1979 USAC Mini-Indy Series season

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
1[1]	Texas World Speedway	College Station, Texas	8 April	Geoff Brabham		Dennis Firestone
2[2]	Indianapolis Raceway Park	Brownsburg, Indiana	27 May	Geoff Brabham
3[3]	The Milwaukee Mile	West Allis, Wisconsin	10 June	Dennis Firestone		Dennis Firestone
4[4]	Pocono International Raceway	Long Pond, Pennsylvania	24 June	Gary Bettenhausen
5[5]	Texas World Speedway	College Station, Texas	29 July	Mike Chandler		Mike Chandler
6[6]	The Milwaukee Mile	West Allis, Wisconsin	20 August	Dennis Firestone		Dennis Firestone
7[7]	Minnesota State Fair	St. Paul, Minnesota	25 August	Tom Klausler		Dennis Firestone
8[8]			27 August	Geoff Brabham		Dennis Firestone

Final standings[]

Pos.	Driver	TEX1	IRP	MIL1	POC	TEX2	MIL2	MIN1	MIN2	Points
1	Dennis Firestone	1	2	1	2	2	1	1	1	1480
2	Mike Chandler	3	4	6	7	1	3	2	22	903
3	Geoff Brabham	19	3	3	4	5	2	6	6	824
4	Pete Halsmer	4	9	8	8	12	5	4	2	650
5			1	5	18		23	7	3	507
6			7	20	1	9	16	9	20	358
7	Gary Bettenhausen	10	2		3					330
8		7		11		4	7	16	8	315
9	Dave McMillan					3	4	18	9	304
10	Harry MacDonald	18	5	9	6	7				284
11	Johnny Parsons			4	19		22	21	4	250
12	Tom Klausler	20	16	15	12		11	5	5	244
13	Rich Vogler	2	6		26					242
14	Dale Whittington					6	12	3	21	233
15		5	14	10	9	14				180
16		11	10	19	25	8	19			110
17		8	8	21	13					108
18		13	17	7	11	13	17	20	13	107
19					5			17		104
20			11				9	15	10	95
21		16		22	14		6			93
22	Roger Rager							10	7	90
23		9		17			10		12	84
24		6								80
25							8	24		53
26								8		50
27		17	12	23	24	11	20		24	47
28						10	21	12		43
29					10					30
30	Herm Johnson							19	11	24
30								11	18	24
32	Tom D'Eath	12	13							15
33			18	12						14
34		22	19		17					11
35								13	16	10
35				16			13			10
35			15	13						10
35								14	14	10
39							14		17	9
40					21		15			8
40					23	15				8
40								23	15	8
43				18			24			7
44								22	23	6
45				14						5
45					15					5
45		15								5
45					16					5
49							18			4
49	Benny Scott								19	4
49	Mark Abel				20					4
52		21								3
52	Roger McCluskey				22					3
52		23								3
52			DNS	24						3
	Tom Hessert				DNS

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