1987 - PPG Indy Car World Series - Meadowlands Indy Race Results

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1987 - Meadowlands Indy Race Results

Race Name - Meadowlands Indy
Date - 6/28/1987
Race Track - Meadowlands Sports Complex
Number of Starting Cars - 26
Laps Run - 100
Pole Winner / Pole Speed - Mario Andretti / 90.108 mph
Cautions - 3 cautions for 14 laps
Average Race Speed - 86.032 mph
Lead Changes - 3 Leader(s) with 2 Lead Changes
Lap Leader - Bobby Rahal
Race Number - 6

Finish	Start	Driver	Sponsor (Owner)	Chassis	Engine	Qualify Speed
1	2	Bobby Rahal	Budweiser/Truesport	Lola	Cosworth	97.933
2	1	Mario Andretti	Hanna Car Wash	Lola	Chevrolet	90.108
3	5	Emerson Fittipaldi	Marlboro	March	Chevrolet	97.365
4	6	Geoff Brabham	Team Valvoline	March	Judd	96.365
5	3	Michael Andretti	Kraco/STP	March	Cosworth	97.712
6	12	Arie Luyendyk	Living Well/Provimi Veal	March	Cosworth	94.278
7	14	Tom Sneva	Skoal Bandit	March	Cosworth	93.629
8	7	Al Unser Jr	Dominos Pizza	March	Cosworth	96.03
9	20	Derek Daly	Raynor Garage Door	Lola	Cosworth	88.24
10	13	Scott Brayton	Amway/Autostyle Cars	March	Cosworth	94.218
11	15	Johnny Rutherford	Vermont American	March	Cosworth	93.199
12	9	Kevin Cogan	Marlboro	March	Chevrolet	95.061
13	24	Tony Bettenhausen Jr	Bettenhausen Associates	March	Cosworth	82.469
14	21	Dick Simon	Soundesign	Lola	Cosworth	87.418
15	25	Dale Coyne	Coyne Racing	March	Chevrolet	81.961
16	16	Fabrizio Barbazza	Arciero Wines	March	Cosworth	92.706
17	26	Ludwig Heimrath Jr	Mackenzie Financial	Lola	Cosworth	77.531
18	10	Rick Mears	Pennzoil Z7	Penske	Chevrolet	94.48
19	4	Roberto Guerrero	True Value/STP	March	Cosworth	97.613
20	8	Danny Sullivan	Miller American	Penske	Chevrolet	95.868
21	17	Jeff MacPherson	MacHoward Leasing	March	Judd	92.062
22	19	Scott Goodyear	Genesee Beer Wagon	March	Cosworth	90.229
23	22	Randy Lewis	Toshiba	March	Cosworth	88.839
24	11	Josele Garza	Schaefer/Machinists Union	March	Cosworth	94.322
25	18	Chip Robinson	Carteret Savings	March	Cosworth	90.383
26	23	John Richards	Soundesign	Lola	Cosworth	83.843