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1980 USAC Mini-Indy Series season

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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

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Round Circuit Location Date Pole position Fastest lap Winner
1[1] The Milwaukee Mile United States West Allis, Wisconsin 8 June New Zealand Dave McMillan United States Billy Scyphers, Jr.
2[2] Pocono International Raceway United States Long Pond, Pennsylvania 22 June United States John Kalagian Mexico Josele Garza
3[3] Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course United States Lexington, Ohio 13 July New Zealand Dave McMillan New Zealand Dave McMillan
4[4] Minnesota State Fair United States St. Paul, Minnesota 23 August United States Pete Halsmer United States Peter Kuhn
5[5] 24 August United States Dick Moody United States Peter Kuhn
6[6] Ontario Motor Speedway United States Ontario, California 30 August United States Billy Scyphers, Jr. United States Peter Halsmer

Teams and drivers

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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

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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
MIL
United States
POC
United States
MDO
United States
MIN1
United States
MIN2
United States
ONT
Points
1 United States Peter Kuhn 20 6 7 1 1 3 684
2 United States Pete Halsmer 3 2 23 4 14 1 628
3 Mexico Josele Garza 19 1 16 2 2 24 532
4 United States Billy Scyphers, Jr. 1 12 18 3 2 514
5 United States Bob Cicconi 4 5 14 4 8 395
6 New Zealand Dave McMillan 2 11 1 16 385
7 United States Mike Chandler 18 4 3 4 384
8 United States John Kalagian 6 15 5 5 15 10 320
9 Australia Dennis Firestone 5 7 3 18 304
10 United States Ed Pimm 22 3 18 22 7 210
11 United States Dick Moody 10 17 12 8 5 194
12 United States David Bruns 4 7 180
13 United States Bob Lazier 2 160
13 United States Roger S. Penske Jr. 11 5 9 160
15 United States Gary Pratt 24 9 19 6 127
16 United States Stuart Moore 7 8 110
17 United States Bruno Beilcke 8 8 20 104
18 United States Jan Slesinki 19 6 17 88
19 United States Peter Moodie 6 80
19 United States Jeff Wood 6 80
21 United States Steve Thomson 7 12 70
21 United States Pat Bedard 8 11 70
23 United States John Schiesser 26 17 9 16 51
24 United States Jerrill Rice 17 9 21 47
24 United States Ray Lipper 12 16 10 25 47
26 United States Dave Manzolini 9 40
26 United States Carl Whitney 9 40
28 United States Ron Drew 17 25 10 36
29 United States Roger Rager 13 10 35
30 United States Joe Gimpel, Jr. 10 18 34
31 United States Richard Hubbard 11 12 30
32 United States Craig Carter 25 22 11 25
33 United States Ken Nichols 11 20
34 United States Mike Martz 13 14 21 13
35 United States Jim Harvey 31 12 12
36 United States Roy Kischell 16 24 23 11
37 United States Dan Park 15 13 10
37 United States Jeff Brown 23 14 25 10
39 United States Richard Tallon 14 20 9
39 United States Paul Tavilla 15 20 9
41 United States Bill Vermeer 32 15 7
41 United States Randy Gilmore 19 24 7
43 United States Doug Clark 13 5
43 United States Dr. Curt Erwin 13 5
43 United States Bob Zinnagl 13 5
43 United States Don Breidenbach 14 5
43 United States Mike McHugh 15 5
43 United States Gary Howard 16 5
43 United States Pat Jesmore 21 30 5
43 United States Domenick Billera 28 22 5
51 United States Dean Thompson 17 4
51 United States Bob Ward 18 4
51 United States Mike Follmer 19 4
51 United States Tom Pomeroy 20 4
55 United States Bob Boffi 21 3
55 United States Jim Giffin 21 3
55 United States Richard Shirey 22 3
55 United States Tom D'Eath 23 3
59 United States A.J. Manning 26 2
59 United States Ronn Gregg 27 2
59 United States Don Maguire 27 2
59 United States Bill Cruse 29 2

References

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  1. ^ "1980 Milwaukee". ChampCarStats.com. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
  2. ^ "1980 Pocono". ChampCarStats.com. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
  3. ^ "1980 Mid-Ohio". ChampCarStats.com. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
  4. ^ "1980 St. Paul 1". ChampCarStats.com. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
  5. ^ "1980 St. Paul 2". ChampCarStats.com. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
  6. ^ "1980 Ontario". ChampCarStats.com. Retrieved 28 July 2015.