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CART race number 2 of 15
Sunday, April 12, 1987 at Phoenix International Raceway, Avondale, AZ
200 laps on a 1.000 mile paved track (200.000 miles)

Time of race: 1:26:56
Average speed: 138.02 mph
Pole speed: 164.896 mph

Cautions: 3 for 16 laps
Margin of victory: 8.62 sec
Attendance: n/a
Lead changes: 9

Glossary 1987 CART results / 1987 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Chass./Eng.	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Pts
1	22	4	Roberto Guerrero	True Value / STP (Vince Granatelli)	March / Cosworth	200	40710	running	96	21
2	4	1	Bobby Rahal	Budweiser (Truesports)	Lola / Cosworth	200	32080	running	58	16
3	13	71	Arie Luyendyk	Living Well / Provimi Veal (Ron Hemelgarn)	March / Cosworth	199	26000	running	3	14
4	2	18	Michael Andretti	Kraco / STP (Kraco Enterprises)	March / Cosworth	199	22710	running	0	12
5	1	5	Mario Andretti	Hanna Car Wash (Newman Haas Racing)	Lola / Chevrolet	198	26040	running	30	11
6	11	55	Josele Garza	Schaefer (Machinist Union Racing Team)	March / Cosworth	196	19320	running	0	8
7	9	10	Dennis Firestone	Raynor Garage Doors	Lola / Cosworth	195	18100	running	0	6
8	12	15	Geoff Brabham	Team Valvoline (Rick Galles)	March / Judd	194	16880	running	0	5
9	10	21	Johnny Rutherford	Vermont American (Alex Morales)	March / Cosworth	194	15660	running	0	4
10	6	22	Dick Simon	Soundesign (Dick Simon)	Lola / Cosworth	189	11916	running	0	3
11	7	3	Danny Sullivan	Miller American (Roger Penske)	Penske / Chevrolet	186	15294	running	0	2
12	15	12	Fabrizio Barbazza	Arciero Wines (Frank Arciero)	March / Cosworth	183	15050	running	0	1
13	14	11	Jeff MacPherson	MacHoward Leasing (Rick Galles)	March / Judd	183	15050	running	0
14	8	30	Al Unser, Jr.	Domino's Pizza (Douglas Shierson)	March / Cosworth	175	14440	gearbox	0
15	19	16	Tony Bettenhausen Jr	Call Free (Tony Bettenhausen, Jr.)	March / Cosworth	175	7440	running	0
16	16	56	Gary Bettenhausen	Genesee Beer Wagon	March / Cosworth	173	13830	running	0
17	17	33	Tom Sneva	Skoal Bandit (Mike Curb)	March / Cosworth	153	17330	running	0
18	21	20	Emerson Fittipaldi	Marlboro (Pat Patrick)	March / Chevrolet	137	13830	electrical	0
19	18	24	Randy Lewis	Western Digital	March / Cosworth	95	13830	overheating	0
20	3	8	Rick Mears	Pennzoil Z-7 (Roger Penske)	Penske / Chevrolet	56	13830	engine	0
21	5	7	Kevin Cogan	Marlboro (Pat Patrick)	March / Chevrolet	45	13830	electrical	13
22	20	23	Ludwig Heimrath, Jr.	Mackenzie Financial (Dick Simon)	Lola / Cosworth	30	13830	cv joint	0

Pos	Name	Nbr	Sponsor	Owner
Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:
	Dale Coyne	19	Dale Coyne Racing	Dale Coyne
	Mike Nish	59	Schaefer	Machinist Union Racing Team

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	11	11
	12	16	5	#56 spun turn 2
	17	28	12
	29	34	6	#11 spun turn 1
	35	153	119
	154	158	5	debris
	159	200	42
Percent of race run under caution: 8.0% Average green flag run: 46.0 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Mario Andretti	1	29	29
Kevin Cogan	30	42	13
Bobby Rahal	43	86	44
Roberto Guerrero	87	94	8
Bobby Rahal	95	96	2
Arie Luyendyk	97	99	3
Bobby Rahal	100	100	1
Mario Andretti	101	101	1
Bobby Rahal	102	112	11
Roberto Guerrero	113	200	88

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
1	Mario Andretti	33
2	Michael Andretti	24	-9
3	Roberto Guerrero	22	-11
4	Josele Garza	18	-15
5	Al Unser, Jr.	16	-17
5	Bobby Rahal	16	-17
7	Tom Sneva	14	-19
7	Arie Luyendyk	14	-19
9	Chip Robinson	8	-25
10	Didier Theys	6	-27
10	Dennis Firestone	6	-27
12	Randy Lewis	5	-28
12	Geoff Brabham	5	-28
14	Johnny Rutherford	4	-29
14	Rick Mears	4	-29
16	Dick Simon	3	-30
16	Jeff MacPherson	3	-30
18	Tony Bettenhausen Jr	2	-31
18	Danny Sullivan	2	-31
20	Fabrizio Barbazza	1	-32