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 .

Race calendar and results[]

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
2[2] Pocono International Raceway United States Long Pond, Pennsylvania 22 June United States 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 United States Peter Kuhn
6[6] Ontario Motor Speedway United States Ontario, California 30 August United States United States

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 Volkswagen
9 Volkswagen
11 Josele Garza David Psachie Ralt RT1 Volkswagen
14 Lexa Billera Volkswagen
15 Fleet Power Racing Ralt RT1 Volkswagen
17 Billy Scyphers Ralt RT5 Volkswagen
18 Peter Kuhn Driftwood Racing Ralt RT1 Volkswagen
19 Beth Ardisana March 80SV Volkswagen
21 Hubbard Enterprises Ralt RT1 Volkswagen
23 J. Richard Moody Ralt RT5 Volkswagen
26 Crown Auto Body Air March 80SV Volkswagen
28 Jim Harvey March 79SV Volkswagen
29 Volkswagen
30 Don Kischell Volkswagen
39 TII Racing Pheasant Volkswagen
45 J.X. Palms Co. Volkswagen
46 Janet Moore Ralt RT1 Volkswagen
47 Center Line Tool Company Volkswagen
49 Gimpel Racing March Volkswagen
55 Ed Pimm Fleet Power Racing Ralt RT1 Volkswagen
56 Peerless Racing Enterprises Lola Volkswagen
57 Volkswagen
70 Ronald Drew Lola Volkswagen
72 Richard Selix Riley Volkswagen
77 Bertil's Racing Engines March 79SV Volkswagen
94 David Bruns Volkswagen
97 Dave Manzolini Zink Z14 Volkswagen
98 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Brown Withdrawn (Wth)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 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 1 12 18 3 2 514
5 United States 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 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 10 17 12 8 5 194
12 United States 4 7 180
13 United States Bob Lazier 2 160
13 United States 11 5 9 160
15 United States 24 9 19 6 127
16 United States 7 8 110
17 United States 8 8 20 104
18 United States 19 6 17 88
19 United States Peter Moodie 6 80
19 United States Jeff Wood 6 80
21 United States 7 12 70
21 United States Pat Bedard 8 11 70
23 United States 26 17 9 16 51
24 United States 17 9 21 47
24 United States 12 16 10 25 47
26 United States 9 40
26 United States 9 40
28 United States 17 25 10 36
29 United States Roger Rager 13 10 35
30 United States 10 18 34
31 United States 11 12 30
32 United States 25 22 11 25
33 United States 11 20
34 United States 13 14 21 13
35 United States 31 12 12
36 United States 16 24 23 11
37 United States 15 13 10
37 United States 23 14 25 10
39 United States 14 20 9
39 United States 15 20 9
41 United States 32 15 7
41 United States 19 24 7
43 United States 13 5
43 United States Dr. 13 5
43 United States 13 5
43 United States 14 5
43 United States 15 5
43 United States 16 5
43 United States 21 30 5
43 United States 28 22 5
51 United States Dean Thompson 17 4
51 United States 18 4
51 United States 19 4
51 United States 20 4
55 United States 21 3
55 United States 21 3
55 United States 22 3
55 United States Tom D'Eath 23 3
59 United States 26 2
59 United States 27 2
59 United States 27 2
59 United States 29 2

References[]

  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.
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