1988 United States motorcycle Grand Prix

  1988 United States Grand Prix

Race details
Race 2 of 15 races in the 1988 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	April 10, 1988
Location	Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca
Course	Permanent racing facility 3.563 km (2.214 mi)
500 cc
Pole position
Rider	Wayne Rainey	Yamaha
Time	1:29.210
Fastest lap
Rider	Eddie Lawson	Yamaha
Time	1:29.960
Podium
First	Eddie Lawson	Yamaha
Second	Wayne Gardner	Honda
Third	Niall Mackenzie	Honda
250 cc
Pole position
Rider	John Kocinski	Yamaha
Time	1:32.950
Fastest lap
Rider	Bruno Casanova	Aprilia-Rotax
Time	1:32.320
Podium
First	Jim Filice	Honda
Second	Sito Pons	Honda
Third	Dominique Sarron	Honda

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.

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	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Eddie Lawson	Yamaha	1'00:48.075	20
2	Wayne Gardner	Honda	+7.539	17
3	Niall Mackenzie	Honda	+8.048	15
4	Wayne Rainey	Yamaha	+14.638	13
5	Kevin Schwantz	Suzuki	+27.459	11
6	Christian Sarron	Yamaha	+1:19.207	10
7	Ron Haslam	Elf Honda	+1:30.230	9
8	Didier de Radiguès	Yamaha	+1 Lap	8
9	Rob McElnea	Suzuki	+1 Lap	7
10	Mike Baldwin	Honda	+1 Lap	6
11	Alessandro Valesi	Honda	+1 Lap	5
Ret	Shunji Yatsushiro	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Raymond Roche	Cagiva	Retirement
Ret	Kevin Magee	Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	John Long	Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Marco Gentile	Fior	Retirement
Ret	Pierfrancesco Chili	Honda	Retirement