1988 United States motorcycle Grand Prix

August 2023 United States USA United States International Grand Prixhttp://www.jumpingjack.nl/GP-races_1988_heden.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20150725172956/http://www.jumpingjack.nl/GP-races_1988_heden.htm usurped 2015-07-25 Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1988 nl 2018-09-15https://www.progcovers.com/motor/500cc1988.html 1988 500cc Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project Malcolm Mitchell Progcovers.comhttp://progcovers.com/motor/laguna.html Data 2018-05-21 https://web.archive.org/web/20180521191600/http://progcovers.com/motor/laguna.html 2018-05-21 dead Laguna Seca Raceway 2.214 3.563 2 15 April 10, 1988 Laguna Seca 1988-1995.png Wayne Rainey 1:29.210 USA Yamaha Eddie Lawson 1:29.960 USA Yamaha Eddie Lawson USA Yamaha Wayne Gardner Australia Honda Niall Mackenzie UK Honda John Kocinski 1:32.950 USA Yamaha Bruno Casanova 1:32.320 Italy Aprilia-Rotax Jim Filice USA Honda Sito Pons Spain Honda Dominique Sarron France Honda The 1988 United States motorcycle Grand Prix was the second round of the 1988 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of April 8–10, 1988, at Laguna Seca Raceway. 500 cc race report The first U.S. GP in 23 years (the Daytona in 1965 was the previous). Wayne Rainey was on pole. Through the first hairpin it was Wayne Gardner, Niall Mackenzie, Rainey, Kevin Schwantz, et al. Eddie Lawson was down in 6th place, with Kevin Magee and Gardner up front. Lawson worked his way through the field, and passed both Gardner and Magee on the inside of Turn 2 (hairpin). 500 cc classification Pos. Rider Team Manufacturer Time/Retired Points 1 USA Eddie Lawson Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini Yamaha 1'00:48.075 20 2 AUS Wayne Gardner Rothmans Honda Team Honda +7.539 17 3 GBR Niall Mackenzie Team HRC Honda +8.048 15 4 USA Wayne Rainey Team Lucky Strike Roberts Yamaha +14.638 13 5 USA Kevin Schwantz Suzuki Pepsi Cola Suzuki +27.459 11 6 FRA Christian Sarron Sonauto Gauloises Blondes Yamaha Mobil 1 Yamaha +1:19.207 10 7 GBR Ron Haslam Team ROC Elf Honda Elf Honda +1:30.230 9 8 BEL Didier de Radiguès Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini Yamaha +1 Lap 8 9 GBR Rob McElnea Suzuki Pepsi Cola Suzuki +1 Lap 7 10 USA Mike Baldwin Racing Team Katayama Honda +1 Lap 6 11 ITA Alessandro Valesi Team Iberia Honda +1 Lap 5 Ret JPN Shunji Yatsushiro Rothmans Honda Team Honda Retirement Ret FRA Raymond Roche Cagiva Corse Cagiva Retirement Ret AUS Kevin Magee Team Lucky Strike Roberts Yamaha Retirement Ret USA John Long Yamaha Retirement Ret CHE Marco Gentile Fior Marlboro Fior Retirement Ret ITA Pierfrancesco Chili HB Honda Gallina Team Honda Retirement Ret USA Eugene Brown Suzuki Retirement DNS FRA Patrick Igoa Sonauto Gauloises Blondes Yamaha Mobil 1 Yamaha Did not start DNS USA Randy Mamola Cagiva Corse Cagiva Did not start DNS USA William Knott Suzuki Did not start DNS USA Russell Bigley Yamaha Did not start DNQ VEN 1930 Larry Moreno Vacondio Suzuki Did not qualify DNQ IRE Tony Carey Suzuki Did not qualify DNQ USA Jim Poet Suzuki Did not qualify DNQ ITA Fabio Barchitta Racing Team Katayama Honda Did not qualify DNQ ITA Vincenzo Cascino Honda Did not qualify DNQ USA Scott Gray Suzuki Did not qualify DNQ USA Freddie Spencer Honda Did not qualify DNQ USA David Busby Suzuki Did not qualify Sources:https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/1988-united-states-motogp 1988 United States MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database 13 June 2017 Motorsportmagazine.comhttp://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/1988/USA/500cc/RAC/ UNITED STATES GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1988 Motogp.com 16 September 2018 September 16, 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180916055742/http://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/1988/USA/500cc/RAC/ dead References United States Grand Prix 1988 1988 Japanese Grand Prix 1988 Spanish Grand Prix 1965 United States Grand Prix 1989 United States Grand Prix Category:United States motorcycle Grand Prix United States Motorcycle United States