1979 USAC Mini-Indy Series season

The 1979 USAC Mini Indy Series season was the third and final full season of the USAC sanctioned Formula Super Vee championship.

Race calendar and results

Round Circuit Location Date Pole position Fastest lap Winner
1[1] Texas World Speedway College Station, Texas 8 April Geoff Brabham Dennis Firestone
2[2] Indianapolis Raceway Park Brownsburg, Indiana 27 May Geoff Brabham Ken Nichols
3[3] The Milwaukee Mile West Allis, Wisconsin 10 June Dennis Firestone Dennis Firestone
4[4] Pocono International Raceway Long Pond, Pennsylvania 24 June Gary Bettenhausen Ronn Gregg
5[5] Texas World Speedway College Station, Texas 29 July Mike Chandler Mike Chandler
6[6] The Milwaukee Mile West Allis, Wisconsin 20 August Dennis Firestone Dennis Firestone
7[7] Minnesota State Fair St. Paul, Minnesota 25 August Tom Klausler Dennis Firestone
8[8] 27 August Geoff Brabham Dennis Firestone

Final standings

Color Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green 4th & 5th place
Light Blue 6th–10th place
Dark Blue 11th place or lower
Purple Did not finish
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Brown Withdrawn (Wth)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Blank Did not participate (DNP)
Driver replacement (Rpl)
Injured (Inj)
No race held (NH)
Pos. Driver
TEX1
IRP
MIL1
POC
TEX2
MIL2
MIN1
MIN2		 Points
1 Dennis Firestone 1 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 1480
2 Mike Chandler 3 4 6 7 1 3 2 22 903
3 Geoff Brabham 19 3 3 4 5 2 6 6 824
4 Pete Halsmer 4 9 8 8 12 5 4 2 650
5 Ken Nichols 1 5 18 23 7 3 507
6 Ronn Gregg 7 20 1 9 16 9 20 358
7 Gary Bettenhausen 10 2 3 330
8 Jim Harvey 7 11 4 7 16 8 315
9 Dave McMillan 3 4 18 9 304
10 Harry MacDonald 18 5 9 6 7 284
11 Johnny Parsons 4 19 22 21 4 250
12 Tom Klausler 20 16 15 12 11 5 5 244
13 Rich Vogler 2 6 26 242
14 Dale Whittington 6 12 3 21 233
15 Barry Hartzell 5 14 10 9 14 180
16 Doug Clark 11 10 19 25 8 19 110
17 Rich Maier 8 8 21 13 108
18 Bob Cicconi 13 17 7 11 13 17 20 13 107
19 Bill Cruse 5 17 104
20 Dan Park 11 9 15 10 95
21 Joe Gimpel, Jr. 16 22 14 6 93
22 Roger Rager 10 7 90
23 John Kalagian 9 17 10 12 84
24 Bryan Johnson 6 80
25 Richard Shirey 8 24 53
26 Denny Moothart 8 50
27 Roy Kischell 17 12 23 24 11 20 24 47
28 Jim Giffin 10 21 12 43
29 Stuart Moore 10 30
30 Herm Johnson 19 11 24
30 Tommy Thomas 11 18 24
32 Tom D'Eath 12 13 15
33 Steve Lotshaw 18 12 14
34 John Sisk 22 19 17 11
35 Lou Gigliotti 13 16 10
35 Mark Glembin 16 13 10
35 Mike Martz 15 13 10
35 Bill Henderson 14 14 10
39 Dave Estep 14 17 9
40 Dana Carter 21 15 8
40 Rich Pfeiffer 23 15 8
40 Gary Pratt 23 15 8
43 Giovanni Angelo 18 24 7
44 Richard Messier 22 23 6
45 Jim McElean 14 5
45 Dave Manzolini 15 5
45 J.D. Moffatt 15 5
45 Dominick Billera 16 5
49 Tim LaWarre 18 4
49 Benny Scott 19 4
49 Mark Abel 20 4
52 Bill Noble 21 3
52 Roger McCluskey 22 3
52 Dennis Blackwell 23 3
52 Jan Slesinski DNS 24 3
Tom Hessert DNS

References

  1. ^ "1979 TWS 1". ChampCarStats.com. Retrieved July 28, 2015.
  2. ^ "1979 IRP". ChampCarStats.com. Retrieved July 28, 2015.
  3. ^ "1979 Milwaukee 1". ChampCarStats.com. Retrieved July 28, 2015.
  4. ^ "1979 Pocono". ChampCarStats. Retrieved July 28, 2015.
  5. ^ "1979 TWS 2". ChampCarStats.com. Retrieved July 28, 2015.
  6. ^ "1979 Milwaukee 2". ChampCarStats.com. Retrieved July 28, 2015.
  7. ^ "1979 St. Paul 1". Ultimate Racing History. Retrieved July 28, 2015.
  8. ^ "1979 St. Paul 2". Ultimate Racing History. Retrieved July 28, 2015.
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