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