Foyt
3/27/77 Jimmy Bryan 150 Phoenix 150 PO Johnny Rutherford
4/2/77 Texas Grand Prix TWS 200 PO Tom Sneva
4/30/77 Trenton 200 Trenton 201 PO Wally Dallenbach
5/29/77 International 500 Mile Sweepstakes Indianapolis 500 PO A. J. Foyt
6/12/77 Rex Mays Classic Milwaukee 150 PO Johnny Rutherford
6/26/77 Schaefer 500 Pocono 500 PO Tom Sneva
7/3/77 Molson Diamond Indy Mosport 184.425 RC A. J. Foyt
7/17/77 Norton 200 MIS 200 PO Danny Ongais
7/31/77 American Parts 200 TWS 200 PO Johnny Rutherford
8/21/77 Tony Bettenhausen 200 Milwaukee 200 PO Johnny Rutherford
9/4/77 California 500 Ontario 500 PO Al Unser
9/17/77 Michigan Grand Prix MIS 150 PO Gordon Johncock
10/29/77 Bobby Ball 150 Phoenix 150 PO Gordon Johncock

 

Standing Driver Starts DNS/DNQ Wins 2nds 3rds 4ths 5ths Best Finish Poles Points
1 Tom Sneva 14 0 2 2 2 1 1 2 3965
2 Al Unser 13 0 1 3 2 1 0 1 3030
3 Johnny Rutherford 14 0 4 1 1 1 1 5 2840
4 A. J. Foyt 8 2 3 2 0 0 0 1 2840
5 Gordon Johncock 14 0 2 3 1 0 1 0 2830
6 Wally Dallenbach 14 0 1 0 3 2 0 0 2635
7 Mario Andretti 6 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 1580
8 Pancho Carter 12 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 1420
9 Tom Bigelow 14 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1370
10 Mike Mosley 9 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 1030
11 Roger McCluskey 13 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 940
12 Danny Ongais 13 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 935
13 Bobby Olivero 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 920
14 Gary Bettenhausen 11 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 850
15 Johnny Parsons 8 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 840
16 Larry Dickson 9 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 740
17 Lee Kunzman 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 700
18 Todd Gibson 7 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 600
19 Vern Schuppan 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 575
20 Rick Mears 8 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 555
21 Spike Gehlhausen 12 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 550
22 Jim McElreath 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 530
23 Salt Walther 8 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 450
24 Dick Simon 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 360
25 Steve Krisiloff 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 320
26 James McElreath 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 240
27 Billy Vukovich, Jr. 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 220
28 Joe Saldana 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 220
29 Jerry Grant 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 200
30 Ed Crombie 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 165
31 Jerry Sneva 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 150
32 John Martin 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 150
33 Larry Cannon 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 125
34 Bill Simpson 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 80
35 Bobby Unser 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 8 2 75
36 Clark Templeman 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 75
37 Al Loquasto 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 70
38 Gary Irvin 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 60
39 Bill Puterbaugh 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 50
40 George Snider 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 45
41 Cliff Hucul 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 20
NR Phil Threshie 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0
NR Eldon Rasmussen 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0
NR John Mahler 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 0
NR Tom Gloy 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 0
NR Janet Guthrie 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 17 0 0
NR Lloyd Ruby 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 17 0 0
NR Bubby Jones 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 21 0 0
NR Bob Harkey 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 22 0 0
NR Chuck Gurney 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 27 0 0
NR Clay Regazzoni 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 0 0
NR Sheldon Kinser 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 0 0
NR Duke Cook 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Ed Finley 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Woody Fisher 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Elliott Forbes-Robinson 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Tom Frantz 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Tommy Hunt 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Jim Hurtubise 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Alan Jones 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Jerry Karl 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Mel Kenyon 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Larry McCoy 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Graham McRae 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Teddy Pilette 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Bertil Roos 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
 
Debuts Farewells
Duke Cook
Elliott Forbes-Robinson
Tom Gloy
Cliff Hucul
Tommy Hunt
Gary Irvin
Alan Jones
Bubby Jones
James McElreath
Teddy Pilette
Clay Regazzoni
Bertil Roos
Joe Saldana
Clark Templeman
Phil Threshie
Ed Crombie
Elliott Forbes-Robinson
Jerry Grant
Tommy Hunt
James McElreath
Clay Regazzoni
Bertil Roos
Lloyd Ruby
Bill Simpson
Clark Templeman