1980 USAC Mini-Indy Series season

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.

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

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

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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1980 USAC Mini-Indy Series season

Teams and drivers

Final standings

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