1976 World Sportscar Championship season

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1976 World Sportscar Championship season
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The 1976 World Sports Car Championship season was part of the 24th FIA World Sportscar Championship. It was a series for open-cockpit sportscars. It ran from April 4, 1976 to September 19, 1976, and comprised 7 races total.

Contents 1 World Championship of Makes 2 Schedule 3 Season Results 3.1 Races 4 Manufacturers Championships 5 External links

[edit] World Championship of Makes

Main article: 1976 World Championship for Makes season

Following the 1975 season, the FIA chose to divide the World Championship into two series that would run simultaneously. Open-cockpit sportscars would remain in the World Sports Car Championship, while production-based Group 5 cars would be part of the new 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.

[edit] Schedule

Rnd	Race	Circuit	Date
1	ADAC Nürburgring 300km	Nürburgring	April 4
2	Trofeo Filippo Caracciolo (4 Hours)	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	April 25
3	Trofeo Ignazio Giunti (500km)	Autodromo Dino Ferrari	May 23
4	Coppa Florio (4 Hours)	Autodromo di Pergusa	June 27
5	Player's 200	Mosport	August 22
6	ACF 500km of Dijon	Dijon-Prenois	September 5
7	Elan Trophy (200 miles)	Salzburgring	September 19

[edit] Season Results

Points were awarded to the top 10 finishers in the order of 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1. Manufacturers were only given points for their highest finishing car; any other cars from that manufacturer were merely skipped in the points standings.

[edit] Races

Rnd	Circuit	Overall Winning Team	Results
		Overall Winning Drivers
1	Nürburgring	#5 Joest Racing	Results
		Reinhold Joest
2	Monza	#3 Martini Racing	Results
		Jochen Mass Jacky Ickx
3	Imola	#7 Martini Racing	Results
		Jochen Mass Jacky Ickx
4	Pergusa	#4 Martini Racing	Results
		Jochen Mass Rolf Stommelen
5	Mosport	#101 Advanced Vehicle Systems†	Results
		Jackie Oliver
6	Dijon	#6 Martini Racing	Results
		Jochen Mass Jacky Ickx
7	Salzburgring	#3 Martini Racing	Results
		Jochen Mass

† - Group 7 CanAm cars were allowed to participate at Mosport, but were not allowed to score championship points. Jacky Ickx's Martini Racing Porsche was the highest finishing car to score points.

[edit] Manufacturers Championships

Only the best 5 points finishes counted towards the championship, with any other points earned not included in the total. Skipped points are marked in italics.

Pos	Manufacturer	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7	Total
1	Porsche	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	100
2	Osella		10	10	15			12	47
3	Alpine		15			15	15		45
4	Lola	15	3	6		8	8		40
5	March	10	1		12				23
6	Chevron					10	4	4	18
7	Alfa Romeo			15					15
8	Mirage					12			12
9=	Sauber							8	8
9=	McLaren	8							8
11	KMW	4	4						8
12=	Rex	6							6
12=	Abarth							6	6

[edit] External links

• 1976 World Sportscar Championship results

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