1988 - 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.

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1988 - Indianapolis 500 Race Results

Race Name - Indianapolis 500
Date - 5/29/1988
Race Track - Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Number of Starting Cars - 33
Laps Run - 200
Pole Winner / Pole Speed - Rick Mears / 219.198 mph
Cautions - 14 cautions for 68 laps
Average Race Speed - 144.809 mph
Lead Changes - 4 Leader(s) with 10 Lead Changes
Lap Leader - Danny Sullivan
Race Number - 3

Finish	Start	Driver	Sponsor (Owner)	Chassis	Engine	Qualify Speed
1	1	Rick Mears	Pennzoil	Penske	Chevrolet	219.198
2	8	Emerson Fittipaldi	Marlboro	March	Chevrolet	212.512
3	3	Al Unser	Hertz	Penske	Chevrolet	215.27
4	10	Michael Andretti	Kraco Car Stereo	March	Cosworth	210.183
5	19	Bobby Rahal	Budweiser/Red Roof Inns	Lola	Judd	208.526
6	18	Jim Crawford	Mac Tools	Lola	Buick	210.564
7	20	Raul Boesel	Dominos Pizza	March	Cosworth	211.058
8	15	Phil Krueger	CNC Systems	March	Cosworth	208.212
9	16	Dick Simon	Soundesign/Uniden	Lola	Cosworth	207.555
10	6	Arie Luyendyk	Provimi Veal	Lola	Cosworth	213.611
11	13	Kevin Cogan	Schaefer Beer/Playboy	March	Cosworth	209.552
12	33	Howdy Holmes	Jiffy Mixes	March	Cosworth	206.97
13	5	Al Unser Jr	Valvoline/Strohs	March	Chevrolet	214.186
14	23	Bill Vukovich III	Genesee Beer	March	Cosworth	208.545
15	11	Randy Lewis	Toshiba/Oracle	Lola	Cosworth	209.774
16	28	Rocky Moran	Greer/Foyt	March	Cosworth	207.181
17	32	Rich Vogler	Byrd/Pepsi/Bryant Heating	March	Cosworth	207.126
18	21	Dominic Dobson	Moore Industries	Lola	Cosworth	210.096
19	25	Tero Palmroth	Neste/Editor	Lola	Cosworth	208.001
20	4	Mario Andretti	Amoco/Kmart	Lola	Chevrolet	214.692
21	27	John Andretti	Skoal Bandit	Lola	Cosworth	207.894
22	30	Johnny Rutherford	Mac Tools	Lola	Buick	208.442
23	2	Danny Sullivan	Miller High Life	Penske	Chevrolet	216.214
24	26	Steve Chassey	Gary Trout Motorsports	March	Cosworth	207.951
25	31	Ludwig Heimrath Jr	MacKenzie Group	Lola	Cosworth	207.215
26	22	AJ Foyt	Copenhagen/Gilmore	Lola	Cosworth	209.696
27	14	Tom Sneva	Pizza Hut/WRTV6	Lola	Judd	208.659
28	17	Teo Fabi	Quaker State	March	Porsche	207.244
29	9	Derek Daly	Raynor Garage Door	Lola	Cosworth	212.295
30	29	Stan Fox	Calumet Farms	March	Chevrolet	208.578
31	7	Scott Brayton	Amway Products	Lola	Buick	212.624
32	12	Roberto Guerrero	STP/Dianetics	Lola	Cosworth	209.633
33	24	Tony Bettenhausen Jr	Scot Lad Foods	Lola	Cosworth	208.342