1987 CART PPG Indy Car World Series

The 1987 CART PPG Indy Car World Series season was the 9th national championship season of American open wheel racing sanctioned by CART. The season consisted of 16 races, and one non-points exhibition event. Bobby Rahal was the national champion, winning his second-consecutive title. The rookie of the year was Fabrizio Barbazza. The 1987 Indianapolis 500 was sanctioned by USAC, but counted towards the CART points championship. Al Unser won the Indy 500, his record-tying fourth victory at Indy.

1987 CART season
PPG Indy Car World Series
Season
Races16
Start dateApril 4
End dateNovember 1
Awards
Drivers' championUnited States Bobby Rahal
Constructors' CupUnited Kingdom March 87C
United Kingdom March 86C
Manufacturers' CupUnited Kingdom Cosworth DFX
Nations' CupUnited States United States
Rookie of the YearItaly Fabrizio Barbazza
Indianapolis 500 winnerUnited States Al Unser
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Defending champion Bobby Rahal

Defending series champion and defending Indy 500 winner Bobby Rahal and his Truesports team made a highly publicized switch from the March chassis to the up-and-coming Lola chassis.[1] Truesports, however, stayed with the proven Cosworth engine. For 1987, the Ilmor Chevrolet Indy V-8 expanded its participation, fielding cars with Penske Racing, Newman/Haas and Patrick. Mario Andretti scored the engine's first Indy car victory in the season opener at Long Beach. Also joining the series full-time was the Judd AV V-8 (badged initially as the Brabham-Honda), and later in the season Porsche made their Indy car debut. Penske resumed their in-house chassis program, but after dismal results with the PC-16, the cars were parked during practice at Indy in favor of the March 86C.

Roberto Guerrero won the second race of the season (Phoenix), starting from last position on the grid due to failing post qualifying inspection. Mario Andretti dominated the Indianapolis 500, leading 171 of the first 177 laps, but dropped out with engine failure with only 23 laps to go. Guerrero took the lead, but stalled during his final pit stop. Al Unser led the final 18 laps to win, one of the biggest upsets in Indy 500 history. Though Guerrero faltered at Indy, he would be a factor through most of the season. After winning at Mid-Ohio in September he was third in points. However he was sidelined with serious head injuries due to a testing crash at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and was in a coma for seventeen days, missing the remainder of the season.

For the second year in a row, the championship battle came down to Bobby Rahal and Michael Andretti. Rahal took the points lead after back-to-back wins at Portland and the Meadowlands. Andretti won the Michigan 500, and drew within 9 points of Rahal. At Mid-Ohio, Rahal was dominating until he tangled with a backmarker. Andretti had a chance to make up ground in the points, but blew his engine two laps later.

Michael Andretti rebounded, winning in dominating fashion at the inaugural race at Nazareth. But Rahal charged to finish second, and with two races left, held a 25-point lead. In the next-to-last race of the season at Laguna Seca, Andretti dropped out with alternator trouble, and Rahal mathematically clinched the championship. It was Rahal's second-consecutive CART title, and Michael Andretti finished runner-up in points for the second year in a row.

Teams and drivers

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The following teams and drivers competed in the 1987 Indy Car World Series season. All cars used Goodyear tires.[2]

Team Chassis Engine No. Driver(s) Rounds Notes
A. J. Foyt Enterprises Lola T8700 Cosworth DFX 14   A. J. Foyt 3-4, 9-10, 13, 15
March 86C 41   Stan Fox 3
  Davy Jones  R  9, 13, 15
44 3
Chevy V-6 84   George Snider 3
Alex Morales Motorsports March 87C Cosworth DFX 21   Johnny Rutherford All
American Racing March 86C Buick V-6 2   Jim Crawford 3 1
  Gordon Johncock
Arciero Racing March 87C Cosworth DFX 12   Fabrizio Barbazza  R  1-13, 15 2
  Ludwig Heimrath Jr.  R  14-15
March 85C
  Graham McRae 15
Bettenhausen Motorsports March 86C Cosworth DFX 16   Tony Bettenhausen Jr. 1-5, 7-12
Centerline Wheels March Pontiac 59   Sammy Swindell 3
Curb March 87C
March 86C
Cosworth DFX 33   Tom Sneva 1-9 3
  John Andretti  R  11-15
98   Ed Pimm 3, 9
Dale Coyne Racing March 86C Chevy
Cosworth DFX
19   Dale Coyne 1-2, 4-15 4
Dick Simon Racing Lola T8700 Cosworth DFX 22   Dick Simon 1-10, 13
  Wally Dallenbach Jr.  R  11
  Ludwig Heimrath Jr.  R  12
  John Richards  R  14
  Jeff Wood  R  15
23   Ludwig Heimrath Jr.  R  1-10
  Jeff Wood  R  11-14
  Fulvio Ballabio  R  15
Lola T8600
Lola T8700
27   John Richards  R  5-8 5
Lola T8600   Ian Ashley 15
Doug Shierson Racing March 87C Cosworth DFX 30   Al Unser Jr. All
Galles Racing March 87C
Lola T8700
Judd
Cosworth DFX
11   Jeff MacPherson All 6
March 87C Judd 15   Geoff Brabham All
Gohr Racing March 86C Cosworth DFX 56   Rocky Moran 1
  Gary Bettenhausen 2-4, 9-10
March 87C
March 86C
  Scott Goodyear  R  6-8, 11-12, 14-15 7
Granatelli Racing March 87C Cosworth DFX 4   Roberto Guerrero 1-12
  Al Unser 13
  Raul Boesel 14-15
Hemelgarn Racing March 87C Cosworth DFX 71   Arie Luyendyk All
Buick V-6 81   Rich Vogler 3
Cosworth DFX 91   Scott Brayton 3, 5-6, 9-10
March 86C Buick V-6   Johnny Parsons 3
Interscope Racing Penske PC-16
March 86C
Chevy 265A
Cosworth DFX
25   Danny Ongais 3, 9, 13, 15 8
Intersport March 86C Cosworth DFX 17   Dominic Dobson 3
JP Racing March 86C Cosworth DFX 35   Spike Gehlhausen 3
Kraco Racing March 87C Cosworth DFX 18   Michael Andretti All
Leader Cards Racing March 87C Cosworth DFX 24   Randy Lewis All
Los Angeles Drywall March 85C Cosworth DFX 19   Dick Ferguson 3
27 9
Machinists Union Racing March 87C Cosworth DFX 29   Pancho Carter 3, 9-15
March 86C 44   Chip Robinson 1, 6, 13
  Tom Sneva 15
March 87C 55   Josele Garza All
March 86C 59   Mike Nish 1-2
March 86C
March 87C
  Rick Miaskiewicz 5, 7-8, 12 9
Newman Teamworks Lola T8600 Cosworth DFX 51   Didier Theys  R  1, 11
  Davy Jones  R  12
Newman/Haas Racing Lola T8700 Chevy 265A 5   Mario Andretti All
NFW Racing March 86C Cosworth DFX 36   Graham McRae 11-12
Pace Racing March 87C Buick V-6 77   Derek Daly 3
Patrick Racing March 87C Chevy 265A 7   Kevin Cogan 1-4, 6-15
20   Emerson Fittipaldi All
Penske Racing Penske PC-16
March 86C[3]
Chevy 265A 3   Danny Sullivan All 10
8   Rick Mears All 11
March 86C Cosworth DFX 6   Al Unser 9-10
Penske PC-16 Chevy 265A 9 15
March 86C Cosworth DFX 25 3
Porsche Porsche 2708 Porsche 6   Al Unser 14
  Al Holbert 15
Raynor Lola T8700 Cosworth DFX 10   Dennis Firestone 1-3
Lola T8600   Phil Krueger 3
Lola T8700   Derek Daly 4-15
Truesports Lola T8700 Cosworth DFX 1   Bobby Rahal All
2   Didier Theys  R  15
United Oil March 87C Cosworth DFX 87   Steve Chassey 3
Walther March 86C Cosworth DFX 76   Rocky Moran 3
WENS March 86C Cosworth DFX 97   Rick Miaskiewicz 3
Notes

(R)Rookie

1.^ Crawford was injured on Pole Day, and replaced by Johncock.[4]
2.^ All three drivers listed as entries at Miami.[5]
3.^ Curb used March 86C Chassis at round 3 only.
4.^ Coyne used a Cosworth engine at round 7 only.
5.^ Richards used a Lola T8700 at round 6 only.
6.^ MacPherson used a Lola T8600 at rounds 11 and 12 only, and used Cosworth at rounds 10, 13-15 only.
7.^ Goodyear used a March 86C at round 7 only.
8.^ Ongais practiced at round 3 with a PC-16/Chevy A combo, but did not attempt to qualify due to injury.
9.^ Miaskiewicz used a March 87C at round 7 only.
10.^ Sullivan used a PC-16 at rounds 1-2, 5-6 only while he used a March 86C at the other rounds.[6]
11.^ Mears used a PC-16 at rounds 1-2, 5-8 only while he used a March 86C at the other rounds.[7]

Season Summary

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Schedule

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There would only be one race at Phoenix International Raceway and Michigan International Speedway from this season forward. Additionally Pennsylvania International Raceway had been paved and added to the schedule as a 200 mile event for the first time.

Rd Date Race Name Track City
1 April 5 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach  R  Long Beach Street Circuit Long Beach, California
2 April 12 Checker 200 Presented by Phoenix International Raceway and the Fiesta Bowl  O  Phoenix International Raceway Phoenix, Arizona
3 May 24 Indianapolis 500  O  Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway, Indiana
4 May 31 Miller American 200  O  Milwaukee Mile West Allis, Wisconsin
5 June 14 Budweiser/G. I. Joe's 200  R  Portland International Raceway Portland, Oregon
6 June 28 Meadowlands Indy  R  Meadowlands Street Circuit East Rutherford, New Jersey
7 July 5 Budweiser Cleveland Grand Prix  R  Burke Lakefront Airport Cleveland, Ohio
8 July 19 Molson Indy Toronto  R  Exhibition Place Toronto, Ontario
9 August 2 Marlboro 500  O  Michigan International Speedway Brooklyn, Michigan
10 August 16 Quaker State 500  O  Pocono International Raceway Long Pond, Pennsylvania
11 August 30 LivingWell/Provimi 200  R  Road America Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin
12 September 6 Escort Radar Warning 200  R  Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio
13 September 20 Bosch Spark Plug Grand Prix  O  Pennsylvania International Raceway Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania
14 October 11 Nissan Monterey Grand Prix Featuring the Champion Spark Plug 300  R  Laguna Seca Raceway Monterey, California
NC October 31 Marlboro Challenge  R  Tamiami Park Miami, Florida
15 November 1 Nissan Indy Challenge  R  Tamiami Park Miami, Florida

- Miami was supposed to run for 200 miles (322 kilometers) but was shortened due to rain.
 O  Oval/Speedway
 R  Road/Street course
  Non-championship event

  • Indianapolis was USAC-sanctioned but counted towards the CART title.

Race summaries

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Long Beach

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Mario Andretti started on the pole position and dominated the Long Beach Grand Prix, his third win in four years at the circuit. It marked the first-ever victory in Indy car competition for the Ilmor Chevrolet Indy V-8 engine. Emerson Fittipaldi was a close second until he dropped out with turbocharger failure.

Phoenix

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Roberto Guerrero qualified third, but failed post-qualifying inspection for being 2.5 pounds underweight. He was forced to start last on the grid. Guerrero quickly charged through the field, and was in the top five by lap 46. He dueled with Bobby Rahal for the lead on lap 62, and dominated the second half. Even a stop-and-go penalty for hitting a tire in the pits did not slow Guerrero's run.

Guerrero won by 8 seconds over Rahal, becoming only the fourth driver in modern Indy car history to win a race from the last starting position.

Mario Andretti dominated the entire month of May at Indy. He ran the fastest practice laps, won the pole position, the pit stop contest, and led 170 of the first 177 laps. With only 23 laps to go, Andretti suddenly slowed with a broken valve spring which led to fueling and engine failure. Roberto Guerrero, the winner at Phoenix, stalled in the pits while leading due to a failing clutch, and came home second while Al Unser, who had entered the month without a ride took the lead with 18 laps to go, and recorded one of the biggest upsets in Indy history.[8]

Milwaukee

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While leading the race on lap 149, Mario Andretti broke a rear wing, sending the car hard into the outside and inside walls. He was taken to the hospital with relatively minor injuries. Mario's son Michael Andretti took the lead after the accident, locked in a duel with Roberto Guerrero.

On lap 177, Guerrero suddenly blew his engine, leaving Michael Andretti in the lead. A late-race caution allowed Bobby Rahal to close the gap, but Michael held on for the victory. Rahal finished second.

Portland

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Bobby Rahal won his first race of the season, passing Michael Andretti for the lead on lap 70 of 104. Rahal built up a 22-second lead late in the race, but slowed to conserve fuel over the final 10 laps. Andretti closed to within 6 seconds, but managed only second place.

Meadowlands

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Bobby Rahal made it back-to-back victories, winning for the second time of the season at the Meadowlands. Rahal also took over the points lead.

Cleveland

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Emerson Fittipaldi and Bobby Rahal pitted for the final time on lap 53, both hoping to stretch their fuel to the finish. Fittipaldi pulled out to an 18-second lead, and despite the fuel light flashing over the final five laps, held on to win his first race of the season.

Rahal finished a strong second, and increased his lead in the points standings.

Toronto

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Emerson Fittipaldi looked to win his second race in a row, but a final lap mishap almost cost him the race. With Danny Sullivan running second on the final lap, Fittipaldi led by about 4 seconds at the white flag. Down the Lake Shore Drive backstretch on the final lap, however, Fittipaldi became mired in traffic. Through the hairpin, the track was essentially blocked by three backmarkers, which allowed Sullivan to dramatically close the gap. With two turns to go, Sullivan dove below Fittipaldi for the lead, but the two cars touched wheels. Fittipaldi's car stayed straight, but Sullivan spun out.

Fittipaldi went on to win, while Sullivan limped across the finish line to hold on to second. Bobby Rahal came home third and padded his championship lead.

Just as at Indianapolis, Mario Andretti dominated the race. Taking the lead on lap 43, he led the next 114 laps and had a 1 lap lead on his son Michael, in second place, and a 2 lap lead on the rest of the field. But, just as at Indianapolis, his engine blew on lap 156, ending his day.[9]

With 8 laps to go, Michael Andretti led Indy 500 winner Al Unser and Bobby Rahal. Andretti needed to make his final pit stop, but a faulty clutch nearly cost him dearly. Andretti's car sputtered and nearly stalled as he pulled away, and he lost several seconds.

Back on the track, Michael maintained a 9-second lead to the finish, with Unser finishing second. Third place Rahal maintained a 9-point advantage over Michael in the points championship.

Mario Andretti started from the pole and led 22 laps, but gets too low in turn one on lap 89, and crashed hard into the outside wall. He suffers a separated shoulder, his second injury of the season. The rough apron of turn one was stained by lime, which caused Andretti's car to lose traction.[10]

Rick Mears, who had not won a race in two years, led Geoff Brabham late in the race, but was low on fuel. Mears' car sputtered on the final lap, but he crossed the line under power to take the victory. It was the first 500-mile race victory for the Ilmor Chevy Indy V-8 engine. Brabham, meanwhile, scored a career-best second place, and the best finish yet for the new Brabham-Honda engine. Roberto Guerrero, who led with 17 laps to go, dropped to third when he was forced to pit for fuel five laps from the end.

Points leader Bobby Rahal came home 5th, and maintained a championship lead of 14 points over Michael Andretti.

Road America

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After four months of disappointments and injuries, Mario Andretti finally found the winner's circle for the first time since the season opener. Despite recovering from a separated shoulder, Andretti won the pole and dominated the race wire-to-wire, leading all 50 laps. Geoff Brabham scored his second runner-up finish in a row.

The top two drivers in the points standings, Bobby Rahal and Michael Andretti, both finished out of the points.

Mid-Ohio

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Bobby Rahal was leading by half a lap and looking for his third consecutive victory at Mid-Ohio. With about 12 laps to go, however, Rahal tangled with the lapped car of Rick Miaskiewicz, forcing him to pit with a punctured tire.

Roberto Guerrero blew by the limping car of Rahal to take the lead on lap 74, and Michael Andretti swept into second. Andretti had a golden opportunity to make up ground in the championship hunt, but a few laps later, blew his engine. Rahal climbed back up to second, while Guerrero won his second race of the season.

Four days later, Guerrero would be injured during a tire test at Indianapolis. He was struck in the head by a tire, leaving him in a coma, and sidelined for the remainder of the season.

Nazareth

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CART made its debut at the newly reconstructed Pennsylvania International Raceway in Nazareth. Hometown driver Michael Andretti led 150 laps, looking to make up as much ground as possible in the championship hunt against Bobby Rahal.

Al Unser drove substitution for the injured Roberto Guerrero, charging to as high as second place late in the race. With seven laps to go, Unser touched wheels with Jeff MacPherson, and smacked the outside wall coming out of turn 4. Rahal, who had lost a lap after nearly stalling in the pits, moved up to second at the checkered flag. With two races remaining, Rahal held a 25-point lead.

Laguna Seca

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With the championship down to two drivers, Bobby Rahal and Michael Andretti, Rahal needed to finish the final two races to hold on to his second-consecutive CART title. Rahal had won the Laguna Seca event three years in a row, going for four.

When Michael Andretti dropped out on lap 36 with alternator trouble, Rahal clinched the championship title, regardless of his finish at the final race in Miami. Later in the race, Mario Andretti dropped out, enabling Rahal to take the lead and win at Laguna Seca for a record fourth year in a row. Rahal celebrated in victory lane both the race win and the CART championship title.

Also making news at Laguna Seca was the debut of the Porsche Indy car team led by Al Holbert. A week after substituting for Roberto Guerrero, Al Unser was back on the track in another car, this time behind the wheel of the new Porsche. The effort started out on a sour note, however. The car was slow and dropped out after only seven laps with a broken water pump. It would be Unser's lone race with the team, and the only event the chassis would race. The following year the Porsche team would switch to March chassis.

Tamiami Park

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With the championship title already decided, Michael Andretti dominated en route to victory, but still finished second in the points standings.

Rahal, who had won the exhibition Marlboro Challenge a day earlier, finished 7th.

Race results

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Rd Name Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning driver Winning team Race time Report
1 Grand Prix of Long Beach   Mario Andretti 1:05.886   Mario Andretti Newman/Haas Racing 1:51:33 Report
2 Checker 200   Mario Andretti 21.832   Roberto Guerrero Vince Granatelli Racing 1:26:26 Report
3 Indianapolis 500   Mario Andretti 2:47.139   Al Unser Penske Racing 3:04:59 Report
4 Miller American 200   Roberto Guerrero 23.544   Michael Andretti Kraco Racing 1:47:17 Report
5 Budweiser/G. I. Joe's 200   Roberto Guerrero 59.207   Bobby Rahal Truesports 1:50:02 Report
6 Meadowlands Grand Prix   Mario Andretti 1:01.097   Bobby Rahal Truesports 1:57:18 Report
7 Cleveland Grand Prix   Roberto Guerrero 1:05.509   Emerson Fittipaldi Patrick Racing 1:32:40 Report
8 Molson Indy Toronto   Bobby Rahal   Emerson Fittipaldi Patrick Racing 1:54:35 Report
9 Marlboro 500   Michael Andretti 33.406   Michael Andretti Kraco Racing 2:54:56 Report
10 Quaker State 500   Mario Andretti 44.795   Rick Mears Penske Racing 3:11:50 Report
11 Provimi Veal 200   Mario Andretti 1:52.687   Mario Andretti Newman/Haas Racing 1:39:52 Report
12 Escort Radar Warning 200   Roberto Guerrero 1:15.585   Roberto Guerrero Vince Granatelli Racing 1:51:58 Report
13 Bosch Spark Plug Grand Prix   Michael Andretti 21.926   Michael Andretti Kraco Racing 1:33:02 Report
14 Champion Spark Plug 300k   Mario Andretti 52.926   Bobby Rahal Truesports 1:33:58 Report
NC Marlboro Challenge   Raul Boesel   Bobby Rahal Truesports 0:41:20 Report
15 Miami Indy Challenge   Mario Andretti 1:54.630   Michael Andretti Kraco Racing 1:56:12 Report

Driver Standings

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Pos Driver LBH   PHX   INDY   MIL   POR   MEA   CLE   TOR   MIC   POC   ROA   MDO   NAZ   LAG   MAR   MIA   Pts[11]
1   Bobby Rahal 23 2 26 2 1* 1* 2 3 3 5 23 2* 2 1 1* 7 188
2   Michael Andretti 4 4 29 1 2 5 6 5 1* 8 16 13 1* 22 7 1* 158
3   Al Unser Jr. 2 14 4 5 20 8 3 20 18 23 3 23 6 4 5 2 107
4   Roberto Guerrero 12 1* 2 16* 19 19 5* 4 14 3 7 1 106
5   Rick Mears 9 20 23 21 3 18 7 10 21 1* 9 4 3 3 6 5 102
6   Mario Andretti 1* 5 9* 17 10 2 10 15 19 19 1* 17 19 17* 8 4 100
7   Arie Luyendyk 14 3 18 4 16 6 19 7 5 4 4 11 4 6 10 11 98
8   Geoff Brabham 16 8 24 12 9 4 22 DNS 8 2 2 7 12 5 3 90
9   Danny Sullivan 22 11 13 11 11 20 4 2 4 17 5 3 22 2 2 12 87
10   Emerson Fittipaldi 19 18 16 7 14 3 1 1* 7 18 18 6 21 20 4 10 78
11   Josele Garza 5 6 17 22 6 24 16 17 12 11 11 8 8 8 18 46
12   Fabrizio Barbazza  RY  17 12 3 14 4 16 24 11 6 14 8 24 13 DNS 28 42
13   Al Unser 1 2 15 10 24 9 DNQ 39
14   Tom Sneva 3 17 14 13 21 7 8 6 30 9 37
15   Derek Daly 15 3 15 9 11 16 24 10 26 9 16 14 22 27
16   Kevin Cogan 18 21 31 18 12 21 13 27 9 19 5 5 18 21 25
17   John Andretti  R  6 10 11 7 8 24
18   Johnny Rutherford 23 9 11 9 7 11 9 21 28 26 24 12 20 15 16 23
19   Jeff MacPherson 10 13 8 8 13 21 17 22 23 20 25 21 9 9 24 21
20   Dick Simon 20 10 6 20 18 14 23 23 9 21 18 15
21   Randy Lewis 8 19 32 19 8 23 12 9 15 16 13 22 DNQ 19 19 15
22   Scott Brayton 12 5 10 22 25 14
23   A. J. Foyt 19 6 26 7 7 25 14
24   Gary Bettenhausen 16 5 15 13 13 10
25   Pancho Carter 27 20 6 14 14 17 12 14 9
26   Chip Robinson 6 25 15 8
27   Raul Boesel 16 3 6 8
28   Scott Goodyear  R  22 15 8 20 18 11 15 7
29   Tony Bettenhausen Jr. 11 15 10 DNQ 13 20 DNQ 11 22 15 25 7
30   Didier Theys  R  7 22 17 6
31   Dennis Firestone 21 7 DNQ 6
32   Stan Fox 7 6
33   Jeff Wood  R  10 15 DNQ 10 23 6
34   Ludwig Heimrath Jr. 15 22 30 10 12 17 18 19 25 12 15 23 DNQ 5
35   Davy Jones  R  28 10 19 14 13 3
36   Rick Miaskiewicz DNQ 22 14 12 16 1
37   Wally Dallenbach Jr.  R  12 1
38   John Richards  R  26 13 14 13 0
39   Rocky Moran 13 DNQ 0
40   Dale Coyne DNS DNQ DNQ 17 15 25 18 DNS 24 17 20 DNQ 21 DNQ 0
41   Ed Pimm 21 16 0
42   Danny Ongais Inj 17 DNQ 27 0
43   Ian Ashley 20 0
43   Rich Vogler 20 0
45   Graham McRae 21 DNQ DNQ 0
46   Gordon Johncock 22 0
47   Steve Chassey 25 0
48   Fulvio Ballabio  R  26 0
49   Dick Ferguson DNQ 29 0
50   George Snider 33 0
  Mike Nish DNQ DNQ -
  Tom Bigelow DNQ -
  Dominic Dobson DNQ -
  Spike Gehlhausen DNQ -
  Phil Krueger DNQ DNQ -
  Johnny Parsons DNQ -
  Sammy Swindell DNQ -
  Al Holbert DNQ -
  Jim Crawford Inj -
Pos Driver LBH   PHX   INDY   MIL   POR   MEA   CLE   TOR   MIC   POC   ROA   MDO   NAZ   LAG   MAR MIA   Pts
Color Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green 4th-6th place
Light Blue 7th–12th place
Dark Blue Finished
(Outside Top 12)
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)
Race not held
(NH)
Not competing
In-line notation
Bold Pole position
Italics Ran fastest race lap
* Led most race laps
 RY  Rookie of the Year
 R  Rookie

References

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  1. ^ Miller, Robin (December 7, 1986). "Financial crunch will continue to plague Indy-car racing teams". The Indianapolis Star. p. 104. Retrieved October 18, 2016 – via Newspapers.com. 
  2. ^ Åberg, Andreas. "PPG Indy Car World Series 1987". Driver Database. Retrieved 2009-05-19.
  3. ^ "1987 PPG Indy Car World Series".
  4. ^ Cash, Phil (1987-05-11). "Johncock attempting Indy comeback". The Milwaukee Sentinel. Archived from the original on 2016-03-13. Retrieved 2012-10-03.
  5. ^ "1987 Nissan Indy Challenge". ChampCarStats. Archived from the original on 2012-09-23. Retrieved 2013-06-13.
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  7. ^ "Driver Season Stats".
  8. ^ "Official Box Score: 71st Indianapolis 500-Mile Race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway". Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Retrieved 2009-05-19.
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  10. ^ Andrettis Glad This Race Day Is History Pocono Quaker State 500
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See also

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