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1977 World Championship for Makes

Racing tournament

The 1977 World Championship for Makes season featured the sixth FIA World Championship for Makes. This was a motor racing series for Group 5 Special Production Cars, Group 3 & 4 Grand Touring Cars and Group 1 & 2 Touring Cars which ran from 5 February to 23 October 1977 and comprised nine races.

Schedule

Rnd	Race	Circuit
USA 24 Hours of Daytona	Daytona International Speedway	5 February
6 February
ITA 6 Hours of Mugello	Mugello Circuit	20 March
GBR Kosset 6 Hours	Silverstone Circuit	15 May
DEU ADAC 1000km Nürburgring	Nürburgring	29 May
USA 6 Hours of Watkins Glen	Watkins Glen International	9 July
CAN 6 Hours of Mosport	Mosport Park	20 August
GBR Rivet Supply 6 Hours	Brands Hatch	25 September
DEU Hessen Preis (6 Hours)	Hockenheimring	9 October
ITA 6 Hours of Vallelunga	Vallelunga Circuit	23 October

Race results

Rnd	Circuit	Over 2.0 Winning Team	Under 2.0 Winning Team
Daytona	USA #43 Ecurie Escargot	None	Results
USA Hurley Haywood
USA Dave Helmick
USA John Graves
Mugello	DEU #2 Martini Racing	ITA #31 Mario Ruoso	Results
DEU Rolf Stommelen
LIE Manfred Schurti	ITA Mario Ruoso
ITA "Pal Joe"
Silverstone	DEU #1 Martini Racing	DEU #51 BMW Faltz	Results
DEU Jochen Mass
BEL Jacky Ickx	DEU Helmut Kelleners
SWE Ronnie Peterson
Nürburgring	DEU #3 Gelo Racing	DEU #26 BMW Junior Team	Results
DEU Rolf Stommelen
NLD Toine Hezemans
AUS Tim Schenken	DEU Manfred Winkelhock
CHE Marc Surer
Watkins Glen	DEU #1 Martini Racing	None	Results
DEU Jochen Mass
BEL Jacky Ickx
Mosport	CAN #7 Heimrath Racing	DEU #23 BMW Faltz	Results
CAN Ludwig Heimrath
USA Paul Miller	CAN Gilles Villeneuve
USA Eddie Cheever
Brands Hatch	DEU #1 Martini Racing	DEU #33 BMW Faltz	Results
DEU Jochen Mass
BEL Jacky Ickx	DEU Manfred Winkelhock
GBR Tom Walkinshaw
Hockenheimring	DEU #4 Porsche Kremer Racing	DEU #41 BMW Motorsport GmbH	Results
FRA Bob Wollek
GBR John Fitzpatrick	USA Eddie Cheever
CHE Marc Surer
Vallelunga	ITA #3 Scuderia Vesuvio	ITA #38 No Team Name	Results
ITA Luigi Moreschi
ITA "Dino"	ITA Gugliemo Manini
ITA Roberto Curatolo

Points system

Points towards the World Championship for Makes were awarded for the first ten eligible finishers in each race in the order of 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1. A make was only awarded points for its highest finishing eligible car and no points were awarded for placings gained by any other car of that make.

Only the best seven results counted towards the championship, with any other points earned not included in the total. Discarded points are shown within brackets.

Half points were awarded for Round 7 due to the race being stopped prior to half distance.

The same points system was applied to each of the three Divisional awards, with cars classified as follows:

Division 1: Up to 2000cc
Division 2: 2001 - 3000cc
Division 3: 3001 - 6000cc

Championships results

4	MG	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5	-	-	0.5

The cars

The following models contributed to the nett point scores of their respective makes.

Outright

Porsche 935
BMW 320i
De Tomaso Pantera
Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona
Fiat X1/9
Lancia Stratos
Ford Escort

Division 1

BMW 320i
Ford Escort
Fiat X1/9
Porsche
Lotus Elan
Colt Lancer
Volkswagen Golf

Division 2

Porsche 911 Carrera
BMW 320i
Lancia Stratos
Ford Capri
Datsun 240Z

Division 3

Porsche 935
De Tomaso Pantera
Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona
MGB GT V8

World Championship for Sports Cars

Main article: 1977 World Sportscar Championship season

For 1977, the FIA again organised two separate World Championships for “sports cars”, with Group 6 cars contesting the World Championship for Sports Cars and production-based cars competing in the World Championship for Makes. Events in which both types of car ran, such as the 12 Hours of Sebring or 24 Hours of Le Mans, were not counted towards either championship.

Following the 1977 season, the World Championship of Makes would become the sole international championship, while the World Championship for Sports Cars would be downgraded by the FIA to become the European Sportscar Championship. That series would only last the 1978 season before being dissolved.

References

[http://www.classicscars.com/wspr/results/wscc/tablemsmakes.html#1977- World Championship - final positions and tables, classicscars.com/wspr] Retrieved on 19 June 2016
Autosport, 29 September 1977, page 14

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