USAC Mini-Indy Series 1978 standings

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USAC Mini-Indy Series 1978 standings

Championship points standings for the USAC Mini-Indy Series 1978

Position	Driver	Points
1.	Bill Alsup	1046
2.	Dennis Firestone	894
3.	Harry MacDonald	831
4.	Herm Johnson	773
5.	John Wood	674
6.	Bob Cicconi	506
7.	David Bruns	504
8.	Gary Bettenhausen	453
9.	Tim Richmond	428
10.	Ken Nichols	404
11.	Kevin Cogan	340
12.	Pete Halsmer	318
13.	Geoff Brabham	290
13.	Fred Phillips	290
15.	Thomas Thompson	245
16.	William Henderson	224
17.	Syd Demovsky	208
18.	Stuart Moore	163
19.	Tom Bagley	140
20.	Daniel Park	135
21.	George Dyer	128
22.	Jim Griffin	127
23.	Mike Yoder	115
24.	John Kalagian	99
25.	Joe Gimpel jr.	90
26.	Ted Field	89
27.	Bill Cruse	80
27.	Eddie Miller	80
29.	Bryan Johnson	76
30.	John Sisk jr.	75
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.	Dick Ferguson	40
37.	Larry Skipsey	40
39.	Benny Scott	33
39.	Rich Vogler	33
41.	Domenick Billera	30
41.	Bill Simpson	30
43.	Gary Passon	28
44.	Doug Clark	25
45.	Mike Frangkiser	24
46.	Roy Kischell	17
47.	Phil Caliva	13
47.	Bobby Unser	13
49.	Nancy James	12
49.	Bob Larson	12
51.	Roger Mears	10
52.	Ron Banks	9
52.	Dennis Blackwell	9
54.	Burt Busby	8
55.	Tom D'Eath	6
55.	Bubby Jones	6
57.	Greg Atwell	5
57.	John Barringer	5
57.	Bill Noble	5
57.	Gene Romero	5
57.	Don Schoeny	5
57.	William Thelander	5
63.	Red Amick	4
63.	Roger Bighouse	4
63.	Hank Chapman	4
63.	Jan Slesinski	4
67.	Tom Hessert II	3
67.	Bobby Hillin	3
69.	Elliott Forbes-Robinson	2
69.	Lou Gigliotti	2
69.	Howdy Holmes	2
69.	Denny Moothart	2
69.	Bobby Olivero	2
69.	Allan Turner	2
69.	Desiré Wilson	2
	Mike Randol	0

	Driver	Number
Most race wins	Bill Alsup	2
	Dennis Firestone	2
Most pole positions	Dennis Firestone	3
Most podium positions	Bill Alsup	5
Most podium positions without a win	Herm Johnson	2
	David Bruns	2

Nationality of participating drivers

%	Country	Drivers	Number
96.1%	U.S.A.	Bill Alsup, Dennis Firestone, Harry MacDonald, Herm Johnson, John Wood, Bob Cicconi, David Bruns, Gary Bettenhausen, Tim Richmond, Ken Nichols, Kevin Cogan, Pete Halsmer, Fred Phillips, Thomas Thompson, William Henderson, Syd Demovsky, Stuart Moore, Tom Bagley, Daniel Park, George Dyer, Jim Griffin, Mike Yoder, John Kalagian, Joe Gimpel jr., Ted Field, Eddie Miller, Bill Cruse, Bryan Johnson, John Sisk jr., Richard Tallon, Dick Simon, Bill Follmer, Scott Ovel, Louis Meyer III, Larry Skipsey, Dick Ferguson, Rich Vogler, Benny Scott, Bill Simpson, Domenick Billera, Gary Passon, Mike Frangkiser, Roy Kischell, Bobby Unser, Phil Caliva, Nancy James, Bob Larson, Roger Mears, Dennis Blackwell, Ron Banks, Burt Busby, Bubby Jones, Tom D'Eath, Bill Noble, Don Schoeny, William Thelander, Greg Atwell, John Barringer, Gene Romero, Red Amick, Hank Chapman, Roger Bighouse, Jan Slesinski, Tom Hessert II, Bobby Hillin, Elliott Forbes-Robinson, Bobby Olivero, Howdy Holmes, Allan Turner, Lou Gigliotti, Denny Moothart, Doug Clark, Mike Randol	73
1.3%	Australia	Geoff Brabham	1
1.3%	Austria	Heinz Snizek	1
1.3%	South Africa	Desiré Wilson	1

Individual driver statistics for the 1978 USAC Mini-Indy Series

Driver	Age	Races	Wins	Podiums	Poles	Fastest laps
Alsup, Bill	39 y/o	10	2	5	2
Amick, Red	49 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Atwell, Greg	n/a	1	0	0	0	0
Bagley, Tom	38 y/o	1	0	1	0
Banks, Ron	n/a	1	0	0	0	0
Barringer, John	n/a	1	0	0	0	0
Bettenhausen, Gary	36 y/o	9	0	1	0
Bighouse, Roger	31 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Billera, Domenick	31 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Blackwell, Dennis	33 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Brabham, Geoff	26 y/o	3	1	1	0
Bruns, David	n/a	5	0	2	0
Busby, Burt	n/a	2	0	0	0	0
Caliva, Phil	33 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Chapman, Hank	n/a	1	0	0	0	0
Cicconi, Bob	25 y/o	10	0	1	0
Clark, Doug	n/a	2	0	0	0	0
Cogan, Kevin	22 y/o	2	1	2	1
Cruse, Bill	n/a	1	0	0	0	0
D'Eath, Tom	n/a	1	0	0	0	0
Demovsky, Syd	39 y/o	5	0	0	0	0
Dyer, George	29 y/o	3	0	0	0	0
Ferguson, Dick	29 y/o	3	0	0	0	0
Field, Ted	26 y/o	7	0	0	0	0
Firestone, Dennis	33 y/o	10	2	4	3
Follmer, Bill	n/a	1	0	0	0	0
Forbes-Robinson, Elliott	34 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Frangkiser, Mike	n/a	2	0	0	0	0
Gigliotti, Lou	28 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Gimpel jr., Joe	n/a	5	0	0	0	0
Griffin, Jim	n/a	5	0	0	0	0
Halsmer, Pete	34 y/o	10	0	0	0	0
Henderson, William	n/a	3	1	1	1
Hessert II, Tom	27 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Hillin, Bobby	39 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Holmes, Howdy	30 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
James, Nancy	n/a	1	0	0	0	0
Johnson, Bryan	n/a	6	0	0	0	0
Johnson, Herm	25 y/o	10	0	2	0
Jones, Bubby	37 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Kalagian, John	31 y/o	5	0	0	0	0
Kischell, Roy	18 y/o	3	0	0	0	0
Larson, Bob	n/a	1	0	0	0	0
MacDonald, Harry	37 y/o	9	1	4	1
Mears, Roger	31 y/o	2	0	0	0	0
Meyer III, Louis	n/a	5	0	0	0	0
Miller, Eddie	33 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Moore, Stuart	n/a	2	0	1	0
Moothart, Denny	n/a	1	0	0	0	0
Nichols, Ken	31 y/o	5	0	0	0	0
Noble, Bill	37 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Olivero, Bobby	31 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Ovel, Scott	27 y/o	2	0	0	0	0
Park, Daniel	37 y/o	3	0	0	0	0
Passon, Gary	n/a	3	0	0		0
Phillips, Fred	29 y/o	5	0	1	1
Randol, Mike	n/a	0	0	0	0	0
Richmond, Tim	23 y/o	6	1	1	0
Romero, Gene	n/a	1	0	0	0	0
Schoeny, Don	n/a	1	0	0	0	0
Scott, Benny	33 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Simon, Dick	44 y/o	2	0	0	0	0
Simpson, Bill	38 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Sisk jr., John	n/a	4	0	0	0	0
Skipsey, Larry	n/a	1	0	0	0	0
Slesinski, Jan	30 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Snizek, Heinz	n/a	1	0	0	0	0
Tallon, Richard	n/a	4	0	0	0	0
Thelander, William	n/a	1	0	0	0	0
Thompson, Thomas	n/a	5	0	0	1
Turner, Allan	n/a	1	0	0	0	0
Unser, Bobby	44 y/o	4	0	0	0	0
Vogler, Rich	27 y/o	2	0	0	0	0
Wilson, Desiré	24 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Wood, John	26 y/o	10	1	3	0
Yoder, Mike	n/a	3	0	0	0	0

#	Date	Circuit	Winner	Second	Third	Pole	FL