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 United States College Station, Texas 8 April Australia Geoff Brabham Australia Dennis Firestone
2[2] Indianapolis Raceway Park United States Brownsburg, Indiana 27 May Australia Geoff Brabham United States Ken Nichols
3[3] The Milwaukee Mile United States West Allis, Wisconsin 10 June Australia Dennis Firestone Australia Dennis Firestone
4[4] Pocono International Raceway United States Long Pond, Pennsylvania 24 June United States Gary Bettenhausen United States Ronn Gregg
5[5] Texas World Speedway United States College Station, Texas 29 July United States Mike Chandler United States Mike Chandler
6[6] The Milwaukee Mile United States West Allis, Wisconsin 20 August Australia Dennis Firestone Australia Dennis Firestone
7[7] Minnesota State Fair United States St. Paul, Minnesota 25 August United States Tom Klausler Australia Dennis Firestone
8[8] 27 August Australia Geoff Brabham Australia 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Brown Withdrawn (Wth)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 United States
TEX1		 United States
IRP		 United States
MIL1		 United States
POC		 United States
TEX2		 United States
MIL2		 United States
MIN1		 United States
MIN2		 Points
1 Australia Dennis Firestone 1 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 1480
2 United States Mike Chandler 3 4 6 7 1 3 2 22 903
3 Australia Geoff Brabham 19 3 3 4 5 2 6 6 824
4 United States Pete Halsmer 4 9 8 8 12 5 4 2 650
5 United States Ken Nichols 1 5 18 23 7 3 507
6 United States Ronn Gregg 7 20 1 9 16 9 20 358
7 United States Gary Bettenhausen 10 2 3 330
8 United States Jim Harvey 7 11 4 7 16 8 315
9 New Zealand Dave McMillan 3 4 18 9 304
10 Canada Harry MacDonald 18 5 9 6 7 284
11 United States Johnny Parsons 4 19 22 21 4 250
12 United States Tom Klausler 20 16 15 12 11 5 5 244
13 United States Rich Vogler 2 6 26 242
14 United States Dale Whittington 6 12 3 21 233
15 United States Barry Hartzell 5 14 10 9 14 180
16 United States Doug Clark 11 10 19 25 8 19 110
17 United States Rich Maier 8 8 21 13 108
18 United States Bob Cicconi 13 17 7 11 13 17 20 13 107
19 United States Bill Cruse 5 17 104
20 United States Dan Park 11 9 15 10 95
21 United States Joe Gimpel, Jr. 16 22 14 6 93
22 United States Roger Rager 10 7 90
23 United States John Kalagian 9 17 10 12 84
24 United States Bryan Johnson 6 80
25 United States Richard Shirey 8 24 53
26 United States Denny Moothart 8 50
27 United States Roy Kischell 17 12 23 24 11 20 24 47
28 United States Jim Giffin 10 21 12 43
29 United States Stuart Moore 10 30
30 United States Herm Johnson 19 11 24
30 United States Tommy Thomas 11 18 24
32 United States Tom D'Eath 12 13 15
33 United States Steve Lotshaw 18 12 14
34 United States John Sisk 22 19 17 11
35 United States Lou Gigliotti 13 16 10
35 United States Mark Glembin 16 13 10
35 United States Mike Martz 15 13 10
35 United States Bill Henderson 14 14 10
39 United States Dave Estep 14 17 9
40 United States Dana Carter 21 15 8
40 United States Rich Pfeiffer 23 15 8
40 United States Gary Pratt 23 15 8
43 United States Giovanni Angelo 18 24 7
44 United States Richard Messier 22 23 6
45 United States Jim McElean 14 5
45 United States Dave Manzolini 15 5
45 United States J.D. Moffatt 15 5
45 United States Dominick Billera 16 5
49 United States Tim LaWarre 18 4
49 United States Benny Scott 19 4
49 United States Mark Abel 20 4
52 United States Bill Noble 21 3
52 United States Roger McCluskey 22 3
52 United States Dennis Blackwell 23 3
52 United States Jan Slesinski DNS 24 3
United States 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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