2006 Grand Prix of Road America

  2006 Road America
Race details
Race 12 of 14 in the 2006 Champ Car season

Road America Track Layout
Date September 24, 2006
Official name Grand Prix of Road America
Location Road America
Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin, United States
Course Permanent Road Course
4.048 mi / 6.515 km
Distance 51 laps, 206.448 mi / 332.245 km
Weather Sunny
Pole
Driver Dan Clarke CTE Racing - HVM
Time 1:55.123
Fastest Lap
Driver Sébastien Bourdais Newman/Haas Racing
Time 1:44.133 (on lap 26 of 51)
Podium
First A. J. Allmendinger Forsythe Championship Racing
Second Bruno Junqueira Newman/Haas Racing
Third Sébastien Bourdais Newman/Haas Racing

The 2006 Grand Prix of Road America was the twelfth round of the 2006 Champ Car World Series season, held on September 24, 2006 at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. The event is most remembered for a horrific crash involving Katherine Legge that resulted a 42-minute red flag.

Contents

Qualifying results

Pos Nat Name Team Qual 1 Qual 2 Best
1 Dan Clarke CTE Racing - HVM 1:55.123 no time 1:55.123
2 Sébastien Bourdais Newman-Haas Racing 1:58.945 2:06.460 1:58.945
3 Charles Zwolsman Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 1:55.599 2:11.121 1:55.599
4 Alex Tagliani Team Australia 1:57.517 2:09.891 1:57.517
5 A. J. Allmendinger Forsythe Racing 1:58.507 2:07.969 1:58.507
6 Justin Wilson RuSPORT 1:59.076 2:06.994 1:59.076
7 Will Power Team Australia 1:59.286 2:07.683 1:59.286
8 Katherine Legge PKV Racing 1:59.388 2:12.916 1:59.388
9 Andrew Ranger Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 1:59.486 4:09.032 1:59.486
10 Bruno Junqueira Newman-Haas Racing 1:59.977 no time 1:59.977
11 Paul Tracy Forsythe Racing 2:00.165 2:08.767 2:00.165
12 Jan Heylen Dale Coyne Racing 2:00.835 2:11.400 2:00.835
13 Oriol Servià PKV Racing 2:01.082 2:10.782 2:01.082
14 Tõnis Kasemets Rocketsports Racing 2:01.381 2:10.273 2:01.381
15 Mario Domínguez Rocketsports Racing 2:01.882 2:11.076 2:01.882
16 Nelson Philippe CTE Racing - HVM 2:02.273 2:10.028 2:02.273
17 Juan Cáceres Dale Coyne Racing 2:03.690 2:13.169 2:03.690

Race

Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 7 A. J. Allmendinger Forsythe Racing 51 2:36:44.637 5 32
2 2 Bruno Junqueira Newman-Haas Racing 51 +0.7 secs 10 28
3 1 Sébastien Bourdais Newman-Haas Racing 51 +1.0 secs 2 28
4 6 Oriol Servià PKV Racing 51 +2.6 secs 13 24
5 9 Justin Wilson RuSPORT 51 +3.7 secs 6 21
6 14 Dan Clarke CTE Racing - HVM 51 +4.7 secs 1 21
7 34 Charles Zwolsman Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 51 +5.5 secs 3 18
8 27 Andrew Ranger Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 51 +7.4 secs 9 15
9 11 Jan Heylen Dale Coyne Racing 51 +8.7 secs 12 13
10 3 Paul Tracy Forsythe Racing 51 +9.0 secs 11 11
11 15 Alex Tagliani Team Australia 51 +13.2 secs 4 10
12 8 Mario Domínguez Rocketsports Racing 51 +20.2 secs 15 9
13 5 Will Power Team Australia 50 + 1 Lap 7 8
14 4 Nelson Philippe CTE Racing - HVM 50 + 1 Lap 16 7
15 19 Juan Cáceres Dale Coyne Racing 50 + 1 Lap 17 6
16 20 Katherine Legge PKV Racing 45 Accident 8 5
17 18 Tõnis Kasemets Rocketsports Racing 14 Mechanical 14 4

Caution flags

Laps Cause
1-3 Junqueira (2), Power (5) & Heylen (11) crash
18-20 Power (5) off course
27-29 Cáceres (19) off course
30-31 Junqueira (2) & Ranger (27) crash
33-34 Tracy (3) off course
46-49 Legge (20) crash (42 minute red flag)

Notes

Laps Leader
1-3 Dan Clarke
4 Charles Zwolsman
5-28 Sébastien Bourdais
29-40 Bruno Junqueira
41-44 Sébastien Bourdais
45-51 A. J. Allmendinger
 
Driver Laps led
Sébastien Bourdais 28
Bruno Junqueira 12
A. J. Allmendinger 7
Dan Clarke 3
Charles Zwolsman 1

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