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

1987 Meadowlands Champ Cars

1987 Meadowlands Champ Cars is 116th CART race. Passed at the Meadowlands circuit. Mario Andretti won the pole position, Bobby Rahal won this race. Mario Andretti and Emerson Fittipaldi also climbed to the podium, in second and third place. Race distance 100 laps (271 km).

Previous race: 1987 Portland Champ Cars
Next race: 1987 Cleveland Champ Cars
Race Start: 28th June 1987

Interesting facts and statistics about the 1987 Meadowlands Champ Cars

16th victory for the Truesports team
16th victory for the Bobby Rahal
31st podium for the Bobby Rahal
39th podium for the Mario Andretti
10th podium for the Emerson Fittipaldi

Lola T87/00 - 1987 Meadowlands Champ Cars winner

Lola T87/00 #1 - 1987 Meadowlands Champ Cars winner

1987 Meadowlands Champ Cars results

Position	Name	Car	Points	Result	Team
1	Bobby Rahal	Lola T87/00, #1	21	1h 57m 18.316s	Truesports
2	Mario Andretti	Lola T87/00, #5	17	1h 57m 22.11s	Newman-Haas Racing
3	Emerson Fittipaldi	March 87C, #20	14	100 laps	Patrick Racing
4	Geoff Brabham	March 87C, #15	12	100 laps	Galles Racing
5	Michael Andretti	March 87C, #18	10	99 laps	Kraco Racing
6	Arie Luyendyk	March 87C, #71	8	99 laps	Hemelgarn Racing
7	Tom Sneva	March 87C, #33	6	98 laps	Mike Curb Racing
8	Al Unser, Jr.	March 87C, #30	5	97 laps	Shierson Racing
9	Derek Daly	Lola T87/00, #10	4	97 laps	Raynor Motorsports
10	Scott Brayton	March 87C, #91	3	97 laps	Hemelgarn Racing
11	Johnny Rutherford	March 87C, #21	2	97 laps	Alex Foods Racing
12	Kevin Cogan	March 87C, #7	1	96 laps	Patrick Racing
13	Tony Bettenhausen jr	March 86C, #16	0	92 laps	Bettenhausen Motorsports
14	Dick Simon	Lola T87/00, #22	0	91 laps	Dick Simon Racing
15	Dale Coyne	March 86C, #19	0	87 laps	Dale Coyne Racing
16	Fabrizio Barbazza	March 87C, #12	0	75 laps Brakes	Arciero Racing
17	Rick Mears	Penske PC16, #8	0	71 laps Debris	Penske Racing
18	Ludwig Heimrath jr	Lola T87/00, #23	0	71 laps Wheel	Dick Simon Racing
19	Roberto Guerrero	March 87C, #4	0	68 laps Puncture	Vince Granatelli Racing
20	Danny Sullivan	Penske PC16, #3	0	53 laps Wheel	Penske Racing
21	Jeff MacPherson	March 87C, #11	0	49 laps Electrics	Galles Racing
22	Scott Goodyear	March 87C, #56	0	39 laps Accident	Gohr Racing
23	Randy Lewis	March 87C, #24	0	32 laps Fire	Leader Card Racers
24	Josele Garza	March 87C, #55	0	30 laps Suspension	Machinists Union Racing
25	Chip Robinson	March 86C, #44	0	19 laps Accident	Group 44 Racing
26	John Richards	Lola T86/00, #27	0	7 laps Gearbox	Dick Simon Racing

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

Position	Name	Car	Result	Team
1	Mario Andretti	Lola T87/00, #5	1m 1.097s	Newman-Haas Racing
2	Bobby Rahal	Lola T87/00, #1	1m 1.83s	Truesports
3	Michael Andretti	March 87C, #18	1m 1.97s	Kraco Racing
4	Roberto Guerrero	March 87C, #4	1m 2.033s	Vince Granatelli Racing
5	Emerson Fittipaldi	March 87C, #20	1m 2.191s	Patrick Racing
6	Geoff Brabham	March 87C, #15	1m 2.836s	Galles Racing
7	Al Unser, Jr.	March 87C, #30	1m 3.055s	Shierson Racing
8	Danny Sullivan	Penske PC16, #3	1m 3.162s	Penske Racing
9	Kevin Cogan	March 87C, #7	1m 3.698s	Patrick Racing
10	Rick Mears	Penske PC16, #8	1m 4.09s	Penske Racing
11	Josele Garza	March 87C, #55	1m 4.197s	Machinists Union Racing
12	Arie Luyendyk	March 87C, #71	1m 4.227s	Hemelgarn Racing
13	Scott Brayton	March 87C, #91	1m 4.268s	Hemelgarn Racing
14	Tom Sneva	March 87C, #33	1m 4.672s	Mike Curb Racing
15	Johnny Rutherford	March 87C, #21	1m 4.971s	Alex Foods Racing
16	Fabrizio Barbazza	March 87C, #12	1m 5.316s	Arciero Racing
17	Jeff MacPherson	March 87C, #11	1m 5.773s	Galles Racing
18	Chip Robinson	March 86C, #44	1m 6.995s	Group 44 Racing
19	Scott Goodyear	March 87C, #56	1m 7.109s	Gohr Racing
20	Derek Daly	Lola T87/00, #10	1m 8.622s	Raynor Motorsports
21	Dick Simon	Lola T87/00, #22	1m 9.267s	Dick Simon Racing
22	Randy Lewis	March 87C, #24	1m 9.729s	Leader Card Racers
23	John Richards	Lola T86/00, #27	1m 12.221s	Dick Simon Racing
24	Tony Bettenhausen jr	March 86C, #16	1m 13.424s	Bettenhausen Motorsports
25	Dale Coyne	March 86C, #19	1m 13.879s	Dale Coyne Racing
26	Ludwig Heimrath jr	Lola T87/00, #23	1m 18.1s	Dick Simon Racing