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1988 Long Beach Grand Prix

1988 Long Beach Grand Prix is 127th CART race. Passed at the Long Beach circuit. Danny Sullivan won the pole position, Al Unser, Jr. won this race. Bobby Rahal and Kevin Cogan also climbed to the podium, in second and third place. Race distance 95 laps (255 km).

Previous race: 1988 Phoenix Champ Cars
Next race: 1988 Indianapolis 500
Race Start: 17th April 1988

Interesting facts and statistics about the 1988 Long Beach Grand Prix

2nd victory for the Galles Racing team
5th victory for the Al Unser, Jr.
22nd podium for the Al Unser, Jr.
38th podium for the Bobby Rahal
7th podium for the Kevin Cogan

March 88C - 1988 Long Beach Grand Prix winner

March 88C #3 - 1988 Long Beach Grand Prix winner

1988 Long Beach Grand Prix results

Position	Name	Car	Points	Result	Team
1	Al Unser, Jr.	March 88C, #3	21	1h 53m 47.34s	Galles Racing
2	Bobby Rahal	Lola T88/00, #1	16	94 laps	Truesports
3	Kevin Cogan	March 87C, #11	14	94 laps	Machinists Union Racing
4	Raul Boesel	March 88C, #30	12	93 laps	Shierson Racing
5	Derek Daly	Lola T88/00, #10	10	93 laps	Raynor Motorsports
6	Rocky Moran	March 87C, #56	8	93 laps	Gohr Racing
7	Michael Andretti	March 88C, #18	6	93 laps	Kraco Racing
8	Rick Mears	Penske PC17, #5	5	91 laps	Penske Racing
9	Scott Atchison	March 86C, #55	4	90 laps	Machinists Union Racing
10	Arie Luyendyk	Lola T88/00, #7	3	90 laps	Dick Simon Racing
11	AJ Foyt jr	Lola T88/00, #14	2	89 laps	Gilmore Racing Team
12	John Jones	March 88C, #12	1	85 laps Engine	Arciero Racing
13	Danny Sullivan	Penske PC17, #9	1	82 laps Engine	Penske Racing
14	Ludwig Heimrath jr	Lola T88/00, #71	0	73 laps Engine	Hemelgarn Racing
15	Mario Andretti	Lola T88/00, #6	0	70 laps Mechanical	Newman-Haas Racing
16	Emerson Fittipaldi	March 88C, #20	0	63 laps Fuel leak	Patrick Racing
17	Howdy Holmes	March 88C, #21	0	63 laps Accident	Alex Foods Racing
18	Scott Pruett	Lola T88/00, #22	0	45 laps Engine	Dick Simon Racing
19	Roberto Guerrero	Lola T88/00, #2	0	41 laps Engine	Vince Granatelli Racing
20	John Andretti	Lola T88/00, #98	0	35 laps Engine	Mike Curb Racing
21	Randy Lewis	Lola T88/00, #24	0	23 laps Oil pressure	Leader Card Racers
22	Dick Ferguson	March 87C, #27	0	19 laps Oil leak	Dick Ferguson
23	Scott Brayton	Lola T88/00, #91	0	16 laps Spun	Hemelgarn Racing
24	Teo Fabi	March 88C, #8	0	4 laps Engine	Porsche Motorsports
25	Fulvio Ballabio	Lola T87/00, #23	0	3 laps Fire	Dick Simon Racing
26	Dominic Dobson	March 86C, #19	0	2 laps Gearbox	Dale Coyne Racing

Qualifying Results for the 1988 Long Beach Grand Prix on the Long Beach circuit

Position	Name	Car	Result	Team
1	Danny Sullivan	Penske PC17, #9	1m 6.607s	Penske Racing
2	Mario Andretti	Lola T88/00, #6	1m 6.716s	Newman-Haas Racing
3	Rick Mears	Penske PC17, #5	1m 6.839s	Penske Racing
4	Al Unser, Jr.	March 88C, #3	1m 7.064s	Galles Racing
5	Michael Andretti	March 88C, #18	1m 7.274s	Kraco Racing
6	Raul Boesel	March 88C, #30	1m 7.363s	Shierson Racing
7	Emerson Fittipaldi	March 88C, #20	1m 7.862s	Patrick Racing
8	Bobby Rahal	Lola T88/00, #1	1m 8.33s	Truesports
9	Arie Luyendyk	Lola T88/00, #7	1m 8.398s	Dick Simon Racing
10	Roberto Guerrero	Lola T88/00, #2	1m 8.705s	Vince Granatelli Racing
11	Ludwig Heimrath jr	Lola T88/00, #71	1m 8.674s	Hemelgarn Racing
12	Teo Fabi	March 88C, #8	1m 8.95s	Porsche Motorsports
13	Scott Pruett	Lola T88/00, #22	1m 9.056s	Dick Simon Racing
14	Derek Daly	Lola T88/00, #10	1m 9.428s	Raynor Motorsports
15	Scott Atchison	March 86C, #55	1m 9.46s	Machinists Union Racing
16	Randy Lewis	Lola T88/00, #24	1m 9.474s	Leader Card Racers
17	Rocky Moran	March 87C, #56	1m 9.592s	Gohr Racing
18	Kevin Cogan	March 87C, #11	1m 9.918s	Machinists Union Racing
19	John Andretti	Lola T88/00, #98	1m 10.044s	Mike Curb Racing
20	Scott Brayton	Lola T88/00, #91	1m 10.048s	Hemelgarn Racing
21	John Jones	March 88C, #12	1m 10.492s	Arciero Racing
22	Howdy Holmes	March 88C, #21	1m 10.55s	Alex Foods Racing
23	AJ Foyt jr	Lola T88/00, #14	1m 10.907s	Gilmore Racing Team
24	Fulvio Ballabio	Lola T87/00, #23	1m 11.346s	Dick Simon Racing
25	Dominic Dobson	March 86C, #19	1m 11.454s	Dale Coyne Racing
26	Dick Ferguson	March 87C, #27	1m 13.987s	Dick Ferguson