1988 Champion Spark Plug 300

Race 14 of 15

Laguna Seca
200 laps
Time of race: 1:58:35.660
Average speed of winner: 94.090 mph
Margin of victory: 2.784 sec.
Lead changes: 8 among 6 drivers
Cautions: 1 for 8 laps
Lap leaders: Sullivan 1-28, Unser, Jr. 29, Mi. Andretti 30, Fittipaldi 31-34, Mears 35-39, Sullivan 40-57, Ma. Andretti 58-59, Mi. Andretti 60, Sullivan 61-84

Race notes: Debut for Steve Bren, Jean-Pierre Frey, Ken Johnson, and Bernard Jourdain. Finale for Darin Brassfield.

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Chassis	Engine	Tire	Owner	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Points
1	1	Danny Sullivan	9	Miller High Life	Penske	Chevrolet	Goodyear	Penske	107.283	84	3	70	flagged	22
2	5	Michael Andretti	18	Kraco	Lola	Cosworth	Goodyear	Kraco	105.616	84	2	2	flagged	16
3	2	Mario Andretti	6	Amoco/Kmart	Lola	Chevrolet	Goodyear	Newman-Haas	105.849	84	1	2	flagged	14
4	4	Bobby Rahal	1	Budweiser/TrueSports	Lola	Judd	Goodyear	Truesports	105.746	84	0	0	flagged	12
5	7	Rick Mears	5	Pennzoil	Penske	Chevrolet	Goodyear	Penske	105.184	84	1	5	flagged	10
6	3	Al Unser, Jr.	3	Team Valvoline	March	Chevrolet	Goodyear	Galles	105.780	84	1	1	flagged	8
7	9	Derek Daly	10	Raynor Garage Door	Lola	Cosworth	Goodyear	Raynor	104.991	84	0	0	flagged	6
8	16	Didier Theys	22	Uniden/GFE	Lola	Cosworth	Goodyear	Simon	102.086	83	0	0	flagged	5
9	10	Kevin Cogan	11	Schaefer/Playboy Fashion	March	Cosworth	Goodyear	Machinists Union	104.634	82	0	0	flagged	4
10	8	Teo Fabi	8	Quaker State	March	Porsche	Goodyear	Porsche	105.015	79	0	0	flagged	3
11	15	John Jones	12	Arciero Labatt's	March	Cosworth	Goodyear	Arciero	102.372	77	0	0	fire	2
12	18	Ken Johnson	71	Rain-X/Hemelgarn	Lola	Cosworth	Goodyear	Hemelgarn	101.398	77	0	0	flagged	1
13	27	Jean-Pierre Frey	23	Burago/West	Lola	Cosworth	Goodyear	Simon	98.982	76	0	0	flagged	0
14	13	Roberto Guerrero	4	STP Granatelli	March	Cosworth	Goodyear	Vince Granatelli	102.534	67	0	0	off course	0
15	22	Randy Lewis	24	Toshiba/Oracle	Lola	Cosworth	Goodyear	Leader Card	100.816	55	0	0	fuel system	0
16	6	Emerson Fittipaldi	20	Marlboro	Lola	Chevrolet	Goodyear	Patrick	105.199	46	1	4	gearbox	0
17	26	Steve Bren	43	BDR Racing	March	Cosworth	Goodyear	BDR	99.007	42	0	0	engine	0
18	14	Dominic Dobson	17	Dobson Motorsports	Lola	Cosworth	Goodyear	Dobson	102.379	39	0	0	engine	0
19	23	Darin Brassfield	88	KargoStopper	Lola	Cosworth	Goodyear		100.639	31	0	0	gearbox	0
20	24	Bernard Jourdain	69	Monarch Sports Systems	March	Cosworth	Goodyear		99.871	29	0	0	suspension	0
21	11	Raul Boesel	30	Domino's Pizza	Lola	Cosworth	Goodyear	Shierson	104.180	26	0	0	CV joint	0
22	12	Arie Luyendyk	7	Provimi Veal	Lola	Cosworth	Goodyear	Simon	103.720	25	0	0	gearbox	0
23	20	Howdy Holmes	21	Jiffy Mix	March	Cosworth	Goodyear	Morales	101.181	21	0	0	gearbox	0
24	21	A.J. Foyt	14	Copenhagen/Gilmore	Lola	Cosworth	Goodyear	Foyt	100.818	17	0	0	gearbox	0
25	17	Scott Atchison	55	Otter*Pops/Machinists	March	Cosworth	Goodyear	Machinists Union	101.996	9	0	0	clutch	0
26	25	Tony Bettenhausen, Jr.	16	Yugo America	Lola	Cosworth	Goodyear	Bettenhausen	99.196	5	0	0	suspension	0
27	28	Dale Coyne	19	Metro Magazine	March	Chevrolet	Goodyear	Coyne	96.139	5	0	0	accident	0
28	19	Rocky Moran	56	Genesee Beer	March	Cosworth	Goodyear	Gohr	101.320	1	0	0	engine	0

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Podiums
1	Danny Sullivan	171	14	8	4	7
2	Bobby Rahal	136	14	0	1	5
3	Al Unser, Jr.	128	14	0	3	4
4	Mario Andretti	126	14	0	2	7
5	Michael Andretti	119	14	1	0	5
6	Rick Mears	113	14	4	2	4
7	Emerson Fittipaldi	105	14	1	2	5
8	Raul Boesel	89	14	0	0	0
9	Derek Daly	53	14	0	0	0
10	Teo Fabi	44	14	0	0	0
11	John Jones	44	13	0	0	0
12	Roberto Guerrero	40	11	0	0	2
13	Arie Luyendyk	31	14	0	0	1
14	A.J. Foyt	29	13	0	0	0
15	Kevin Cogan	28	10	0	0	1
16	Tony Bettenhausen, Jr.	25	12	0	0	0
17	Al Unser	23	5	0	0	1
18	Howdy Holmes	19	14	0	0	0
19	Gordon Johncock	16	2	0	0	0
20	Phil Krueger	15	4	0	0	0
21	Didier Theys	15	7	0	0	0
22	Scott Atchison	13	12	0	0	0
23	Scott Brayton	12	11	0	0	0
24	Dick Simon	11	6	0	0	0
25	Rocky Moran	9	9	0	0	0