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1977 in sports |
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The following is an overview of the events of 1977 in motorsport including the major racing events, motorsport venues that were opened and closed during a year, championships and non-championship events that were established and disestablished in a year, and births and deaths of racing drivers and other motorsport people.
The calendar includes only annual major non-championship events or annual events that had significance separate from the championship. For the dates of the championship events see related season articles.
| Date | Event | Ref |
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| 5–6 February | 15th 24 Hours of Daytona | [1] |
| 20 February | 19th Daytona 500 | [2] |
| 15 May | 61st Targa Florio | [3] |
| 22 May | 35th Monaco Grand Prix | [4] |
| 29 May | 61st Indianapolis 500 | [5] |
| 11–12 June | 45th 24 Hours of Le Mans | [6] |
| 11–17 June | 59th Isle of Man TT | [7] |
| 23–24 July | 29th 24 Hours of Spa | [8] |
| 2 October | 18th Hardie-Ferodo 1000 | [9] |
| 8–9 October | 6th 24 Hours of Nurburgring | [10] |
| 20 November | 24th Macau Grand Prix | [11] |
| Date | Month | Name | Nationality | Occupation | Note | Ref |
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| 14 | January | Narain Karthikeyan | Indian | Racing driver | The first Indian Formula One driver. | [12] |
| 28 | Takuma Sato | Japanese | Racing driver | Indianapolis 500 winner (2017). | [13] | |
| 14 | December | Romain Dumas | French | Racing driver | 24 Hours of Le Mans winner (2010, 2016). FIA World Endurance champion (2016). | [14] |
| Date | Month | Name | Age | Nationality | Occupation | Note | Ref |
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| 18 | March | José Carlos Pace | 32 | Brazilian | Racing driver | 1975 Brazilian Grand Prix winner. | [15] |
| 31 | May | Floyd Davis | 72 | American | Racing driver | Indianapolis 500 winner (1941). | [16] |
| 9 | September | Russell "Jungle Jim". Liberman | 31 | American | drag racer | [17] |
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