The 1979 USAC Mini Indy Series season was the third and final full season of the USAC sanctioned Formula Super Vee championship.
| Round | Circuit | Location | Date | Pole position | Fastest lap | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1[1] | 8 April |  Dennis Firestone | ||||
| 2[2] | 27 May |  Ken Nichols | ||||
| 3[3] | 10 June | Dennis Firestone | ||||
| 4[4] | 24 June | Ronn Gregg | ||||
| 5[5] | 29 July | Mike Chandler | ||||
| 6[6] | 20 August | Dennis Firestone | ||||
| 7[7] | 25 August | Tom Klausler | ||||
| 8[8] | 27 August | Geoff Brabham |
| 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| Brown | Withdrawn (Wth) |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 | Points | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1480 | ||
| 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 903 | ||
| 3 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 824 | ||
| 4 | 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 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 330 | |||||||
| 8 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 8 | 315 | ||||
| 9 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 9 | 304 | ||||||
| 10 | 18 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 284 | |||||
| 11 | 4 | 19 | 22 | 21 | 4 | 250 | |||||
| 12 | 20 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 244 | |||
| 13 | 2 | 6 | 26 | 242 | |||||||
| 14 | 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 | 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 | 19 | 11 | 24 | ||||||||
| 30 | 11 | 18 | 24 | ||||||||
| 32 | 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 | 19 | 4 | |||||||||
| 49 | 20 | 4 | |||||||||
| 52 | 21 | 3 | |||||||||
| 52 | 22 | 3 | |||||||||
| 52 | 23 | 3 | |||||||||
| 52 | DNS | 24 | 3 | ||||||||
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