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1987 Pocono 500 in CART at the Pocono circuit. Full information

1987 Pocono 500

1987 Pocono 500 is 120th CART race. Passed at the Pocono circuit. Mario Andretti won the pole position, Rick Mears won this race. Geoff Brabham and Roberto Guerrero also climbed to the podium, in second and third place. Race distance 200 laps (805 km).

Previous race: 1987 Michigan 500
Next race: 1987 Road America Champ Cars
Race Start: 16th August 1987

Interesting facts and statistics about the 1987 Pocono 500

36th victory for the Penske Racing team
17th victory for the Rick Mears
45th podium for the Rick Mears
7th podium for the Geoff Brabham
7th podium for the Roberto Guerrero

March 86C #8 - 1987 Pocono 500 winner

1987 Pocono 500 results

Position	Name	Car	Points	Result	Team
1	Rick Mears	March 86C, #8	21	3h 11m 50.92s	Penske Racing
2	Geoff Brabham	March 87C, #15	16	3h 12m 8.24s	Galles Racing
3	Roberto Guerrero	March 87C, #4	14	3h 12m 14.76s	Vince Granatelli Racing
4	Arie Luyendyk	March 87C, #71	12	198 laps	Hemelgarn Racing
5	Bobby Rahal	Lola T87/00, #1	10	198 laps	Truesports
6	Pancho Carter	March 87C, #29	8	197 laps	Machinists Union Racing
7	AJ Foyt jr	Lola T87/00, #14	6	197 laps	Gilmore Racing Team
8	Michael Andretti	March 87C, #18	5	196 laps	Kraco Racing
9	Kevin Cogan	March 87C, #7	4	190 laps	Patrick Racing
10	Derek Daly	Lola T87/00, #10	3	189 laps	Raynor Motorsports
11	Josele Garza	March 87C, #55	2	188 laps	Machinists Union Racing
12	Ludwig Heimrath jr	Lola T87/00, #23	1	187 laps	Dick Simon Racing
13	Gary Bettenhausen	March 86C, #56	0	183 laps	Gohr Racing
14	Fabrizio Barbazza	March 87C, #12	0	182 laps	Arciero Racing
15	Al Unser	March 86C, #6	0	158 laps Accident	Penske Racing
16	Randy Lewis	March 87C, #24	0	155 laps Engine	Leader Card Racers
17	Danny Sullivan	March 86C, #3	0	124 laps Gearbox	Penske Racing
18	Emerson Fittipaldi	March 87C, #20	0	115 laps Engine	Patrick Racing
19	Mario Andretti	Lola T87/00, #5	1	88 laps Accident	Newman-Haas Racing
20	Jeff MacPherson	March 87C, #11	0	30 laps Accident	Galles Racing
21	Dick Simon	Lola T87/00, #22	0	18 laps Drive train	Dick Simon Racing
22	Tony Bettenhausen jr	March 86C, #16	0	15 laps Electrics	Bettenhausen Motorsports
23	Al Unser, Jr.	March 87C, #30	0	12 laps Electrics	Shierson Racing
24	Dale Coyne	March 86C, #19	0	9 laps Engine	Dale Coyne Racing
25	Scott Brayton	March 87C, #91	0	Accident	Hemelgarn Racing
26	Johnny Rutherford	March 87C, #21	0	Accident	Alex Foods Racing

Qualifying Results for the 1987 Pocono 500 on the Pocono circuit

Position	Name	Car	Result	Team
1	Mario Andretti	Lola T87/00, #5	44.795s	Newman-Haas Racing
2	Rick Mears	March 86C, #8	44.863s	Penske Racing
3	Bobby Rahal	Lola T87/00, #1	45.267s	Truesports
4	Roberto Guerrero	March 87C, #4	45.309s	Vince Granatelli Racing
5	Michael Andretti	March 87C, #18	46.113s	Kraco Racing
6	Scott Brayton	March 87C, #91	46.389s	Hemelgarn Racing
7	AJ Foyt jr	Lola T87/00, #14	46.455s	Gilmore Racing Team
8	Al Unser	March 86C, #6	46.464s	Penske Racing
9	Al Unser, Jr.	March 87C, #30	46.534s	Shierson Racing
10	Geoff Brabham	March 87C, #15	46.685s	Galles Racing
11	Emerson Fittipaldi	March 87C, #20	46.725s	Patrick Racing
12	Johnny Rutherford	March 87C, #21	46.8s	Alex Foods Racing
13	Kevin Cogan	March 87C, #7	46.88s	Patrick Racing
14	Arie Luyendyk	March 87C, #71	46.909s	Hemelgarn Racing
15	Pancho Carter	March 87C, #29	46.957s	Machinists Union Racing
16	Dick Simon	Lola T87/00, #22	46.957s	Dick Simon Racing
17	Danny Sullivan	March 86C, #3	47.061s	Penske Racing
18	Randy Lewis	March 87C, #24	47.263s	Leader Card Racers
19	Fabrizio Barbazza	March 87C, #12	48.029s	Arciero Racing
20	Ludwig Heimrath jr	Lola T87/00, #23	48.08s	Dick Simon Racing
21	Gary Bettenhausen	March 86C, #56	48.181s	Gohr Racing
22	Josele Garza	March 87C, #55	48.382s	Machinists Union Racing
23	Jeff MacPherson	March 87C, #11	49.512s	Galles Racing
24	Tony Bettenhausen jr	March 86C, #16	49.812s	Bettenhausen Motorsports
25	Dale Coyne	March 86C, #19	51.932s	Dale Coyne Racing
26	Derek Daly	Lola T87/00, #10	47.484s	Raynor Motorsports