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