1987 - PPG Indy Car World Series - Indianapolis 500 Race Results

The Champ Car World Series merged operations with the Indy Racing League (IRL) under the Indy Car Series name effective for the 2008 season. The owners of the Champ Car World Series filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on March 5, 2008.

The Champ Car was formed in 2004 after team owners Kevin Kalkhoven, Paul Gentilozzi and Gerald Forsythe bought the assets of Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART) after it had filed for bankruptcy.

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1987 - Indianapolis 500 Race Results

Race Name - Indianapolis 500
Date - 5/24/1987
Race Track - Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Number of Starting Cars - 33
Laps Run - 200
Pole Winner / Pole Speed - Mario Andretti / 215.39 mph
Cautions - 10 cautions for 55 laps
Average Race Speed - 162.175 mph
Lead Changes - 4 Leader(s) with 10 Lead Changes
Lap Leader - Mario Andretti
Race Number - 3

Finish	Start	Driver	Sponsor (Owner)	Chassis	Engine	Qualify Speed
1	20	Al Unser	Cummins Holset Turbo	March	Cosworth	207.423
2	5	Roberto Guerrero	True Value/STP	March	Cosworth	210.68
3	17	Fabrizio Barbazza	Arciero Wines	March	Cosworth	208.038
4	22	Al Unser Jr	Dominos Pizza	March	Cosworth	206.752
5	15	Gary Bettenhausen	Genesee Beer Wagon	March	Cosworth	204.504
6	6	Dick Simon	Soundesign	Lola	Cosworth	209.96
7	26	Stan Fox	Kerker Exhaust	March	Cosworth	204.518
8	12	Jeff MacPherson	Team MacPherson	March	Judd	205.688
9	1	Mario Andretti	Hanna Car Wash	Lola	Chevrolet	215.39
10	27	Tony Bettenhausen Jr	Bettenhausen Associates	March	Cosworth	203.89
11	8	Johnny Rutherford	Vermont American	March	Cosworth	208.296
12	13	Scott Brayton	Amway/Autostyle Cars	March	Cosworth	205.647
13	16	Danny Sullivan	Miller American	March	Chevrolet	210.271
14	21	Tom Sneva	Skoal Bandit	March	Cosworth	207.254
15	19	Derek Daly	Schied/Superior/MetroLink	March	Buick	207.522
16	33	Emerson Fittipaldi	Marlboro	March	Chevrolet	205.584
17	25	Josele Garza	Bryant/Schaefer Beer	March	Cosworth	205.692
18	7	Arie Luyendyk	Living Well/Provimi Veal	March	Cosworth	208.337
19	4	AJ Foyt	CopenhagenGilmore	Lola	Cosworth	210.935
20	11	Rich Vogler	Byrds KFC/Living Well	March	Buick	205.887
21	30	Ed Pimm	Skoal/Curb Motorsports	March	Cosworth	203.284
22	18	Gordon Johncock	STP/ARS	March	Buick	207.99
23	3	Rick Mears	Pennzoil Z7	March	Chevrolet	211.467
24	14	Geoff Brabham	Team Valvoline	March	Judd	205.503
25	32	Steve Chassey	United Oil/Life of Ind	March	Cosworth	202.488
26	2	Bobby Rahal	Budweiser/Truesport	Lola	Cosworth	213.316
27	29	Pancho Carter	Hardees	March	Cosworth	205.154
28	28	Davy Jones	CopenhagenGilmore	March	Cosworth	208.117
29	9	Michael Andretti	Kraco/STP	March	Cosworth	206.129
30	10	Ludwig Heimrath Jr	Mackenzie/Horton	Lola	Cosworth	207.591
31	24	Kevin Cogan	Marlboro	March	Chevrolet	205.999
32	23	Randy Lewis	Toshiba/Altos/Leader Card	March	Cosworth	206.209
33	31	George Snider	Calumet Farms	March	Chevrolet	203.192