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1988 Road America Champ Cars in CART at the Elkhart Lake circuit. Full information

1988 Road America Champ Cars

1988 Road America Champ Cars is 137th CART race. Passed at the Elkhart Lake circuit. Danny Sullivan won the pole position, Emerson Fittipaldi won this race. Bobby Rahal and Mario Andretti also climbed to the podium, in second and third place. Race distance 50 laps (326 km).

Previous race: 1988 Mid-Ohio Champ Cars
Next race: 1988 Nazareth Champ Cars
Race Start: 11th September 1988

Interesting facts and statistics about the 1988 Road America Champ Cars

13th victory for the Patrick Racing team
6th victory for the Emerson Fittipaldi
17th podium for the Emerson Fittipaldi
42nd podium for the Bobby Rahal
45th podium for the Mario Andretti

Lola T87/00 - 1988 Road America Champ Cars winner

Lola T87/00 #20 - 1988 Road America Champ Cars winner

1988 Road America Champ Cars results

Position	Name	Car	Points	Result	Team
1	Emerson Fittipaldi	Lola T87/00, #20	21	1h 38m 11.24s	Patrick Racing
2	Bobby Rahal	Lola T88/00, #1	16	1h 38m 12.31s	Truesports
3	Mario Andretti	Lola T88/00, #6	14	50 laps	Newman-Haas Racing
4	Danny Sullivan	Penske PC17, #9	13	50 laps	Penske Racing
5	Michael Andretti	Lola T88/00, #18	10	50 laps	Kraco Racing
6	Derek Daly	Lola T88/00, #10	8	49 laps	Raynor Motorsports
7	Al Unser, Jr.	March 88C, #3	6	48 laps Out of fuel	Galles Racing
8	Teo Fabi	March 88C, #8	5	48 laps	Porsche Motorsports
9	Randy Lewis	Lola T88/00, #24	4	47 laps	Leader Card Racers
10	AJ Foyt jr	Lola T88/00, #14	3	47 laps	Gilmore Racing Team
11	Howdy Holmes	March 88C, #21	2	47 laps	Alex Foods Racing
12	Rick Mears	Penske PC17, #5	1	44 laps	Penske Racing
13	John Jones	March 88C, #12	0	39 laps Gearbox	Arciero Racing
14	Raul Boesel	Lola T88/00, #30	0	36 laps Mechanical	Shierson Racing
15	Ed Pimm	March 87C, #33	0	35 laps Gearbox	Gary Trout Motorsports
16	Tony Bettenhausen jr	Lola T87/00, #16	0	34 laps Gearbox	Bettenhausen Motorsports
17	Rocky Moran	March 87C, #56	0	34 laps Gearbox	Gohr Racing
18	Fulvio Ballabio	Lola T87/00, #23	0	29 laps Black flagged	Dick Simon Racing
19	Arie Luyendyk	Lola T88/00, #7	0	25 laps Electrics	Dick Simon Racing
20	Scott Atchison	March 86C, #55	0	24 laps Gearbox	Machinists Union Racing
21	Ludwig Heimrath jr	Lola T88/00, #71	0	22 laps Engine	Hemelgarn Racing
22	Roberto Guerrero	March 87C, #4	0	10 laps Header	Vince Granatelli Racing
23	Didier Theys	Lola T88/00, #22	0	8 laps Gearbox	Dick Simon Racing
24	Kevin Cogan	March 88C, #11	0	8 laps Engine	Machinists Union Racing
0	Dale Coyne	March 86C, #19	0		Dale Coyne Racing

Qualifying Results for the 1988 Road America Champ Cars on the Elkhart Lake circuit

Position	Name	Car	Result	Team
1	Danny Sullivan	Penske PC17, #9	1m 51.567s	Penske Racing
2	Rick Mears	Penske PC17, #5	1m 51.9s	Penske Racing
3	Al Unser, Jr.	March 88C, #3	1m 51.922s	Galles Racing
4	Emerson Fittipaldi	Lola T87/00, #20	1m 52.136s	Patrick Racing
5	Bobby Rahal	Lola T88/00, #1	1m 53.196s	Truesports
6	Mario Andretti	Lola T88/00, #6	1m 53.366s	Newman-Haas Racing
7	Kevin Cogan	March 88C, #11	1m 54.135s	Machinists Union Racing
8	Michael Andretti	Lola T88/00, #18	1m 54.933s	Kraco Racing
9	Didier Theys	Lola T88/00, #22	1m 55.143s	Dick Simon Racing
10	Derek Daly	Lola T88/00, #10	1m 55.22s	Raynor Motorsports
11	Raul Boesel	Lola T88/00, #30	1m 56.168s	Shierson Racing
12	Roberto Guerrero	March 87C, #4	1m 56.239s	Vince Granatelli Racing
13	Teo Fabi	March 88C, #8	1m 56.289s	Porsche Motorsports
14	Scott Atchison	March 86C, #55	1m 57.44s	Machinists Union Racing
15	John Jones	March 88C, #12	1m 57.517s	Arciero Racing
16	Arie Luyendyk	Lola T88/00, #7	1m 57.968s	Dick Simon Racing
17	Tony Bettenhausen jr	Lola T87/00, #16	1m 59.274s	Bettenhausen Motorsports
18	Ludwig Heimrath jr	Lola T88/00, #71	1m 59.59s	Hemelgarn Racing
19	Howdy Holmes	March 88C, #21	1m 59.702s	Alex Foods Racing
20	Rocky Moran	March 87C, #56	1m 59.769s	Gohr Racing
21	Randy Lewis	Lola T88/00, #24	2m 0.654s	Leader Card Racers
22	AJ Foyt jr	Lola T88/00, #14	2m 3.054s	Gilmore Racing Team
23	Fulvio Ballabio	Lola T87/00, #23	2m 4.452s	Dick Simon Racing
24	Ed Pimm	March 87C, #33	2m 4.956s	Gary Trout Motorsports
25	Dale Coyne	March 86C, #19		Dale Coyne Racing