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

1987 Phoenix Champ Cars

1987 Phoenix Champ Cars is 112th CART race. Passed at the Phoenix circuit. Mario Andretti won the pole position, Roberto Guerrero won this race. Bobby Rahal and Arie Luyendyk also climbed to the podium, in second and third place. Race distance 200 laps (322 km).

Previous race: 1987 Long Beach Grand Prix
Next race: 1987 Indianapolis 500
Race Start: 12th April 1987

Interesting facts and statistics about the 1987 Phoenix Champ Cars

1st victory for the Vince Granatelli Racing team
1st victory for the Roberto Guerrero
5th podium for the Roberto Guerrero
28th podium for the Bobby Rahal
1st podium for the Arie Luyendyk

March 87C - 1987 Phoenix Champ Cars winner

March 87C #4 - 1987 Phoenix Champ Cars winner

1987 Phoenix Champ Cars results

Position	Name	Car	Points	Result	Team
1	Roberto Guerrero	March 87C, #4	21	1h 26m 56.62s	Vince Granatelli Racing
2	Bobby Rahal	Lola T87/00, #1	16	1h 27m 5.24s	Truesports
3	Arie Luyendyk	March 87C, #71	14	199 laps	Hemelgarn Racing
4	Michael Andretti	March 87C, #18	12	199 laps	Kraco Racing
5	Mario Andretti	Lola T87/00, #5	11	198 laps	Newman-Haas Racing
6	Josele Garza	March 87C, #55	8	196 laps	Machinists Union Racing
7	Dennis Firestone	Lola T87/00, #10	6	195 laps	Raynor Motorsports
8	Geoff Brabham	March 87C, #15	5	194 laps	Galles Racing
9	Johnny Rutherford	March 87C, #21	4	194 laps	Alex Foods Racing
10	Dick Simon	Lola T87/00, #22	3	189 laps	Dick Simon Racing
11	Danny Sullivan	Penske PC16, #3	2	186 laps	Penske Racing
12	Fabrizio Barbazza	March 87C, #12	1	183 laps	Arciero Racing
13	Jeff MacPherson	March 87C, #11	0	183 laps	Galles Racing
14	Al Unser, Jr.	March 87C, #30	0	175 laps Gearbox	Shierson Racing
15	Tony Bettenhausen jr	March 86C, #16	0	175 laps	Bettenhausen Motorsports
16	Gary Bettenhausen	March 86C, #56	0	173 laps	Gohr Racing
17	Tom Sneva	March 87C, #33	0	153 laps	Mike Curb Racing
18	Emerson Fittipaldi	March 87C, #20	0	137 laps Electrics	Patrick Racing
19	Randy Lewis	March 86C, #24	0	95 laps Overheating	Leader Card Racers
20	Rick Mears	Penske PC16, #8	0	56 laps Engine	Penske Racing
21	Kevin Cogan	March 87C, #7	0	45 laps Electrics	Patrick Racing
22	Ludwig Heimrath jr	Lola T87/00, #23	0	30 laps Cv joint	Dick Simon Racing
0	Mike Nish	March 86C, #59	0		Machinists Union Racing
0	Dale Coyne	March 86C, #19	0		Dale Coyne Racing

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

Position	Name	Car	Result	Team
1	Mario Andretti	Lola T87/00, #5	21.832s	Newman-Haas Racing
2	Michael Andretti	March 87C, #18	21.95s	Kraco Racing
3	Rick Mears	Penske PC16, #8	22.273s	Penske Racing
4	Bobby Rahal	Lola T87/00, #1	22.352s	Truesports
5	Kevin Cogan	March 87C, #7	22.509s	Patrick Racing
6	Dick Simon	Lola T87/00, #22	22.652s	Dick Simon Racing
7	Danny Sullivan	Penske PC16, #3	22.872s	Penske Racing
8	Al Unser, Jr.	March 87C, #30	22.986s	Shierson Racing
9	Dennis Firestone	Lola T87/00, #10	23.075s	Raynor Motorsports
10	Johnny Rutherford	March 87C, #21	23.186s	Alex Foods Racing
11	Josele Garza	March 87C, #55	23.215s	Machinists Union Racing
12	Geoff Brabham	March 87C, #15	23.265s	Galles Racing
13	Arie Luyendyk	March 87C, #71	23.28s	Hemelgarn Racing
14	Jeff MacPherson	March 87C, #11	23.456s	Galles Racing
15	Fabrizio Barbazza	March 87C, #12	23.784s	Arciero Racing
16	Gary Bettenhausen	March 86C, #56	23.822s	Gohr Racing
17	Tom Sneva	March 87C, #33	24.492s	Mike Curb Racing
18	Randy Lewis	March 86C, #24	25.394s	Leader Card Racers
19	Tony Bettenhausen jr	March 86C, #16	25.673s	Bettenhausen Motorsports
20	Ludwig Heimrath jr	Lola T87/00, #23	Cv joint	Dick Simon Racing
21	Emerson Fittipaldi	March 87C, #20	Electrics	Patrick Racing
22	Roberto Guerrero	March 87C, #4		Vince Granatelli Racing
23	Dale Coyne	March 86C, #19		Dale Coyne Racing
24	Mike Nish	March 86C, #59		Machinists Union Racing