1987 Checker 200

Race 2 of 15

Phoenix
200 laps
Time of race: 1:26:56.62
Average speed of winner: 138.020 mph
Margin of victory: 8.620 sec.
Lead changes: 9 among 5 drivers
Cautions: 3 for 16 laps
Lap leaders: Ma. Andretti 1-29, Cogan 30-42, Rahal 43-86, Guerrero 87-94, Rahal 95-96, Luyendyk 97-99, Rahal 100, Ma. Andretti 101, Rahal 102-112, Guerrero 113-200

Race notes: First win for Roberto Guerrero. Finale for Dennis Firestone.

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Chassis	Engine	Tire	Owner	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Points
1	22	Roberto Guerrero	4	True Value/STP	March	Cosworth	Goodyear	Vince Granatelli		200	2	96	flagged	21
2	4	Bobby Rahal	1	Budweiser/Truesport	Lola	Cosworth	Goodyear	Truesports	161.059	200	4	58	flagged	16
3	13	Arie Luyendyk	71	Living Well/Provimi Veal	March	Cosworth	Goodyear	Hemelgarn	154.639	199	1	3	flagged	14
4	2	Michael Andretti	18	Kraco/STP	March	Cosworth	Goodyear	Kraco	164.009	199	0	0	flagged	12
5	1	Mario Andretti	5	Hanna Car Wash	Lola	Chevrolet	Goodyear	Newman-Haas	164.896	198	2	30	flagged	11
6	11	Josele Garza	55	Schaefer/Machinists Union	March	Cosworth	Goodyear	Machinists Union	155.072	196	0	0	flagged	8
7	9	Dennis Firestone	10	Raynor Garage Door	Lola	Cosworth	Goodyear	Raynor	156.013	195	0	0	flagged	6
8	12	Geoff Brabham	15	Team Valvoline	March	Judd	Goodyear	Galles	154.739	194	0	0	flagged	5
9	10	Johnny Rutherford	21	Vermont American	March	Cosworth	Goodyear	Morales	155.266	194	0	0	flagged	4
10	6	Dick Simon	22	Soundesign	Lola	Cosworth	Goodyear	Simon	158.986	189	0	0	flagged	3
11	7	Danny Sullivan	3	Miller American	Penske	Chevrolet	Goodyear	Penske	157.398	186	0	0	flagged	2
12	15	Fabrizio Barbazza	12	Arciero Wines	March	Cosworth	Goodyear	Arciero	151.362	183	0	0	flagged	1
13	14	Jeff MacPherson	11	MacHoward Leasing	March	Judd	Goodyear	Galles	153.479	183	0	0	flagged	0
14	8	Al Unser, Jr.	30	Domino's Pizza	March	Cosworth	Goodyear	Shierson	156.617	175	0	0	gearbox	0
15	19	Tony Bettenhausen, Jr.	16	Call Free	March	Cosworth	Goodyear	Bettenhausen	140.225	175	0	0	flagged	0
16	16	Gary Bettenhausen	56	Genesee Beer Wagon	March	Cosworth	Goodyear	Gohr	151.121	173	0	0	flagged	0
17	17	Tom Sneva	33	Skoal Bandit	March	Cosworth	Goodyear	Curb	146.987	153	0	0	flagged	0
18	21	Emerson Fittipaldi	20	Marlboro	March	Chevrolet	Goodyear	Patrick		137	0	0	electrical	0
19	18	Randy Lewis	18	Western Digital	March	Cosworth	Goodyear	Leader Card	141.766	95	0	0	overheating	0
20	3	Rick Mears	8	Pennzoil Z-7	Penske	Chevrolet	Goodyear	Penske	161.631	56	0	0	engine	0
21	5	Kevin Cogan	7	Marlboro	March	Chevrolet	Goodyear	Patrick	159.936	45	1	13	electrical	0
22	20	Ludwig Heimrath, Jr.	23	Mackenzie Financial	Lola	Cosworth	Goodyear	Simon		30	0	0	CV joint	0

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Podiums
1	Mario Andretti	33	2	2	1	1
2	Michael Andretti	24	2	0	0	0
3	Roberto Guerrero	22	2	0	1	1
4	Josele Garza	18	2	0	0	0
5	Al Unser, Jr.	16	2	0	0	1
6	Bobby Rahal	16	2	0	0	1
7	Tom Sneva	14	2	0	0	1
8	Arie Luyendyk	14	2	0	0	1
9	Chip Robinson	8	1	0	0	0
10	Didier Theys	6	1	0	0	0
11	Dennis Firestone	6	2	0	0	0
12	Randy Lewis	5	2	0	0	0
13	Geoff Brabham	5	2	0	0	0
14	Rick Mears	4	2	0	0	0
15	Johnny Rutherford	4	2	0	0	0
16	Jeff MacPherson	3	2	0	0	0
17	Dick Simon	3	2	0	0	0
18	Tony Bettenhausen, Jr.	2	2	0	0	0
19	Danny Sullivan	2	2	0	0	0
20	Fabrizio Barbazza	1	2	0	0	0
21	Rocky Moran	0	1	0	0	0
22	Ludwig Heimrath, Jr.	0	2	0	0	0
23	Gary Bettenhausen	0	1	0	0	0
24	Kevin Cogan	0	2	0	0	0
25	Emerson Fittipaldi	0	2	0	0	0