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Sunday, May 29, 1988


Track:   Indianapolis, IN
Track Type:   Paved Oval Lap Distance: 2.500 Miles
Race Distance:   500 Miles Margin of Victory: 7.072 sec.
Pole Pos.:   Rick Mears 219.198 mph  

  Rank   SP   Car   Driver   Chassis   Q.Time   Laps   Reason
              Sponsor   Engine   Q.Spd.  
  1   1   5   Rick Mears   PC-17/88   2:44.235   200   3:27:10.204 144.809
  Pennzoil   ChevyA   219.198 mph  
  2   8   20   Emerson Fittipaldi   March 88C   2:49.402   200   3:27:17.276 144.726
  Marlboro   ChevyA   212.512 mph  
  3   3   1   Al Unser   PC-17/88   2:47.232   199   Flagged
  Hertz   ChevyA   215.270 mph  
  4   10   18   Michael Andretti   March 88C   2:51.279   199   Flagged
  Kraco Car Stereo   Coswth   210.183 mph  
  5   19   4   Bobby Rahal   Lola 8800   2:52.640   199   Flagged
  Budweiser/Red Roof Inns   Judd   208.526 mph  
  6   18   15   Jim Crawford   Lola 8700   2:50.969   198   Flagged
  Mac Tools   Buick   210.564 mph  
  7   20   30   Raul Boesel   March 88C   2:50.569   198   Flagged
  Domino's Pizza   Coswth   211.058 mph  
  8   15   97   Phil Krueger   March 86C   2:52.901   196   Flagged
  CNC Systems   Coswth   208.212 mph  
  9   16   22   Dick Simon   Lola 8801   2:53.448   196   Flagged
  Soundesing/Uniden   Coswth   207.555 mph  
  10   6   7   Arie Luyendyk   Lola T8800   2:48.531   196   Flagged
  Provimi Veal   Coswth   213.611 mph  
  11   13   11   Kevin Cogan   March 88C   2:51.795   195   Flagged
  Schaefer Beer/Playboy   Coswth   209.552 mph  
  12   33   21   Howdy Holmes   March 88C   2:53.938   192   Flagged
  Jiffy Mixes   Coswth   206.970 mph  
  13   5   3   Al Unser, Jr   March 88C   2:48.078   180   Flagged
  Valvoline/Stroh's   ChevyA   214.186 mph  
  14   23   56   Bill Vukovich III   March 88C   2:52.625   179   Flagged
  Genesee Beer   Coswth   208.545 mph  
  15   88   24   Randy Lewis   LoltaT8800   2:51.613   175   Flagged
  Toshiba/Oracle   Coswth   209.774 mph  
  16   28   48   Rocky Moran   March 86C   2:53.761   159   Blew engine MS
  Greer/Foyt   Coswth   207.181 mph  
  17   32   29   Rich Vogler   March 87C   2:53.807   159   Wrecked turn 4
  Byrd/Pepsi/Bryant Heating   Coswth   207.126 mph  
  18   21   92   Dominic Dobson   Lola 8700   2:51.350   145   Loss of coolant
  Moore Industries   Coswth   210.096 mph  
  19   25   23   Tero Palmroth   Lola 8800   2:53.076   144   Engine
  Neste/Editor   Coswth   208.001 mph  
  20   4   6   Mario Andretti   Lola 8800   2:47.682   118   Electrical
  Amoco/K-Mart   ChevyA   214.692 mph  
  21   27   98   John Andretti   Lola 8800   2:53.165   114   Engine
  Skoal Bandit   Coswth   207.894 mph  
  22   30   17   Johnny Rutherford   Lola 8700   2:52.710   107   Wrecked turn 1
  Mac Tools   Buick   208.442 mph  
  23   2   9   Danny Sullivan   PC-17/88   2:46.502   101   Wrecked turn 1
  Miller High Life   ChevyA   216.214 mph  
  24   26   35   Steve Chassey   March 87C   2:53.118   73   Wrecked turn 4
  Gary Trout Motorsports   Coswth   207.951 mph  
  25   31   71   Ludwig Heimrath, Jr   Lola 8800   2:53.733   59   Wrecked turn 4
  MacKenzie Group   Coswth   207.215 mph  
  26   22   14   A.J. Foyt   Lola 8800   2:51.677   54   Wrecked turn 2
  Copenhagen/Gilmore   Coswth   209.696 mph  
  27   14   81   Tom Sneva   Lola 8800   2:52.530   32   Wrecked turn 4
  Pizza Hut/WRTV-6   Judd   208.659 mph  
  28   17   8   Teo Fabi   March 88C   2:53.708   30   Lost wheel in pits
  Quaker State   Porsch   207.244 mph  
  29   9   10   Derek Daly   Lola 8800   2:49.575   18   Broken transmission
  Raynor Garage Door   Coswth   212.295 mph  
  30   29   84   Stan Fox   March 86C   2:52.597   2   Broken half shaft
  Calumet Farms   Chevy   208.578 mph  
  31   7   91   Scott Brayton   Lola 8800   2:49.313   0   Wrecked turn 2
  Amway Products   Buick   212.624 mph  
  32   12   2   Roberto Guerrero   Lola 8800   2:51.729   0   Wrecked turn 2
  STP/Dianetics   Coswth   209.633 mph  
  33   24   16   Tony, Jr Bettenhausen   Lola 8700   2:52.793   0   Wrecked turn 2
  Scot Lad Foods   Coswth   208.342 mph  
          50   Gordon Johncock   Lola T8700   2:54.171   0   DNS, too slow
  RMR/STP Oil Treatment   Coswth   206.693 mph  
          29   Rich Vogler   March 87C   2:54.365   0   DNS, too slow
  Byrd's Cafe/Pepsi/Bryant   Coswth   206.463 mph  
          55   Scott Atchison   March 86C   2:55.488   0   DNS, too slow
  Opper Pops/Machinists   Coswth   205.142 mph  
          14   Johnny Parsons   Lola T8800       0   Wrecked practice
  Copenhagen/Gilmore   CowsTC      
          28   Pancho Carter   March 88C       0   Wrecked qualifying
  Hardee's   Buick      
          27   Ed Pimm   March 87C       0   Wrecked qualifying
  Los Angeles Drywall   Coswth      
          46   Gary Bettenhausen   March 87C       0   Did not qualify
  Scheid Tire Centers   Coswth      
          12   John Jones   March 88C       0   Did not qualify
  Labatt's   Coswth      
          12   Johnny Parsons   March 88C       0   Did nto qualify
  Labatt's   Coswth      
          82   Pancho Carter   March 86C       0   Wrecked practice
  Hardee's   Buick      
          87   Spike Gehlhausen   March 87C       0   Wrecked practice
  Indiana Carbon   Coswth      
          77   Tom Bigelow   March 86C       0   Wrecked practice
  Performers, Inc.   Coswth      
          36   Johnny Parsons   March 87C       0   Did not qualify
  Mergard/Conseco   Coswth      
          39   Dale Coyne   March 86C       0   Did not qualify
  Dale Coyne Racing   Chevy      
          36   Harry Sauce   March 87C       0   Wrecked practice
  Mergard/Conseco   Coswth      

Race Information

1) Fastest race lap: Rick Mears, 42.956, 209.517 mph 2) Weather: hot and sunny 3) Attendance estimated at 400,000

Lap Leaders

Driver Total Laps Led Laps Led
Jim Crawford 8 95-101,104
Al Unser 12 31-33,105-112,122
Rick Mears 89 102-103,113-121,123-200
Danny Sullivan 91 1-30,34-94
Data prepared by Phil Harms - Page created by Omega Timing - All rights reserved

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