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1987 Indianapolis 500

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CART race number 3 of 15
Sunday, May 24, 1987 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway, IN
200 laps on a 2.500 mile paved track (500.000 miles)

Time of race: 3:04:59
Average speed: 162.175 mph
Pole speed: 215.39 mph

Cautions: 10 for 55 laps
Margin of victory: 4.496 sec
Attendance: n/a
Lead changes: 10

Glossary 1987 CART results / 1987 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Chass./Eng.	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Pts
1	20	25	Al Unser	Cummins / Holset Turbo (Roger Penske)	March / Cosworth	200	526763	running	18	20
2	5	4	Roberto Guerrero	True Value / STP (Vince Granatelli)	March / Cosworth	200	305013	running	8	16
3	17	12	Fabrizio Barbazza	Arciero Wines (Frank Arciero)	March / Cosworth	198	204663	running	0	14
4	22	30	Al Unser, Jr.	Domino's Pizza (Douglas Shierson)	March / Cosworth	196	142963	running	0	12
5	15	56	Gary Bettenhausen	Genesee Beer Wagon (Gohr Distributing Co.)	March / Cosworth	195	132213	running	0	10
6	6	22	Dick Simon	Soundesign (Dick Simon)	Lola / Cosworth	193	131813	running	0	8
7	26	41	Stan Fox	Kerker Exhaust (A.J. Foyt)	March / Cosworth	192	111263	running	0	6
8	12	11	Jeff MacPherson	MacHoward Leasing (Rick Galles)	March / Judd	182	117313	running	0	5
9	1	5	Mario Andretti	Hanna Car Wash (Newman Haas Racing)	Lola / Chevrolet	180	368063	ignition	170	6
10	27	16	Tony Bettenhausen Jr	Call Free (Tony Bettenhausen, Jr.)	March / Cosworth	171	105838	running	0	3
11	8	21	Johnny Rutherford	Vermont American (Alex Morales)	March / Cosworth	171	104313	running	0	2
12	13	91	Scott Brayton	Amway / Autostyle Cars (Ron Hemelgarn)	March / Cosworth	167	103063	engine	0	1
13	16	3	Danny Sullivan	Miller American (Roger Penske)	March / Chevrolet	160	120713	engine	4
14	21	33	Tom Sneva	Skoal Bandit (Mike Curb)	March / Cosworth	143	103313	crash	0
15	19	77	Derek Daly	Schied / Superior / Metro Link (B.C. Pace Racing)	March / Buick	133	100763	engine	0
16	33	20	Emerson Fittipaldi	Marlboro (Pat Patrick)	March / Chevrolet	131	98263	engine	0
17	25	55	Josele Garza	Schaefer (Machinist Union Racing Team)	March / Cosworth	129	103350	running	0
18	7	71	Arie Luyendyk	Living Well / Provimi Veal (Ron Hemelgarn)	March / Cosworth	125	97113	suspension	0
19	4	14	A.J. Foyt	Copenhagen / Gilmore (A.J. Foyt)	Lola / Cosworth	117	102963	oil seal	0
20	11	81	Rich Vogler	Byrd's / KFC / Living Well (Ron Hemelgarn)	March / Buick	109	98263	rocker arm	0
21	30	98	Ed Pimm	Skoal (Mike Curb)	March / Cosworth	109	95513	turbocharger	0
22	18	2	Gordon Johncock	STP (American Racing Series)	March / Buick	76	94913	valve	0
23	3	8	Rick Mears	Pennzoil Z-7 (Roger Penske)	March / Chevrolet	75	112463	coil wire	0
24	14	15	Geoff Brabham	Team Valvoline (Rick Galles)	March / Judd	71	92963	oil pressure	0
25	32	87	Steve Chassey	United Oil / Life of Indiana (Lydia Laughrey)	March / Cosworth	68	97913	engine	0
26	2	1	Bobby Rahal	Budweiser (Truesports)	Lola / Cosworth	57	123013	ignition	0
27	29	29	Pancho Carter	Hardee's (Machinist Union Racing Team)	March / Cosworth	45	93263	valve	0
28	28	44	Davy Jones	Copenhagen / Gilmore (A.J. Foyt)	March / Cosworth	34	115463	engine	0
29	9	18	Michael Andretti	Kraco / STP (Kraco Enterprises)	March / Cosworth	28	91113	pit fire	0
30	10	23	Ludwig Heimrath, Jr.	Mackenzie Financial / Horton (Dick Simon)	Lola / Cosworth	25	111513	crash	0
31	24	7	Kevin Cogan	Marlboro (Pat Patrick)	March / Chevrolet	21	90763	oil pump	0
32	23	24	Randy Lewis	Toshiba / Altos (Leader Card)	March / Cosworth	8	90763	gearbox	0
33	31	84	George Snider	Calumet Farms (A.J. Foyt)	March / Chevrolet	0	92713	engine fire	0

Pos	Name	Nbr	Sponsor	Owner
Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:
	Jim Crawford	2	STP	American Racing Series
	Dennis Firestone	10	Raynor Garage Door
	Phil Krueger	10	Raynor Garage Door
	Dominic Dobson	17	Intersport	Dobson Motorsports
	Dick Ferguson	19	Los Angeles Drywall
	Danny Ongais	25	Panavision / Holset Turbo	Roger Penske
	Spike Gehlhausen	35	J.P. Racing
	Sammy Swindell	59	Center Line
	Rocky Moran	76	Walther
	Johnny Parsons	81	Kentucky Fried Chicken / Living Well
	Rick Miaskiewicz	97	Pizza Hut / WENS

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	5	5	#29,55 accident turn 1
	6	26	21
	27	33	7	#23 spun turn 4
	34	38	5
	39	42	4	debris
	43	61	19
	62	67	6	debris
	68	80	13
	81	84	4	#3 spun turn 4
	85	95	11
	96	101	6	#22 stopped on track
	102	130	29
	131	134	4	#16 lost wheel
	135	149	15
	150	158	9	#33 accident turn 2
	159	161	3
	162	166	5	#12 spun turn 4
	167	191	25
	192	196	5	#5 stopped on track
	197	200	4
Percent of race run under caution: 27.5% Average green flag run: 14.5 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Mario Andretti	1	27	27
Roberto Guerrero	28	28	1
Mario Andretti	29	60	32
Danny Sullivan	61	64	4
Mario Andretti	65	80	16
Roberto Guerrero	81	81	1
Mario Andretti	82	96	15
Roberto Guerrero	97	97	1
Mario Andretti	98	177	80
Roberto Guerrero	178	182	5
Al Unser	183	200	18

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
1	Mario Andretti	39
2	Roberto Guerrero	38	-1
3	Al Unser, Jr.	28	-11
4	Michael Andretti	24	-15
5	Al Unser	20	-19
6	Josele Garza	18	-21
7	Bobby Rahal	16	-23
8	Fabrizio Barbazza	15	-24
9	Tom Sneva	14	-25
9	Arie Luyendyk	14	-25
11	Dick Simon	11	-28
12	Gary Bettenhausen	10	-29
13	Chip Robinson	8	-31
13	Jeff MacPherson	8	-31
15	Stan Fox	6	-33
15	Didier Theys	6	-33
15	Johnny Rutherford	6	-33
15	Dennis Firestone	6	-33
19	Tony Bettenhausen Jr	5	-34
19	Randy Lewis	5	-34
19	Geoff Brabham	5	-34