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1988 Indianapolis 500

1988 Indianapolis 500 is 128th CART race. Passed at the Indianapolis circuit. Rick Mears won the pole position and this race. Emerson Fittipaldi and Al Unser also climbed to the podium, in second and third place. Race distance 200 laps (805 km).

Previous race: 1988 Long Beach Grand Prix
Next race: 1988 Milwaukee Champ Cars
Race Start: 29th May 1988

Interesting facts and statistics about the 1988 Indianapolis 500

37th victory for the Penske Racing team
18th victory for the Rick Mears
48th podium for the Rick Mears
13th podium for the Emerson Fittipaldi
26th podium for the Al Unser

1988 Indianapolis 500

Penske PC17 #5 - 1988 Indianapolis 500 winner

1988 Indianapolis 500 results

Position	Name	Car	Points	Result	Team
1	Rick Mears	Penske PC17, #5	21	3h 27m 10.204s	Penske Racing
2	Emerson Fittipaldi	March 88C, #20	16	3h 27m 17.276s	Patrick Racing
3	Al Unser	Penske PC17, #1	14	199 laps	Penske Racing
4	Michael Andretti	March 88C, #18	12	199 laps	Kraco Racing
5	Bobby Rahal	Lola T88/00, #4	10	199 laps	Truesports
6	Jim Crawford	Lola T87/00, #15	8	198 laps	King Racing
7	Raul Boesel	Lola T87/00, #30	6	198 laps	Shierson Racing
8	Phil Krueger	March 86C, #97	5	196 laps	R Kent Baker Racing
9	Dick Simon	Lola T88/00, #22	4	196 laps	Dick Simon Racing
10	Arie Luyendyk	Lola T88/00, #7	3	196 laps	Dick Simon Racing
11	Kevin Cogan	March 88C, #11	2	195 laps	Machinists Union Racing
12	Howdy Holmes	March 88C, #21	1	192 laps	Alex Foods Racing
13	Al Unser, Jr.	March 88C, #3	0	180 laps	Galles Racing
14	Bill Vukovich III	March 88C, #56	0	179 laps	Gohr Racing
15	Randy Lewis	Lola T88/00, #24	0	175 laps	Leader Card Racers
16	Rocky Moran	March 86C, #48	0	159 laps Engine	Gilmore Racing Team
17	Rich Vogler	March 87C, #29	0	159 laps Accident	Machinists Union Racing
18	Dominic Dobson	Lola T87/00, #92	0	145 laps Cooling system	Dobson Motorsports
19	Tero Palmroth	Lola T87/00, #23	0	144 laps Engine	Dick Simon Racing
20	Mario Andretti	Lola T87/00, #6	0	118 laps Electrics	Newman-Haas Racing
21	John Andretti	Lola T88/00, #98	0	114 laps Engine	Mike Curb Racing
22	Johnny Rutherford	Lola T87/00, #17	0	107 laps Accident	King Racing
23	Danny Sullivan	Penske PC17, #9	1	101 laps Accident	Penske Racing
24	Steve Chassey	March 87C, #35	0	73 laps Accident	Gary Trout Motorsports
25	Ludwig Heimrath jr	Lola T88/00, #71	0	59 laps Accident	Hemelgarn Racing
26	AJ Foyt jr	Lola T87/00, #14	0	54 laps Accident	Gilmore Racing Team
27	Tom Sneva	Lola T88/00, #81	0	32 laps Accident	Hemelgarn Racing
28	Teo Fabi	March 88C, #8	0	30 laps Accident	Porsche Motorsports
29	Derek Daly	Lola T88/00, #10	0	18 laps Gearbox	Raynor Motorsports
30	Stan Fox	March 86C, #84	0	2 laps Half shaft	Gilmore Racing Team
31	Scott Brayton	Lola T88/00, #91	0	Accident	Hemelgarn Racing
32	Roberto Guerrero	Lola T88/00, #2	0	Accident	Vince Granatelli Racing
33	Tony Bettenhausen jr	Lola T87/00, #16	0	Accident	Bettenhausen Motorsports
0	Gordon Johncock	Lola T87/00, #60	0		Hemelgarn Racing
0	Scott Atchison	March 86C, #55	0		Machinists Union Racing

Qualifying Results for the 1988 Indianapolis 500 on the Indianapolis circuit

Position	Name	Car	Result	Team
1	Rick Mears	Penske PC17, #5	2m 44.235s	Penske Racing
2	Danny Sullivan	Penske PC17, #9	2m 46.502s	Penske Racing
3	Al Unser	Penske PC17, #1	2m 47.232s	Penske Racing
4	Mario Andretti	Lola T87/00, #6	2m 47.682s	Newman-Haas Racing
5	Al Unser, Jr.	March 88C, #3	2m 48.078s	Galles Racing
6	Arie Luyendyk	Lola T88/00, #7	2m 48.531s	Dick Simon Racing
7	Scott Brayton	Lola T88/00, #91	2m 49.313s	Hemelgarn Racing
8	Emerson Fittipaldi	March 88C, #20	2m 49.402s	Patrick Racing
9	Derek Daly	Lola T88/00, #10	2m 49.575s	Raynor Motorsports
10	Michael Andretti	March 88C, #18	2m 51.279s	Kraco Racing
11	Randy Lewis	Lola T88/00, #24	2m 51.613s	Leader Card Racers
12	Roberto Guerrero	Lola T88/00, #2	2m 51.729s	Vince Granatelli Racing
13	Kevin Cogan	March 88C, #11	2m 51.795s	Machinists Union Racing
14	Tom Sneva	Lola T88/00, #81	2m 52.53s	Hemelgarn Racing
15	Phil Krueger	March 86C, #97	2m 52.901s	R Kent Baker Racing
16	Dick Simon	Lola T88/00, #22	2m 53.448s	Dick Simon Racing
17	Teo Fabi	March 88C, #8	2m 53.708s	Porsche Motorsports
18	Jim Crawford	Lola T87/00, #15	2m 50.969s	King Racing
19	Bobby Rahal	Lola T88/00, #4	2m 52.64s	Truesports
20	Raul Boesel	Lola T87/00, #30	2m 50.569s	Shierson Racing
21	Dominic Dobson	Lola T87/00, #92	2m 51.35s	Dobson Motorsports
22	AJ Foyt jr	Lola T87/00, #14	2m 51.677s	Gilmore Racing Team
23	Bill Vukovich III	March 88C, #56	2m 52.625s	Gohr Racing
24	Tony Bettenhausen jr	Lola T87/00, #16	2m 52.793s	Bettenhausen Motorsports
25	Tero Palmroth	Lola T87/00, #23	2m 53.076s	Dick Simon Racing
26	Steve Chassey	March 87C, #35	2m 53.118s	Gary Trout Motorsports
27	John Andretti	Lola T88/00, #98	2m 53.165s	Mike Curb Racing
28	Rocky Moran	March 86C, #48	2m 53.761s	Gilmore Racing Team
29	Stan Fox	March 86C, #84	2m 52.597s	Gilmore Racing Team
30	Johnny Rutherford	Lola T87/00, #17	2m 52.71s	King Racing
31	Ludwig Heimrath jr	Lola T88/00, #71	2m 53.733s	Hemelgarn Racing
32	Rich Vogler	March 87C, #29	2m 53.807s	Machinists Union Racing
33	Howdy Holmes	March 88C, #21	2m 53.938s	Alex Foods Racing
34	Gordon Johncock	Lola T87/00, #60	2m 54.171s	Hemelgarn Racing
35	Scott Atchison	March 86C, #55	2m 55.488s	Machinists Union Racing