1987 - PPG Indy Car World Series - Quaker State 500 Race Results

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1987 - Quaker State 500 Race Results

Race Name - Quaker State 500
Date - 8/16/1987
Race Track - Pocono International Raceway
Number of Starting Cars - 26
Laps Run - 200
Pole Winner / Pole Speed - Mario Andretti / 200.915 mph
Cautions - 4 cautions for 27 laps
Average Race Speed - 156.373 mph
Lead Changes - 6 Leader(s) with 12 Lead Changes
Lap Leader - Rick Mears
Race Number - 10

Finish	Start	Driver	Sponsor (Owner)	Chassis	Engine	Qualify Speed
1	2	Rick Mears	Pennzoil Z7	March	Chevrolet	200.611
2	10	Geoff Brabham	Team Valvoline	March	Judd	192.781
3	4	Roberto Guerrero	True Value/STP	March	Cosworth	198.636
4	14	Arie Luyendyk	Living Well/Provimi Veal	March	Cosworth	191.861
5	3	Bobby Rahal	Budweiser/Truesport	Lola	Cosworth	198.82
6	15	Pancho Carter	Machinists Union/Hardees	March	Cosworth	191.665
7	7	AJ Foyt	CopenhagenGilmore	Lola	Cosworth	193.736
8	5	Michael Andretti	Kraco/STP	March	Cosworth	195.173
9	13	Kevin Cogan	Marlboro	March	Chevrolet	191.98
10	26	Derek Daly	Raynor Garage Door	Lola	Cosworth	189.583
11	22	Josele Garza	Schaefer/Machinists Union	March	Cosworth	186.026
12	20	Ludwig Heimrath Jr	Mackenzie Financial	Lola	Cosworth	187.188
13	21	Gary Bettenhausen	Genesee Beer Wagon	March	Cosworth	186.796
14	19	Fabrizio Barbazza	Arciero Wines	March	Cosworth	187.387
15	8	Al Unser	Cummins Holset Turbo	March	Cosworth	193.698
16	18	Randy Lewis	Toshiba/Altos/Oracle	March	Cosworth	190.424
17	17	Danny Sullivan	Miller American	March	Chevrolet	191.241
18	11	Emerson Fittipaldi	Marlboro	March	Chevrolet	192.616
19	1	Mario Andretti	Hanna Car Wash	Lola	Chevrolet	200.915
20	23	Jeff MacPherson	MacHoward Leasing	March	Cosworth	181.774
21	16	Dick Simon	Soundesign	Lola	Cosworth	191.665
22	24	Tony Bettenhausen Jr	United Oil	March	Cosworth	180.679
23	9	Al Unser Jr	Dominos Pizza	March	Cosworth	193.407
24	25	Dale Coyne	Coyne Racing	March	Chevrolet	173.304
25	6	Scott Brayton	Amway/Autostyle Cars	March	Cosworth	194.012
26	12	Johnny Rutherford	Vermont American	March	Cosworth	192.308