The 1988 HFC American Racing Series Championship consisted of 12 races. Jon Beekhuis edged out Tommy Byrne for the championship by a mere 3 points, the closest margin in the series' 16 years. While Byrne won three races to Beekhuis' two, it was the consistent point scoring of Beekhuis that gave him the title.[1]
Calendar
| Race No | Track | State | Date | Laps | Distance | Time | Speed | Winner | Pole Position | Most Leading Laps | Fastest Race Lap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Phoenix | Arizona | April 9, 1988 | 78 | 1.6093=125.5254 km | 0'45:06.145 | 166.987 km/h | Paul Tracy | Jeff Andretti | Paul Tracy | ? |
| 2 | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | June 4, 1988 | 100 | 1.6607976=166.07976 km | 0'53:21.130 | 186.774 km/h | Dave Simpson | Dave Simpson | Mike Snow | ? |
| 3 | Portland | Oregon | June 19, 1988 | 40 | 3.0930746=123.722984 km | 0'47:56.850 | 154.823 km/h | Tommy Byrne | Tommy Byrne | Tommy Byrne | ? |
| 4 | Cleveland | Ohio | July 3, 1988 | 30 | 3.991064=119.73192 km | 0'37:01.654 | 194.015 km/h | Juan Manuel Fangio II | Juan Manuel Fangio II | Juan Manuel Fangio II | ? |
| 5 | Toronto |  Canada | July 17, 1988 | 38 | 2.8709912=120.58163 km | 0'45:09.290 | 160.224 km/h | Calvin Fish | Tommy Byrne | Tommy Byrne | ? |
| 6 | Meadowlands | New Jersey | July 24, 1988 | 58 | 1.9585181=113.59405 km | 0'44:47.940 | 152.138 km/h | Jon Beekhuis | Jon Beekhuis | Jon Beekhuis | ? |
| 7 | Pocono | Pennsylvania | August 20, 1988 | 40 | 4.02325=160.93 km | 0'45:45.215 | 211.039 km/h | Michael Greenfield | Dave Simpson | Michael Greenfield | ? |
| 8 | Lexington | Ohio | September 4, 1988 | 32 | 3.86232=123.59424 km | 0'45:44.820 | 162.101 km/h | Jon Beekhuis | Jon Beekhuis | Jon Beekhuis | ? |
| 9 | Elkhart Lake | Wisconsin | September 11, 1988 | 19 | 6.4372=122.3068 km | 0'40:33.206 | 180.957 km/h | Juan Manuel Fangio II | Calvin Fish | Juan Manuel Fangio II | ? |
| 10 | Nazareth | Pennsylvania | September 25, 1988 | 75 | 1.5223978=114.179835 km | 0'36:07.780 | 189.617 km/h | Calvin Fish | Calvin Fish | Calvin Fish | ? |
| 11 | Monterey | California | October 16, 1988 | 32 | 3.5629902=114.0156864 km | 0'45:32.780 | 150.197 km/h | Tommy Byrne | Juan Manuel Fangio II | Juan Manuel Fangio II | ? |
| 12 | Miami | Florida | November 6, 1988 | 22 | 2.8709912=63.1618064 km | 0'39:47.729 | 95.230 km/h | Tommy Byrne | Juan Manuel Fangio II | Tommy Byrne | ? |
Note:
Race 12 red-flagged after two laps due to an accident involving Michael Greenfield, Jeff Andretti and Guido Daccò and restarted.
Race summaries
Phoenix race
Held April 9 at Phoenix International Raceway. Jeff Andretti won the pole.
Top Five Results
Milwaukee race
Held June 4 at The Milwaukee Mile. Dave Simpson won the pole.
Top Five Results
- Dave Simpson
- Mike Snow
- John McCracken
- Jon Beekhuis
- Brian Ongais
Portland race
Held June 19 at Portland International Raceway. Tommy Byrne won the pole.
Top Five Results
Cleveland race
Held July 3 at Burke Lakefront Airport. Juan Manuel Fangio II won the pole.
Top Five Results
Toronto race
Held July 17 at Exhibition Place. Tommy Byrne won the pole.
Top Five Results
Meadowlands race
Held July 24 at the Meadowlands Sports Complex. Jon Beekhuis won the pole.
Top Five Results
- Jon Beekhuis
- Dave Simpson
- Tommy Byrne
- Ted Prappas
- Calvin Fish
Pocono race
Held August 20 at Pocono Raceway. Dave Simpson won the pole.
Top Five Results
Mid-Ohio race
Held September 4 at The Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. Jon Beekhuis won the pole.
Top Five Results
Elkhart Lake race
Held September 11 at Road America. Calvin Fish won the pole.
Top Five Results
Nazareth race
Held September 25 at Nazareth Speedway. Calvin Fish won the pole.
Top Five Results
- Calvin Fish
- Mike Groff
- Mike Snow
- Dave Simpson
- Jon Beekhuis
Laguna Seca race
Held October 16 at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. Juan Manuel Fangio II won the pole.
Top Five Results
- Tommy Byrne
- Jon Beekhuis
- Juan Manuel Fangio II
- Gary Rubio
- Mike Snow
Miami race
Held November 6 at Tamiami Park. Juan Manuel Fangio II won the pole.
Top Five Results
Final points standings
Driver
For every race the points were awarded: 20 points to the winner, 16 for runner-up, 14 for third place, 12 for fourth place, 10 for fifth place, 8 for sixth place, 6 seventh place, winding down to 1 points for 12th place. Additional points were awarded to the pole winner (1 point) and to the driver leading the most laps (1 point).
| Place | Name | Country | Team | Total Points |  | | | | | | | | | | | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jon Beekhuis |  United States | P.I.G. Enterprises Racing | 147 | - | 12 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 22 | 1 | 22 | 16 | 10 | 16 | 10 |
| 2 | Tommy Byrne |  Ireland | Opar Racing | 144 | - | - | 22 | 18 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 21 | |
| R & K Racing | 8 | |||||||||||||||
| 3 | Dave Simpson | United States | Bill Simpson Racing | 122 | 12 | 21 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 16 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 12 | - | - |
| 4 | Calvin Fish |  United Kingdom | Team Shierson | 113 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 10 | 6 | - | 1 | 22 | - | 14 |
| 5 | Juan Manuel Fangio II |  Argentina | TEAMKAR International | 105 | - | - | 16 | 22 | - | 1 | ||||||
| Leading Edge Motorsport | 12 | - | 21 | - | 16 | 17 | ||||||||||
| 6 | Ted Prappas | United States | TEAMKAR International | 103 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 8 |
| 7 | Gary Rubio | United States | Performance Motorsports | 83 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 12 | 12 |
| 8 | Mike Snow | United States | Leading Edge Motorsport | 70 | 6 | 17 | - | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 10 | - |
| 9 | Paul Tracy | Canada | Hemelgarn Racing | 58 | 21 | - | 12 | 2 | - | - | - | 10 | - | 8 | 5 | - |
| 10 | Guido Daccò |  Italy | Agapiou Racing | 53 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 8 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - |
| 11 | Brian Ongais | United States | Ongais Racing | 40 | 2 | 10 | 6 | - | 1 | - | 5 | 5 | 8 | - | 3 | - |
| 12 | Michael Greenfield | United States | C. P. Racing | 32 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 21 | 1 | - | 4 | 6 | - |
| 13 | Mike Groff | United States | Agapiou Racing | 26 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | |||
| Leading Edge Motorsport | 16 | - | - | |||||||||||||
| Steve Barclay | United States | R & K Racing | 26 | - | 5 | 3 | 1 | - | 2 | 4 | 4 | - | 5 | 2 | - | |
| 15 | Wally Dallenbach Jr. | United States | Colorado Connection Racing | 19 | 14 | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 16 | Giovanni Fontanesi |  Venezuela | Agapiou Racing | 17 | 4 | - | - | 4 | 6 | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - |
| 17 | George Metsos |  Greece | R & K Racing | 16 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 6 | 2 | - | - | - |
| 18 | John McCracken | United States | JMC Racing | 14 | - | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 19 | Brad Murphey | United States | TEAMKAR International | 8 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| 20 | Daniel Campeau | Canada | Hemelgarn Racing | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 |
| 21 | Jeff Andretti | United States | Hemelgarn Racing | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Scott Harrington | United States | R & K Racing | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | |
| Dave Kudrave | United States | Leading Edge Motorsport | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | |
| 24 | Bobby Fix | United States | Accel Motorsports | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - |
| Jim Noble | United States | ? | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | |
| 26 | Jimmy Vasser | United States | R & K Racing | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Steve Sheldon | United States | Leading Edge Motorsport | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | |
| 28 | Marty Roth | Canada | TEAMKAR International | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Franco Scapini | Italy | TEAMKAR International | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | |
| 30 | Sport Allen | United States | Agapiou Racing | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Complete Overview
| first column of every race | 10 | = grid position |
| second column of every race | 10 | = race result |
R16=retired, but classified
| Place | Name | Country | Team | | | | | | | | | | | | | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Jon Beekhuis | United States | P.I.G. Enterprises Racing | 4 | R16 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | R12 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 |
| 2 | Tommy Byrne | Ireland | Opar Racing | 5 | R17 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| R & K Racing | 5 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Dave Simpson | United States | Bill Simpson Racing | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 4 | - | - | - | - |
| 4 | Calvin Fish | United Kingdom | Team Shierson | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 4 | R9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 4 | R15 | 1 | R13 | 1 | 1 | 2 | R14 | 4 | 3 |
| 2 | Juan Manuel Fangio II | Argentina | TEAMKAR International | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 | R12 | ||||||||||||
| Leading Edge Motorsport | 10 | 4 | 2 | R13 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| 6 | Ted Prappas | United States | TEAMKAR International | 9 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 11 | R12 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 6 |
| 7 | Gary Rubio | United States | Performance Motorsports | 10 | R12 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 9 | R12 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| 8 | Mike Snow | United States | Leading Edge Motorsport | 17 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 5 | R14 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 5 | R11 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | - | - |
| 9 | Paul Tracy | Canada | Hemelgarn Racing | 3 | 1 | 11 | R15 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 7 | R14 | 13 | R13 | - | - | 11 | 5 | 11 | R14 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 9 | R14 |
| 10 | Guido Daccò | Italy | Agapiou Racing | 18 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 11 | R13 | 8 | R14 | - | - | 10 | R11 | 8 | R13 | 12 | R16 |
| 11 | Brian Ongais | United States | Ongais Racing | 13 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 11 | R14 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 6 | - | - | 13 | R10 | 11 | R13 |
| 12 | Michael Greenfield | United States | C. P. Racing | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 1 | 14 | R12 | 9 | R15 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 8 | R15 |
| 13 | Mike Groff | United States | Agapiou Racing | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | R15 | - | - | - | - | 15 | 5 | ||||||
| Leading Edge Motorsport | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Steve Barclay | United States | R & K Racing | 7 | R18 | 5 | 8 | 15 | R10 | 11 | 12 | - | - | 15 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 9 | - | - | 8 | 8 | 14 | R11 | - | - | |
| 15 | Wally Dallenbach Jr. | United States | Colorado Connection Racing | 12 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 16 | Giovanni Fontanesi | Venezuela | Agapiou Racing | 16 | 9 | 15 | R13 | 14 | R13 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 7 | - | - | - | - | 7 | R10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 17 | George Metsos | Greece | R & K Racing | 11 | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | 10 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 18 | John McCracken | United States | JMC Racing | - | - | 12 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 19 | Brad Murphey | United States | TEAMKAR International | 15 | 10 | 13 | 12 | - | - | - | - | 14 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14 | R12 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 20 | Daniel Campeau | Canada | Hemelgarn Racing | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | R13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13 | 7 |
| 21 | Jeff Andretti | United States | Hemelgarn Racing | 1 | R14 | 8 | 11 | 10 | R11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | R17 | ||||||||||
| Agapiou Racing | 8 | R14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||||||||||||||||
| Scott Harrington | United States | R & K Racing | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | 8 | |
| Dave Kudrave | United States | Leading Edge Motorsport | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | R12 | 15 | 9 | |
| 24 | Bobby Fix | United States | Accel Motorsports | 14 | R13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | R16 | 13 | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jim Noble | United States | ? | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | 9 | 16 | R18 | |
| 26 | Jimmy Vasser | United States | R & K Racing | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Steve Sheldon | United States | Leading Edge Motorsport | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14 | 10 | |
| 28 | Marty Roth | Canada | TEAMKAR International | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13 | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Franco Scapini | Italy | TEAMKAR International | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 17 | 11 | |
| 30 | Sport Allen | United States | Agapiou Racing | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 18 | 12 |
| - | Paul Dallenbach | United States | Colorado Connection Racing | - | - | 14 | 14 | 12 | R15 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| - | Mike Chandler | United States | Leading Edge Motorsport | 6 | R15 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |