2006 Australian Saloon Car Championship

thumb|Bruce Heinrich won the 2006 Championship in a Ford AU Falcon thumb|Clint Harvey (# 71 Ford AU Falcon) leads Paul Fiore (#30 Holden VN Commodore), Scott Nicholas (#7 Ford AU Falcon) and Peter Holmes (#9 Holden VN Commodore) at the Mallala Motor Sport Park round of the championship. The 2006 Australian Saloon Car Championship was open to drivers of Saloon Cars complying with CAMS Group 3K regulations. The title was contested over a seven-round series with three races per round. Round 1, Wakefield Park Raceway, New South Wales, 5 March Round 2, Symmons Plains International Raceway, Tasmania, 8 & 9 April Round 3, Oran Park Raceway, New South Wales, 6 & 7 May Round 4, Mallala Motorsport Park, South Australia, 25 June Round 5, Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit, Victoria, 19 & 20 August Round 6, Oran Park Raceway, New South Wales, 28 & 29 October Round 7, Eastern Creek International Raceway, New South Wales, 25 & 26 November Points were awarded based on the results of each race as follows 1st, 40 points 2nd, 35 points 3rd, 31 points 4th, 27 points 5th, 23 points 6th, 20 points 7th, 17 points 8th, 15 points 9th, 13 points 10th, 11 points 11th, 10 points 12th, 9 points 13th, 8 points 14th, 7 points 15th, 6 points 16th, 5 points 17th, 4 points 18th, 3 points 19th, 2 points 20th to 40th, 1 point The results of this, the first Australian Saloon Car Championship, are given below. Position Driver No. Car Entrant Rd1 R1 Rd1 R2 Rd1 R3 Rd2 R1 Rd2 R2 Rd2 R3 Rd3 R1 Rd3 R2 Rd3 R3 Rd4 R1 Rd4 R2 Rd4 R3 Rd5 R1 Rd5 R2 Rd5 R3 Rd6 R1 Rd6 R2 Rd6 R3 Rd7 R1 Rd7 R2 Rd7 R3 Points 1 Bruce Heinrich 1 Ford Falcon AU GJ Engineers 40 - 20 40 40 35 35 35 35 40 40 40 35 40 40 35 35 35 9 35 40 704 2 Kris Walton 38 Ford Falcon AU Talbrace Pty Ltd 35 40 31 20 13 17 31 23 31 35 35 35 40 35 35 40 40 40 6 - 35 617 3 Shawn Jamieson 15 Holden Commodore VT All Panel & Parts 23 23 13 23 17 13 20 17 27 31 31 31 15 27 31 27 31 27 35 31 - 493 4 Clint Harvey 71 Ford Falcon AU Strategic Transport Racing 13 27 35 35 35 31 40 40 40 23 17 17 31 5 27 23 - 15 - - - 454 5 John Goodacre 2 Holden Commodore VN & VT Gap Solutions 31 35 40 - 20 23 23 20 20 20 - 5 4 15 13 15 15 13 - - - 312 6 Paul Fiore 30 Holden Commodore VN BRE Performance 27 31 27 7 31 40 15 5 15 17 20 15 27 23 - - - - - - - 300 7 Matthew Lovell 17 Ford Falcon EA Batteries Direct 17 13 10 17 - - 17 31 - 15 23 27 10 13 15 13 17 20 31 - 10 299 8 Peter Dane 60 Ford Falcon EA & AU Cash Stop Racing 20 17 15 - - - 27 27 23 6 8 6 17 17 23 11 20 23 20 17 - 297 9 Jake Camilleri 36 Ford Falcon EA & Holden Commodore VT Grand Prix Panel & Paint 8 - - 31 27 27 10 13 13 27 27 20 - - - 17 9 11 - - - 240 10 Scott Nicholas 7 Ford Falcon AU Oaki Printing Solutions - - - - - - - - - 9 7 13 7 - - 7 23 31 40 40 31 208 11 Roger Paterson 18 Holden Commodore VN & Ford Falcon AU Sportsmed SA Hospitals 7 8 3 13 - 11 6 3 - - - - 13 2 - 9 13 9 23 23 23 166 12 Michael Barbara 8 Holden Commodore VN Cash Stop Racing 10 15 17 11 15 - 13 15 17 5 10 8 3 9 6 - - - - - - 154 13 Brett Niall 55 Ford Falcon AU Strategic Transport Racing 4 6 6 5 6 9 9 10 9 3 6 3 11 10 17 10 11 8 - - - 143 14 Brett Carrington 47 Ford Falcon AU B & R Computers - - - - 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 - 9 11 - 8 8 10 27 27 27 135 15 Steve Kwiatkowski 34 Ford Falcon EA Westport Cars 15 20 23 27 23 20 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 128 16 Brad Fox 80 Ford Falcon EA Computer-line Rick - - - - - - 5 1 - - - - 20 31 10 31 27 - - - - 125 17 Geoff Brown 82 Ford Falcon AU Tri-State Racing 1 1 1 9 3 7 7 9 11 1 4 - 5 - 8 3 7 7 - 15 17 116 18 Malcolm Niall 54 Ford Falcon AU Strategic Transport Racing 2 4 5 8 10 - 11 11 10 4 9 7 8 1 7 - - - - - - 97 19 Paul Pennisi 46 Holden Commodore VN & VT Woodstock Motor Racing 1 1 1 3 1 5 1 4 5 1 - - 6 8 11 1 4 3 15 11 11 93 20 Brett Bowden 42 Ford Falcon EA Dial 1100 Before You Dig 1 3 4 10 9 6 8 7 8 1 3 1 2 4 5 4 1 4 - - - 81 21 Paul Williams 50 Ford Falcon EA Strategic Transport Racing 1 1 1 15 - 10 2 8 7 8 1 9 1 3 9 1 - 2 - - - 79 22 Tony James 10 Holden Commodore VN BRE Performance 11 11 11 - 11 15 - - - - - - - 6 2 - - - - - - 67 Robert Lonie 31 Holden Commodore VN Gilbert Motor Bodies - - - - - - - - - - - 1 1 1 1 2 3 1 17 20 20 67 24 Robert Rubis 76 & 77 Ford Falcon EA & AU Sydney Tower Restaurants 6 10 9 - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 10 17 - - - 53 25 Wayne King 25 Ford Falcon EA U-Pull-It Auto Disman - - - - - - - - - 13 15 23 - - - - - - - - - 51 26 Paul Fiore 30 Holden Commodore VN BRE Performance - - - - - - - - - - - - 27 23 - - - - - - - 50 27 Adam Hughes 66 Ford Falcon EA Embroid Me Liverpool - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 6 - - 13 13 15 47 28 John Ierardo 45 Holden Commodore VN Woodstock Motor Racing 1 1 2 - 2 4 - - - 1 2 1 1 1 4 - - - 10 10 - 40 29 Shane Smollen 56 Ford Falcon EA McGrath Estate Agents - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 2 1 11 9 13 37 30 Tim Rowse 81 Holden Commodore VT Rowse Motors 3 5 1 - - - - - - - - - - 7 20 - - - - - - 36 31 David Rogers 87 Holden Commodore VN Manual Transmission Factory - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5 6 6 8 - 9 34 David Lines 24 Holden Commodore VN Aust Crash - - - - - - - - - 11 13 10 - - - - - - - - - 34 33 Peter Holmes 9 Holden Commodore VN Peter Holmes - - - - - - - - - 7 11 11 - - - - - - - - - 29 34 Mark Southerland 44 Holden Commodore VN Woodstock Motor Racing 1 2 - 4 4 2 3 6 6 - - - - - - - - - - - - 28 35 Mark Primmer 41 Ford Falcon EA Dial 1100 Before You Dig 1 1 1 - 1 3 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 - 7 - - 26 36 Stephen Robinson 40 Holden Commodore VN David Gainer 9 7 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 23 37 Tony Evangelou 86 Ford Falcon EA ANT Racing 5 9 8 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 22 38 Craig Smith 90 Ford Falcon EB Life Tiles 1 1 1 - 8 1 4 - 4 - 1 - - - - - - - - - - 21 39 Grant Johnson 54 Ford Falcon AU Strategic Transport Racing - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 20 - - - - - 20 40 John van Gilst 21 Holden Commodore VN Woodtech - - - 6 5 8 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 19 41 Ken Wright 13 Ford Falcon EA Mercbits - - - - 7 - - - - - - - - - - 1 5 5 - - - 18 42 Michael Bartsch 19 Holden Commodore VN Bartsch Builders - 1 1 - - - 1 2 - 10 - 1 - - - - - - - - - 16 43 Andrew Hamilton 83 Ford Falcon EA VEHTEC - - - - - - - - - 1 5 4 1 1 3 - - - - - - 15 44 Peter Hogan 52 Holden Commodore VN - - - - - - 1 1 3 - - - - - - - - - - - - 5 45 Lindsay Gates 3 Holden Commodore VN Ceramic Coat Aust 1 1 - - - - - - - - 1 1 - - - - - - - - - 4 46 Brenton Burr 74 Ford Falcon AU Regency Building Supplies - - - - - - - - - 1 1 1 - - - - - - - - - 3 Pat Calabrese 4 Holden Commodore VN Bianco Building Supplies - - - - - - - - - 1 1 1 - - - - - - - - - 3 Mark Pilatti 77 Holden Commodore VN Readymix - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 1 1 - - - - - - 3 49 Brad Boley 12 Holden Commodore VN BRE Performance - - - - - - - - - - - 2 - - - - - - - - - 2 Grace Monterosso 27 Holden Commodore VN Bianco Building Supplies - - - - - - - - - - 1 1 - - - - - - - - - 2 51 Luke Norris 16 Holden Commodore VN Woodtech - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 Note : The Paul Fiore listed in 6th position and the Paul Fiore listed in 26th position are undoubtedly the same driver. This duplication appears in the results published at www.tascco.com.au and also those published in The Annual. References The Annual - Australian Motorsport, Number 2 / 2006 http://www.cams.com.au/ (Archived 2009-05-16) http://www.camsmanual.com.au/ (Archived 2009-05-07) http://www.natsoft.com.au/ https://web.archive.org/web/20090301212955/http://www.tascco.com.au/ Saloon Car Championship Category:Saloon Cars