1979 USAC Mini-Indy Series season

February 2025 1979 USAC Mini Indy Series season 1978 1980 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 11979 TWS 1 http://www.champcarstats.com/vee/races/1979u01.htm ChampCarStats.com 28 July 2015 Texas World Speedway USA College Station, Texas 8 April AUS Geoff Brabham AUS Dennis Firestone 21979 IRP http://www.champcarstats.com/vee/races/1979u02.htm ChampCarStats.com 28 July 2015 Indianapolis Raceway Park USA Brownsburg, Indiana 27 May AUS Geoff Brabham USA Ken Nichols 31979 Milwaukee 1 http://www.champcarstats.com/vee/races/1979u03.htm ChampCarStats.com 28 July 2015 The Milwaukee Mile USA West Allis, Wisconsin 10 June AUS Dennis Firestone AUS Dennis Firestone 41979 Pocono http://www.champcarstats.com/vee/races/1979u04.htm ChampCarStats 28 July 2015 Pocono International Raceway USA Long Pond, Pennsylvania 24 June USA Gary Bettenhausen USA Ronn Gregg 51979 TWS 2 http://www.champcarstats.com/vee/races/1979u05.htm ChampCarStats.com 28 July 2015 Texas World Speedway USA College Station, Texas 29 July USA Mike Chandler USA Mike Chandler 61979 Milwaukee 2 http://www.champcarstats.com/vee/races/1979u06.htm ChampCarStats.com 28 July 2015 The Milwaukee Mile USA West Allis, Wisconsin 20 August AUS Dennis Firestone AUS Dennis Firestone 71979 St. Paul 1 http://www.ultimateracinghistory.com/race.php?raceid=15021 Ultimate Racing History 28 July 2015 Minnesota State Fair USA St. Paul, Minnesota 25 August USA Tom Klausler AUS Dennis Firestone 81979 St. Paul 2 http://www.ultimateracinghistory.com/race.php?raceid=15022 Ultimate Racing History 28 July 2015 27 August AUS Geoff Brabham AUS 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5th place Light Blue 6th–10th place Dark Blue 11th place or lower Purple Did not finish Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Brown Withdrawn (Wth) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Blank Did not participate (DNP) Driver replacement (Rpl) Injured (Inj) No race held (NH) Pos.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 USA TEX1 USA IRP USA MIL1 USA POC USA TEX2 USA MIL2 USA MIN1 USA MIN2 Points 1 AUS Dennis Firestone 1 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 1480 2 USA Mike Chandler 3 4 6 7 1 3 2 22 903 3 AUS Geoff Brabham 19 3 3 4 5 2 6 6 824 4 USA Pete Halsmer 4 9 8 8 12 5 4 2 650 5 USA Ken Nichols 1 5 18 23 7 3 507 6 USA Ronn Gregg 7 20 1 9 16 9 20 358 7 USA Gary Bettenhausen 10 2 3 330 8 USA Jim Harvey 7 11 4 7 16 8 315 9 NZL Dave McMillan 3 4 18 9 304 10 CAN Harry MacDonald 18 5 9 6 7 284 11 USA Johnny Parsons 4 19 22 21 4 250 12 USA Tom Klausler 20 16 15 12 11 5 5 244 13 USA Rich Vogler 2 6 26 242 14 USA Dale Whittington 6 12 3 21 233 15 USA Barry Hartzell 5 14 10 9 14 180 16 USA Doug Clark 11 10 19 25 8 19 110 17 USA Rich Maier 8 8 21 13 108 18 USA Bob Cicconi 13 17 7 11 13 17 20 13 107 19 USA Bill Cruse 5 17 104 20 USA Dan Park 11 9 15 10 95 21 USA Joe Gimpel, Jr. 16 22 14 6 93 22 USA Roger Rager 10 7 90 23 USA John Kalagian 9 17 10 12 84 24 USA Bryan Johnson 6 80 25 USA Richard Shirey 8 24 53 26 USA Denny Moothart 8 50 27 USA Roy Kischell 17 12 23 24 11 20 24 47 28 USA Jim Giffin 10 21 12 43 29 USA Stuart Moore 10 30 30 USA Herm Johnson 19 11 24 30 USA Tommy Thomas 11 18 24 32 USA Tom D'Eath 12 13 15 33 USA Steve Lotshaw 18 12 14 34 USA John Sisk 22 19 17 11 35 USA Lou Gigliotti 13 16 10 35 USA Mark Glembin 16 13 10 35 USA Mike Martz 15 13 10 35 USA Bill Henderson 14 14 10 39 USA Dave Estep 14 17 9 40 USA Dana Carter 21 15 8 40 USA Rich Pfeiffer 23 15 8 40 USA Gary Pratt 23 15 8 43 USA Giovanni Angelo 18 24 7 44 USA Richard Messier 22 23 6 45 USA Jim McElean 14 5 45 USA Dave Manzolini 15 5 45 USA J.D. Moffatt 15 5 45 USA Dominick Billera 16 5 49 USA Tim LaWarre 18 4 49 USA Benny Scott 19 4 49 USA Mark Abel 20 4 52 USA Bill Noble 21 3 52 USA Roger McCluskey 22 3 52 USA Dennis Blackwell 23 3 52 USA Jan Slesinski DNS 24 3 USA Tom Hessert DNS References Category:Indy Lights seasons Category:1979 in American motorsport