1980 USAC Mini-Indy Series season explained

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[1]			8 June			Billy Scyphers, Jr.
2[2]			22 June			Josele Garza
3[3]			13 July			Dave McMillan
4[4]			23 August			Peter Kuhn
5[5]			24 August	Dick Moody		Peter Kuhn
6[6]			30 August	Billy Scyphers, Jr.		Peter Halsmer

Teams and drivers

No.	Driver	Owner	Car	Engine
1		Championship Racing Stables		Volkswagen
2		Championship Racing Stables	March 80SV	Volkswagen
4		Frank Arciero	Ralt RT5	Volkswagen
5		David Psachie	Ralt RT5	Volkswagen
6				Volkswagen
9				Volkswagen
11		David Psachie	Ralt RT1	Volkswagen
14		Lexa Billera		Volkswagen
15		Fleet Power Racing	Ralt RT1	Volkswagen
17		Billy Scyphers	Ralt RT5	Volkswagen
18		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		Volkswagen
55		Fleet Power Racing	Ralt RT1	Volkswagen
56		Peerless Racing Enterprises		Volkswagen
57				Volkswagen
70		Ronald Drew		Volkswagen
72		Richard Selix		Volkswagen
77		Bertil's Racing Engines	March 79SV	Volkswagen
94		David Bruns		Volkswagen
97		Dave Manzolini	Zink Z14	Volkswagen
98				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Brown	Withdrawn (Wth)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							Points
1		20	6	7	1	1	3	684
2		3	2	23	4	14	1	628
3		19	1	16	2	2	24	532
4		1	12		18	3	2	514
5		4	5		14	4	8	395
6		2	11	1	16			385
7		18	4	3			4	384
8		6	15	5	5	15	10	320
9		5	7		3	18		304
10		22	3	18	22	7		210
11			10	17	12	8	5	194
12				4			7	180
13				2				160
13					11	5	9	160
15		24	9		19	6		127
16		7		8				110
17		8	8				20	104
18				19	6	17		88
19				6				80
19							6	80
21					7	12		70
21					8	11		70
23		26	17		9	16		51
24					17	9	21	47
24		12	16	10			25	47
26		9						40
26				9				40
28		17	25		10			36
29					13	10		35
30		10	18					34
31		11		12				30
32		25	22	11				25
33							11	20
34		13		14	21			13
35			31				12	12
36		16	24				23	11
37					15	13		10
37		23	14	25				10
39		14			20			9
39		15	20					9
41			32	15				7
41			19	24				7
43			13					5
43				13				5
43							13	5
43							14	5
43							15	5
43							16	5
43		21	30					5
43			28	22				5
51	Dean Thompson						17	4
51							18	4
51							19	4
51				20				4
55				21				3
55			21					3
55							22	3
55			23					3
59			26					2
59		27						2
59			27					2
59			29					2

Notes and References

1. Web site: 1980 Milwaukee. ChampCarStats.com. 28 July 2015.
2. Web site: 1980 Pocono. ChampCarStats.com. 28 July 2015.
3. Web site: 1980 Mid-Ohio. ChampCarStats.com. 28 July 2015.
4. Web site: 1980 St. Paul 1. ChampCarStats.com. 28 July 2015.
5. Web site: 1980 St. Paul 2. ChampCarStats.com. 28 July 2015.
6. Web site: 1980 Ontario. ChampCarStats.com. 28 July 2015.