2006 V8 Supercar Championship Series

2006 V8 Supercar season
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The 2006 V8 Supercar season was the 8th running of the V8 Supercar Championship Series. It began on 25 March 2006 in Adelaide and ended on 10 December at Phillip Island after 13 rounds.

Contents

Race Calendar

The 2006 V8 Supercar season consisted of 13 rounds which included 11 sprint rounds of two or three races and two endurance races.

Rd. Race Title Circuit City / State Date Winner Team Report
1 Clipsal 500 Adelaide Street Circuit Adelaide, South Australia 23 - 26 Mar Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering Report
2 PlaceMakers V8 Supercars Pukekohe Park Raceway Pukekohe, New Zealand 21 - 23 Apr Mark Skaife Holden Racing Team Report
3 Perth V8 400 Barbagallo Raceway Wanneroo, Western Australia 12–14 May Steven Richards Perkins Engineering Report
4 Winton Winton Motor Raceway Benalla, Victoria 2 - 4 Jun Craig Lowndes Triple Eight Race Engineering Report
5 Skycity Triple Crown Hidden Valley Raceway Darwin, Northern Territory 30 Jun - 2 Jul Craig Lowndes Triple Eight Race Engineering Report
6 BigPond 400 Queensland Raceway Ipswich, Queensland 21 - 23 Jul Garth Tander HSV Dealer Team Report
7 Oran Park Oran Park Raceway Sydney, New South Wales 11 - 13 Aug Craig Lowndes Triple Eight Race Engineering Report
8 Betta Electrical 500 Sandown Raceway Melbourne, Victoria 1 - 3 Sept Mark Winterbottom
Jason Bright		 Ford Performance Racing Report
9 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 Mount Panorama Bathurst, New South Wales 5 - 8 Oct Craig Lowndes
Jamie Whincup		 Triple Eight Race Engineering Report
10 Gillette V8 Supercar Challenge Gold Coast Street Circuit Surfers Paradise, Queensland 19 - 22 Oct Todd Kelly Holden Racing Team Report
11 Ferodo Tasmania Challenge Symmons Plains Raceway Launceston, Tasmania 10 - 12 Nov Garth Tander HSV Dealer Team Report
12 Desert 400 Bahrain International Circuit Manama, Bahrain 23 - 25 Nov Jason Bright Ford Performance Racing Report
13 Caterpillar Grand Finale Phillip Island Phillip Island, Victoria 8 - 10 Dec Todd Kelly Holden Racing Team Report

Teams and drivers

The following drivers and teams competed in the 2006 V8 Supercar Championship Series. The series consisted of 11 rounds of sprint racing and two rounds (the Sandown 500 and the Bathurst 1000) of endurance racing with each car piloted by two drivers.

Team Make Model Car # Drivers Endurance Event Drivers
Stone Brothers Racing BA Falcon 1 Russell Ingall Luke Youlden
4 James Courtney Glenn Seton
Holden Racing Team VZ Commodore 2 Mark Skaife Garth Tander
22 Todd Kelly Jim Richards
Ryan Briscoe
Tasman Motorsport VZ Commodore 3 Jason Richards Mark Noske
Owen Kelly
23 Andrew Jones
Ford Performance Racing BA Falcon 5 Mark Winterbottom Matt Halliday
Cameron McLean*
David Brabham**
6 Jason Bright
Perkins Engineering VZ Commodore 7 Steven Richards Shane Price
Jack Perkins
11 Paul Dumbrell
WPS Racing BA Falcon 8 Max Wilson David Besnard
10 Jason Bargwanna Craig Baird
Brad Jones Racing BA Falcon 12 John Bowe Dale Brede
Mark Porter*
Michael Caruso**
200
14 Brad Jones
HSV Dealer Team VZ Commodore 15 Rick Kelly Todd Kelly
Anthony Tratt
Tony D'Alberto
16 Garth Tander
Dick Johnson Racing BA Falcon 17 Steven Johnson Alex Davison
Grant Denyer
18 Will Davison
Paul Cruickshank Racing BA Falcon 20 Marcus Marshall Jonathon Webb
111
Team Kiwi Racing VZ Commodore 021 Paul Radisich
Chris Pither
Craig Baird		 Fabian Coulthard
A.N.T. Racing BA Falcon 021 Tony Evangelou***
Britek Motorsport BA Falcon 25 Warren Luff Adam Macrow
26 José Fernández
Tony Ricciardello
MSport VZ Commodore 26 Mark Porter****
Garry Rogers Motorsport VZ Commodore 33 Lee Holdsworth Greg Ritter
Phillip Scifleet*
Cameron McLean**
34 Dean Canto
Paul Morris Motorsport VZ Commodore 39 Alan Gurr
Fabian Coulthard
Steve Ellery
Shane Price
Jack Perkins		 Kayne Scott
67 Paul Morris
Paul Weel Racing VZ Commodore 50 Cameron McConville Nathan Pretty
Paul Weel
51 Greg Murphy
Rod Nash Racing VZ Commodore 55 Steve Owen Tony Longhurst
Triple Eight Race Engineering BA Falcon 88 Jamie Whincup Allan Simonsen
Richard Lyons
888 Craig Lowndes

* = Drove in Sandown 500 only

** = Drove in Bathurst 1000 only

*** = Leased Team Kiwi entry at final round after Team Kiwi's only Commodore was destroyed at Bathurst.

**** = Leased Britek entry at Pukekohe round.

Results and Standings

Drivers Championship

Pos Driver Make Penalty Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7 Rd 8 Rd 9 Rd 10 Rd 11 Rd 12 Rd 13 Pts
1 Rick Kelly 0 305 234 224 266 282 286 284 310 310 294 290 207 240 3308
2 Craig Lowndes 0 160 268 282 302 304 288 314 300 320 223 187 273 210 3271
3 Mark Winterbottom 0 125 296 268 250 252 244 228 320 Ret 300 306 203 297 3089
4 Garth Tander 0 270 232 274 266 282 318 136 70 Ret 257 311 293 256 2965
5 Jason Bright 0 130 198 132 278 216 294 146 320 Ret 274 310 313 257 2868
6 Todd Kelly 0 290 72 138 168 140 84 174 310 310 313 277 304 307 2815
7 Steven Richards 0 270 212 290 216 146 254 144 50 280 170 253 246 259 2740
8 Russell Ingall 0 250 290 250 172 240 272 188 60 290 259 217 184 96 2708
9 Steven Johnson 0 235 240 220 164 150 128 266 290 Ret 234 124 183 144 2378
10 Jamie Whincup 0 310 164 202 190 180 212 166 300 320 120 Ret 167 190 2357
11 James Courtney 0 Ret 230 140 96 162 180 266 240 300 213 160 210 150 2347
12 Paul Dumbrell 0 240 224 198 262 180 144 118 50 280 70 253 196 167 2332
13 Cameron McConville 0 145 178 184 150 210 130 192 40 Ret 227 193 223 227 2099
14 Jason Bargwanna 0 110 168 158 100 184 90 196 260 230 233 173 131 110 2053
15 Max Wilson 0 210 108 128 198 156 180 104 220 190 151 183 157 157 2038
16 Mark Skaife 0 Ret 312 286 264 246 136 104 70 Ret 67 57 231 263 2036
17 Dean Canto 0 140 92 152 156 156 184 142 270 160 134 173 150 207 2024
18 Jason Richards 0 115 138 208 188 270 150 180 30 Ret 190 207 110 207 1993
19 Will Davison 0 195 130 158 116 156 168 150 290 Ret 163 240 Ret 177 1943
20 Lee Holdsworth 0 125 158 114 186 102 112 200 270 160 73 104 146 163 1811
21 Paul Morris 0 190 212 112 24 86 162 102 250 270 83 110 133 100 1810
22 Steve Owen 0 Ret 96 180 220 142 80 104 210 260 110 87 147 146 1782
23 John Bowe 0 165 64 80 136 140 108 140 280 220 117 140 117 100 1743
24 Greg Murphy 0 140 108 192 96 160 212 172 40 Ret 160 Ret 227 203 1710
25 Brad Jones 0 65 104 82 132 84 134 164 280 220 166 60 90 96 1612
26 Andrew Jones 0 150 130 164 104 146 138 128 30 Ret 23 110 66 94 1283
27 Warren Luff 0 165 86 78 98 90 94 104 100 Ret 30 113 143 137 1238
28 Paul Radisich 0 155 124 134 120 172 224 106 200 Ret 1235
29 Marcus Marshall 0 45 80 48 68 90 56 134 80 Ret 150 96 100 93 1040
30 José Fernández 0 100 74 50 94 110 170 Ret 60 50 658
31 Steve Ellery 0 60 74 250 270 594
32 Fabian Coulthard 0 86 84 108 200 Ret 478
33 Alan Gurr 0 115 112 140 Ret 90 457
34 Tony Ricciardello 0 28 48 110 170 70 398
35 Glenn Seton 0 240 300 300
36 Shane Price 0 90 Ret 113 93 296
37 Luke Youlden 0 60 290 290
38 Craig Baird 0 260 230 27 287
39 Tony Longhurst 0 210 260 260
40 Nathan Pretty 0 230 250 250
40 Paul Weel 0 230 250 250
42 Alex Davison 0 190 240 240
42 Grant Denyer 0 190 240 240
44 Mark Porter 0 76 150 226
45 David Besnard 0 220 190 220
46 Richard Lyons 0 160 210 210
46 Allan Simonsen 0 160 210 210
48 Cameron McLean 0 180 200 200
49 Greg Ritter 0 130 200 200
50 Matt Halliday 0 180 Ret 180
50 Owen Kelly 0 Ret 180 180
50 Mark Noske 0 Ret 180 180
53 Tony D'Alberto 0 170 Ret 170
53 Anthony Tratt 0 170 Ret 170
55 Dale Brede 0 150 Ret 150
56 Kayne Scott 0 140 Ret 140
57 Jack Perkins 0 90 Ret 40 130
58 Ryan Briscoe 0 120 Ret 120
58 Jim Richards 0 120 Ret 120
60 Adam Macrow 0 100 Ret 100
61 Chris Pither 0 97 97
62 Jonathon Webb 0 80 Ret 80
Phillip Scifleet 0 130 0
Michael Caruso 0 Ret 0
David Brabham 0 Ret 0
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Finished, in points
Blue Finished, no points
Not classified (NC)
Purple Did not finish (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not participate
Excluded (EX)

Team Championship

Pos Team Make Penalty Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7 Rd 8 Rd 9 Rd 10 Rd 11 Rd 12 Rd 13 Total
1 HSV Dealer Team 0 575 466 498 532 564 604 420 480 310 551 601 500 492 6597
2 Ford Performance Racing 0 255 494 400 528 468 538 374 500 0 574 616 516 554 5817
3 Triple Eight Race Engineering 0 470 432 484 492 484 500 480 460 530 343 187 440 400 5702
4 Stone Brothers Racing 0 250 520 390 268 402 452 454 300 590 472 377 394 246 5115
5 Perkins Engineering 0 510 436 488 478 326 398 262 140 280 240 506 442 426 4932
6 Dick Johnson Racing 0 430 370 378 280 306 296 416 480 240 397 364 183 321 4461
7 Holden Racing Team 0 290 384 424 432 386 220 278 190 0 380 334 535 570 4423
8 WPS Racing 0 320 276 286 298 340 270 300 480 420 384 356 288 267 4285
9 Paul Weel Racing 0 285 286 376 246 370 342 364 270 250 387 193 450 430 4249
10 Garry Rogers Motorsport 0 265 250 266 342 258 296 342 400 360 207 277 296 370 3929
11 Tasman Motorsport 0 265 268 372 292 416 288 308 30 180 213 317 176 301 3426
12 Brad Jones Racing 0 230 168 162 268 224 242 304 430 220 283 200 207 196 3134
13 Paul Morris Motorsport 0 305 298 224 108 146 236 210 390 270 173 223 173 193 2949
14 Britek Motorsport 0 265 162 106 172 138 144 198 210 170 30 183 203 187 2168
15 Rod Nash Racing (S) 0 0 96 180 220 142 80 104 210 260 110 87 147 146 1782
16 Team Kiwi Racing (S) 0 155 124 134 120 172 224 106 200 0 27 97 44 1403
17 Paul Cruickshank Racing (S) 0 45 80 48 68 90 56 134 80 0 150 96 100 93 1040

(S) denotes a single car team.

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