1987 - PPG Indy Car World Series - Champion Spark Plug 300K Race Results

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1987 - Champion Spark Plug 300K Race Results

Race Name - Champion Spark Plug 300K
Date - 10/11/1987
Race Track - Laguna Seca Raceway
Number of Starting Cars - 24
Laps Run - 98
Pole Winner / Pole Speed - Mario Andretti / 129.237 mph
Cautions - 0 cautions for 0 laps
Average Race Speed - 118.879 mph
Lead Changes - 3 Leader(s) with 3 Lead Changes
Lap Leader - Mario Andretti
Race Number - 14

Finish	Start	Driver	Sponsor (Owner)	Chassis	Engine	Qualify Speed
1	3	Bobby Rahal	Budweiser/Truesport	Lola	Cosworth	128.234
2	4	Danny Sullivan	Miller American	March	Chevrolet	127.017
3	7	Rick Mears	Pennzoil Z7	March	Chevrolet	126.334
4	8	Al Unser Jr	Dominos Pizza	March	Cosworth	125.981
5	5	Geoff Brabham	Team Valvoline	March	Judd	126.796
6	11	Arie Luyendyk	Living Well/Provimi Veal	March	Cosworth	124.156
7	16	John Andretti	Skoal Bandit	March	Cosworth	123.225
8	12	Josele Garza	Schaefer/Machinists Union	March	Cosworth	124.122
9	18	Jeff MacPherson	MacHoward Leasing	March	Cosworth	122.252
10	13	Jeff Wood	Spirit of Wichita	Lola	Cosworth	123.611
11	19	Scott Goodyear	Genesee Beer Wagon	March	Cosworth	119.912
12	15	Pancho Carter	Machinists/Hardees	March	Cosworth	123.448
13	17	John Richards	Soundesign	Lola	Cosworth	122.779
14	10	Derek Daly	Raynor Garage Door	Lola	Cosworth	125.325
15	23	Johnny Rutherford	Vermont American	March	Cosworth
16	14	Raul Boesel	True Value/STP	March	Cosworth	123.557
17	1	Mario Andretti	Hanna Car Wash	Lola	Chevrolet	129.237
18	6	Kevin Cogan	Marlboro	March	Chevrolet	126.535
19	20	Randy Lewis	Toshiba/Altos/Oracle	March	Cosworth	119.532
20	9	Emerson Fittipaldi	Marlboro	March	Chevrolet	125.904
21	22	Dale Coyne	Coyne Racing	March	Chevrolet	110.556
22	2	Michael Andretti	Kraco/STP	March	Cosworth	128.983
23	24	Ludwig Heimrath Jr	Arciero Wines	March	Cosworth	123.228
24	21	Al Unser	Quaker State	Porsche	Porsche	118.851