# American Racing Series 1988

De 1988 HFC American Racing Series Kampioenschap was het derde kampioenschap van de Indy Lights.

## Teams en rijders

De teams reden met een March 86A-chassis en een 3.5 L Buick V6-motor.
| Team | Nr. | Rijder | Sponsor(s) | Opmerkingen |
| Hemelgarn Racing | 2 | Jeff Andretti | Kmart / CRC Chemicals | Reed in Milwaukee en Portland |
| Hemelgarn Racing | 6 | Daniel Campeau | | Reed alleen in Miami |
| Hemelgarn Racing | 71 | Paul Tracy | | Reed niet in Pocono en Nazareth |
| Hemelgarn Racing | 81 | Jeff Andretti | U.S. Can / ICI / CIL / Great Lakes Lease / Rain-X / Rose Auto | Reed in Phoenix, Elkhart Lake en Miami |
| Hemelgarn Racing | 81 | Daniel Campeau | | Reed alleen in Toronto |
| TEAMKAR Intertnational | 2 | Franco Scapini | | Reed alleen in Miami |
| TEAMKAR Intertnational | 3 | Brad Murphey | Smith Barney | Reed in Phoenix, Milwaukee, Toronto en Elkhart Lake |
| TEAMKAR Intertnational | 3 | Juan Fangio | Manliba, Inc. | Reed in Portland, Cleveland en New Jersey |
| TEAMKAR Intertnational | 4 | Ted Prappas | | |
| TEAMKAR Intertnational | 14 | Marty Roth | JMC Racing | Reed alleen in Toronto |
| Agapiou Racing | 3 | Sport Allen | | Reed alleen in Miami |
| Agapiou Racing | 5 | Guido Dacco | Filtravedo | Reed niet in Elkhart Lake |
| Agapiou Racing | 5 | Mike Groff | | Reed alleen in Elkhart Lake |
| Agapiou Racing | 6 | Mike Groff | E-Z Wider | Reed alleen in New Jersey |
| Agapiou Racing | 6 | Giovanni Fontanasi | | Reed in Phoenix, Milwaukee, Portland, Cleveland, Toronto en Mid-Ohio |
| Agapiou Racing | 6 | Jeff Andretti | | Reed alleen in Pocono |
| Bill Simpson Racing | 7 | Dave Simpson | Simpson Racing Products | Reed de laatste twee races niet |
| Team Shierson | 8 | Calvin Fish | HFC | |
| Performance Motorsports | 9 | Gary Rubio | Competition Leasing | |
| R & K Racing | 10 | George Metsos | Lamplighter Restaurant | Reed in Phoenix, Pocono, Mid-Ohio en Elkhart Lake |
| R & K Racing | 10 | Tommy Byrne | | Reed alleen in Cleveland |
| R & K Racing | 10 | Jimmy Vasser | | Reed alleen in New Jersey |
| R & K Racing | 33 | Steve Barclay | | Reed niet in Toronto, Elkhart Lake en Miami |
| R & K Racing | 33 | Scott Harrington | H Promotions | Reed alleen in Miami |
| Ongais Racing | 11 | Brian Ongais | | Reed niet in Nazareth |
| Leading Edge Motorsport | 12 | Michael Chandler | | Reed alleen in Phoenix |
| Leading Edge Motorsport | 12 | Juan Fangio | Arciero Wines | Reed in Pocono, Mid-Ohio, Elkhart Lake, Laguna Seca en Miami |
| Leading Edge Motorsport | 12 | Mike Groff | Paul Mitchell | Reed alleen in Nazareth |
| Leading Edge Motorsport | 21 | Mike Snow | Chaz Cologne / Revlon | Reed niet in Miami |
| Leading Edge Motorsport | 21 | Steve Shelton | Chaz Cologne | Reed alleen in Miami |
| Leading Edge Motorsport | 22 | Dave Kudrave | | Reed in Laguna Seca en Miami |
| JMC Racing | 14 | John McCracken | | Reed alleen in Milwaukee |
| Accel Motorsports | 14 | Bobby Fix | Revlon | Reed alleen in Phoenix |
| Accel Motorsports | 30 | Bobby Fix | Autoshow | Reed in Mid-Ohio en Elkhart Lake |
| ? | 16 | Jim Noble | Nuskin International | Reed in Laguna Seca en Miami |
| C.P. Racing | 20 | Michael Greenfield | Greenfield Industries | Reed de laatste zes races |
| Enterprise Racing | 31 | Jon Beekhuis | A.B.S.I. / P.I.G. / Say No To Drugs | |
| Opar Racing | 50 | Tommy Byrne | | Reed niet in Milwaukee en Cleveland |
| Colorado Connection Racing | 98 | Wally Dallenbach jr. | Polyvoltrac | Reed in Phoenix en New Jersey |
| Colorado Connection Racing | 98 | Paul Dallenbach | Menards | Reed in Milwaukee en Portland |

## Races

| Race | Datum | Circuit | Locatie |
| 1 | 9 April | Phoenix International Raceway | Phoenix, AZ |
| 2 | 4 Juni | Milwaukee Mile | West Allis, WI |
| 3 | 19 Juni | Portland International Raceway | Portland, OR |
| 4 | 3 Juli | Grand Prix of Cleveland | Cleveland, OH |
| 5 | 17 Juli | Exhibition Place | Toronto, ON |
| 6 | 24 Juli | Meadowlands Sports Complex | East Rutherford, NJ |
| 7 | 20 Augustus | Pocono Raceway | Pocono, PE |
| 8 | 4 September | Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course | Lexington, OH |
| 9 | 11 September | Road America | Elkhart Lake, WI |
| 10 | 25 September | Nazareth Speedway | Nazareth, PE |
| 11 | 16 Oktober | Laguna Seca Raceway | Monterey, CA |
| 12 | 6 November | Tamiami Park | Miami, FL |

## Race resultaten

| Race | Race naam | Pole positie | Snelste ronde | Meeste ronden aan de leiding | Winnende rijder | Winnende team |
| 1 | Phoenix | Jeff Andretti | ? | Paul Tracy | Paul Tracy | Hemelgarn Racing |
| 2 | Milwaukee | Dave Simpson | ? | Mike Snow | Dave Simpson | Bill Simpson Racing |
| 3 | Portland | Tommy Byrne | ? | Tommy Byrne | Tommy Byrne | Opar Racing |
| 4 | Cleveland | Juan Fangio | ? | Juan Fangio | Juan Fangio | Leading Edge Motorsport |
| 5 | Toronto | Tommy Byrne | ? | Tommy Byrne | Calvin Fish | Team Shierson |
| 6 | New Jersey | Jon Beekhuis | ? | Jon Beekhuis | Jon Beekhuis | Enterprise Racing |
| 7 | Pocono | Dave Simpson | ? | Michael Greenfield | Michael Greenfield | C.P. Racing |
| 8 | Ohio | Jon Beekhuis | ? | Jon Beekhuis | Jon Beekhuis | Enterprise Racing |
| 9 | Elkhart Lake | Calvin Fish | ? | Juan Fangio | Juan Fangio | Leading Edge Motorsport |
| 10 | Nazareth | Calvin Fish | ? | Calvin Fish | Calvin Fish | Team Shierson |
| 11 | Monterey | Juan Fangio | ? | Juan Fangio | Tommy Byrne | Opar Racing |
| 12 | Miami | Juan Fangio | ? | Tommy Byrne | Tommy Byrne | Opar Racing |

## Uitslagen

| Pos | Rijder | PHX | MIL | POR | CLE | TOR | MWL | POC | MDO | ROA | NAZ | LS | MIA | Punten |
| 1 | Jon Beekhuis | 16 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1* | 12 | 1* | 2 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 147 |
| 2 | Tommy Byrne | 17 | | 1* | 6 | 2* | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 1* | 144 |
| 3 | Dave Simpson | 4 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 4 | | | 122 |
| 4 | Calvin Fish | 2 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 13 | 1* | 14 | 3 | 113 |
| 5 | Juan Fangio | | | 2 | 1* | | 12 | 4 | 13 | 1* | | 3* | 2 | 105 |
| 6 | Ted Prappas | 5 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 103 |
| 7 | Gary Rubio | 12 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 83 |
| 8 | Mike Snow | 7 | 2* | 14 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 5 | | 70 |
| 9 | Paul Tracy | 1* | 15 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 13 | | 5 | | 6 | 8 | 14 | 58 |
| 10 | Guido Dacco | 6 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 14 | | 11 | 13 | 16 | 53 |
| 11 | Brian Ongais | 11 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 8 | | 6 | 10 | 13 | 40 |
| 12 | Michael Greenfield | | | | | | | 1* | 12 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 15 | 32 |
| 13 | Steve Barclay | 18 | 8 | 10 | 12 | | 11 | 9 | 9 | | 8 | 11 | | 26 |
| 13 | Mike Groff | | | | | | 15 | | | 5 | 2 | | | 26 |
| 15 | Wally Dallenbach jr. | 3 | | | | | 8 | | | | | | | 19 |
| 16 | Giovanni Fontanasi | 9 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 7 | | | 10 | | | | | 17 |
| 17 | George Metsos | 8 | | | | | | 10 | 7 | 11 | | | | 16 |
| 18 | John McCracken | | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | 14 |
| 19 | Brad Murphey | 10 | 12 | | | 10 | | | | 12 | | | | 8 |
| 20 | Daniel Campeau | | | | | 13 | | | | | | | 7 | 6 |
| 21 | Jeff Andretti | 14 | 11 | 11 | | | | 14 | | 14 | | | 17 | 5 |
| 21 | Scott Harrington | | | | | | | | | | | | 8 | 5 |
| 21 | Dave Kudrave | | | | | | | | | | | 12 | 9 | 5 |
| 24 | Jim Noble | | | | | | | | | | | 9 | 18 | 4 |
| 24 | Bobby Fix | 13 | | | | | | | 16 | 9 | | | | 4 |
| 26 | Steve Shelton | | | | | | | | | | | | 10 | 3 |
| 26 | Jimmy Vasser | | | | | | 10 | | | | | | | 3 |
| 28 | Marty Roth | | | | | 11 | | | | | | | | 2 |
| 28 | Franco Scapini | | | | | | | | | | | | 11 | 2 |
| 30 | Sport Allen | | | | | | | | | | | | 12 | 1 |
| 31 | Michael Chandler | 15 | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 31 | Paul Dallenbach | | 14 | 15 | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| Pos | Rijder | PHX | MIL | POR | CLE | TOR | MWL | POC | MDO | ROA | NAZ | LS | MIA | Punten |
| Kleur | Resultaat |
| Goud | Winnaar |
| Zilver | 2de plaats |
| Brons | 3de plaats |
| Groen | 4de en 5de plaats |
| Lichtblauw | 6de–10de plaats |
| Donkerblauw | Gefinisht (buiten de Top 10) |
| Paars | Niet gefinisht |
| Rood | Niet gekwalificeerd (DNQ) |
| Bruin | Teruggetrokken (Wth) |
| Zwart | Gediskwalificeerd (DSQ) |
| Wit | Niet Gestart (DNS) |
| Blank | Nam geen deel aan de race (DNP) |
| Blank | Niet geracet |
Toegevoegde info :
| vet | Pole positie (1 punt) |
| cursief | Snelste ronde |
| * | Meeste ronden aan de leiding (2 punten) |
| $^1$ | Kwalificatie geannuleerd geen bonuspunten uitgedeeld |
| Rookie van het Jaar ||
| Rookie ||
| Positie | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| Punten | 20 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
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