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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 edit
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 edit
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Brown | Withdrawn (Wth) |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 edit
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- ^ "1979 IRP". ChampCarStats.com. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
- ^ "1979 Milwaukee 1". ChampCarStats.com. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
- ^ "1979 Pocono". ChampCarStats. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
- ^ "1979 TWS 2". ChampCarStats.com. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
- ^ "1979 Milwaukee 2". ChampCarStats.com. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
- ^ "1979 St. Paul 1". Ultimate Racing History. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
- ^ "1979 St. Paul 2". Ultimate Racing History. Retrieved 28 July 2015.