High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1987 IndyCar season, the ninth in the CART era of U.S. open-wheel racing, consisted of 16 races, beginning in Long Beach, California on April 4 and concluding in Miami, Florida on November 1. There was one non-championship event, the Marlboro Challenge. The PPG Indy Car World Series Drivers` Champion was Bobby Rahal and the Indianapolis 500 winner was Al Unser. Rookie of the Year was Fabrizio Barbazza. The 71st Indianapolis 500 was sanctioned by the USAC, but counted in the CART points standings.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The New York Yankees` 1987 season was the 85th season for the Yankees. The team finished in fourth place with a record of 89-73, finishing 9 games behind the Detroit Tigers. New York was managed by Lou Piniella. The Yankees played at Yankee Stadium.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1987 Green Bay Packers season was their 67th season in the National Football League. The club posted a 5–9–1 record under coach Forrest Gregg, earning them 3rd place finish in the NFC Central division.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1987 IBF World Championships were held in Beijing, China in 1987. Following the results of the women`s singles.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1987 IBF World Championships were held in Beijing, China in 1987. Following the results of the men`s doubles.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1987 Dunhill Cup was the third Dunhill Cup. It was a team tournament featuring 16 countries, each represented by three players. The Cup was played 1–4 October at the Old Course at St Andrews in Scotland. The sponsor was the Alfred Dunhill company. The English team of Gordon J. Brand, Howard Clark, and Nick Faldo beat the Scottish team of Gordon Brand, Jnr, Sandy Lyle, and Sam Torrance in the final.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1987 National League Championship Series took place between October 6 and October 14 at Busch Memorial Stadium (Games 1, 2, 6, and 7) and Candlestick Park (Games 3, 4, and 5). It matched the East division champion St. Louis Cardinals (95–67) against the West division champion San Francisco Giants (90–72), with the Cardinals winning in seven games. The Cardinals would go on to lose the 1987 World Series to the Minnesota Twins, also in seven games.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1987 IBF World Championships were held in Beijing, China in 1987. Following the results of the men`s singles.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1987 Stanley Cup playoffs, the championship of the National Hockey League (NHL), began with sixteen teams on April 8, 1987. It concluded on May 31, with the Edmonton Oilers defeating the Philadelphia Flyers to win the Stanley Cup.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1987 Minnesota Twins won the World Series for the first time since moving from Washington in 1961, marking the second time that the franchise had won the World Series. (The Washington Senators had won it in 1924.) Manager Tom Kelly managed the rare feat of winning the World Series in his first full season as manager.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Pam Shriver was the three-time defending champion and won in the final against Larisa Savchenko, 4–6, 6–2, 6–2.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1987 James Hardie 1000 was the eighth round of the inaugural World Touring Car Championship, the first round to be held in the southern hemisphere. The race was held for cars eligible for Group A touring car regulations. It was the 25th anniversary of the original touring car endurance race held at the Mount Panorama Circuit in 1963. It was the 28th race that traces its lineage back to the 1960 Armstrong 500 held at Phillip Island. It was held on October 4, 1987 at the Mount Panorama Circuit just outside Bathurst.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1987 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team`s 106th season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 96th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 95-67 during the season and finished first in the National League East Division for the third and last time before moving to the NL Central in 1994. They went on to win the NLCS in seven games over the San Francisco Giants. In the World Series against the Minnesota Twins, after having fallen behind 2-0 at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, they won their next three games at home. However, back at the Metrodome, they lost the last two and fell one game short of a World Series title. It would be the Cardinals` last World Series appearance until 2004.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1987 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 55th Grand Prix of Endurance, and took place on June 13 and 14 1987. It was also the fifth round of the 1987 World Sports-Prototype Championship.