The 1976 World Sports Car Championship (officially the World Championship for Sports Cars,Results of the 1976 FIA International Championships - World Championship for Sports Cars, 1977 FIA Yearbook, pages 86 & 87) was a motor racing series open to Group 6 cars,János L. Wimpffen, Time and Two Seats, 1999, Page 1040 (officially Two-Seater Racing Cars (Group 6)). The championship was contested over a seven race series which ran from 4 April to 19 September and included a secondary award, the 1976 FIA Cup for Cars up to 2 Litres.Results of the 1976 FIA International Championships - FIA Cup for Cars up to 2 Litres, 1977 FIA Yearbook, page 87 1976 was the 24th season of

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racing. The championship was won by

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and the FIA Cup by

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Schedule

Season results

Races

† - In the race, Ickx finished behind two Group 7 CanAm cars, but these large capacity cars were not eligible for Group 6 championship points.

Results - 1976 World Championship for Sports Cars

Points were awarded to the top ten finishers in each race in the order of 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1. Manufacturers were only awarded points for their highest finishing car in each race with no points awarded for any additional placing gained. Only the best 5 points finishes per manufacturer could be retained towards the championship, with any other points earned not included in the totals. Discarded points are shown within brackets in the table below. * The opening round at the

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was also contested by Group 4 GT cars which were not eligible for World Championship points.János L. Wimpffen, Time and Two Seats, 1999, Page 1079 * The fifth round at

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was also contested by Group 7 Can-Am cars which were not eligible for World Championship points.János L. Wimpffen, Time and Two Seats, 1999, Page 1053

The cars

The following cars contributed to the nett championship pointscores of their respective manufacturers:World Championship 1976, www.classicscars.com
(Note that the page shows results for both the seven rounds of the 1976 World Championship for Makes and the seven rounds of the 1976 World Championship for Sports Cars) Retrieved 16 March 2021 * Porsche 908/4 &

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* Alpine Renault A442 *

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PA4 BMW *

T292/4 BMW, Lola T292

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, Lola T292 T290/4 Ford & Lola T292

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& Lola T286 Ford *

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75S BMW *

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B36 ROC & Chevron B23

& Chevron B26

& Chevron B26 Ford * Alfa Romeo 33TS12 * Mirage GR8

* KMW SP30

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SC5 BMW *

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-Osella SE027 BMW * Cheetah G601 BMW

FIA Cup for Cars up to 2 Litres

The 1976 FIA Cup for Cars up to 2 Litres was contested concurrently with the 1976 World Championship for Sports Cars.

World Championship of Makes

For the 1976 season, the

chose to run two separate World Championships for "sportscars". Open-cockpit Group 6 cars would contest the new World Championship for Sports Cars, while production-based cars, including Group 5 Special Production Cars, would now contest the World Championship for Makes. The 1976 24 Hours of Le Mans, which was open to both types of cars, did not count towards either championship. The World Championship for Makes was won by

References

External links

World Sportscar Championship 1976, www.racingsportscars.com
(Also includes details of World Championship for Makes 1976) {{DEFAULTSORT:1976 World Sportscar Championship Season World Sportscar Championship seasons