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 Eddie Lawson Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini Yamaha 1'00:48.075 20 2 Wayne Gardner Rothmans Honda Team Honda +7.539 17 3 Niall Mackenzie Team HRC Honda +8.048 15 4 Wayne Rainey Team Lucky Strike Roberts Yamaha +14.638 13 5 Kevin Schwantz Suzuki Pepsi Cola Suzuki +27.459 11 6 Christian Sarron Sonauto Gauloises Blondes Yamaha Mobil 1 Yamaha +1:19.207 10 7 Ron Haslam Team ROC Elf Honda Elf Honda +1:30.230 9 8 Didier de Radiguès Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini Yamaha +1 Lap 8 9 Rob McElnea Suzuki Pepsi Cola Suzuki +1 Lap 7 10 Mike Baldwin Racing Team Katayama Honda +1 Lap 6 11 Alessandro Valesi Team Iberia Honda +1 Lap 5 Ret Shunji Yatsushiro Rothmans Honda Team Honda Retirement Ret Raymond Roche Cagiva Corse Cagiva Retirement Ret Kevin Magee Team Lucky Strike Roberts Yamaha Retirement Ret John Long Yamaha Retirement Ret Marco Gentile Fior Marlboro Fior Retirement Ret Pierfrancesco Chili HB Honda Gallina Team Honda Retirement Ret Eugene Brown Suzuki Retirement DNS Patrick Igoa Sonauto Gauloises Blondes Yamaha Mobil 1 Yamaha Did not start DNS Randy Mamola Cagiva Corse Cagiva Did not start DNS William Knott Suzuki Did not start DNS Russell Bigley Yamaha Did not start DNQ Larry Moreno Vacondio Suzuki Did not qualify DNQ Tony Carey Suzuki Did not qualify DNQ Jim Poet Suzuki Did not qualify DNQ Fabio Barchitta Racing Team Katayama Honda Did not qualify DNQ Vincenzo Cascino Honda Did not qualify DNQ Scott Gray Suzuki Did not qualify DNQ Freddie Spencer Honda Did not qualify DNQ David Busby Suzuki Did not qualify Sources:
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