1987 IndyCar season
| 1987 CART season | |
|---|---|
| PPG Indy Car World Series | |
 Bobby Rahal |
|
| Season | |
| Races | 16 |
| Start date | April 4 |
| End date | November 1 |
| Awards | |
| Drivers' champion |
 Bobby Rahal
|
| Constructors' Cup |
 March
|
| Manufacturers' Cup |
Cosworth
|
| Nations' Cup |
United States
|
| Rookie of the Year |
 Fabrizio Barbazza
|
| Indianapolis 500 winner |
Al Unser
|
The 1987 CART PPG Indy Car World Series season was the 9th national championship season of American open wheel racing sanctioned by CART. The season consisted of 16 races, and one non-points exhibition event. Bobby Rahal was the national champion, winning his second-consecutive title. The rookie of the year was Fabrizio Barbazza. The 1987 Indianapolis 500 was sanctioned by USAC, but counted towards the CART points championship. Al Unser, Sr. won the Indy 500, his record-tying fourth victory at Indy.
Defending series champion and defending Indy 500 winner Bobby Rahal and his Truesports team made a highly publicized switch from the March chassis to the up-and-coming Lola chassis. Truesports, however, stayed with the proven Cosworth engine. For 1987, the Ilmor Chevrolet Indy V-8 expanded its participation, fielding cars with Penske Racing, Newman/Haas and Patrick. Mario Andretti scored the engine's first Indy car victory in the season opener at Long Beach. Also joining the series full-time was the Judd AV V-8 (badged initially as the Brabham-Honda), and later in the season Porsche made their Indy car debut. Penske resumed their in-house chassis program, but after dismal results with the PC-16, the cars were parked during practice at Indy in favor of the March.
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