1979 USAC Mini-Indy Series for the Robert Bosch VW Cup
Round 1: College Station (TWS) 100 km, 8th April
Ps St # Driver Laps
1 3 2 Dennis Firestone 32 31m22.33, 122.401 mph
2 13 22 Rich Vogler 32
3 5 66 Mike Chandler 32
4 6 65 Pete Halsmer 32
5 2 25 Barry Hartzell 32
6 7 77 Bryan Johnson 32
7 14 28 Jim Harvey 32
8 10 61 Rich Maier 32
9 9 19 John Kalagian 32
10 11 8 Gary Bettenhausen 32
11 18 92 Doug Clark 31
12 21 14 Tom D'Eath 30
13 16 6 Bob Cicconi 29
14 4 60 Ronn Gregg 29
15 20 84 J.D.Moffatt 26
16 8 49 Joe Gimpel Jr 21
17 19 20 Roy Kischell 19
18 22 3 Harry MacDonald 14
19 1 55 Geoff Brabham 10
20 15 85 Tom Klauser 4
21 17 90 Bill Noble 2
22 12 44 John Sisk 1
23 23 29 Dennis Blackwell 0
Round 2: Indianapolis Raceway Park 100 km, 27th May
Ps St # Driver Laps
1 6 10 Ken Nichols 100
2 2 2 Dennis Firestone 100
3 1 51 Geoff Brabham 100
4 4 66 Mike Chandler 100
5 3 3 Harry MacDonald 99
6 5 22 Rich Vogler 99
7 9 60 Ronn Gregg 98
8 11 61 Rich Maier 97
9 12 65 Pete Halsmer 91
10 10 92 Doug Clark 90
11 7 48 Dan Park 90
12 19 20 Roy Kischell 90
13 13 14 Tom D'Eath 87
14 18 85 Barry Hartzell 48
15 16 57 Michael Martz 40
16 14 85 Tom Klausler 36
17 8 6 Bob Cicconi 35
18 15 20 Steve Lotshaw 33
19 17 44 John Sisk 1
NS 34 Jan Slesinski
Round 3: Milwaukee 100 km, 10th June
Ps St # Driver Laps
1 1 2 Dennis Firestone 63 37m34.910, 100.581 mph
2 4 8 Gary Bettenhausen 63
3 2 51 Geoff Brabham 63
4 5 99 Johnny Parsons 63
5 3 10 Ken Nichols 63
6 7 66 Mike Chandler 63
7 8 6 Bob Cicconi 63
8 9 65 Pete Halsmer 62
9 6 3 Harry MacDonald 62
10 16 25 Barry Hartzell 62
11 20 28 Jim Harvey 61
12 18 29 Steve Lotshaw 61
13 16 57 Mike Martz 61
14 19 69 Jim McElean 60
15 15 85 Tom Klausler 60
16 24 64 Mark Glembin 59
17 12 19 John Kalagian 43
18 22 27 Giovanni Angelo 31
19 21 92 Doug Clark 28
20 10 60 Ronn Gregg 25
21 13 61 Rich Maier 21
22 11 49 Joe Gimpel Jr 15
23 23 20 Roy Kischell 5
24 14 34 Jan Slesinski 4
Round 4: Pocono 100 km, 24th June
Ps St # Driver Laps
1 7 60 Ronn Gregg 25 28m29.30, 131.633 mph
2 2 2 Dennis Firestone 25
3 1 8 Gary Bettenhausen 25
4 5 51 Geoff Brabham 25
5 6 93 Bill Cruse 25
6 3 3 Harry MacDonald 25
7 4 66 Mike Chandler 25
8 8 65 Pete Halsmer 25
9 10 25 Barry Hartzell 25
10 12 46 Stuart Moore 25
11 19 6 Bob Cicconi 25
12 14 85 Tom Klausler 25
13 13 61 Rich Maier 25
14 17 49 Joe Gimpel Jr 25
15 16 97 Dave Manzolini 25
16 18 68 Domenick Billera 25
17 24 44 John Sisk 24
18 11 10 Ken Nichols 15
19 9 99 Johnny Parsons 14
20 15 55 Mark Abel 12
21 22 29 Dana Carter 10
22 20 14 Roger McCluskey 8
23 26 41 Rich Pfeiffer 2
24 27 20 Roy Kischell 1
25 25 18 Doug Clark 0
26 23 22 Rich Vogler 0
NS 21 92 Tom Hessert
Round 5: College Station (TWS) 100 km, 29th July
Ps St # Driver Laps
1 1 66 Mike Chandler 32 42m09.27, 91.093 mph
2 4 2 Dennis Firestone 32
3 5 40 Dave McMillan 32
4 8 28 Jim Harvey 32
5 10 99 Geoff Brabham 32
6 11 95 Dale Whittington 32
7 2 3 Harry MacDonald 32
8 9 18 Doug Clark 32
9 14 60 Ronn Gregg 30
10 7 30 Jim Giffin 25
11 12 20 Roy Kischell 16
12 3 8 Pete Halsmer 7
13 6 6 Bob Cicconi 7
14 13 25 Barry Hartzell 7
15 15 41 Rich Pfeiffer 6
Round 6: Milwaukee 100 km, 12th August
Ps St # Driver Laps
1 1 2 Dennis Firestone 63 34m52.63, 108.380 mph
2 5 51 Geoff Brabham 63
3 3 66 Mike Chandler 63
4 4 40 Dave McMillan 63
5 2 8 Pete Halsmer 63
6 12 49 Joe Gimpel Jr 61
7 11 28 Jim Harvey 60
8 16 74 Richard Shirey 60
9 14 48 Dan Park 60
10 10 19 John Kalagian 60
11 8 85 Tom Klausler 58
12 9 95 Dale Whittington 54
13 21 64 Mark Glembin 50
14 20 91 Dave Estep 49
15 13 29 Dana Carter 42
16 7 60 Ronn Gregg 40
17 24 6 Bob Cicconi 40
18 23 63 Tim LaWarre 40
19 15 18 Doug Clark 37
20 22 20 Roy Kischell 22
21 17 30 Jim Giffin 19
22 6 99 Johnny Parsons 5
23 19 10 Ken Nichols 2
24 18 27 Giovanni Angelo 1
Round 7: STP (?) 100 km
1 Dennis Firestone
2 Mike Chandler
3 Dale Whittington
4 Pete Halsmer
5 Tom Klausler
6 Geoff Brabham
7 Ken Nichols
8 Denny Moothart
9 Ronn Gregg
10 Roger Rager
11 Tommy Thomas
12 Jim Giffin
13 Lou Gigliotti
14 Bill Henderson
15 Dan Park
16 Jim Harvey
17 Bill Cruse
18 Dave McMillan
19 Herm Johnson
20 Bob Cicconi
21 Johnny Parsons
22 Richard Messier
23 Gary Pratt
24 Richard Shirey
Round 8: STP (?) 100 km
1 Dennis Firestone
2 Pete Halsmer
3 Ken Nichols
4 Johnny Parsons
5 Tom Klausler
6 Geoff Brabham
7 Roger Rager
8 Jim Harvey
9 Dave McMillan
10 Dan Park
11 Herm Johnson
12 John Kalagian
13 Bob Cicconi
14 Bill Henderson
15 Gary Pratt
16 Lou Gigliotti
17 Dave Estep
18 Tommy Thomas
19 Benny Scott
20 Ronn Gregg
21 Dale Whittington
22 Mike Chandler
23 Richard Messier
24 Roy Kischell
Final Championship Standings
1 Dennis Firestone 1480 pts $29,733
2 Mike Chandler 903 $12,013
3 Geoff Brabham 824 $ 9,191
4 Pete Halsmer 650 $ 8,419
5 Ken Nichols 507 $ 7,096
6 Ronn Gregg 358 $ 5,743
7 Gary Bettenhausen 330 $ 3,730
8 Jim Harvey 315 $ 3,586
9 Dave McMillan 304 $ 2,883
10 Harry MacDonald 284 $ 2,731
11 Johnny Parsons 250 $ 3,387
12 Tom Klausler 244 $ 2,689
13 Rich Vogler 242 $ 2,435
14 Dale Whittington 233 $ 2,570
15 Barry Hartzell 180 $ 2,062
16 Doug Clark 110 $ 1,504
17 Rich Maier 108 $ 1,451
18 Bob Cicconi 107 $ 2,416
19 Bill Cruse 104 $ 1,085
20 Dan Park 95 $ 1,546
21 Joe Gimpel Jr 93 $ 1,267
22 Roger Rager 90 $ 1,200
23 John Kalagian 84 $ 1,408
24 Bryan Johnson 80 $ 585
25 Richard Shirey 53 $ 679
26 Denny Moothart 50 $ 700
27 Roy Kischell 47 $ 1,181
28 Jim Giffin 43 $ 882
29 Stuart Moore 30 $ 470
30 Herm Johnson 24 $ 975
= Tommy Thomas 24 $ 650
32 Tom D'Eath 15 $ 607
33 Steve Lotshaw 14 $ 473
34 John Sisk 11 $ 565
35 Mike Martz 10 $ 483
= Mark Glembin 10 $ 518
= Bill Henderson 10 $ 725
= Lou Gigliotti 10 $ 625
29 Dave Estep 9 $ 537
40 Rich Pfeiffer 8 $ 200
= Dana Carter 8 $ 451
= Gary Pratt 8 $ 500
43 Giovanni Angelo 7 $ 173
44 Richard Messier 6 $ 450
45 J.D.Moffatt 5 $ 205
= Jim McClean 5 $ 243
= Dave Manzolini 5 $ 315
= Domenick Billera 5 $ 298
49 Mark Abel 4 $ 250
= Tim LaWarre 4 $ 169
= Benny Scott 4 $ 250
52 Bill Noble 3 $ 133
= Dennis Blackwell 3 $
= Jan Slesinski 3 $ 145
= Roger McCluskey 3 $ 235