| series | Champcar current |
| race |  Laguna Seca |
| year | 1987 |
| team | car | entry | driver | start | finish | chassis | engine | laps led | * | |
| Truesports | 1 | Budweiser | Bobby Rahal | | 3 | 1 | Lola T8700 | Cosworth DFX | 31 | |
| Penske | 3 | Miller American | Danny Sullivan | | 4 | 2 | March 86C | Chevy V8/A | ||
| Penske | 8 | Pennzoil | Rick Mears | | 7 | 3 | March 86C | Chevy V8/A | ||
| Shierson | 30 | Domino's Pizza | Al Unser Jr. | | 8 | 4 | March 87C | Cosworth DFX | ||
| Galles | 15 | Valvoline | Geoff Brabham |  | 5 | 5 | March 87C | Judd Brabham-Honda | ||
| Hemelgarn | 71 | Provimi Veal | Arie Luyendyk |  | 11 | 6 | March 87C [01] | Cosworth DFX | ||
| Curb Motorsports | 33 | Skoal Bandit | John Andretti | | 16 | 7 | March 87C | Cosworth DFX | ||
| Machinists Union | 55 | Machinists/Schaefer | Josele Garza |  | 12 | 8 | March 87C | Cosworth DFX | ||
| Galles | 11 | McHoward Leasing | Jeff MacPherson | | 18 | 9 | March 87C [12] | Cosworth DFX | ||
| Dick Simon | 23 | Mackenzie Financial | Jeff Wood | | 13 | 10 | Lola T8700 | Cosworth DFX | ||
| Gohr Racing | 56 | Genesee Beer | Scott Goodyear |  | 19 | 11 | March 87C | Cosworth DFX | ||
| Machinists Union | 29 | Hardee's | Pancho Carter | | 15 | 12 | March 87C | Cosworth DFX | ||
| Dick Simon | 22 | Soundesign | John Richards | | 17 | 13 | Lola T8700 | Cosworth DFX | ||
| Raynor | 10 | Raynor Garage Door | Derek Daly |  | 10 | 14 | Lola T8700 | Cosworth DFX | ||
| Morales | 21 | Vermont American | Johnny Rutherford | | 23 | 15 | March 87C | Cosworth DFX | ||
| Vince Granatelli | 4 | True Value/STP | Raul Boesel |  | 14 | 16 | March 87C | Cosworth DFX | ||
| Newman-Haas | 5 | Hanna Auto Wash/Rain-X | Mario Andretti | | 1 | 17 | Lola T8700 | Chevy V8/A | 61 | |
| Patrick | 7 | Jensen Audio | Kevin Cogan | | 6 | 18 | March 87C | Chevy V8/A | ||
| Leader Card | 24 | Toshiba/Oracle/Altos | Randy Lewis | | 20 | 19 | March 87C [31] | Cosworth DFX | ||
| Patrick | 20 | Marlboro | Emerson Fittipaldi | | 9 | 20 | March 87C | Chevy V8/A | ||
| Dale Coyne | 19 | Dale Coyne Racing | Dale Coyne | | 22 | 21 | March 86C | Chevy Barnes 355 V8 | ||
| Kraco | 18 | Kraco/STP | Michael Andretti | | 2 | 22 | March 87C | Cosworth DFX | 6 | |
| Arciero | 12 | Arciero/Mola Development | Ludwig Heimrath Jr. | | 24 | 23 | March 87C | Cosworth DFX | ||
| Porsche | 6 | Quaker State | Al Unser | | 21 | 24 | Porsche 2708 [001] | Porsche 9M0 | ||
| Arciero | 12 | Arciero/Mola Development | Fabrizio Barbazza |  | DNS | March 87C | Cosworth DFX |
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