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Sunday, May 24, 1987


Track:   Indianapolis, IN
Track Type:   Paved Oval Lap Distance: 2.500 Miles
Race Distance:   500 Miles Margin of Victory: 0.000 sec.
Pole Pos.:   Mario Andretti 215.390 mph  

  Rank   SP   Car   Driver   Chassis   Q.Time   Laps   Reason
              Sponsor   Engine   Q.Spd.  
  1   20   25   Al Unser   March 86C   2:53.558   200   3:04:59.147 162.175
  Cummins Holset Turbo   Coswth   207.423 mph  
  2   5   4   Roberto Guerrero   March 87C   2:50.875   200   Finished
  True Value/STP   Coswth   210.680 mph  
  3   17   12   Fabrizio Barbazza   March 87C   2:53.045   198   Flagged
  Arciero Wines   Coswth   208.038 mph  
  4   22   30   Al Unser, Jr   March 87C   2:54.122   196   Flagged
  Domino's Pizza   Coswth   206.752 mph  
  5   15   56   Gary Bettenhausen   March 86C   2:56.036   195   Flagged
  Genesee Beer Wagon   Coswth   204.504 mph  
  6   6   22   Dick Simon   Lola T8700   2:51.461   193   Flagged
  Soundesign   Coswth   209.960 mph  
  7   26   41   Stan Fox   March 86C   2:56.024   192   Flagged
  Kerker Exhaust   Coswth   204.518 mph  
  8   12   11   Jeff MacPherson   March 87C   2:55.022   182   Flagged
  Team MacPherson   Judd   205.688 mph  
  9   1   5   Mario Andretti   Lola T8700   2:47.139   180   Ignition
  Hanna Car Wash   ChevyA   215.390 mph  
  11   8   21   Johnny Rutherford   March 87C   2:52.831   171   Flagged
  Vermont American   Coswth   208.296 mph  
  12   13   91   Scott Brayton   March 87C   2:55.057   167   Engine
  Amway/Autostyle Cars   Coswth   205.647 mph  
  13   16   3   Danny Sullivan   March 86C   2:51.208   160   Engine
  Miller American   ChevyA   210.271 mph  
  14   21   33   Tom Sneva   March 86C   2:53.700   143   Wrecked
  Skoal Bandit   Coswth   207.254 mph  
  15   19   77   Derek Daly   March 87C   2:53.476   133   Engine
  Schied/Superior/MetroLink   Buick   207.522 mph  
  16   33   20   Emerson Fittipaldi   March 87C   2:55.111   131   Engine
  Marlboro   ChevyA   205.584 mph  
  17   25   55   Josele Garza   March 87C   2:55.019   129   Flagged
  Bryant/Schaefer Beer   Coswth   205.692 mph  
  18   7   71   Arie Luyendyk   March 87C   2:52.797   125   Broken suspension
  Living Well/Provimi Veal   Coswth   208.337 mph  
  19   4   14   A.J. Foyt   Lola T8700   2:50.669   117   Broken oil seal
  Copenhagen-Gilmore   Coswth   210.935 mph  
  20   11   81   Rich Vogler   March 87C   2:54.853   109   Broken rocker arm
  Byrd's KFC/Living Well   Buick   205.887 mph  
  21   30   98   Ed Pimm   March 86C   2:57.092   109   Lost TC boost
  Skoal/Curb Motorsports   Coswth   203.284 mph  
  22   18   2   Gordon Johncock   March 86C   2:53.085   76   Broken valve
  STP/ARS   Buick   207.990 mph  
  23   3   8   Rick Mears   March 86C   2:50.239   75   Broken coil wire
  Pennzoil Z-7   ChevyA   211.467 mph  
  24   14   15   Geoff Brabham   March 87C   2:55.180   71   Lost oil pressure
  Team Valvoline   Judd   205.503 mph  
  25   32   87   Steve Chassey   March 87C   2:57.788   68   Engine
  United Oil/Life of Ind   Coswth   202.488 mph  
  26   2   1   Bobby Rahal   Lola T8700   2:48.764   57   Ignition
  Budweiser/TrueSport   Coswth   213.316 mph  
  27   29   29   Pancho Carter   March 87C   2:55.478   45   Broken valve
  Hardee's   Coswth   205.154 mph  
  28   28   44   Davy Jones   March 86C   2:52.980   34   Engine
  Copenhagen-Gilmore   Coswth   208.117 mph  
  29   9   18   Michael Andretti   March 87C   2:54.648   28   Pit fire
  Kraco/STP   Coswth   206.129 mph  
  30   10   23   Ludwig Heimrath, Jr   Lola T8700   2:53.418   25   Spun out
  Mackenzie/Horton   Coswth   207.591 mph  
  31   24   7   Kevin Cogan   March 87C   2:54.758   21   Broken oil pump
  Marlboro   ChevyA   205.999 mph  
  32   23   24   Randy Lewis   March 87C   2:54.580   8   Broken gear box
  Toshiba/Altos/Leader Card   Coswth   206.209 mph  
  33   31   84   George Snider   March 86C   2:57.172   0   Engine fire
  Calumet Farms   ChevV6   203.192 mph  
          20   Emerson Fittipaldi   March 87C   2:55.111   0   Wreck after qual
  Marlboro   ChevyA   205.584 mph  
          59   Sam Swindell   March   2:56.660   0   DNS, too slow
  Center Line   Pont   201.840 mph  
          10   Dennis Firestone   Lola T8700       0   Wrecked practice
  Raynor Motorsports   Coswth      
          25   Danny Ongais   PC-16/87       0   Wrecked practice
  Interscope-Panasonic   ChevyA      
          76   Rocky Moran   March 86C       0   DNS, too slow
  Walther   Coswth   197.157 mph  
          33   Tom Sneva   March 87C       0   Wrecked practice
  Skoal Bandit   Coswth      
          33   Tom Sneva   March 87C       0   Wrecked practice
  Skoal Bandit   Coswth      
          19   Dick Ferguson   March 85C       0   Wrecked practice
  Los Angeles Drywall   Coswth      
          2   Jim Crawford   March 86C       0   Wrecked practice
  ARS/STP   Buick      
          81   Johnny Parsons   March 86C       0   Wrecked practice
  Ky Chicken/Living Well   Buick      
          97   Rick Miaskiewicz   March 86C       0   Did not qualify
  Pizza Hut/WENS   Coswth      
          10   Dennis Firestone   Lola T8700       0   Wrecked practice
  Raynor Garage Door   Coswth      
          17   Dominic Dobson   March 86C       0   DNS, too slow
  Intersport   Coswth   201.240 mph  
          10   Phil Krueger   Lola T8600       0   Wrecked practice
  Raynor Garage Door   Coswth      
          35   Spike Gehlhausen   March 86C       0   Did not qualify
  J. P. Racing   Coswth      
          3   Danny Sullivan   PC-16/87   2:55.363   0   Withdrew after qual
  Miller American   ChevyA   205.208 mph  
          29   Pancho Carter   March 87C   2:56.660   0   Withdrew after qual
  Hardee's   Coswth   203.781 mph  

Race Information

1) Fittipaldi wrecked after qual, started 33rd in backup car 2) Fastest lead lap: Mario Andretti, 204.885 (Lap 7) 3) Fastest racelap: Guerrero, 205.011 (Lap 57)

Lap Leaders

Driver Total Laps Led Laps Led
Danny Sullivan 4 61-64
Roberto Guerrero 8 28,81,97,178-182
Al Unser 18 183-200
Mario Andretti 170 1-27,29-60,65-80,82-96,98-177
Data prepared by Phil Harms - Page created by Omega Timing - All rights reserved

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