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1980 USAC Mini-Indy Series season
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Formula Super Vee championship
February 2025
1980 USAC Mini Indy Series season 1979 none
The 1980 USAC Mini Indy Series season was the fourth and final season of the USAC sanctioned Formula Super Vee championship. All rounds were sanctioned by the USAC and a part of the 1980 SCCA Formula Super Vee season.
Race calendar and results
Round Circuit Location Date Pole position Fastest lap Winner 11980 Milwaukee http://www.champcarstats.com/vee/races/1980u01.htm ChampCarStats.com 28 July 2015 The Milwaukee Mile USA West Allis, Wisconsin 8 June NZL Dave McMillan USA Billy Scyphers, Jr. 21980 Pocono http://www.champcarstats.com/vee/races/1980u02.htm ChampCarStats.com 28 July 2015 Pocono International Raceway USA Long Pond, Pennsylvania 22 June USA John Kalagian MEX Josele Garza 31980 Mid-Ohio http://www.champcarstats.com/vee/races/1980u03.htm ChampCarStats.com 28 July 2015 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course USA Lexington, Ohio 13 July NZL Dave McMillan NZL Dave McMillan 41980 St. Paul 1 http://www.champcarstats.com/vee/races/1980u04.htm ChampCarStats.com 28 July 2015 Minnesota State Fair USA St. Paul, Minnesota 23 August USA Pete Halsmer USA Peter Kuhn 51980 St. Paul 2 http://www.champcarstats.com/vee/races/1980u05.htm ChampCarStats.com 28 July 2015 24 August USA Dick Moody USA Peter Kuhn 61980 Ontario http://www.champcarstats.com/vee/races/1980u06.htm ChampCarStats.com 28 July 2015 Ontario Motor Speedway USA Ontario, California 30 August USA Billy Scyphers, Jr. USA Peter Halsmer
Teams and drivers
No. Driver Owner Car Engine 1 Dennis Firestone Championship Racing Stables March Volkswagen 2 Mike Chandler Championship Racing Stables March 80SV Volkswagen 4 Pete Halsmer Frank Arciero Ralt RT5 Volkswagen 5 Dave McMillan David Psachie Ralt RT5 Volkswagen 6 Ron Gregg Volkswagen 9 Paul Tavilla Volkswagen 11 Josele Garza David Psachie Ralt RT1 Volkswagen 14 Domenick Billera Lexa Billera Modus Volkswagen 15 Doug Clark Fleet Power Racing Ralt RT1 Volkswagen 17 Billy Scyphers, Jr. Billy Scyphers Ralt RT5 Volkswagen 18 Peter Kuhn Driftwood Racing Ralt RT1 Volkswagen 19 John Kalagian Beth Ardisana March 80SV Volkswagen 21 Richard Hubbard Hubbard Enterprises Ralt RT1 Volkswagen 23 Dick Moody J. Richard Moody Ralt RT5 Volkswagen 26 Bruno Beilcke Crown Auto Body Air March 80SV Volkswagen 28 Jim Harvey Jim Harvey March 79SV Volkswagen 29 Pat Jesmore Volkswagen 30 Roy Kischell Don Kischell Volkswagen 39 Richard Tallon TII Racing Pheasant Volkswagen 45 Jeff Brown J.X. Palms Co. Volkswagen 46 Stuart Moore Janet Moore Ralt RT1 Volkswagen 47 Ray Lipper Center Line Tool Company Autoresearch Volkswagen 49 Joe Gimpel, Jr. Gimpel Racing March Volkswagen 55 Ed Pimm Fleet Power Racing Ralt RT1 Volkswagen 56 Craig Carter Peerless Racing Enterprises Lola Volkswagen 57 Mike Martz Volkswagen 70 Ron Drew Ronald Drew Lola Volkswagen 72 Gary Pratt Richard Selix MRA Riley Volkswagen 77 Bob Cicconi Bertil's Racing Engines March 79SV Volkswagen 94 David Bruns David Bruns Autoresearch Volkswagen 97 Dave Manzolini Dave Manzolini Zink Z14 Volkswagen 98 John Schiesser Lola Volkswagen
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 MIL USA POC USA MOH USA MIN1 USA MIN2 USA ONT Points 1 USA Peter Kuhn 20 6 7 1 1 3 684 2 USA Pete Halsmer 3 2 23 4 14 1 628 3 MEX Josele Garza 19 1 16 2 2 24 532 4 USA Billy Scyphers, Jr. 1 12 18 3 2 514 5 USA Bob Cicconi 4 5 14 4 8 395 6 NZL Dave McMillan 2 11 1 16 385 7 USA Mike Chandler 18 4 3 4 384 8 USA John Kalagian 6 15 5 5 15 10 320 9 AUS Dennis Firestone 5 7 3 18 304 10 USA Ed Pimm 22 3 18 22 7 210 11 USA Dick Moody 10 17 12 8 5 194 12 USA David Bruns 4 7 180 13 USA Bob Lazier 2 160 13 USA Roger S. Penske Jr. 11 5 9 160 15 USA Gary Pratt 24 9 19 6 127 16 USA Stuart Moore 7 8 110 17 USA Bruno Beilcke 8 8 20 104 18 USA Jan Slesinki 19 6 17 88 19 USA Peter Moodie 6 80 19 USA Jeff Wood 6 80 21 USA Steve Thomson 7 12 70 21 USA Pat Bedard 8 11 70 23 USA John Schiesser 26 17 9 16 51 24 USA Jerrill Rice 17 9 21 47 24 USA Ray Lipper 12 16 10 25 47 26 USA Dave Manzolini 9 40 26 USA Carl Whitney 9 40 28 USA Ron Drew 17 25 10 36 29 USA Roger Rager 13 10 35 30 USA Joe Gimpel, Jr. 10 18 34 31 USA Richard Hubbard 11 12 30 32 USA Craig Carter 25 22 11 25 33 USA Ken Nichols 11 20 34 USA Mike Martz 13 14 21 13 35 USA Jim Harvey 31 12 12 36 USA Roy Kischell 16 24 23 11 37 USA Dan Park 15 13 10 37 USA Jeff Brown 23 14 25 10 39 USA Richard Tallon 14 20 9 39 USA Paul Tavilla 15 20 9 41 USA Bill Vermeer 32 15 7 41 USA Randy Gilmore 19 24 7 43 USA Doug Clark 13 5 43 USA Dr. Curt Erwin 13 5 43 USA Bob Zinnagl 13 5 43 USA Don Breidenbach 14 5 43 USA Mike McHugh 15 5 43 USA Gary Howard 16 5 43 USA Pat Jesmore 21 30 5 43 USA Domenick Billera 28 22 5 51 USA Dean Thompson 17 4 51 USA Bob Ward 18 4 51 USA Mike Follmer 19 4 51 USA Tom Pomeroy 20 4 55 USA Bob Boffi 21 3 55 USA Jim Giffin 21 3 55 USA Richard Shirey 22 3 55 USA Tom D'Eath 23 3 59 USA A.J. Manning 26 2 59 USA Ronn Gregg 27 2 59 USA Don Maguire 27 2 59 USA Bill Cruse 29 2
References
Category:Indy Lights seasons
USAC Mini-Indy Series