1977 USAC Mini-Indy Series season

The 1977 USAC Mini Indy Series season was the first season of the USAC sanctioned Formula Super Vee championship which would later be called Indy Lights. The season contested of four races which was held from the 30 April to the 29 October with all of them being support races for the 1977 USAC Championship Car season.

The season would be won by two drivers, Tom Bagley who won the races in Trenton and Bowmanville. Herm Johnson was the other driver who got on the podium three times including a victory in the final round at Avondale.

Race calendar and results[]

Round	Circuit	Location	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winner
1	Trenton International Speedway	Trenton, New Jersey	30 April	Tom Bagley		Tom Bagley
2	The Milwaukee Mile	West Allis, Wisconsin	12 June	Herm Johnson
3	Mosport International Raceway	Bowmanville, Ontario	2 July	Herm Johnson		Tom Bagley
4	Phoenix International Raceway	Avondale, Arizona	29 October			Herm Johnson

Teams and drivers[]

No.	Driver	Owner	Car	Engine	Note
1	Tom Bagley	Tom Bagley	Zink	Volkswagen
90			Lola
66		Eddie Wachs
2		Dick O'Dea Racing	Lola	Volkswagen
3	Howdy Holmes	Wilbur Bunce Racing	Lola	Volkswagen
3	Vern Schuppan	Wilbur Bunce Racing		Volkswagen	Qualified car
6		David Yoder	Lola	Volkswagen
7	Tommy Thompson			Volkswagen
8		Race Research Inc.		Volkswagen
8	Pete Halsmer	Race Research Inc.		Volkswagen
10		Noel Bennett	Lola	Volkswagen
12			Zink	Volkswagen
16		WMR Enterprises		Volkswagen
21	Harry MacDonald		Lola	Volkswagen
13
19		Beth Ardisana		Volkswagen
20				Volkswagen
21				Volkswagen
22				Volkswagen
33	Roger McCluskey			Volkswagen	Qualified car
34				Volkswagen
36		Steve Lathrop	Zink	Volkswagen
37	Gary Bettenhausen			Volkswagen
38	Phil Caliva			Volkswagen
39		Richard Tallon	Lola	Volkswagen
41	Bill Alsup	Bill Alsup	Lola	Volkswagen
44		Bill Scott	Lola	Volkswagen
45	Phil Krueger	Eric Lee Drange	Lola	Volkswagen
46		Janet Moore		Volkswagen
47	Eddie Miller	Carl Haas	Lola	Volkswagen
47		Carl Haas		Volkswagen
48			Lola	Volkswagen
55				Volkswagen
60		Sharon Passon	Lola	Volkswagen
61	Herm Johnson	Austin Johnson	Lola	Volkswagen
63		G. Scott Ovel	Lola	Volkswagen
68		Lexa Billera		Volkswagen
73			Lola	Volkswagen
77		John Barringer	Lola	Volkswagen
80				Volkswagen
86				Volkswagen
87		Wilbur Bunce Racing		Volkswagen
89		Fox Racing Enterprises	Lola	Volkswagen

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Final standings[]

Pos.	Driver	TRE[2]	MIL[3]	MOS[4]	PIR[5]	Points
1.	Tom Bagley	1	5	1	17	500
1.	Herm Johnson	16	2	3	1	500
3.	Howdy Holmes	2	3	9	23	340
4.		4	1	12		330
5.	Bill Alsup	7	14	7	2	280
6.	Eddie Miller	3	18	4		260
7.	Phil Krueger		6	17	4	200
8.			4		8	170
9.		17	19	2		160
9.		5	7	16		160
11.		8		5		150
12.	Pete Halsmer				3	140
13.			16	22	5	100
14.			9	8	13	90
15.		6	21			80
15.					6	80
15.				6		80
15.		15	8	10	20	80
19.	Bob Lazier				7	60
20.	Phil Caliva			25	9	40
20.		9				40
20.		13	11	11		40
23.					10	30
23.		10				30
23.			10			30
26.		12		14	12	20
26.	Gary Bettenhausen	11		21		20
26.	Chip Mead				11	20
29.			12			10
	Harry MacDonald	19	17	13	14
		13			21
			15
				15
					15
					16
					18
			13
		18
				18
	Tom D'Eath			19	19
		20
				20
			20
	Tommy Thompson	21
		22			DNS
					22
			22
				23
					24
				24
	Roger McCluskey			DNS
	Johnny Parsons				DNS
	Vern Schuppan			DNS

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References[]