1988 - PPG Indy Car World Series - Marlboro 500 Race Results

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1988 - Marlboro 500 Race Results

Race Name - Marlboro 500
Date - 8/7/1988
Race Track - Michigan International Speedway
Number of Starting Cars - 28
Laps Run - 250
Pole Winner / Pole Speed - Rick Mears / 218.427 mph
Cautions - 5 cautions for 33 laps
Average Race Speed - 180.654 mph
Lead Changes - 6 Leader(s) with 15 Lead Changes
Lap Leader - Rick Mears
Race Number - 9

Finish	Start	Driver	Sponsor (Owner)	Chassis	Engine	Qualify Speed
1	5	Danny Sullivan	Miller High Life	Penske	Chevrolet	215.073
2	4	Bobby Rahal	Budweiser TrueSports	Lola	Judd	215.073
3	14	Michael Andretti	Kraco Stereo	March	Cosworth	208.738
4	18	Tony Bettenhausen Jr	Yugo of America/Scot Lad	Lola	Cosworth	207.135
5	22	Phil Krueger	U S Engineering	March	Cosworth
6	9	Gordon Johncock	STP Supra Wear Control	Lola	Cosworth	213.245
7	17	Dick Simon	Uniden/GFE	Lola	Cosworth	207.218
8	26	John Jones	Arciero Labatts	March	Cosworth	198.156
9	2	Al Unser	Detroit Diesel	Penske	Chevrolet	216.06
10	25	Scott Atchison	OtterPops/Machinists	March	Cosworth	201.652
11	10	Raul Boesel	Dominos Pizza	Lola	Cosworth	211.839
12	3	Mario Andretti	Amoco/Kmart	Lola	Chevrolet	215.672
13	1	Rick Mears	Pennzoil	Penske	Chevrolet	218.427
14	24	Randy Lewis	Toshiba/Oracle	Lola	Cosworth	201.652
15	21	Rich Vogler	Schaefer/Playboy	March	Cosworth	204.377
16	8	Derek Daly	Raynor Garage Door	Lola	Cosworth	213.51
17	23	Bill Vukovich III	Genesee/EZ Wider	March	Cosworth	202.771
18	13	Johnny Rutherford	Copenhagen/Gilmore	March	Cosworth	208.938
19	7	Emerson Fittipaldi	Marlboro	Lola	Chevrolet	214.101
20	16	Roberto Guerrero	STP Granatelli	Lola	Cosworth	207.894
21	6	Al Unser Jr	Team Valvoline	March	Cosworth	214.643
22	15	Tom Sneva	Mackenzie	Lola	Cosworth	208.014
23	27	Howdy Holmes	Jiffy Mix	March	Cosworth	204.988
24	19	John Andretti	Skoal Bandit	Lola	Cosworth	206.375
25	12	Teo Fabi	Quaker State	March	Porsche	209.919
26	20	Scott Brayton	Amway	Lola	Judd	205.867
27	28	Dale Coyne	Coyne Racing	March	Chevrolet
28	11	Arie Luyendyk	Provimi Veal	Lola	Cosworth	211.448