1987 INDIANAPOLIS 500

Results of the 1987 Indianapolis 500 held at Indianapolis on Sunday, May 24, 1987.

Finish	Start	No	Name	Qual	Rank	Laps	Led	Status
1	20	25	Al Unser	207.424	15	200	18	Running
2	5	4	Roberto Guerrero	210.680	5	200	8	Running
3	17	12	Fabrizio Barbazza	208.039	11	198	0	Flagged
4	22	30	Al Unser, Jr.	206.751	17	196	0	Flagged
5	15	56	Gary Bettenhausen	204.504	29	195	0	Flagged
6	6	22	Dick Simon	209.960	7	193	0	Flagged
7	26	41	Stan Fox	204.518	28	192	0	Flagged
8	12	11	Jeff MacPherson	205.688	23	182	0	Flagged
9	1	5	Mario Andretti	215.389	1	180	170	Ignition
10	27	16	Tony Bettenhausen, Jr.	203.892	30	171	0	Engine
11	8	21	Johnny Rutherford	208.296	9	171	0	Flagged
12	13	91	Scott Brayton	205.647	24	167	0	Engine
13	16	3	Danny Sullivan	210.271	6	160	4	Engine
14	21	33	Tom Sneva	207.254	16	143	0	Crash T2
15	19	77	Derek Daly	207.521	14	133	0	Engine
16	33	20	Emerson Fittipaldi	205.584	25	131	0	Lost Power
17	25	55	Josele Garza	205.692	22	129	0	Flagged
18	7	71	Arie Luyendyk	208.337	8	125	0	Suspension
19	4	14	A. J. Foyt	210.935	4	117	0	Oil Seal
20	11	81	Rich Vogler	205.887	21	109	0	Rocker Arm
21	30	98	Ed Pimm	203.284	31	109	0	Lost Boost
22	18	2	Gordon Johncock	207.990	12	76	0	Valve
23	3	8	Rick Mears	211.467	3	75	0	Coil Wire
24	14	15	Geoff Brabham	205.503	26	71	0	Oil Pressure
25	32	87	Steve Chassey	202.488	33	68	0	Engine
26	2	1	Bobby Rahal	213.316	2	57	0	Ignition
27	29	29	Pancho Carter	205.154	27	45	0	Valve
28	28	44	Davy Jones	208.117	10	34	0	Engine
29	9	18	Michael Andretti	206.129	19	28	0	CV Joint
30	10	23	Ludwig Heimrath	207.591	13	25	0	Spin
31	24	7	Kevin Cogan	205.999	20	21	0	Oil Pump
32	23	24	Randy Lewis	206.209	18	8	0	Gearbox
33	31	84	George Snider	203.192	32	0	0	Fuel Leak

★ Emerson Fittipaldi started the race from the 33rd position in a back-up car due to a crash in the final practice session.
'Failed to Qualify:' Jim Crawford (#2T), Sammy Swindell (#59), Phil Krueger (#10T), Rocky Moran (#76), Dominic Dobson (#17), Rick Miaskiewicz (#97)

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''"And history is matched as the twin checkered flags come out for our second four-time winner of the Indianapolis 500, Al Unser"'' - Paul Page described the finish of the race for the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Radio Network.