1988 - PPG Indy Car World Series - Champion Spark Plug 300K Race Results

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1988 - Champion Spark Plug 300K Race Results

Race Name - Champion Spark Plug 300K
Date - 10/16/1988
Race Track - Laguna Seca Raceway
Number of Starting Cars - 20
Laps Run - 200
Pole Winner / Pole Speed - Danny Sullivan / 107.283 mph
Cautions - 1 cautions for 8 laps
Average Race Speed - 94.09 mph
Lead Changes - 6 Leader(s) with 8 Lead Changes
Lap Leader - Danny Sullivan
Race Number - 14

Finish	Start	Driver	Sponsor (Owner)	Chassis	Engine	Qualify Speed
1	1	Danny Sullivan	Miller High Life	Penske	Chevrolet	107.283
2	5	Michael Andretti	Kraco	Lola	Cosworth	105.616
3	2	Mario Andretti	Amoco/Kmart	Lola	Chevrolet	105.849
4	4	Bobby Rahal	Budweiser/TrueSports	Lola	Judd	105.746
5	7	Rick Mears	Pennzoil	Penske	Chevrolet	105.184
6	3	Al Unser Jr	Team Valvoline	March	Chevrolet	105.78
7	9	Derek Daly	Raynor Garage Door	Lola	Cosworth	104.991
8	16	Didier Theys	Uniden/GFE	Lola	Cosworth	102.086
9	10	Kevin Cogan	Schaefer/Playboy Fashion	March	Cosworth	104.634
10	8	Teo Fabi	Quaker State	March	Porsche	105.015
11	15	John Jones	Arciero Labatts	March	Cosworth	102.372
12	18	Ken Johnson	RainX/Hemelgarn	Lola	Cosworth	101.398
13	27	JeanPierre Frey	Burago/West	Lola	Cosworth	98.982
14	13	Roberto Guerrero	STP Granatelli	March	Cosworth	102.534
15	22	Randy Lewis	Toshiba/Oracle	Lola	Cosworth	100.816
16	6	Emerson Fittipaldi	Marlboro	Lola	Chevrolet	105.199
17	26	Steve Bren	BDR Racing	March	Cosworth	99.007
18	14	Dominic Dobson	Dobson Motorsports	Lola	Cosworth	102.379
19	23	Darin Brassfield	KargoStopper	Lola	Cosworth	100.639
20	24	Bernard Jourdain	Monarch Sports Systems	March	Cosworth	99.871
21	11	Raul Boesel	Dominos Pizza	Lola	Cosworth	104.18
22	12	Arie Luyendyk	Provimi Veal	Lola	Cosworth	103.72
23	20	Howdy Holmes	Jiffy Mix	March	Cosworth	101.181
24	21	AJ Foyt	Copenhagen/Gilmore	Lola	Cosworth	100.818
25	17	Scott Atchison	OtterPops/Machinists	March	Cosworth	101.996
26	25	Tony Bettenhausen Jr	Yugo America	Lola	Cosworth	99.196
27	28	Dale Coyne	Metro Magazine	March	Chevrolet	96.139
28	19	Rocky Moran	Genesee Beer	March	Cosworth	101.32