1987 CART World Series season

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The 1987 CART World Series Season was the ninth CART World Series. It began on April 4, 1987 and it ended on November 1 after 15 races. Bobby Rahal was the season champion.

[edit] Grands Prix

Rd Race Name Circuit City/Location Date
1 Flag of the United States Long Beach Grand Prix Street Circuit Long Beach, California April 5
2 Flag of the United States Dana 200 Phoenix International Raceway Phoenix, Arizona April 12
3 Flag of the United States Indy 500 Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway, Indiana May 24
4 Flag of the United States Dana-Rex Mays 200 Milwaukee Mile West Allis, Wisconsin May 31
5 Flag of the United States Budweiser/G.I.Joe's 200 Portland International Raceway Portland, Oregon June 14
6 Flag of the United States Meadowlands Grand Prix Street Circuit East Rutherford, New Jersey June 28
7 Flag of the United States Cleveland Grand Prix Burke Lakefront Airport Cleveland, Ohio July 5
8 Flag of Canada Molson Indy Toronto Exhibition Place Toronto, Ontario, Canada July 19
9 Flag of the United States Marlboro 500 Michigan International Speedway Brooklyn, Michigan August 2
10 Flag of the United States Quaker State 500 Pocono International Raceway Long Pond, Pennsylvania August 16
11 Flag of the United States Road America 200 Road America Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin August 30
12 Flag of the United States Escort Radar Warning 200 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio September 6
13 Flag of the United States Bosch Spark Plug Grand Prix Nazareth Speedway Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania September 20
14 Flag of the United States Laguna Seca 300k Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca Monterey, California October 11
15 Flag of the United States Miami Indy Challenge 200 Miami, Florida November 1

[edit] Race Results

Rd Name Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning driver Winning team Report
1 Flag of the United States Long Beach Grand Prix Flag of the United States Mario Andretti 1:05.886 Flag of the United States Mario Andretti Newman-Haas Racing Report
2 Flag of the United States Dana 200 Flag of the United States Mario Andretti 21.832 Flag of Colombia Roberto Guerrero Bignotti-Cotter Report
3 Flag of the United States Indy 500 Flag of the United States Mario Andretti 2:47.139 Flag of the United States Al Unser Penske Racing Report
4 Flag of the United States Dana-Rex Mays 200 Flag of Colombia Roberto Guerrero 23.544 Flag of the United States Michael Andretti Kraco Racing Report
5 Flag of the United States Budweiser/G.I.Joe's 200 Flag of Colombia Roberto Guerrero 59.207 Flag of the United States Bobby Rahal Truesports Report
6 Flag of the United States Meadowlands Grand Prix Flag of the United States Mario Andretti 1:01.097 Flag of the United States Bobby Rahal Truesports Report
7 Flag of the United States Cleveland Grand Prix Flag of Colombia Roberto Guerrero 1:05.509 Flag of Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi Patrick Racing Report
8 Flag of the United States Molson Indy Toronto Flag of the United States Bobby Rahal Flag of Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi Patrick Racing Report
9 Flag of the United States Marlboro 500 Flag of the United States Michael Andretti 33.406 Flag of the United States Michael Andretti Kraco Racing Report
10 Flag of the United States Quaker State 500 Flag of the United States Mario Andretti 44.795 Flag of the United States Rick Mears Team Penske Report
11 Flag of the United States Road America 200 Flag of the United States Mario Andretti 1:52.687 Flag of the United States Mario Andretti Newman-Haas Racing Report
12 Flag of the United States Escort Radar Warning 200 Flag of Colombia Roberto Guerrero 1:15.585 Flag of Colombia Roberto Guerrero Bignotti-Cotter Report
13 Flag of the United States Bosch Spark Plug Grand Prix Flag of the United States Michael Andretti 21.926 Flag of the United States Michael Andretti Kraco Racing Report
14 Flag of the United States Laguna Seca 300k Flag of the United States Mario Andretti 52.926 Flag of the United States Bobby Rahal Truesports Report
15 Flag of the United States Miami Indy Challenge 200 Flag of the United States Mario Andretti 1:54.630 Flag of the United States Michael Andretti Kraco Racing Report
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