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1987 Cleveland Champ Cars in CART at the Cleveland circuit. Full information

1987 Cleveland Champ Cars

1987 Cleveland Champ Cars is 117th CART race. Passed at the Cleveland circuit. Roberto Guerrero won the pole position, Emerson Fittipaldi won this race. Bobby Rahal and Al Unser, Jr. also climbed to the podium, in second and third place. Race distance 80 laps (320 km).

Previous race: 1987 Meadowlands Champ Cars
Next race: 1987 Toronto Champ Cars
Race Start: 5th July 1987

Interesting facts and statistics about the 1987 Cleveland Champ Cars

10th victory for the Patrick Racing team
3rd victory for the Emerson Fittipaldi
11th podium for the Emerson Fittipaldi
32nd podium for the Bobby Rahal
19th podium for the Al Unser, Jr.

March 87C - 1987 Cleveland Champ Cars winner

March 87C #20 - 1987 Cleveland Champ Cars winner

1987 Cleveland Champ Cars results

Position	Name	Car	Points	Result	Team
1	Emerson Fittipaldi	March 87C, #20	20	1h 32m 40.695s	Patrick Racing
2	Bobby Rahal	Lola T87/00, #1	16	1h 32m 51.314s	Truesports
3	Al Unser, Jr.	March 87C, #30	14	1h 33m 3.814s	Shierson Racing
4	Danny Sullivan	March 86C, #3	12	1h 33m 8.753s	Penske Racing
5	Roberto Guerrero	March 87C, #4	12	1h 33m 11.467s	Vince Granatelli Racing
6	Michael Andretti	March 87C, #18	8	1h 33m 37.865s	Kraco Racing
7	Rick Mears	Penske PC16, #8	6	79 laps	Penske Racing
8	Tom Sneva	March 87C, #33	5	77 laps	Mike Curb Racing
9	Johnny Rutherford	March 87C, #21	4	76 laps	Alex Foods Racing
10	Mario Andretti	Lola T87/00, #5	3	75 laps Engine	Newman-Haas Racing
11	Derek Daly	Lola T87/00, #10	2	74 laps	Raynor Motorsports
12	Randy Lewis	March 87C, #24	1	72 laps	Leader Card Racers
13	John Richards	Lola T86/00, #27	0	71 laps	Dick Simon Racing
14	Rick Miaskiewicz	March 87C, #59	0	70 laps	Machinists Union Racing
15	Scott Goodyear	March 86C, #56	0	69 laps	Gohr Racing
16	Josele Garza	March 87C, #55	0	66 laps	Machinists Union Racing
17	Jeff MacPherson	March 87C, #11	0	55 laps Engine	Galles Racing
18	Ludwig Heimrath jr	Lola T87/00, #23	0	54 laps Half shaft	Dick Simon Racing
19	Arie Luyendyk	March 87C, #71	0	24 laps Engine	Hemelgarn Racing
20	Tony Bettenhausen jr	March 86C, #16	0	18 laps Gearbox	Bettenhausen Motorsports
21	Kevin Cogan	March 87C, #7	0	17 laps Electrics	Patrick Racing
22	Geoff Brabham	March 87C, #15	0	15 laps Engine	Galles Racing
23	Dick Simon	Lola T87/00, #22	0	11 laps Gearbox	Dick Simon Racing
24	Fabrizio Barbazza, Dale Coyne	March 87C, #12	0	4 laps Gearbox	Arciero Racing

Qualifying Results for the 1987 Cleveland Champ Cars on the Cleveland circuit

Position	Name	Car	Result	Team
1	Roberto Guerrero	March 87C, #4	1m 5.509s	Vince Granatelli Racing
2	Bobby Rahal	Lola T87/00, #1	1m 5.584s	Truesports
3	Mario Andretti	Lola T87/00, #5	1m 5.694s	Newman-Haas Racing
4	Michael Andretti	March 87C, #18	1m 5.698s	Kraco Racing
5	Emerson Fittipaldi	March 87C, #20	1m 5.698s	Patrick Racing
6	Danny Sullivan	March 86C, #3	1m 5.89s	Penske Racing
7	Kevin Cogan	March 87C, #7	1m 6.91s	Patrick Racing
8	Geoff Brabham	March 87C, #15	1m 6.927s	Galles Racing
9	Arie Luyendyk	March 87C, #71	1m 7.061s	Hemelgarn Racing
10	Al Unser, Jr.	March 87C, #30	1m 7.126s	Shierson Racing
11	Rick Mears	Penske PC16, #8	1m 7.355s	Penske Racing
12	Ludwig Heimrath jr	Lola T87/00, #23	1m 8.133s	Dick Simon Racing
13	Tom Sneva	March 87C, #33	1m 8.228s	Mike Curb Racing
14	Fabrizio Barbazza	March 87C, #12	1m 8.296s	Arciero Racing
15	Josele Garza	March 87C, #55	1m 8.66s	Machinists Union Racing
16	Scott Goodyear	March 86C, #56	1m 9.168s	Gohr Racing
17	Jeff MacPherson	March 87C, #11	1m 9.409s	Galles Racing
18	Derek Daly	Lola T87/00, #10	1m 9.41s	Raynor Motorsports
19	Johnny Rutherford	March 87C, #21	1m 9.653s	Alex Foods Racing
20	Dick Simon	Lola T87/00, #22	1m 11.593s	Dick Simon Racing
21	Randy Lewis	March 87C, #24	1m 12.503s	Leader Card Racers
22	Tony Bettenhausen jr	March 86C, #16	1m 12.745s	Bettenhausen Motorsports
23	John Richards	Lola T86/00, #27	1m 13.232s	Dick Simon Racing
24	Rick Miaskiewicz, Dale Coyne	March 87C, #59	1m 14s	Machinists Union Racing