2006 Grand Prix of Road America

March 2026 October 2015 United States Road America Road_America.svg Road America Track Layout September 24 2006 Grand Prix of Road America 12 14 Champ Car Road AmericaElkhart Lake, Wisconsin, United States Permanent Road Course 4.048 6.515 51 206.448 332.265 Sunny with temperatures soaring up to 63 F C; wind speeds up to 15.9 mph km/h Dan Clarke CTE Racing-HVM 1:55.123 United Kingdom Sébastien Bourdais Newman/Haas Racing 1:44.133 26 France A. J. Allmendinger Forsythe Championship Racing United States Bruno Junqueira Newman/Haas Racing Brazil Sébastien Bourdais Newman/Haas Racing France The 2006 Grand Prix of Road America was the twelfth round of the 2006 Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford season, held on September 24, 2006 at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. Dan Clarke took the pole, the first and only of his Champ Car career. A. J. Allmendinger won the race, his fifth and last win of the year and his Champ Car career. The event is most remembered for a horrific crash involving Katherine Legge that resulted a 42-minute red flag. The rear wing on her car failed just before the high speed Turn 11 Kink, the unexpected loss of downforce caused her to crash violently into the catch fence, demolishing the car. Legge was uninjured in the incident. Qualifying results Pos Nat Name Team Qual 1 Qual 2 Best 1 UK Dan Clarke CTE Racing-HVM 1:55.123— 1:55.123 2 France Sébastien Bourdais Newman/Haas Racing 1:58.945 2:06.460 1:58.945 3 Netherlands Charles Zwolsman Jr. Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 1:55.599 2:11.121 1:55.599 4 Canada Alex Tagliani Team Australia 1:57.517 2:09.891 1:57.517 5 US A. J. Allmendinger Forsythe Racing 1:58.507 2:07.969 1:58.507 6 UK Justin Wilson RuSPORT 1:59.076 2:06.994 1:59.076 7 Australia Will Power Team Australia 1:59.286 2:07.683 1:59.286 8 UK Katherine Legge PKV Racing 1:59.388 2:12.916 1:59.388 9 Canada Andrew Ranger Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 1:59.486 4:09.032 1:59.486 10 Brazil Bruno Junqueira Newman/Haas Racing 1:59.977— 1:59.977 11 Canada Paul Tracy Forsythe Racing 2:00.165 2:08.767 2:00.165 12 Belgium Jan Heylen Dale Coyne Racing 2:00.835 2:11.400 2:00.835 13 Spain Oriol Servià PKV Racing 2:01.082 2:10.782 2:01.082 14 Estonia Tõnis Kasemets Rocketsports Racing 2:01.381 2:10.273 2:01.381 15 Mexico Mario Domínguez Rocketsports Racing 2:01.882 2:11.076 2:01.882 16 France Nelson Philippe CTE Racing-HVM 2:02.273 2:10.028 2:02.273 17 URU 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 US A. J. Allmendinger Forsythe Racing 51 1:54:43.700 5 32 2 2 Brazil Bruno Junqueira Newman/Haas Racing 51 +0.675 secs 10 28 3 1 France Sébastien Bourdais Newman/Haas Racing 51 +0.988 secs 2 28 4 6 Spain Oriol Servià PKV Racing 51 +2.637 secs 13 24 5 9 UK Justin Wilson RuSPORT 51 +3.763 secs 6 21 6 14 UK Dan Clarke CTE Racing-HVM 51 +4.746 secs 1 21 7 34 Netherlands Charles Zwolsman Jr. Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 51 +5.537 secs 3 18 8 27 Canada Andrew Ranger Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 51 +7.359 secs 9 15 9 11 Belgium Jan Heylen Dale Coyne Racing 51 +8.668 secs 12 13 10 3 Canada Paul Tracy Forsythe Racing 51 +9.018 secs 11 11 11 15 Canada Alex Tagliani Team Australia 51 +13.172 secs 4 10 12 8 Mexico Mario Domínguez Rocketsports Racing 51 +20.151 secs 15 9 13 5 Australia Will Power Team Australia 50 + 1 Lap 7 8 14 4 France Nelson Philippe CTE Racing-HVM 50 + 1 Lap 16 7 15 19 Uruguay Juan Cáceres Dale Coyne Racing 50 + 1 Lap 17 6 16 20 UK Katherine Legge PKV Racing 45 Accident 8 5 17 18 Estonia Tõnis Kasemets Rocketsports Racing 14 Gearbox 14 4 Caution flags Laps Cause1–3 Junqueira (2), Power (5) & Heylen (11) crash18–20 Power (5) off course27–29 Cáceres (19) off course30–31 Junqueira (2) & Ranger (27) crash33–34 Tracy (3) off course46–49 Legge (20) crash (42-minute red flag) Notes Laps Leader1–3 Dan Clarke4 Charles Zwolsman Jr.5–28 Sébastien Bourdais29–40 Bruno Junqueira41–44 Sébastien Bourdais45–51 A. J. Allmendinger Driver Laps ledSébastien Bourdais 28Bruno Junqueira 12A. J. Allmendinger 7Dan Clarke 3Charles Zwolsman Jr. 1 New Race Record A. J. Allmendinger 1:54:43.700 Average Speed 107.967 mph Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 France Sébastien Bourdais 338 10px 1 2 US A. J. Allmendinger 280 10px 1 3 UK Justin Wilson 269 10px 1 4 Canada Paul Tracy 184 10px 1 5 France Nelson Philippe 182 Note: Only the top five positions are included. External links Friday Qualifying Results https://web.archive.org/web/20160303203305/http://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/champcar-cart-road-america-friday-qualifying-times-1/ March 3, 2016 Saturday Qualifying Results https://web.archive.org/web/20160303193740/http://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/champcar-cart-road-america-saturday-qualifying-times-1/ March 3, 2016 Race Results Weather Information Katherine Legge crash video 2006 Grand Prix of Road America 2006 2006 Champ Car Grand Prix de Montreal 2006 Lexmark Indy 300 2004 Grand Prix of Road America 2007 Generac Grand Prix Road America Grand Prix of Road America Category:Champ Car Grand Prix of Road America