1977 NARC

Race-by-Race

Win List 

 

 

 

1977 NARC Champion:  01 LeRoy Van Conett

 

 

(During the 1977 NARC season the most wins went to LeRoy Van Conett with 6)

 

 

27 Races:

 

 

 

February 27- Santa Clara County Fairgrounds-  Rendy Boldrini

 

March 20- Altamont Raceway Park-  LeRoy Van Conett

 

March 27- Altamont Raceway Park-  Rendy Boldrini (2)

 

April 17- Altamont Raceway Park-  Rendy Boldrini (3)

 

May 8- Calistoga Speedway-  Gary Patterson

(Jimmy Boyd from 18th to 3rd, but GP won his 3rd straight, becoming the second driver to ever win 3 in a row at Calistoga.) Courtesy of Hammerdown

 

May 14- Altamont Raceway Park-  LeRoy Van Conett (2)

 

May 20- Dixon Speedway-  Jimmy Boyd

 

May 28- Calistoga Speedway-  Johnny Anderson 

(62 Cars! All from Nor-Cal except Washington's Jerry Day. Herb Pinckney #91 took out a portion of backchute fence. Terry Crousore flipped hard after taking the white flag in the A-main. Race was called after 24 laps.) Courtesy of Hammerdown

 

May 29- Calistoga Speedway-  Gary Patterson (2)

(61 cars. Boyd sets a track record for 3-lap dash. ...Johnny Anderson finished 2nd to GP, who also had quick-time.) Courtesy of Hammerdown

 

June 4- Mesa Marin Raceway-  LeRoy Van Conett (3)

 

June 11- Calistoga Speedway-  Jimmy Boyd (2)

(LeRoy Van Conett demolished the Bailey Bros. #01 after taking out a large part of the back-straight fence. Several tree branches came down as well.) Courtesy of Hammerdown

 

June 25- Santa Maria Speedway-  LeRoy Van Conett (4)

 

July 2- Calistoga Speedway-  Phil Pedlar 

(Dry-Slick - Severe drought in California. Races ended near midnight.) Courtesy of Hammerdown

 

July 3- Calistoga Speedway-  Phil Pedlar (2)

(Wayne Sue - Fast Time. Grandpa Phil goes back-to-back. ...Ken Urton was the starter during this period.) Courtesy of Hammerdown

 

July 10- West Capital Speedway-  LeRoy Van Conett (5)

 

July 17- Altamont Raceway Park-  Ron Horton

 

July 23- Calistoga Speedway-  Johnny Anderson (2)

(Start of feature - big crash - Ken Buman in the Lamar #33, and Jerry Donaly in the Consani #4x flipped hard into turn one. Anderson won from row seven in Don Snow's Stapp chassis #4.) Courtesy of Hammerdown

 

July 31- Altamont Raceway Park-  Ron Horton (2)

 

August 7- West Capital Speedway-  Phil Pedlar (4)

 

August 13- Calistoga Speedway-  Phil Pedlar (5)

(Pat Hughes left the building in turn one in qualifying - leaving the Kornbrust #88 resting on a fencepost. ...Buman bends the cage in turn two on first lap of feature. Pedlar wins by inches over Van Conett.) Courtesy of Hammerdown

 

August 21- Altamont Raceway Park-  Ron Horton (3)

 

August 27-  Santa Maria Speedway-  Jimmy Boyd (3)

 

September 3- Calistoga Speedway-  LeRoy Van Conett (6)

(Rendy Boldrini (Carville & Alves #45) sets track record for semi-main - 12 laps in 4 mins., 32.28 seconds. Runs from 19th to 2nd in the feature.)  Courtesy of Hammerdown

 

September 4- Calistoga Speedway-  Johnny Anderson (3)

(52 cars. Jimmy Boyd was the fastest qualifier. Joe Joldersma went through the wall in turn three in the C-main. ...Anderson went from ninth to second in two laps. Following the race, the Scarborough Trophy was awarded to LeRoy VanConett. It was LeRoy's 4th Calistoga track championship.)  Courtesy of Hammerdown

 

September 11- West Capital Speedway-  Gary Patterson (3)

 

September 24- Dixon Speedway-  Rick Ferkel

 

September 25- Calistoga Speedway-  Gary Patterson (4)

(Calistoga Classic. Rick Ferkel set quick-time in his first ever visit to Calistoga. Augie Grube destroyed Mike Griffin's #50 with a high into the trees backchute flip.)  Courtesy of Hammerdown