USAC Champ Car Series standings for 1977Click on the Driver to see 1977 race-level statistics for that driver. Previous year Next year |
| Driver | Races | Win | T5 | T10 | Pole | Laps | Led | Earnings | AvSt | AvFn | Raf | Miles | LLF | Points | Diff | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Tom Sneva | 14 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 1617 | 59 | 274,839 | 4.9 | 7.6 | 8 | 3,132.93 | 6 | 3965 | |
| 2 | Al Unser | 13 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 1387 | 395 | 200,521 | 3.8 | 9.2 | 7 | 2,419.31 | 5 | 3030 | -935 |
| 3 | Johnny Rutherford | 14 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 1307 | 376 | 135,841 | 3.0 | 9.9 | 7 | 2,219.71 | 5 | 2840 | -1,125 |
| 4 | A.J. Foyt | 8 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 898 | 261 | 347,082 | 4.9 | 6.9 | 5 | 1,979.43 | 5 | 2840 | -1,125 |
| 5 | Gordon Johncock | 14 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 1753 | 478 | 164,563 | 4.6 | 7.1 | 9 | 3,153.09 | 5 | 2830 | -1,135 |
| 6 | Wally Dallenbach | 14 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 1556 | 54 | 110,249 | 9.9 | 9.1 | 8 | 2,750.61 | 2 | 2635 | -1,330 |
| 7 | Mario Andretti | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 651 | 71 | 83,968 | 3.3 | 12.0 | 3 | 1,356.50 | 1 | 1580 | -2,385 |
| 8 | Pancho Carter | 12 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 1339 | 11 | 72,733 | 9.6 | 9.6 | 5 | 2,321.50 | 0 | 1420 | -2,545 |
| 9 | Tom Bigelow | 14 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1260 | 7 | 73,344 | 14.4 | 12.3 | 8 | 2,153.63 | 0 | 1370 | -2,595 |
| 10 | Mike Mosley | 9 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1042 | 14 | 56,810 | 8.6 | 10.6 | 4 | 1,949.00 | 1 | 1030 | -2,935 |
| 11 | Roger McCluskey | 13 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 973 | 1 | 63,992 | 9.0 | 14.2 | 4 | 1,641.88 | 0 | 940 | -3,025 |
| 12 | Danny Ongais | 13 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1062 | 118 | 79,848 | 7.1 | 13.2 | 4 | 1,958.40 | 1 | 935 | -3,030 |
| 13 | Bobby Olivero | 8 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 783 | 0 | 46,070 | 17.0 | 14.1 | 5 | 1,327.00 | 0 | 920 | -3,045 |
| 14 | Gary Bettenhausen | 11 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1205 | 0 | 68,649 | 17.0 | 12.1 | 5 | 2,177.93 | 1 | 850 | -3,115 |
| 15 | Johnny Parsons | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 787 | 0 | 53,705 | 13.1 | 14.3 | 4 | 1,534.50 | 0 | 840 | -3,125 |
| 16 | Larry Dickson | 9 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 825 | 0 | 31,526 | 17.3 | 11.1 | 5 | 1,565.28 | 0 | 740 | -3,225 |
| 17 | Lee Kunzman | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 589 | 0 | 47,947 | 18.8 | 13.2 | 2 | 1,437.50 | 0 | 700 | -3,265 |
| 18 | Todd Gibson | 7 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 667 | 0 | 26,123 | 17.0 | 9.9 | 5 | 1,113.01 | 0 | 600 | -3,365 |
| 19 |  Vern Schuppan | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 500 | 0 | 26,752 | 15.7 | 13.6 | 3 | 1,003.00 | 0 | 575 | -3,390 |
| 20 | Rick Mears | 8 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 545 | 0 | 25,761 | 14.5 | 15.1 | 4 | 924.00 | 0 | 555 | -3,410 |
| 21 | Spike Gehlhausen | 12 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1259 | 0 | 36,522 | 15.5 | 11.7 | 4 | 1,970.25 | 0 | 550 | -3,415 |
| 22 | Jim McElreath | 6 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 530 | 0 | 43,378 | 15.8 | 13.2 | 3 | 1,202.00 | 0 | 532 | -3,433 |
| 23 | Salt Walther | 8 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 628 | 5 | 29,195 | 16.4 | 14.9 | 3 | 1,106.55 | 0 | 450 | -3,515 |
| 24 | Dick Simon | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 804 | 0 | 41,274 | 16.1 | 15.9 | 3 | 1,144.50 | 0 | 360 | -3,605 |
| 25 | Steve Krisiloff | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 479 | 0 | 43,785 | 19.6 | 17.0 | 2 | 1,031.32 | 0 | 320 | -3,645 |
| 26 | James McElreath | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 293 | 0 | 17,012 | 19.2 | 17.4 | 2 | 550.00 | 0 | 240 | -3,725 |
| 27 | Billy Vukovich, Jr. | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 531 | 1 | 42,161 | 20.8 | 16.9 | 0 | 1,174.75 | 0 | 220 | -3,745 |
| 28 | Joe Saldana | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 511 | 0 | 16,495 | 20.2 | 14.4 | 2 | 771.50 | 0 | 220 | -3,745 |
| 29 | Jerry Grant | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 382 | 0 | 15,287 | 22.7 | 11.3 | 3 | 704.55 | 0 | 200 | -3,765 |
| 30 |  Ed Crombie | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 393 | 0 | 10,655 | 19.3 | 10.3 | 3 | 496.59 | 0 | 165 | -3,800 |
| 31 | Jerry Sneva | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 306 | 0 | 29,388 | 19.3 | 16.7 | 1 | 682.50 | 0 | 150 | -3,815 |
| 32 | John Martin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 186 | 0 | 6,267 | 30.0 | 10.0 | 1 | 465.00 | 0 | 150 | -3,815 |
| 33 | Larry Cannon | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 378 | 0 | 10,233 | 20.3 | 11.0 | 3 | 699.00 | 0 | 125 | -3,840 |
| 34 | Bill Simpson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 81 | 0 | 4,899 | 18.5 | 15.5 | 1 | 196.50 | 0 | 80 | -3,885 |
| 35 | Bobby Unser | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 669 | 62 | 46,147 | 5.4 | 17.6 | 0 | 1,033.00 | 0 | 75 | -3,890 |
| 36 | Clark Templeman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 143 | 0 | 4,009 | 18.0 | 8.0 | 1 | 143.00 | 0 | 75 | -3,890 |
| 37 | Al Loquasto | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 452 | 0 | 36,163 | 19.0 | 19.0 | 2 | 899.50 | 0 | 70 | -3,895 |
| 38 | Gary Irvin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 138 | 0 | 5,867 | 18.0 | 12.0 | 1 | 252.50 | 0 | 60 | -3,905 |
| 39 | Bill Puterbaugh | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170 | 0 | 22,137 | 28.0 | 12.0 | 0 | 425.00 | 0 | 50 | -3,915 |
| 40 | George Snider | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 229 | 2 | 28,793 | 14.0 | 23.3 | 1 | 358.00 | 0 | 45 | -3,920 |
| 41 | Cliff Hucul | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 286 | 0 | 24,284 | 20.0 | 17.0 | 2 | 510.50 | 0 | 20 | -3,945 |
| Janet Guthrie | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 216 | 0 | 26,431 | 24.3 | 21.7 | 0 | 540.00 | 0 | |||
| John Mahler | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 287 | 0 | 26,249 | 32.0 | 14.0 | 1 | 717.50 | 0 | |||
| Phil Threshie | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 101 | 0 | 4,077 | 18.0 | 14.5 | 0 | 202.00 | 0 | |||
| Eldon Rasmussen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 243 | 0 | 24,617 | 32.5 | 17.0 | 0 | 607.50 | 0 | |||
| Lloyd Ruby | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 81 | 0 | 18,424 | 16.0 | 22.0 | 0 | 202.50 | 0 | |||
| Tom Gloy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 111 | 0 | 2,015 | 21.0 | 15.0 | 0 | 111.00 | 0 | |||
| Bubby Jones | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 78 | 0 | 16,856 | 33.0 | 21.0 | 0 | 195.00 | 0 | |||
| Bob Harkey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1,321 | 16.0 | 22.0 | 0 | 2.00 | 0 | |||
| Chuck Gurney | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 4,323 | 30.0 | 27.0 | 0 | 37.50 | 0 | |||
 Clay Regazzoni | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 15,212 | 29.0 | 30.0 | 0 | 62.50 | 0 | |||
| Sheldon Kinser | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 14,678 | 12.0 | 32.0 | 0 | 35.00 | 0 |