2006 V8 Supercar Championship Series

Motor racing competition December 2019 V8 Supercar V8 Supercar Championship Series Drivers' Champion:Rick KellyTeams' Champion:HSV Dealer TeamManufacturers' Championship:Ford 2006 Support series:Fujitsu SeriesPorsche Carrera Cup AustraliaAustralian V8 Ute Racing Series thumb|upright|Rick Kelly won the championship driving for the HSV Dealer Team. thumb|upright|Craig Lowndes placed second in the championship thumb|upright|Mark Winterbottom, finished third in the championship for Ford Performance Racing. The 2006 V8 Supercar Championship Series was an Australian based motor racing competition for V8 Supercars. It began on 25 March 2006 in Adelaide and ended on 10 December 2006 at Phillip Island after 13 rounds. The 2006 Championship was the eighth V8 Supercar Championship Series. The Drivers Championship was won by Rick Kelly, the Teams Championship by the Toll HSV Dealer Team and the Manufacturers Championship by Ford.Craig Lowndes caps magnificent season with second major V8 Supercar Championship Series award (2006) https://web.archive.org/web/20120328034231/http://www.v8supercars.com.au/newsarticle/craig-lowndes-caps-magnificent-season-with-second-major-v8-supercar-championship-series-award/tabid/70/newsid/6153/default.aspx 28 March 2012 Retrieved from www.v8supercars.com.au on 22 April 2012 As the winner of the Drivers Championship, Kelly was also awarded the 47th Australian Touring Car Championship title by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport. The drivers' championship was decided in controversial circumstances – Kelly and Craig Lowndes collided in the final race having started the race level on points at the top of the table. Teams and drivers The following teams and drivers competed in the 2006 championship. ManufacturerModelTeamNo. Car numberDriver nameRoundsCo-driver name Ford Falcon BA Stone Brothers Racing 1 Australia Russell Ingall All Australia Luke Youlden 4 Australia James Courtney All Australia Glenn Seton Ford Performance Racing 5 Australia Mark Winterbottom All New Zealand Matthew Halliday Australia Cameron McLean* Australia David Brabham** 6 Australia Jason Bright All WPS Racing 8 Brazil Max Wilson All Australia David Besnard 10 Australia Jason Bargwanna All New Zealand Craig Baird Brad Jones Racing 12 Ran as #200 at Pukekohe to celebrate John Bowe's 200th event Australia John Bowe All Australia Dale Brede New Zealand Mark Porter* Australia Michael Caruso** 14 Australia Brad Jones All Dick Johnson Racing 17 Australia Steven Johnson All Australia Alex Davison Australia Grant Denyer 18 Australia Will Davison All Paul Cruickshank Racing 20 Ran as #111 at Surfers Paradise, in honour of Mark Porter Australia Marcus Marshall All Australia Jonathon Webb A.N.T. RacingLeased the Team Kiwi Racing entry at final round after Team Kiwi's only Commodore was destroyed at Bathurst 021 Australia Tony Evangelou 13 Britek Motorsport 25 Australia Warren Luff All Australia Adam Macrow 26 Australia José Fernández 1, 4, 6–10, 12–13 Australia Tony Ricciardello Australia Tony Ricciardello 3, 5, 11 Triple Eight Race Engineering 88 Australia Jamie Whincup All Denmark Allan SimonsenUK Richard Lyons 888 Australia Craig Lowndes All Holden Commodore VZ Holden Racing Team 2 Australia Mark Skaife All Australia Garth Tander 22 Australia Todd Kelly 1–7, 10–13 New Zealand Jim Richards Australia Ryan Briscoe 8–9 Tasman Motorsport 3 New Zealand Jason Richards All Australia Mark Noske Australia Owen Kelly 23 Australia Andrew Jones All Perkins Engineering 7 New Zealand Steven Richards All Australia Shane Price Australia Jack Perkins 11 Australia Paul Dumbrell All HSV Dealer Team (HRT Satellite team for Holden Racing Team) 15 Australia Rick Kelly All Australia Todd Kelly 16 Australia Garth Tander 1–7, 10–13 Australia Anthony Tratt Australia Tony D'Alberto 8–9 Team Kiwi Racing 021 New Zealand Paul Radisich 1–9 New Zealand Fabian Coulthard New Zealand Craig Baird 11 New Zealand Chris Pither 12 MSportLeased one of the Britek Motorsport entries at the Pukekohe round 26 New Zealand Mark Porter 2 Garry Rogers Motorsport 33 Australia Lee Holdsworth All Australia Greg Ritter Australia Phillip Scifleet* Australia Cameron McLean** 34 Australia Dean Canto All Paul Morris Motorsport 39 Australia Alan Gurr 1, 3, 8–10 New Zealand Kayne Scott New Zealand Fabian Coulthard 2, 4, 7 Australia Steven Ellery 5–6 Australia Shane Price 11, 13 Australia Jack Perkins 12 67 Australia Paul Morris All Australia Steven Ellery Paul Weel Racing 50 Australia Cameron McConville All Australia Nathan Pretty Australia Paul Weel 51 New Zealand Greg Murphy All Rod Nash Racing 55 Australia Steve Owen All Australia Tony Longhurst * = Drove in Sandown 500 only ** = Drove in Bathurst 1000 only Race calendar The 2006 V8 Supercar Championship Series was contested over 13 rounds. The Betta Electrical 500 and the Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 were endurance events which were contested over a single race with two drivers per car. The round at Winton Motor Raceway was organised as a late replacement for the cancelled V8 Supercars China Round. Rd.Race titleCircuitLocationDate 1 South Australia Clipsal 500 Adelaide Adelaide Street Circuit Adelaide, South Australia 23–26 March 2 NZL PlaceMakers V8 International Pukekohe Park Raceway Pukekohe, New Zealand 21–23 April 3 Western Australia Perth V8 400 Barbagallo Raceway Wanneroo, Western Australia 12–14 May 4 VIC Winton Winton Motor Raceway Benalla, Victoria 2–4 June 5 Northern Territory Skycity Triple Crown Hidden Valley Raceway Darwin, Northern Territory 30 June – 2 July 6 QLD BigPond 400 Queensland Raceway Ipswich, Queensland 21–23 July 7 NSW Oran Park Oran Park Raceway Sydney, New South Wales 11–13 August 8 VIC Betta Electrical 500 Sandown Raceway Melbourne, Victoria 1–3 September 9 NSW Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 Mount Panorama Bathurst, New South Wales 5–8 October 10 QLD Gillette V8 Supercar Challenge Surfers Paradise Street Circuit Surfers Paradise, Queensland 19–22 October 11 TAS Ferodo Tasmania Challenge Symmons Plains Raceway Launceston, Tasmania 10–12 November 12 BHR Desert 400 Bahrain International Circuit Manama, Bahrain 23–25 November 13 VIC Caterpillar Grand Finale Phillip Island Phillip Island, Victoria 8–10 December Australia 400 left Australian rounds Australia -34.927222 138.617222 Adelaide left Australia -31.6653 115.7913 Perth right Australia -37.950833 145.167222 Sandown right Australia -12.449167 130.906944 Darwin left Australia -27.690278 152.6525 Ipswich top Australia -36.518333 146.0875 Winton left Australia -38.503056 145.236389 Phillip Island left Australia -33.4475 149.556389 Bathurst left Australia -27.989722 153.427778 Gold Coast bottom Australia -41.659444 147.252778 Launceston bottom Australia -34.006111 150.733889 Oran Park bottom New Zealand 200 left New Zealand rounds New Zealand -37.215556 174.918889 Pukekohe left Bahrain 125 left Bahrain rounds Bahrain 26.0325 50.510556 Sakhir bottom Results and standings Season summary Round Round number Race Event Pole position Race winners Round winner Report Race Report 1 R1 Adelaide AUS Mark Skaife AUS Craig Lowndes AUS Jamie Whincup(Triple Eight Race Engineering, Ford) report R2 AUS Jamie Whincup 2 R1 Pukekohe AUS Garth Tander AUS Mark Skaife AUS Mark Skaife(Holden Racing Team, Holden) report R2 AUS Garth Tander R3 AUS Mark Skaife 3 R1 Perth AUS Mark Skaife AUS Mark Skaife NZL Steven Richards(Perkins Engineering, Holden) report R2 AUS Dean Canto R3 AUS Mark Skaife 4 R1 Winton AUS Jason Bright AUS Jason Bright AUS Craig Lowndes(Triple Eight Race Engineering, Ford) report R2 NZL Jason Richards R3 AUS Craig Lowndes 5 R1 Darwin AUS Jason Bright AUS Mark Skaife AUS Craig Lowndes(Triple Eight Race Engineering, Ford) report R2 AUS Jason Bright R3 AUS Craig Lowndes 6 R1 Ipswich AUS Garth Tander AUS Garth Tander AUS Garth Tander(HSV Dealer Team, Holden) report R2 AUS Mark Skaife R3 AUS Garth Tander 7 R1 Oran Park AUS Jason Bright AUS Todd Kelly AUS Craig Lowndes(Triple Eight Race Engineering, Ford) report R2 AUS Mark Skaife R3 AUS Craig Lowndes 8 Sandown AUS Garth Tander AUS Jason BrightAUS Mark Winterbottom(Ford Performance Racing, Ford) report 9 Bathurst AUS Mark Skaife AUS Craig LowndesAUS Jamie Whincup(Triple Eight Race Engineering, Ford) report 10 R1 Gold Coast AUS Todd Kelly AUS Todd Kelly AUS Todd Kelly(Holden Racing Team, Holden) report R2 AUS Garth Tander R3 AUS Rick Kelly 11 R1 Launceston AUS Mark Skaife AUS Jason Bright AUS Garth Tander(HSV Dealer Team, Holden) report R2 AUS Garth Tander R3 AUS Garth Tander 12 R1 Bahrain AUS Garth Tander AUS Jason Bright AUS Jason Bright(Ford Performance Racing, Ford) report R2 AUS Garth Tander R3 AUS Todd Kelly 13 R1 Phillip Island AUS Todd Kelly AUS Todd Kelly AUS Todd Kelly(Holden Racing Team, Holden) report R2 AUS Todd Kelly R3 AUS Mark Winterbottom Points system Championship points were awarded on the following basis:V8 Supercar Championship Series Pointscore System (2006) from www.v8supercar.com.au Retrieved from web.archive.org on 22 April 2012 Points format Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23rd 24th 25th 26th 27th 28th 29th 30th 31st 32nd First 3-race format, normal race 128 124 120 116 112 108 104 100 96 92 88 84 80 76 72 68 64 60 56 52 48 44 40 36 32 28 24 20 16 12 8 4 First 3-race format, reverse grid 64 62 60 58 56 54 52 50 48 46 44 42 40 38 36 34 32 30 28 26 24 22 20 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 Second 3-race format 107 103 100 97 93 90 87 83 80 77 73 70 67 63 60 57 53 50 47 43 40 37 33 30 27 23 20 17 13 10 7 3 2-race format 160 155 150 145 140 135 130 125 120 115 110 105 100 95 90 85 80 75 70 65 60 55 50 45 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 Endurance format 320 310 300 290 280 270 260 250 240 230 220 210 200 190 180 170 160 150 140 130 120 110 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 First 3-race format, normal race: Used for races 1 and 3 for Pukekohe through Oran Park. First 3-race format, reverse grid: Used for race 2 for Pukekohe through Oran Park. Second 3-race format: Used for all races from the Surfers Paradise round onward. 2-race format: Used for the Clipsal 500 Adelaide. Endurance format: Used for the Sandown 500 and Bathurst 1000. Drivers were required to drop the points from their worst round up to and including Bathurst. Drivers championship Pos. Position Driver No. ADESouth Australia PUKNew Zealand BARWestern Australia WINVictoria HIDNorthern Territory QLDQueensland ORANew South Wales SANVictoria BATNew South Wales SURQueensland SYMTasmania BAHBahrain PHIVictoria Pts. Championship points 1 AUS Rick Kelly 15 2 3 12 10 7 7 11 14 10 4 4 2 10 5 7 4 2 3 13 2 2 2 6 4 1 3 5 4 4 28 5 5 4 18 3308 3532 2 AUS Craig Lowndes 888 1 Ret 5 17 2 3 14 2 2 8 1 4 3 1 4 5 4 2 2 1 3 1 11 7 14 27 9 7 9 5 3 4 3 29 3271 3431 3 AUS Mark Winterbottom 5 22 19 4 3 3 6 13 3 8 12 6 3 17 8 9 7 9 7 15 11 1 Ret 3 3 3 2 2 3 8 3 27 7 2 1 3089 4 AUS Garth Tander 16 8 4 20 1 4 4 10 5 6 10 5 5 8 3 1 2 1 Ret 21 5 26 Ret 2 1 19 4 1 1 2 1 8 2 18 2 2965 5 AUS Jason Bright 6 25 15 3 20 20 5 Ret 28 1 20 2 24 1 4 2 8 3 4 18 Ret 1 Ret 7 6 4 1 3 2 1 2 2 10 8 4 2868 6 AUS Todd Kelly 22 6 2 Ret 13 25 30 28 4 4 25 24 12 27 22 Ret 21 18 1 10 Ret 2 2 1 2 2 7 4 5 3 4 1 1 1 5 2815 2887 7 NZL Steven Richards 7 7 5 7 Ret 6 2 2 7 7 23 10 7 22 28 6 14 6 8 11 Ret 28 5 5 Ret 10 6 11 6 6 8 11 8 5 8 2740 2790 8 AUS Russell Ingall 1 9 7 2 6 5 10 8 6 12 5 25 10 7 9 5 9 5 12 5 21 27 4 8 8 5 14 10 10 13 21 10 14 26 30 2708 2768 9 AUS Steven Johnson 17 10 9 9 9 9 9 17 10 11 Ret 14 29 2 15 14 23 25 10 4 4 4 Ret 10 10 9 13 16 Ret 27 11 6 19 15 22 2378 10 AUS Jamie Whincup 88 3 1 15 Ret 10 21 4 9 25 2 9 9 5 26 8 27 8 5 6 Ret 3 1 Ret 22 8 Ret DNS DNS 10 6 Ret 26 9 7 2357 2521 11 AUS James Courtney 4 Ret Ret 8 18 8 12 5 Ret 15 Ret 27 16 6 23 3 3 Ret 9 8 3 9 3 17 12 6 5 13 Ret 5 24 7 9 Ret 12 2347 12 AUS Paul Dumbrell 11 12 6 10 11 11 11 20 12 3 14 7 8 Ret 13 15 Ret 15 14 12 Ret 28 5 12 Ret Ret 8 7 8 11 15 14 16 20 13 2332 2382 13 AUS Cameron McConville 50 4 Ret 13 4 23 13 25 11 19 22 15 15 16 7 12 10 Ret 18 19 7 29 Ret 13 11 7 11 21 9 14 9 9 15 10 6 2099 14 AUS Jason Bargwanna 10 Ret 11 11 Ret 13 15 16 20 24 Ret 17 21 11 10 Ret 12 21 15 9 14 7 10 9 9 11 18 8 21 22 16 22 21 19 26 2053 2143 15 BRA Max Wilson 8 16 8 6 Ret Ret 8 19 Ret 17 6 13 11 Ret 16 10 Ret 11 11 25 Ret 11 14 28 13 13 15 15 14 16 12 24 20 16 16 2038 2142 16 AUS Mark Skaife 2 Ret Ret 1 5 1 1 18 1 5 17 3 1 28 6 21 1 27 Ret 1 23 26 Ret 25 21 Ret 16 Ret Ret 7 19 4 3 6 11 2036 17 AUS Dean Canto 34 20 18 16 21 Ret 22 1 22 22 3 20 14 19 20 16 15 13 16 24 19 6 17 18 25 16 10 20 17 24 13 17 13 14 10 2024 2116 18 NZL Jason Richards 3 Ret 10 28 2 19 18 9 8 27 1 8 6 14 2 17 24 16 6 Ret 15 30 Ret 4 5 Ret 12 12 13 23 10 Ret 22 12 3 1993 19 AUS Will Davison 18 14 13 18 8 28 16 22 16 14 DSQ 23 13 Ret 14 19 19 12 26 22 8 4 Ret 14 19 17 9 6 12 Ret Ret Ret 6 7 Ret 1943 20 AUS Lee Holdsworth 33 18 24 19 16 16 24 12 24 16 16 12 28 20 19 18 Ret 20 25 3 6 6 17 21 23 Ret 22 24 22 15 14 26 18 11 21 1811 1913 21 AUS Paul Morris 67 11 17 14 7 12 19 21 25 Ret 21 Ret 19 18 Ret 25 6 14 20 26 24 8 6 23 18 18 17 Ret 16 26 18 15 25 27 17 1810 1834 22 AUS Steve Owen 55 Ret DNS 25 23 22 17 15 13 13 7 11 17 24 18 24 25 26 28 Ret 12 12 7 27 24 15 21 19 Ret 17 25 13 11 29 15 1782 23 AUS John Bowe 12 19 14 17 Ret DNS 25 Ret 21 23 13 19 20 13 21 27 11 23 23 23 13 5 11 16 15 Ret 28 18 11 19 27 18 24 21 24 1743 1807 24 NZL Greg Murphy 51 5 Ret Ret 15 15 14 3 19 9 Ret Ret 26 9 12 11 17 10 13 Ret 10 29 Ret 19 20 12 Ret DNS DNS 12 7 12 12 17 9 1710 25 AUS Brad Jones 14 Ret 20 22 Ret 18 27 24 23 18 19 22 25 25 24 20 20 19 24 17 9 5 11 15 14 20 Ret Ret Ret Ret 20 19 27 23 20 1612 1677 26 AUS Andrew Jones 23 15 21 27 12 17 20 7 18 Ret 11 18 23 12 17 22 18 17 17 Ret 17 30 Ret 26 Ret DNS 19 14 14 Ret 26 20 30 22 19 1283 27 AUS Warren Luff 25 17 16 24 22 26 23 26 27 21 18 28 31 4 27 23 16 28 22 Ret 18 23 Ret 24 Ret Ret 23 22 20 18 17 21 17 13 28 1238 28 NZL Paul Radisich 021 23 12 21 Ret 14 31 6 15 20 Ret 16 18 21 11 13 13 7 Ret 14 16 13 Ret 1235 29 AUS Marcus Marshall 20 24 Ret 26 19 27 28 Ret 26 28 9 Ret 22 26 25 28 Ret 24 21 16 20 25 Ret 20 16 18 20 17 Ret 20 Ret 16 Ret 24 14 1040 30 AUS José Fernández 26 13 23 26 24 26 26 22 Ret 27 20 22 22 16 Ret Ret DNS Ret 23 25 29 28 27 658 708 31 AUS Steven Ellery 39/67 27 15 Ret 29 26 22 8 6 594 654 32 NZL Fabian Coulthard 39/021 Ret 14 21 Ret 15 21 19 7 Ret 13 Ret 478 33 AUS Alan Gurr 39 21 22 26 23 17 19 Ret 22 17 DNS 457 34 AUS Tony Ricciardello 26 29 27 Ret 30 23 29 22 16 26 Ret 19 398 426 35 AUS Glenn Seton 4 9 3 300 540 36 AUS Shane Price 11/39 24 Ret 24 23 18 23 25 23 296 37 AUS Luke Youlden 1 27 4 290 350 38 NZL Craig Baird 10/021 7 10 25 Ret DNS 287 517 39 AUS Tony Longhurst 55 12 7 260 470 40 AUS Nathan Pretty 50 10 8 250 480 AUS Paul Weel 50 10 8 42 AUS Alex Davison 18 14 9 240 430 AUS Grant Denyer 18 14 9 44 NZL Mark Porter 26/12 23 Ret 24 18 DNS 226 45 AUS David Besnard 8 11 14 220 410 46 GBR Richard Lyons 88 17 12 210 370 DNK Allan Simonsen 88 17 12 48 AUS Cameron McLean 5/33 15 13 200 380 49 AUS Greg Ritter 33 20 13 200 330 50 NZL Matt Halliday 5 15 Ret 180 51 AUS Owen Kelly 23 Ret 15 180 AUS Mark Noske 23 Ret 15 53 AUS Tony D'Alberto 16 16 Ret 170 AUS Anthony Tratt 16 16 Ret 55 AUS Dale Brede 12 18 Ret 150 56 NZL Kayne Scott 39 19 Ret 140 57 AUS Jack Perkins 11/39 24 Ret 21 Ret DNS 130 58 AUS Ryan Briscoe 22 21 Ret 120 NZL Jim Richards 22 21 Ret 60 AUS Adam Macrow 25 23 Ret 100 61 NZL Chris Pither 021 25 22 23 97 62 AUS Jonathon Webb 20 25 Ret 80 63 AUS Tony Evangelou 021 28 Ret 25 44 AUS Phillip Scifleet 33 20 0 130 AUS Michael Caruso 12 Ret 0 AUS David Brabham 5 Ret 0 Pos. Position Driver ADESouth Australia PUKNew Zealand BARWestern Australia WINVictoria HIDNorthern Territory QLDQueensland ORANew South Wales SANVictoria BATNew South Wales SURQueensland SYMTasmania BAHBahrain PHIVictoria Pts. Championship points Teams championship Pos Team 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. Manufacturers championship Ford won the Manufacturers Championship, having gained the most round victories over the course of the championship.V8 Supercar Championship and Dunlop Series Media Guide 2012, page 174 thumb|Ford won the Manufacturers Championship with its Falcon BA. Notes References External links Official V8 Supercar site 2006 Racing Results Archive https://web.archive.org/web/20110706110619/http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?2006 6 July 2011 Drivers Championship points table Teams Championship points table Category:Supercars Championship seasons V8 Supercar Championship Series