1978 USAC Mini-Indy Series for the Robert Bosch VW Cup
Round 1: Phoenix 100 km, 18th March
Ps St # Driver Laps
1 3 98 Tim Richmond 62, 80.079 mph
2 1 37 Fred Phillips 62
3 2 1 Tom Bagley 62
4 4 12 Peter Halsmer 62
5 6 55 Dennis Firestone 62
6 20 6 Eddie Miller 62
7 17 59 Bill Follmer 61
8 13 50 Tommy Thompson 61
9 21 63 Scott Ovel 61
10 18 28 Bill Simpson 61
11 8 45 Bill Henderson 61
12 15 39 Richard Tallon 60
13 12 74 Ted Field 60
14 22 31 Don Schoeny 59
15 23 20 Phillip Caliva 59
16 28 2 Herm Johnson 57
17 26 89 Rich Amick 57
18 27 51 Louis Meyer III 56
19 19 43 John Wood 37
20 10 69 Gary Bettenhausen 23
21 5 41 Bill Alsup 14
22 25 27 Bobby Unser Jr 12
23 24 85 Bert Busby 8
24 9 23 Dick Ferguson 7
25 7 60 Bob Cicconi 7
26 16 29 Elliott Forbes-Robinson 3
27 11 42 Harry MacDonald DNS
28 14 40 Bubby Jones DNS
Round 2: Trenton 100 km, 23rd April
Ps St # Driver Laps
1 2 43 John Wood 42, 108.295 mph
2 1 41 Bill Alsup 42
3 7 97 Gary Bettenhausen 42
4 3 37 Fred Phillips 42
5 4 2 Herm Johnson 42
6 9 67 Bill Cruse 42
7 18 9 Mike Yoder 42
8 13 70 Syd Demovsky 42
9 19 29 Peter Halsmer 41
10 20 68 Domenick Billera 41
11 23 39 Richard Tallon 41
12 24 94 John Sisk 40
13 26 8 Gary Passon 39
14 14 63 Scott Ovel 38
15 16 49 Joe Gimpel 37
16 15 74 Ted Field 35
17 17 40 Bubby Jones 35
18 10 45 Bill Henderson 31
19 21 28 Bobby Unser Jr 29
20 8 42 Harry MacDonald 27
21 12 60 Bob Cicconi 25
22 27 98 Tim Richmond 18
23 28 33 Tom D'Eath 16
24 5 10 Dennis Firestone 14
25 11 22 Bobby Olivero 14
26 6 77 Bryan Johnson 8
27 22 19 John Kalagian 7
28 25 51 Louis Meyer III 1
* Mike Randol qualified 25th, but DNS
Round 3: Mosport 100 km, 11th June
Ps St # Driver Laps
1 1 41 Bill Alsup 26, 88.539 mph
2 5 46 Stuart Moore 26
3 3 10 Dennis Firestone 26
4 4 42 Harry MacDonald 26
5 9 70 Syd Demovsky 26
7 12 50 Peter Halsmer 25
8 16 78 Heinz Snizek 24
9 17 39 Richard Tallon 24
10 15 60 Bob Cicconi 23
11 13 49 Joe Gimpel Jr 23
12 14 55 Geoff Brabham 23
13 8 12 Dick Ferguson 16
14 2 2 Herm Johnson 5
15 6 43 John Wood 2
16 7 98 Tim Richmond 2
17 10 97 Gary Bettenhausen 0
18 18 8 Gary Passon DNS
Round 4: Milwaukee 100 km, 18th June
Ps St # Driver Laps
1 1 45 Bill Henderson 63, 101.339 mph
2 6 2 Herm Johnson 63
3 16 42 Harry MacDonald 63
4 5 97 Gary Bettenhausen 63
5 19 60 Bob Cicconi 62
6 11 55 Geoff Brabham 62
7 4 98 Tim Richmond 62
8 24 94 John Sisk 62
9 28 50 Tommy Thompson 62
10 20 19 John Kalagian 62
11 26 90 Mike Frangkiser 62
12 14 30 Jim Giffin 61
13 22 75 Bill Thelander 60
14 18 81 Dick Simon 60
15 23 85 Bert Busby 60
16 13 51 Louis Meyer III 60
17 10 20 Roy Kischell 60
18 15 71 Hank Chapman 60
19 12 74 Ted Field 59
20 27 27 Bobby Unser Jr 57
21 9 29 Peter Halsmer 56
22 2 10 Dennis Firestone 38
23 8 41 Bill Alsup 25
24 7 43 John Wood 15
25 25 12 Dick Ferguson 7
26 17 73 Roger Mears 7
27 3 3 Howdy Holmes 1
28 21 39 Richard Tallon 0
Drew for starting positions
Round 5: College Station (TX) 100 km, 6th August
Ps St # Driver Laps
1 1 42 Harry MacDonald 32, 114.89 mph
2 3 41 Bill Alsup 32
3 2 43 John Wood 32
4 10 55 Ken Nichols 32
5 5 15 George Dyer 32
6 4 10 Dennis Firestone 32
7 14 2 Herm Johnson 32
8 6 74 Ted Field 32
9 11 45 Tim Richmond 32
10 12 30 Jim Giffin 32
11 13 49 Joe Gimpel Jr 32
12 22 29 Dick Simon 32
13 16 3 Fred Phillips 32
14 20 92 Doug Clark 31
15 21 8 Gary Passon 31
16 25 90 Greg Atwell 30
17 27 51 Louis Meyer III 30
18 17 94 John Sisk 30
19 19 70 Syd Demovsky 29
20 8 19 John Kalagian 27
21 15 93 Tom Hessert 26
22 7 97 Gary Bettenhausen 22
23 26 40 Bobby Hillin 18
24 24 28 Peter Halsmer 13
25 28 37 Nancy James 13
26 9 27 Bobby Unser Jr 11
27 18 60 Bob Cicconi 10
28 23 20 Roy Kischell 3
Tommy Thompson qualified 17th, but DNS
Round 6: Milwaukee 100 km, 20th August
Ps St # Driver Laps
1 1 10 Dennis Firestone 63, 92.264 mph
2 9 99 Dave Bruns 63
3 6 82 Kevin Cogan 63
4 5 45 Tim Richmond 63
5 3 2 Herm Johnson 63
6 7 60 Bob Cicconi 63
7 8 55 Ken Nichols 63
8 16 16 Mike Yoder 62
9 12 43 John Wood 62
10 10 41 Bill Alsup 62
11 13 15 George Dyer 62
12 15 8 Gary Passon 62
13 14 48 Dan Park 61
14 25 49 Joe Gimpel Jr 61
15 26 27 Peter Halsmer 61
16 19 58 Benny Scott 61
17 21 51 Louis Meyer III 61
18 11 70 Syd Demovsky 61
19 27 90 Mike Frangkiser 61
20 18 18 Roger Bighouse 61
21 22 46 Stuart Moore 59
22 2 73 Roger Mears 59
23 23 94 John Sisk 58
24 20 77 Bryan Johnson 53
25 17 74 Ted Field 43
26 4 42 Harry MacDonald 28
27 28 92 Doug Clark 18
28 24 20 Roy Kischell 1
Round 7: Ontario 2x100 km
Race 1
Ps St # Driver Laps
1 Bill Alsup
2 Harry MacDonald
3 John Wood
4 Ken Nichols
5 Herm Johnson
6 David Bruns
7 Gary Bettenhausen
9 Tommy Thompson
10 Pete Halsmer
14 Bob Cicconi
23 Ted Field
24 Dennis Firestone
25 Bryan Johnson
28 Jim Giffin
Race 2
Ps St # Driver Laps
1 Dennis Firestone
2 Bill Alsup
3 Harry MacDonald
4 David Bruns
5 John Wood
6 Jim Giffin
7 Bryan Johnson
8 Tommy Thompson
9 Gary Bettenhausen
10 Pete Halsmer
18 Ken Nichols
19 Bob Cicconi
22 Herm Johnson
Round 8: Trenton 100 km
Ps St # Driver Laps
1 Geoff Brabham
2 Bob Cicconi
3 Herm Johnson
4 Bill Alsup
5 Ken Nichols
6 Dan Park
7 John Kalagian
8 Syd Demovsky
9 Joe Gimpel Jr
11 Ted Field
14 Tommy Thompson
15 Mike Yoder
16 Dennis Firestone
18 David Bruns
19 Pete Halsmer
20 Bryan Johnson
21 George Dyer
22 Fred Phillips
23 Harry MacDonald
26 John Wood
28 Gary Bettenhausen
Round 9: Phoenix 100 km
Ps St # Driver Laps
1 Kevin Cogan
2 Dennis Firestone
3 David Bruns
4 Bob Cicconi
5 Herm Johnson
6 Gary Bettenhausen
7 Harry MacDonald
8 Dan Park
9 John Wood
12 Bill Alsup
13 Jim Giffin
16 Bryan Johnson
21 John Kalagian
23 Pete Halsmer
25 Fred Phillips
Final Championship Standings
1 Bill Alsup 1046 pts $18,052
2 Dennis Firestone 894 $16,712
3 Harry MacDonald 831 $11,327
4 Herm Johnson 773 $ 9,190
5 John Wood 674 $10,085
6 Bob Cicconi 506 $ 6,962
7 David Bruns 504 $ 5,586
8 Gary Bettenhausen 453 $ 5,243
9 Tim Richmond 428 $ 6,080
10 Ken Nichols 404 $ 3,776
11 Kevin Cogan 340 $ 4,669
12 Pete Halsmer 318 $ 4,047
13 Geoff Brabham 290 $ 4,717
= Fred Phillips 290 $ 3,769
15 Tommy Thompson 245 $ 300 *
16 Bill Henderson 224 $ 3,680
17 Syd Demovsky 208 $ 2,301
18 Stuart Moore 163 $ 2,082
19 Tom Bagley 140 $ 1,280
20 Dan Park 135 $ 1,726
21 George Dyer 128 $ 1,654
22 Jim Giffin 127 $ 1,843
23 Mike Yoder 115 $ 1,461
24 John Kalagian 99 $ 1,486
25 Joe Gimpel Jr 90 $ 1,836
26 Ted Field 89 $ 1,487
27 Eddie Miller 80 $ 654
= Bill Cruse 80 $ 688
29 Bryan Johnson 76 $ 1,560
30 John Sisk 75 $ 1,657
31 Richard Tallon 72
32 Dick Simon 69
33 Bill Follmer 60
34 Heinz Snizek 50
35 Scott Ovel 45
36 Louis Meyer III 41
37 Larry Skipsey 40
= Dick Ferguson 40
39 Rich Vogler 33
= Benny Scott 33
41 Bill Simpson 30
= Domenick Billera 30
43 Gary Passon 28
44 Doug Clark 25
45 Mike Frangkiser 24
46 Roy Kischell 17
47 Bobby Unser Jr 13
= Phil Caliva 13
49 Nancy James 12
= Bob Larson 12
51 Roger Mears 10
52 Dennis Blackwell 9
= Ron Banks 9
54 Burt Busby 8
55 Bubby Jones 6
= Tom D'Eath 6
57 Bill Noble 5
= Don Schoeny 5
= Bill Thelander 5
= Greg Atwell 5
= John Barringer 5
= Gene Romero 5
63 Rich Amick 4
= Hank Chapman 4
= Roger Bighouse 4
= Jan Slesinski 4
67 Tom Hessert 3
= Bobby Hillin 3
69 Elliott Forbes-Robinson 2
= Bobby Olivero 2
= Howdy Holmes 2
= Allan Turner 2
= Lou Gigliotti 2
= Denny Moothart 2
= Desiré Wilson 2