CART American Racing Series standings for 1987Click on the Driver to see 1987 race-level statistics for that driver. Previous year Next year |
| Driver | Races | Win | Podium | Pole | Laps | Led | Earnings | AvSt | AvFn | Raf | Miles | LLF | Points | Diff | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Didier Theys | 9 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 420 | 130 | 96,000 | 1.4 | 3.3 | 7 | 633.63 | 7 | 137 | |
| 2 |  Jeff Andretti | 10 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 446 | 113 | 74,800 | 4.7 | 4.4 | 9 | 691.15 | 6 | 123 | -14 |
| 3 |  Tommy Byrne | 10 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 372 | 81 | 69,600 | 2.4 | 4.7 | 8 | 615.76 | 6 | 120 | -17 |
| 4 | Dave Simpson | 10 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 353 | 40 | 54,800 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 7 | 568.84 | 5 | 101 | -36 |
| 5 | Mike Groff | 10 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 414 | 73 | 48,800 | 5.7 | 6.1 | 7 | 606.80 | 6 | 96 | -41 |
| 6 |  Steve Millen | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 326 | 6 | 34,200 | 4.2 | 6.3 | 6 | 563.48 | 5 | 88 | -49 |
| 7 |  Juan Manuel Fangio II | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 230 | 15 | 31,600 | 6.4 | 5.0 | 4 | 302.94 | 3 | 57 | -80 |
| 8 | Albert Naon, Jr. | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 234 | 0 | 14,400 | 6.3 | 6.5 | 5 | 412.34 | 2 | 48 | -89 |
| 9 | Rich Rutherford | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 288 | 0 | 13,200 | 9.5 | 7.5 | 5 | 446.00 | 1 | 41 | -96 |
| 10 | Lee Perkinson, Jr. | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 198 | 1 | 9,800 | 9.0 | 9.3 | 4 | 363.58 | 0 | 35 | -102 |
| 11 |  George Metsos | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 209 | 0 | 9,000 | 12.0 | 7.2 | 4 | 260.56 | 1 | 35 | -102 |
| 12 | Brad Murphey | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 223 | 0 | 7,200 | 10.8 | 9.3 | 4 | 360.87 | 0 | 22 | -115 |
| 13 | Nikolas Konstant | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 183 | 0 | 5,600 | 12.0 | 8.8 | 3 | 216.30 | 0 | 17 | -120 |
| 14 | Mike Hooper | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 5,000 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 1 | 100.00 | 1 | 14 | -123 |
| 15 | Steve Petty | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 0 | 3,600 | 11.3 | 9.3 | 2 | 97.01 | 0 | 12 | -125 |
| 16 | Matt McBride | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 0 | 3,800 | 10.0 | 7.5 | 1 | 133.50 | 0 | 11 | -126 |
| 17 | Wally Dallenbach, Jr. | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 102 | 0 | 3,000 | 10.0 | 9.0 | 2 | 144.92 | 0 | 8 | -129 |
| 17 | Pat Phinny | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 2,200 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 1 | 76.00 | 1 | 8 | -129 |
| 17 | Paul Radisich | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 2,200 | 7.0 | 6.0 | 1 | 74.40 | 1 | 8 | -129 |
| 17 | Bob Tullius | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 0 | 2,200 | 10.0 | 6.0 | 1 | 70.00 | 0 | 8 | -129 |
| 17 |  Guido Dacco | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 2,200 | 10.0 | 6.0 | 1 | 35.68 | 0 | 8 | -129 |
| 22 | Dean Hall | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 2,000 | 10.0 | 7.0 | 1 | 97.50 | 0 | 6 | -131 |
| 23 | Bobby Fix | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 1,800 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 1 | 28.54 | 0 | 5 | -132 |
| 24 | Billy Boat | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 1,600 | 6.0 | 11.5 | 0 | 34.00 | 0 | 4 | -133 |
| 25 | Paul Dallenbach | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 0 | 40.00 | 0 | 1 | -136 |
| 25 | Ron Giery | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 12.0 | 1 | 95.00 | 0 | 1 | -136 |
| Gordon Johncock | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 8.0 | 0 | 35.00 | 0 | |||
 Fabio Greco | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7.0 | 13.0 | 0 | 3.57 | 0 | |||
| Stan Fox | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 0 | 6.00 | 0 | |||
 Giovanni Fontanesi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 15.0 | 0 | 3.57 | 0 |