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1987 Long Beach Grand Prix

1987 Long Beach Grand Prix is 111th CART race. Passed at the Long Beach circuit. Mario Andretti won the pole position and this race. Al Unser, Jr. and Tom Sneva also climbed to the podium, in second and third place. Race distance 95 laps (255 km).

Previous race: 1986 Miami Champ Cars
Next race: 1987 Phoenix Champ Cars
Race Start: 5th April 1987

Interesting facts and statistics about the 1987 Long Beach Grand Prix

14th victory for the Newman-Haas Racing team
15th victory for the Mario Andretti
38th podium for the Mario Andretti
18th podium for the Al Unser, Jr.
28th podium for the Tom Sneva

Lola T87/00 - 1987 Long Beach Grand Prix winner

Lola T87/00 #5 - 1987 Long Beach Grand Prix winner

1987 Long Beach Grand Prix results

Position	Name	Car	Points	Result	Team
1	Mario Andretti	Lola T87/00, #5	22	1h 51m 33.036s	Newman-Haas Racing
2	Al Unser, Jr.	March 87C, #30	16	94 laps	Shierson Racing
3	Tom Sneva	March 87C, #33	14	94 laps	Mike Curb Racing
4	Michael Andretti	March 87C, #18	12	93 laps	Kraco Racing
5	Josele Garza	March 87C, #55	10	93 laps	Machinists Union Racing
6	Chip Robinson	March 86C, #44	8	92 laps	Group 44 Racing
7	Didier Theys	Lola T86/00, #51	6	91 laps	Newman Teamworks
8	Randy Lewis	March 87C, #24	5	91 laps	Leader Card Racers
9	Rick Mears	Penske PC16, #8	4	90 laps	Penske Racing
10	Jeff MacPherson	Lola T86/00, #11	3	89 laps	Galles Racing
11	Tony Bettenhausen jr	March 86C, #16	2	89 laps	Bettenhausen Motorsports
12	Roberto Guerrero	March 87C, #4	1	88 laps Engine	Vince Granatelli Racing
13	Rocky Moran	March 87C, #56	0	86 laps	Gohr Racing
14	Arie Luyendyk	March 87C, #71	0	78 laps	Hemelgarn Racing
15	Ludwig Heimrath jr	Lola T87/00, #23	0	66 laps Gearbox	Dick Simon Racing
16	Geoff Brabham	March 87C, #15	0	63 laps Clutch	Galles Racing
17	Fabrizio Barbazza	March 87C, #12	0	61 laps Mechanical	Arciero Racing
18	Kevin Cogan	March 87C, #7	0	56 laps Engine	Patrick Racing
19	Emerson Fittipaldi	March 87C, #20	0	52 laps Turbo wastegate	Patrick Racing
20	Dennis Firestone	Lola T87/00, #10	0	39 laps Fire	Raynor Motorsports
21	Dick Simon	Lola T87/00, #22	0	30 laps Spun	Dick Simon Racing
22	Danny Sullivan	Penske PC16, #3	0	28 laps Mechanical	Penske Racing
23	Johnny Rutherford	March 87C, #21	0	25 laps Engine	Alex Foods Racing
24	Bobby Rahal	Lola T87/00, #1	0	5 laps Suspension	Truesports

Qualifying Results for the 1987 Long Beach Grand Prix on the Long Beach circuit

Position	Name	Car	Result	Team
1	Mario Andretti	Lola T87/00, #5	1m 5.886s	Newman-Haas Racing
2	Roberto Guerrero	March 87C, #4	1m 6.804s	Vince Granatelli Racing
3	Emerson Fittipaldi	March 87C, #20	1m 6.813s	Patrick Racing
4	Kevin Cogan	March 87C, #7	1m 6.924s	Patrick Racing
5	Michael Andretti	March 87C, #18	1m 7.148s	Kraco Racing
6	Al Unser, Jr.	March 87C, #30	1m 7.364s	Shierson Racing
7	Bobby Rahal	Lola T87/00, #1	1m 7.561s	Truesports
8	Geoff Brabham	March 87C, #15	1m 7.689s	Galles Racing
9	Danny Sullivan	Penske PC16, #3	1m 8.465s	Penske Racing
10	Tom Sneva	March 87C, #33	1m 8.577s	Mike Curb Racing
11	Josele Garza	March 87C, #55	1m 8.631s	Machinists Union Racing
12	Arie Luyendyk	March 87C, #71	1m 8.773s	Hemelgarn Racing
13	Jeff MacPherson	Lola T86/00, #11	1m 8.996s	Galles Racing
14	Fabrizio Barbazza	March 87C, #12	1m 9.103s	Arciero Racing
15	Ludwig Heimrath jr	Lola T87/00, #23	1m 9.449s	Dick Simon Racing
16	Chip Robinson	March 86C, #44	1m 9.663s	Group 44 Racing
17	Didier Theys	Lola T86/00, #51	1m 9.684s	Newman Teamworks
18	Rick Mears	Penske PC16, #8	1m 9.687s	Penske Racing
19	Randy Lewis	March 87C, #24	1m 10.115s	Leader Card Racers
20	Rocky Moran	March 87C, #56	1m 10.234s	Gohr Racing
21	Dick Simon	Lola T87/00, #22	1m 10.287s	Dick Simon Racing
22	Johnny Rutherford	March 87C, #21	1m 11.348s	Alex Foods Racing
23	Dennis Firestone	Lola T87/00, #10	1m 12.69s	Raynor Motorsports
24	Tony Bettenhausen jr	March 86C, #16	1m 13.472s	Bettenhausen Motorsports