1978 USAC Mini-Indy Series season

February 2025 1978 USAC Mini Indy Series season 1977 1979 The 1978 USAC Mini Indy Series season was the second season of the USAC sanctioned Formula Super Vee championship. Race calendar and results Round Circuit Location Date Pole position Fastest lap Winner Headline event 1Round 1 http://www.ultimateracinghistory.com/race.php?raceid=9945 Ultimate Racing History 25 July 2015 Phoenix International Raceway USA Avondale, Arizona 18 March USA Fred Phillips USA Tim Richmond Jimmy Bryan 150 2Round 2 http://www.ultimateracinghistory.com/race.php?raceid=9946 Ultimate Racing History 25 July 2015 Trenton International Speedway USA Trenton, New Jersey 12 April USA Bill Alsup USA John Wood Gabriel 200 3Round 3 http://www.ultimateracinghistory.com/race.php?raceid=9947 Ultimate Racing History 25 July 2015 Mosport International Raceway CAN Bowmanville, Ontario 11 June USA Bill Alsup USA Bill Alsup Molson Diamond Indy 4Round 4 http://www.ultimateracinghistory.com/race.php?raceid=9948 Ultimate Racing History 25 July 2015 The Milwaukee Mile USA West Allis, Wisconsin 18 June USA William Henderson USA William Henderson Rex Mays 150 5Round 5 http://www.ultimateracinghistory.com/race.php?raceid=9949 Ultimate Racing History 25 July 2015 Texas World Speedway USA College Station, Texas 6 August CAN Harry MacDonald CAN Harry MacDonald Texas Grand Prix 6Round 6 http://www.ultimateracinghistory.com/race.php?raceid=9950 Ultimate Racing History 25 July 2015 The Milwaukee Mile USA West Allis, Wisconsin 20 August AUS Dennis Firestone AUS Dennis Firestone Tony Bettenhausen 200 7Round 7 http://www.ultimateracinghistory.com/race.php?raceid=9951 Ultimate Racing History 25 July 2015 Ontario Motor Speedway USA Ontario, California 2 September AUS Dennis Firestone USA Bill Alsup California 500 8Round 8 http://www.ultimateracinghistory.com/race.php?raceid=9952 Ultimate Racing History 25 July 2015 USA Tommy Thompson AUS Dennis Firestone 9Round 9 http://www.ultimateracinghistory.com/race.php?raceid=9953 Ultimate Racing History 25 July 2015 Trenton International Speedway USA Trenton, New Jersey 23 September AUS Dennis Firestone AUS Geoff Brabham Machinist Union 150 10Round 10 http://www.ultimateracinghistory.com/race.php?raceid=9954 Ultimate Racing History 25 July 2015 Phoenix International Raceway USA Avondale, Arizona 28 October USA Kevin Cogan USA Kevin Cogan Miller High Life Bobby Ball 150 Teams and drivers No. Driver Owner Car Engine Note 2 USA Herm Johnson Austin Johnson Lola Volkswagen 3 USA Fred Phillips Citation Engineering Zink Volkswagen 10 AUS Dennis Firestone Crosslé Cars Pacific March Volkswagen 12 USA Dick Ferguson Race Research Inc. Volkswagen 19 USA John Kalagian Beth Ardisana Lynx Volkswagen 29 USA Pete Halsmer Simpson Racers Lola Volkswagen 37 USA Nancy James Citation Engineering Zink Volkswagen 38 ZAF 1928 Desiré Wilson Citation Engineering Zink Volkswagen 39 USA Richard Tallon Richard Tallon Lola Volkswagen 41 USA Bill Alsup William Alsup Jr. Argo Volkswagen 42 CAN Harry MacDonald HCM Racing Ralt Volkswagen 43 USA John Wood Bill Scott Racing Volkswagen 45 USA William Henderson Bertil Racing Engines Lola Volkswagen 46 USA Stuart Moore Janet Moore Lola Volkswagen 48 USA Dan Park WREP Industries Volkswagen 50 USA Tommy Thompson Black American Racers Lola Volkswagen Thompson died from injuries sustained in a crash in the ninth round of the championship 55 AUS Geoff Brabham David Psachie Ralt Volkswagen 60 USA Bob Cicconi Lou Cicconi Lola Volkswagen 70 USA Syd Demovsky Syd Demovsky Lola Volkswagen 77 USA Bryan Johnson Fitzpatrick Racing Enterprises Volkswagen 82 USA Kevin Cogan Ralt American Ltd. Ralt Volkswagen 94 USA John Sisk Aspen Racing Wheeler Volkswagen 97 USA Gary Bettenhausen American Eagle Racing Lola Volkswagen 98 USA Tim Richmond Sale Chevrolet Lola Volkswagen 99 USA Dave Bruns Linne Enterprises Volkswagen Death of Tommy Thompson Tommy Thompson (racing driver, born 1943) African-American racing driver Tommy Thompson participated in the ninth round of the championship at Trenton International Speedway. On the final lap of the 42-lap race one of the other competitor slowed down. John Barringer had to swerve to avoid contact. However Thompson hit Barringer. Thompson's left front wheel and Barringer's right rear wheel became locked. Both cars hit the wall head-on. Thompsons car was launched over the wall. Both Barringer and Thompson were transported to St. Francis Medical Center. Thompson succumbed to his injuries on 28 September.Race driver succumbs to N.J. crash injuries https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2205&dat=19781003&id=rYIlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=I_UFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2560,1785570&hl=nl Baltimore Afro-American 25 July 2015 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 USA PIR1 USA TRE1 CAN MOS USA MIL1 USA TEX USA MIL2 USA ONT1 USA ONT2 USA TRE2 USA PIR2 Points 1 USA Bill Alsup 21 2 1 23 2 10 1 2 4 12 1046 2 AUS Dennis Firestone 5 24 3 22 6 1 24 1 16 2 894 3 CAN Harry MacDonald DNS 20 4 3 1 26 2 3 23 7 831 4 USA Herm Johnson 16 5 14 2 7 5 5 22 3 5 773 5 USA John Wood 1 15 24 3 9 3 5 26 9 674 6 USA Bob Cicconi 25 21 10 5 27 6 14 19 2 4 506 7 USA David Bruns 2 6 4 18 3 504 8 USA Gary Bettenhausen 3 17 4 22 7 9 28 6 453 9 USA Tim Richmond 1 22 16 7 9 4 428 10 USA Ken Nichols 4 7 4 18 5 404 11 USA Kevin Cogan 3 1 340 12 USA Pete Halsmer 4 9 6 21 24 15 10 10 19 23 318 13 AUS Geoff Brabham 12 6 1 290 13 USA Fred Phillips 2 4 13 22 25 290 15 USA Tommy Thompson 8 7 9 9 8 14 245 16 USA William Henderson 11 18 1 224 17 USA Syd Demovsky 8 5 19 18 8 208 18 USA Stuart Moore 2 21 163 19 USA Tom Bagley 3 140 20 USA Dan Park 13 6 8 135 21 USA George Dyer 5 11 16 21 128 22 USA Jim Giffin 12 10 28 6 13 127 23 USA Michael Yoder 7 7 15 115 24 USA John Kalagian 27 10 20 7 21 99 25 USA Joe Gimpel Jr. 15 11 11 14 9 90 26 USA Ted Field 13 16 19 8 25 23 11 89 27 USA Bill Cruse 6 80 27 USA Eddie Miller 6 80 29 USA Bryan Johnson 26 24 25 7 20 16 76 30 USA John Sisk 12 8 18 23 17 18 75 31 USA Richard Tallon 12 11 9 28 72 32 USA Dick Simon 14 12 8 20 69 33 USA Bill Follmer 7 60 34 CAN Heinz Snizek 8 50 35 USA G. Scott Ovel 9 14 45 36 USA Butch Meyer 18 28 16 17 17 12 12 27 41 37 USA Dick Ferguson 24 13 25 10 40 37 USA Larry Skipsey 11 11 40 39 USA Rich Vogler 22 10 33 39 USA Benny Scott 16 20 17 11 33 41 USA Bill Simpson 10 30 41 USA Domenick Billera 10 30 43 USA Gary Passon 13 DNS 15 12 20 28 44 USA Doug Clark 14 27 13 t 15 24 15 25 45 USA Mike Frangkiser 11 19 24 46 USA Roy Kischell 17 28 28 17 16 17 47 USA Phil Caliva 15 21 13 13 47 USA Bobby Unser Jr. 22 19 20 26 13 49 USA Nancy James 25 12 12 49 USA Bob Larson 19 14 24 12 51 USA Roger Mears 26 22 15 10 52 USA Dennis Blackwell 18 23 28 9 52 USA Ron Banks 29 21 19 9 54 USA Bert Busby 23 15 8 55 USA Bubby Jones DNS 17 6 55 USA Tom D'Eath 23 22 6 57 USA John Barringer 13 5 57 USA Bill Thelander 13 5 57 USA Gene Romero 14 5 57 USA Don Schoeny 14 5 57 USA Greg Atwell 16 5 57 USA Bill Noble 27 24 5 63 USA Rich Amick 17 4 63 USA Jan Slesinski 17 4 63 USA Hank Chapman 18 4 63 USA Roger Bighouse 20 4 67 USA Tom Hessert 21 3 67 USA Bobby Hillin Jr. 23 3 69 USA Lou Gigliotti 25 2 69 USA Bobby Olivero 25 2 69 USA Elliott Forbes-Robinson 26 2 69 USA Allan Turner 26 2 69 ZAF 1928 Desiré Wilson 26 2 69 USA Howdy Holmes 27 2 69 USA Denny Moothart 27 2 USA Mike Randol References Category:Indy Lights seasons Category:1978 in American motorsport