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1977 USAC Mini-Indy Series season

The 1977 USAC Mini Indy Series season was the first season of the USAC sanctioned Formula Super Vee championship which would later be called Indy Lights. The season contested of four races which was held from the 30 April to the 29 October with all of them being support races for the 1977 USAC Championship Car season.

The season would be won by two drivers, Tom Bagley who won the races in Trenton and Bowmanville. Herm Johnson was the other driver who got on the podium three times including a victory in the final round at Avondale.

Round	Circuit	Location	Date	Pole position	Winner
1	Trenton International Speedway	Trenton, New Jersey	30 April	Tom Bagley	Tom Bagley
2	The Milwaukee Mile	West Allis, Wisconsin	12 June	Herm Johnson	Noel Bennett
3	Mosport International Raceway	Bowmanville, Ontario	2 July	Herm Johnson	Tom Bagley
4	Phoenix International Raceway	Avondale, Arizona	29 October	Fred Phillips	Herm Johnson

No.	Driver	Owner	Car	Engine	Note
1	Tom Bagley	Tom Bagley	Zink	Volkswagen
90	Lola
66	Eddie Wachs
2	Bob Cicconi	Dick O'Dea Racing	Lola	Volkswagen
3	Howdy Holmes	Wilbur Bunce Racing	Lola	Volkswagen
3	Vern Schuppan	Wilbur Bunce Racing		Volkswagen	Qualified car
6	Michael Yoder	David Yoder	Lola	Volkswagen
7	Tommy Thompson			Volkswagen
8	Charles Montague	Race Research Inc.		Volkswagen
8	Pete Halsmer	Race Research Inc.		Volkswagen
10	Noel Bennett	Noel Bennett	Lola	Volkswagen
12	Lou Gigliotti		Zink	Volkswagen
16	Billy McConnell	WMR Enterprises		Volkswagen
21	Harry MacDonald		Lola	Volkswagen
13
19	John Kalagian	Beth Ardisana		Volkswagen
20	Bill Follmer			Volkswagen
21	James George			Volkswagen
22	Jerry Peterson			Volkswagen
33	Roger McCluskey			Volkswagen	Qualified car
34	Howard Kelly			Volkswagen
36	Fred Phillips	Steve Lathrop	Zink	Volkswagen
37	Gary Bettenhausen			Volkswagen
38	Phil Caliva			Volkswagen
39	Richard Tallon	Richard Tallon	Lola	Volkswagen
41	Bill Alsup	Bill Alsup	Lola	Volkswagen
44	Bill Scott	Bill Scott	Lola	Volkswagen
45	Phil Krueger	Eric Lee Drange	Lola	Volkswagen
46	Stuart Moore	Janet Moore		Volkswagen
47	Eddie Miller	Carl Haas	Lola	Volkswagen
47	George Batchelor	Carl Haas		Volkswagen
48	Dan Park		Lola	Volkswagen
55	John Teas			Volkswagen
60	Gary Passon	Sharon Passon	Lola	Volkswagen
61	Herm Johnson	Austin Johnson	Lola	Volkswagen
63	G. Scott Ovel	G. Scott Ovel	Lola	Volkswagen
68	Dominick Billera	Lexa Billera	Modus	Volkswagen
73	Hardie Beloff		Lola	Volkswagen
77	John Barringer	John Barringer	Lola	Volkswagen
80	Gary Mesnick			Volkswagen
86	Rick Villate		Modus	Volkswagen
87	Johnny Kastner	Wilbur Bunce Racing		Volkswagen
89	William Henderson	Fox Racing Enterprises	Lola	Volkswagen

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)

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