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1988 Mid-Ohio Champ Cars

1988 Mid-Ohio Champ Cars is 136th CART race. Passed at the Mid-Ohio circuit. Danny Sullivan won the pole position, Emerson Fittipaldi won this race. Mario Andretti and Rick Mears also climbed to the podium, in second and third place. Race distance 84 laps (324 km).

Previous race: 1988 Pocono 500
Next race: 1988 Road America Champ Cars
Race Start: 4th September 1988

Interesting facts and statistics about the 1988 Mid-Ohio Champ Cars

12th victory for the Patrick Racing team
5th victory for the Emerson Fittipaldi
16th podium for the Emerson Fittipaldi
44th podium for the Mario Andretti
51st podium for the Rick Mears

Lola T87/00 - 1988 Mid-Ohio Champ Cars winner

Lola T87/00 #20 - 1988 Mid-Ohio Champ Cars winner

1988 Mid-Ohio Champ Cars results

Position	Name	Car	Points	Result	Team
1	Emerson Fittipaldi	Lola T87/00, #20	21	2h 14m 18.486s	Patrick Racing
2	Mario Andretti	Lola T88/00, #6	16	2h 14m 26.19s	Newman-Haas Racing
3	Rick Mears	Penske PC17, #5	14	84 laps	Penske Racing
4	Al Unser, Jr.	March 88C, #3	12	83 laps	Galles Racing
5	Danny Sullivan	Penske PC17, #9	11	83 laps	Penske Racing
6	Raul Boesel	Lola T88/00, #30	8	83 laps	Shierson Racing
7	John Jones	March 88C, #12	6	83 laps	Arciero Racing
8	Teo Fabi	March 88C, #8	5	83 laps	Porsche Motorsports
9	Derek Daly	Lola T88/00, #10	4	82 laps	Raynor Motorsports
10	Didier Theys	Lola T88/00, #22	3	82 laps	Dick Simon Racing
11	Roberto Guerrero	Lola T88/00, #2	2	81 laps	Vince Granatelli Racing
12	Ed Pimm	March 87C, #33	1	80 laps	Gary Trout Motorsports
13	Rocky Moran	March 88C, #56	0	80 laps	Gohr Racing
14	Howdy Holmes	March 88C, #21	0	79 laps	Alex Foods Racing
15	Scott Atchison	March 86C, #55	0	77 laps	Machinists Union Racing
16	Tony Bettenhausen jr	Lola T87/00, #16	0	75 laps	Bettenhausen Motorsports
17	Fulvio Ballabio	Lola T87/00, #23	0	73 laps	Dick Simon Racing
18	Bobby Rahal	Lola T88/00, #1	0	61 laps Accident	Truesports
19	Ludwig Heimrath jr	Lola T88/00, #71	0	59 laps Accident	Hemelgarn Racing
20	Scott Pruett	March 87C, #11	0	53 laps Accident	Machinists Union Racing
21	Randy Lewis	Lola T88/00, #24	0	41 laps Gearbox	Leader Card Racers
22	AJ Foyt jr	Lola T88/00, #14	0	36 laps Electrics	Gilmore Racing Team
23	Darin Brassfield	Lola T88/00, #88	0	30 laps Engine	Darin Brassfield
24	Dale Coyne	March 86C, #19	0	18 laps Engine	Dale Coyne Racing
25	Arie Luyendyk	Lola T88/00, #7	0	10 laps Driver injured	Dick Simon Racing
26	Michael Andretti	Lola T88/00, #18	0	7 laps Oil leak	Kraco Racing

Qualifying Results for the 1988 Mid-Ohio Champ Cars on the Mid-Ohio circuit

Position	Name	Car	Result	Team
1	Danny Sullivan	Penske PC17, #9	1m 16.619s	Penske Racing
2	Al Unser, Jr.	March 88C, #3	1m 16.65s	Galles Racing
3	Bobby Rahal	Lola T88/00, #1	1m 17.202s	Truesports
4	Mario Andretti	Lola T88/00, #6	1m 17.377s	Newman-Haas Racing
5	Rick Mears	Penske PC17, #5	1m 17.601s	Penske Racing
6	Emerson Fittipaldi	Lola T87/00, #20	1m 17.717s	Patrick Racing
7	Michael Andretti	Lola T88/00, #18	1m 18.109s	Kraco Racing
8	Scott Pruett	March 87C, #11	1m 18.285s	Machinists Union Racing
9	Derek Daly	Lola T88/00, #10	1m 18.389s	Raynor Motorsports
9	Didier Theys	Lola T88/00, #22	1m 18.429s	Dick Simon Racing
11	Teo Fabi	March 88C, #8	1m 18.823s	Porsche Motorsports
12	AJ Foyt jr	Lola T88/00, #14	1m 19.674s	Gilmore Racing Team
13	John Jones	March 88C, #12	1m 19.871s	Arciero Racing
14	Roberto Guerrero	Lola T88/00, #2		Vince Granatelli Racing
15	Arie Luyendyk	Lola T88/00, #7	1m 20.101s	Dick Simon Racing
16	Ludwig Heimrath jr	Lola T88/00, #71	1m 20.108s	Hemelgarn Racing
17	Rocky Moran	March 88C, #56	1m 21.566s	Gohr Racing
18	Howdy Holmes	March 88C, #21	1m 21.647s	Alex Foods Racing
19	Darin Brassfield	Lola T88/00, #88	1m 22.251s	Darin Brassfield
20	Scott Atchison	March 86C, #55	1m 22.383s	Machinists Union Racing
21	Randy Lewis	Lola T88/00, #24	1m 22.487s	Leader Card Racers
22	Fulvio Ballabio	Lola T87/00, #23	1m 22.931s	Dick Simon Racing
23	Tony Bettenhausen jr	Lola T87/00, #16	1m 24.853s	Bettenhausen Motorsports
24	Ed Pimm	March 87C, #33	1m 25.541s	Gary Trout Motorsports
25	Dale Coyne	March 86C, #19	1m 25.932s	Dale Coyne Racing
26	Raul Boesel	Lola T88/00, #30	2m 0.24s	Shierson Racing