1988 IndyCar season

1988 American Championship Car season
Series  : IndyCar
Champion : Danny Sullivan
Previous: 1987	Next: 1989

The 1988 IndyCar season, the tenth in the CART era of U.S. open-wheel racing, consisted of 16 races, beginning in Avondale, Arizona on April 10 and concluding in Miami, Florida on November 6. There was one non-championship event, the Marlboro Challenge. The PPG Indy Car World Series Drivers' Champion was Danny Sullivan and the Indianapolis 500 winner was Rick Mears. Rookie of the Year was John Jones. The 72nd Indianapolis 500 was sanctioned by the USAC, but counted in the CART points standings.

Drivers and constructors

The following teams and drivers competed for the 1988 Indy Car World Series.

Team	Chassis	Engine	Tires	No	Drivers	Notes
Newman/Haas Racing	Lola	Chevrolet	G	6	Mario Andretti
Patrick Racing	March/Lola	Chevrolet	G	20	Emerson Fittipaldi
Galles Racing	March	Chevrolet/Cosworth	G	3	Al Unser, Jr.
Team Penske	Penske	Chevrolet	G	5	Rick Mears
				9	Danny Sullivan
				1/60	Al Unser	Indianapolis 500, Michigan & Pocono only
Porsche North America	March	Porsche	G	8	Teo Fabi
Truesports	Lola	Judd/Cosworth	G	1/4	Bobby Rahal
Kraco Racing	March/Lola	Cosworth	G	18	Michael Andretti
Doug Shierson Racing	March/Lola	Cosworth	G	30	Raul Boesel
Raynor Racing	Lola	Cosworth	G	10	Derek Daly
Arciero Racing	March	Cosworth	G	12	John Jones	did not qualify at Indianapolis 500
Granatelli Racing	Lola/March	Cosworth/Chevrolet	G	2/4	Roberto Guerrero	did not qualify at Milwaukee, not competing at Toronto & Meadowlands
				2/4	Al Unser	Toronto & Meadowlands only
				58/71/85	Gordon Johncock	Michigan & Pocono only, did not qualify at Indianapolis 500
Machinists Union Racing	March	Cosworth	G	11	Kevin Cogan	not competing at Meadowlands, Michigan, Pocono & Mid-Ohio
					Scott Pruett	Meadowlands & Mid-Ohio only
				55	Scott Atchison	did not qualify at Indianapolis 500 & Nazareth
				29/11	Rich Vogler	Indianapolis 500, Michigan & Pocono only
		Buick		28	Pancho Carter	Indianapolis 500 only but did not qualify
Dick Simon Racing	Lola	Cosworth	G	7	Arie Luyendyk
				22	Dick Simon	Phoenix, Indianapolis 500, Milwaukee, Michigan, Pocono & Nazareth only
					Scott Pruett	Long Beach only
					Didier Theys	Portland, Cleveland, Toronto, Meadowlands, Mid-Ohio, Road America, Laguna Seca & Tamiami Park only
				23	Fulvio Ballabio	Long Beach, Mid-Ohio & Road America only
					Tero Palmroth	Indianapolis 500 & Portland only
					Jean-Pierre Frey	Laguna Seca & Tamiami Park only
A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Lola	Cosworth	G	14	A. J. Foyt	withdrew (ill) at Michigan
					Johnny Rutherford	Michigan only
					Johnny Parsons	Indianapolis 500 only but did not qualify
	March			48	Rocky Moran	Indianapolis 500 only
		Chevrolet		84	Stan Fox	Indianapolis 500 only
Bettenhausen Motorsports	Lola/March	Cosworth/Judd	G	16	Tony Bettenhausen, Jr.	did not qualify at Long Beach, not competing at Portland & Tamiami Park
					Dennis Vitolo	Tamiami Park only
Alex Morales Motorsports	March	Cosworth	G	21	Howdy Holmes
Hemelgarn Racing	Lola	Judd/Cosworth/Buick	G	91	Scott Brayton	not competing at Mid-Ohio, Road America & Laguna Seca
				71	Ludwig Heimrath	not competing at Phoenix, Milwaukee, Michigan, Pocono, Nazareth & Laguna Seca
					Ken Johnson	Laguna Seca only
				81/71	Tom Sneva	Indianapolis 500 & Michigan only
Gohr Racing	March	Cosworth	G	56	Rocky Moran	Long Beach, Portland, Cleveland, Toronto, Meadowlands, Mid-Ohio, Road America, Laguna Seca & Tamiami Park only
					Billy Vukovich III	Phoenix, Indianapolis 500, Michigan & Pocono only
Bernstein Racing	Lola	Buick	G	15	Jim Crawford	Indianapolis 500 only
				17	Johnny Rutherford	Indianapolis 500 only
Curb Racing	Lola	Cosworth	G	98	John Andretti	not competing at Mid-Ohio, Road America, Laguna Seca & Tamiami Park
Gary Trout Motorsports	March	Cosworth	G	33	Steve Chassey	Indianapolis 500 only
				35	Ed Pimm	Mid-Ohio & Road America only
Leader Card Racing	Lola	Cosworth	G	24	Randy Lewis	not competing at Nazareth
				16	Dominic Dobson	Portland only
Dobson Motorsports	Lola	Cosworth	G	17/92	Dominic Dobson	Indianapolis 500 & Laguna Seca only
Dale Coyne Racing	March	Chevrolet	G	19	Dale Coyne	Milwaukee, Portland, Cleveland, Toronto, Meadowlands, Michigan, Mid-Ohio, Laguna Seca & Tamiami Park only did not qualify at Indianapolis 500, Pocono & Nazareth did not start at Phoenix & Road America
					Dominic Dobson	Long Beach only
Los Angeles Drywall	March	Cosworth	G	27	Dick Ferguson	Long Beach only, did not qualify at Indianapolis 500
					Ed Pimm	did not qualify at Indianapolis 500
KargoStopper	Lola	Cosworth	G	88	Darin Brassfield	Mid-Ohio & Laguna Seca only
BDR Racing	March	Cosworth	G	43	Steve Bren	Laguna Seca only
Andale Racing	March	Cosworth	G	69	Bernard Jourdain	Laguna Seca & Tamiami Park only
U.S. Engineering	March	Cosworth	G	77	Phil Krueger	Cleveland, Michigan & Pocono only
Kent Baker Racing	March	Cosworth	G	97	Phil Krueger	Indianapolis 500 only
Scheid Tire Centers	March	Cosworth	G	46	Gary Bettenhausen	Indianapolis 500 only but did not qualify
Calumet Farms	March	Chevrolet	G	84	George Snider	Indianapolis 500 only but did not qualify
GF Racing	March	Cosworth	G	25	Giupponi Franca	Mid-Ohio & Laguna Seca only but did not qualify
					José Romano	Road America & Tamiami Park only but did not qualify
Indiana Carbon	March	Cosworth	G	87	Spike Gehlhausen	Indianapolis 500 only but did not qualify
Mergard	March	Cosworth	G	36	Harry Sauce	Indianapolis 500 only but did not qualify
Performers, Inc.	March	Cosworth	G	77	Tom Bigelow	Indianapolis 500 only but did not qualify

Results

Races

Rnd	Race Name	Circuit	City/Location	Date	Pole position	Winning driver	Winning team	Report
1	April 10	Checker 200	Phoenix International Raceway	Phoenix, Arizona	Rick Mears	Mario Andretti	Newman/Haas Racing	Report
2	April 17	Long Beach Grand Prix	Streets of Long Beach	Long Beach, California	Danny Sullivan	Al Unser, Jr.	Galles Racing	Report
3	May 29	72nd Indianapolis 500	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Speedway, Indiana	Rick Mears	Rick Mears	Team Penske	Report
4	June 5	Dana-Rex Mays 200	Milwaukee Mile	West Allis, Wisconsin	Michael Andretti	Rick Mears	Team Penske	Report
5	June 19	Budweiser/G. I. Joe's 200	Portland International Raceway	Portland, Oregon	Danny Sullivan	Danny Sullivan	Team Penske	Report
6	July 3	Cleveland Grand Prix	Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport	Cleveland, Ohio	Danny Sullivan	Mario Andretti	Newman/Haas Racing	Report
7	July 17	Molson Indy Toronto	Exhibition Place	Toronto, Ontario	Danny Sullivan	Al Unser, Jr.	Galles Racing	Report
8	July 24	Meadowlands Grand Prix	Meadowlands Sports Complex	East Rutherford, New Jersey	Emerson Fittipaldi	Al Unser, Jr.	Galles Racing	Report
9	August 7	Marlboro 500	Michigan International Speedway	Brooklyn, Michigan	Rick Mears	Danny Sullivan	Team Penske	Report
10	August 21	Quaker State 500	Pocono Raceway	Long Pond, Pennsylvania	Rick Mears	Bobby Rahal	Truesports	Report
11	September 4	Escort Radar Warning 200	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	Lexington, Ohio	Danny Sullivan	Emerson Fittipaldi	Patrick Racing	Report
12	September 11	Race for Life 200	Road America	Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin	Danny Sullivan	Emerson Fittipaldi	Patrick Racing	Report
13	September 25	Bosch Spark Plug Grand Prix	Nazareth Speedway	Nazareth, Pennsylvania	Danny Sullivan	Danny Sullivan	Team Penske	Report
14	October 16	Champion Spark Plug 300	Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca	Monterey, California	Danny Sullivan	Danny Sullivan	Team Penske	Report
NC	November 5	Marlboro Challenge	Tamiami Park	University Park, Florida	Danny Sullivan	Michael Andretti	Kraco Racing	Report
15	November 6	Miami Indy Challenge	Tamiami Park	University Park, Florida	Danny Sullivan	Al Unser, Jr.	Galles Racing	Report

  Oval/Speedway

  Road Course/Street Circuit

  Non-championship race

• Indianapolis was USAC-sanctioned but counted towards the CART title.

Full Series Results

Final driver standings

Pos Driver PHX LBH INDY MIL POR CLE TOR MEA MIC POC MDO ROA NAZ LAG MIA Pts 1 Danny Sullivan 23 13 23* 2 1 3* 2 4 1 18 5 4 1 1* 5 182 2 Al Unser, Jr. 18 1* 13 20 4 4 1* 1 21 2 4 7 19 6 1* 149 3 Bobby Rahal 16 2 5 6 12 2 5 5 2 1 18 2 12 4 18 136 4 Rick Mears 22 8 1 1* 6 23 6 3 13* 23 3 12 7* 5 2 129 5 Mario Andretti 1* 15 20 17 5 1 25 2 12 17 2 3 3 3 15 126 6 Michael Andretti 3 7 4 7 11 14 3 6 3 25 26 5 2 2 17 119 7 Emerson Fittipaldi 21 16 2 3 3 19 4 14* 19 21 1* 1* 8 16 20 105 8 Raul Boesel 5 4 7 4 26 5 8 9 11 5 6 14 5 21 22 89 9 Derek Daly 13 5 29 11 19 6 23 24 16 4 9 6 10 7 23 53 10 Teo Fabi 7 24 28 9 7 24 10 18 25 24 8 8 4 10 21 44 11 John Jones 20 12 DNQ 14 8 7 7 7 8 8 7 13 11 11 16 44 12 Roberto Guerrero 2 19 32 DNQ 14 20 20 3 11 22 6 14 26 40 13 Kevin Cogan 8 3 11 22 20 10 24 24 15 9 4 40 14 Arie Luyendyk 9 10 10 15 2* 18 20 20 28 26 25 19 9 22 14 31 15 Didier Theys 10 9 18 21 10 23 8 3 29 16 A. J. Foyt 4 11 26 5 15 11 15 17 Wth 16 22 10 17 24 25 29 17 Tony Bettenhausen, Jr. 6 DNQ 33 19 15 17 8 4 15 16 16 13 26 25 18 Howdy Holmes 10 17 12 8 16 13 11 23 23 7 14 11 14 23 8 24 19 Al Unser 3 9 19 9 13* 23 20 Scott Atchison 12 9 DNQ 16 25 12 13 10 10 12 15 20 DNQ 25 9 17 21 Gordon Johncock DNQ 6 6 16 22 Phil Krueger 8 17 5 22 15 23 Scott Brayton 15 23 31 10 9 16 14 11 26 10 18 24 12 24 Dick Simon 19 9 12 7 19 20 11 25 Rocky Moran 6 16 13 22 12 15 13 17 28 13 9 26 Bernard Jourdain 20 6 8 27 Jim Crawford 6 8 28 Ludwig Heimrath 14 25 23 26 19 12 19 21 7 7 29 Randy Lewis 17 21 15 21 22 21 21 13 14 20 21 9 15 10 7 30 Billy Vukovich III 11 14 17 9 6 31 John Andretti 14 20 21 18 17 8 22 25 24 14 16 5 32 Rich Vogler 17 15 11 2 33 Dennis Vitolo 11 2 34 Dale Coyne DNS DNQ 13 24 25 16 22 27 DNQ 24 DNS DNQ 27 12 1 35 Ed Pimm DNQ 12 15 1 36 Ken Johnson 12 1 37 Jean-Pierre Frey 13 19 0 38 Scott Pruett 18 16 20 0 39 Fulvio Ballabio 25 17 18 0 40 Steve Bren 17 0 41 Dominic Dobson 26 18 21 18 0 42 Tero Palmroth 19 18 0 43 Johnny Rutherford 22 18 0 44 Darin Brassfield 23 19 0 45 Tom Sneva 27 22 0 46 Dick Ferguson 22 DNQ 0 47 Steve Chassey 24 0 48 Stan Fox 30 0 Gary Bettenhausen DNQ 0 Tom Bigelow DNQ 0 Pancho Carter DNQ 0 Giupponi Franca DNQ DNQ 0 Spike Gehlhausen DNQ 0 Johnny Parsons DNQ 0 José Romano DNQ DNQ 0 Harry Sauce DNQ 0 George Snider DNQ 0 Pos Driver PHX LBH INDY MIL POR CLE TOR MEA MIC POC MDO ROA NAZ LAG MIA Pts

Color Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green 4th & 5th place Light Blue 6th-10th place Dark Blue Finished (Outside Top 10) Purple Did not finish Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Brown Withdrawn (Wth) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Blank Did not participate (DNP) Not competing In-line notation Bold Pole position * Led most race laps Rookie of the Year Rookie

Point Scoring System:

• Points are awarded based on each driver's resulting place (regardless of whether the car is running at the end of the race):

Position	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
Points	20	16	14	12	10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1

Bonus Points:

• 1 For Pole Position
• 1 For Leading The Most Laps Of The Race

Nation's Cup

• Top result per race counts towards Nation's Cup.

Pos	Country	Pts
1	United States	317
2	Brazil	158
3	Italy	52
4	Canada	50
5	Ireland	45
6	Colombia	40
7	Netherlands	31
8	Belgium	29
9	Mexico	8
10	United Kingdom	8
11	Switzerland	0
12	Finland	0
Pos	Country	Pts

Chassis Constructor's Cup

Pos	Chassis	Pts
1	Lola T8800/T8700	248
2	Penske PC-17	231
3	March 88C/87C/86C/85C	222
Pos	Chassis	Pts

Engine Manufacturer's Cup

Pos	Engine	Pts
1	Chevrolet A	320
2	Cosworth	206
3	Judd	131
4	Porsche	44
5	Buick	8
Pos	Engine	Pts

References

• "1988 CART PPG IndyCar World Series standings". race-database.com. http://www.race-database.com/cc/index.php/. Retrieved 2011-01-15. 

• Åberg, Andreas. "PPG Indy Car World Series 1988". Driver Database. http://www.driverdb.com/standings/5-1988/. Retrieved 2009-05-19. 

• "1988 PPG Indy Car World Series". Champ Car Stats. http://www.champcarstats.com/year/1988.htm. Retrieved 2009-05-19. 

• "Official Box Score: 72nd Indianapolis 500-Mile Race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway". Indianapolis Motor Speedway. http://www.indy500.com/stats/view/boxscore/year/1988/. Retrieved 2009-05-19. 

• "Standings after Miami". Champ Car World Series. http://www.champcar.ws/Results/Standings.asp?Year=1988. Retrieved 2009-05-19. 

See also

• 1988 Indianapolis 500
• 1988 American Racing Series season

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