1977 Indianapolis 500 - Round 5

Name: 1977 Indianapolis 500
Start: 29/05/1977
Location: Indianapolis

Sunday, May 29, 1977
Indianapolis 500
USAC Citicorp Cup National Championship

Race Winner

AJ Foyt jr , Gilmore Racing Team

Country

United States

Circuit

Indianapolis

Round

Laps

200

Pole

Tom Sneva , Penske Racing

Fastest Lap

Ongais, 46.71s

1977 Season

Past Results

1976, 1975, 1974, 1973, 1972, 1971, 1970, 1969, 1968, 1967, 1966, 1965, 1964, 1963, 1962, 1961, 1960, 1959, 1958, 1957, 1956, 1955, 1954, 1953, 1952, 1951, 1950, 1949, 1948, 1947, 1946, 1941, 1940, 1939, 1938, 1937, 1936, 1935, 1934, 1933, 1932, 1931, 1930, 1929, 1928, 1927, 1926, 1925, 1924, 1923, 1922, 1921, 1920, 1919, 1916, 1915, 1914, 1913, 1912, 1911

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Race Results

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Position	Driver	No.	Team	Vehicle	Time	Points
1 3	AJ Foyt jr	14	Gilmore Racing Team	Coyote-Ford (Goodyear)	3h 5m 57.16s	1000
2 1	Tom Sneva	8	Penske Racing	McLaren M24-Cosworth (Goodyear)	3h 6m 25.79s	800
3	Al Unser	21	Vel's Parnelli Jones Racing	Parnelli VPJ6B-Cosworth (Goodyear)	199 laps	700
4 6	Wally Dallenbach	40	Patrick Racing	Wildcat-Offenhauser (Goodyear)	199 laps	600
5 6	Johnny Parsons jr	60	Patrick Racing	Wildcat-Offenhauser (Goodyear)	193 laps	500
6 16	Tom Bigelow	24	Leader Card Racers	Watson-Offenhauser (Goodyear)	192 laps	400
7 17	Lee Kunzman	65	Pat Santello	Eagle 77-Offenhauser (Goodyear)	191 laps	300
8 10	Roger McCluskey	11	Lindsey Hopkins Racing	Lightning-Offenhauser (Goodyear)	191 laps	250
9 16	Steve Krisiloff	92	Vatis Enterprises	Eagle 77-Offenhauser (Goodyear)	191 laps	200
10 6	Jerry Sneva	36	James C Bidwell	McLaren M16C/D-Offenhauser (Goodyear)	187 laps	150
11 6	Gordon Johncock	20	Patrick Racing	Wildcat-Offenhauser (Goodyear)	184 laps Engine	100
12 16	Bill Puterbaugh	16	Dayton-Walther	Eagle 77-Offenhauser (Goodyear)	170 laps Oil leak	50
13 19	Eldon Rasmussen	58	Rasmussen Racing	Rascar-Ford (Goodyear)	168 laps Upright	0
14	Larry Cannon	42	Mergard Racing	Eagle-Offenhauser (Goodyear)	157 laps	0
	John Mahler					0
15 7	Pancho Carter	48	All-American Racers	Eagle-Offenhauser (Goodyear)	156 laps Engine	0
16 5	Gary Bettenhausen	98	JC Agajanian	King-Offenhauser (Goodyear)	138 laps Stalled	0
17 6	Billy Vukovich	84	Gilmore Racing Team	Coyote-Ford (Goodyear)	110 laps Con rod	0
18 16	Bobby Unser	6	Fletcher Racing Team	Lightning-Offenhauser (Goodyear)	94 laps Oil line	0
19 10	Mike Mosley	5	Sugaripe Prune Racing Team	Lightning-Offenhauser (Goodyear)	91 laps Engine	0
20 13	Danny Ongais	25	Interscope Racing	Parnelli VPJ6B-Cosworth (Goodyear)	90 laps Engine	0
21 12	Bubby Jones	72	Longhorn Racing	Eagle-Offenhauser (Goodyear)	78 laps Valve	0
22 5	Cliff Hucul	29	Hucul Racing	McLaren M16E-Offenhauser (Goodyear)	72 laps Upright	0
23 3	Jim McElreath	73	Fred W Carillo	Eagle-AMC (Goodyear)	71 laps Turbo wastegate	0
24 11	George Snider	18	Longhorn Racing	Wildcat-Offenhauser (Goodyear)	65 laps Valve	0
25 11	Bobby Olivero	78	Alex Foods Racing	Lightning-Offenhauser (Goodyear)	57 laps Turbo boost pressure	0
26 20	Mario Andretti	9	Penske Racing	McLaren M24-Cosworth (Goodyear)	47 laps Header	0
27 8	Lloyd Ruby	10	Lindsey Hopkins Racing	Lightning-Offenhauser (Goodyear)	34 laps Accident	0
28 13	Al Loquasto	86	Loquasto Racing	McLaren-Offenhauser (Goodyear)	28 laps Magneto	0
29 3	Janet Guthrie	27	Vollstedt Enterprises	Lightning-Offenhauser (Goodyear)	27 laps Engine	0
30 1	Clay Regazzoni	38	Theodore Racing Team	McLaren M16E-Offenhauser (Goodyear)	25 laps Fuel leak	0
31 1	Dick Simon	17	Vollstedt Enterprises	Lightning-Offenhauser (Goodyear)	24 laps Engine	0
32 20	Sheldon Kinser	97	JC Agajanian	King-Offenhauser (Goodyear)	14 laps Engine	0
33 16	Johnny Rutherford	2	Team McLaren	McLaren M24-Cosworth (Goodyear)	12 laps Gearbox	0

Qualifying

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Grid	Driver	Team	Time
1	Tom Sneva	Penske Racing	3m 1.01s
2	Bobby Unser	Fletcher Racing Team	3m 2.17s
3	Al Unser	Vel's Parnelli Jones Racing	3m 3.72s
4	AJ Foyt jr	Gilmore Racing Team	3m 5.03s
5	Gordon Johncock	Patrick Racing	3m 6.03s
6	Mario Andretti	Penske Racing	3m 6.19s
7	Danny Ongais	Interscope Racing	3m 6.49s
8	Pancho Carter	All-American Racers	3m 7.06s
9	Mike Mosley	Sugaripe Prune Racing Team	3m 9.41s
10	Wally Dallenbach	Patrick Racing	3m 9.91s
11	Johnny Parsons jr	Patrick Racing	3m 10.22s
12	Sheldon Kinser	JC Agajanian	3m 10.4s
13	George Snider	Longhorn Racing	3m 10.5s
14	Bobby Olivero	Alex Foods Racing	3m 11.03s
15	Al Loquasto	Loquasto Racing	3m 11.85s
16	Jerry Sneva	James C Bidwell	3m 12.91s
17	Johnny Rutherford	Team McLaren	3m 2.44s
18	Roger McCluskey	Lindsey Hopkins Racing	3m 8.49s
19	Lloyd Ruby	Lindsey Hopkins Racing	3m 8.64s
20	Jim McElreath	Fred W Carillo	3m 11.78s
21	Gary Bettenhausen	JC Agajanian	3m 12.93s
22	Tom Bigelow	Leader Card Racers	3m 13.06s
23	Billy Vukovich	Gilmore Racing Team	3m 13.14s
24	Lee Kunzman	Pat Santello	3m 13.15s
25	Steve Krisiloff	Vatis Enterprises	3m 14.92s
26	Janet Guthrie	Vollstedt Enterprises	3m 11.08s
27	Cliff Hucul	Hucul Racing	3m 12.31s
28	Bill Puterbaugh	Dayton-Walther	3m 12.72s
29	Clay Regazzoni	Theodore Racing Team	3m 13.5s
30	Dick Simon	Vollstedt Enterprises	3m 13.95s
31	John Mahler	Mergard Racing	3m 14.34s
32	Eldon Rasmussen	Rasmussen Racing	3m 14.47s
33	Bubby Jones	Longhorn Racing	3m 14.66s