2006 Atlantic Championship

February 2025 2006 Champ Car Atlantic Yokohama Presents the Champ Car Atlantic Championship Powered by Mazda 12 April 9 September 2 FRA Simon Pagenaud USA Forsythe Championship Racing FRA Simon Pagenaud 2005 2007 The 2006 Champ Car Atlantic season was the 33rd season of the Champ Car Atlantic Championship. It began April 9 at Long Beach and concluded September 24 at Road America. The Yokohama Presents the Champ Car Atlantic Championship Powered by Mazda Drivers' Champion was Simon Pagenaud driving for Team Australia. Engines now were supllied my Mazda, instead of Toyota, and chassis was upgraded from the Swift 014.a to the Swift 016.a. Also, there was no more a Class C2 championship being contested alongside the main championship. Teams and drivers Team No Drivers Races USA Condor Motorsports 1 BRA Danilo Dirani (R) All CAN Jensen MotorSport 2 GBR Tim Bridgman (R) All 22 USA Steve Ott (R) 2, 4-6 VEN Ricardo Vassmer (R) 9-10 USA Forsythe Racing 3 CAN James Hinchcliffe (R) All 7 BRA Leonardo Maia (R) All 33 FRA Richard Philippe (R) All 37 DEU Andreas Wirth All USA US RaceTronics 4 MEX David Martínez All AUS Team Australia 5 AUS James Davison (R) 1-10 AUS Michael Patrizi (R) 11-12 15 FRA Simon Pagenaud (R) All USA Sierra Sierra Enterprises 6 BRA Raphael Matos (R) All USA Brooks Associates Racing 8 VEN Luis Schiavo (R) 1-3 MEX Carlos Mastretta 3-9 CAN Antoine Bessette 11 10 AUT Norbert Siedler (R) 1-3 BRA Alex Sperafico (R) 4-12 USA McAtee Motorsports 9 USA Kyle Kelley 1, 4 19 USA Brian McAtee 1, 9-10 USA Brian Thienes 11-12 USA Polestar Racing Group 12 USA Alan Sciuto (R) All 21 USA Alex Barron 1-10 DNK Ronnie Bremer 11 CAN Antoine Bessette 12 USA Gelles Racing 14 RSA Stephen Simpson (R) 1-3 CAN Antoine Bessette 4 USA Colin Fleming (R) 9-12 28 USA Robbie Pecorari (R) All 31 USA Casey Neal (R) 11 42 USA Phil Giebler (R) 9 USA Transnet Racing 16 USA Charles Hall 1-3 VEN Alex García 4-6 17 AUS Barton Mawer 2-4 USA Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 18 USA Graham Rahal (R) All 30 USA Al Unser III 1-3 GBR Ryan Lewis (R) 4-12 USA PR1 Motorsports 23 USA Jonathan Bomarito All 32 CAN Mike Forest (R) 1, 7-8, 10, 12 USA NCDL Tech 25 USA Ryan Spencer-Smith (R) 1-2 USA Mathiasen Motorsports 26 USA Justin Sofio All USA Newman Wachs Racing 34 USA Joe D'Agostino (R) All 35 NZL Daniel Gaunt (R) 1-6 USA Steve Ott (R) 7-11 36 USA J. R. Hildebrand (R) 12 USA The Room Store 49 USA Dan Selznick 1-2, 10 CAN Bite Racing 55 USA Duncan Ende (R) 1, 4-7 56 CAN Chris Souliotis 2-3 Schedule Rd Date Race name Track Location 1 April 9 USA 2006 Imperial Capital Bank Atlantic Race Streets of Long Beach Long Beach, California 2 May 13 USA 2006 Fast Trac 100 Streets of Houston Houston, Texas 3 May 21 MEX 2006 Atlantic Grand Prix of Monterrey Fundidora Park Monterrey, Mexico 4 June 18 USA 2006 Trinity Carpet 100K Portland International Raceway Portland, Oregon 5 June 24 USA 2006 Gehl Atlantic Championship of Cleveland Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport Cleveland, Ohio6 June 25 7 July 9 CAN 2006 Atlantic Grand Prix of Toronto Exhibition Place Toronto, Ontario 8 July 23 CAN 2006 Atlantic Grand Prix of Edmonton Edmonton City Centre Airport Edmonton, Alberta 9 July 30 USA 2006 Atlantic Grand Prix of San José Streets of San Jose San Jose, California 10 August 13 USA 2006 Atlantic Grand Prix of Denver Streets of Denver Denver, Colorado 11 August 27 CAN 2006 Atlantic Grand Prix of Montréal Circuit Gilles Villeneuve Montreal, Quebec 12 September 24 USA 2006 Gehl Championship Finale Road America Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin Race results RdRace NamePole positionFastest lapRace winner Driver Team 1 Streets of Long Beach GER Andreas Wirth BRA Raphael Matos GER Andreas Wirth USA Forsythe Championship Racing 2 Streets of Houston BRA Raphael Matos USA Jonathan Bomarito GER Andreas Wirth USA Forsythe Championship Racing 3 Fundidora Park USA Graham Rahal USA Graham Rahal USA Graham Rahal USA Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 4 Portland International Raceway USA Graham Rahal USA Joe D'Agostino CAN James Hinchcliffe USA Forsythe Championship Racing 5 Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport GER Andreas Wirth USA Graham Rahal USA Graham Rahal USA Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 6 FRA Simon Pagenaud GER Andreas Wirth USA Graham Rahal USA Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 7 Exhibition Place USA Graham Rahal USA Graham Rahal USA Robbie Pecorari USA Gelles Racing 8 Edmonton City Centre Airport BRA Raphael Matos FRA Simon Pagenaud FRA Simon Pagenaud AUS Team Australia 9 Streets of San Jose BRA Raphael Matos USA Graham Rahal BRA Raphael Matos USA Sierra Sierra Enterprises 10 Streets of Denver USA Graham Rahal USA Graham Rahal USA Graham Rahal USA Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 11 Circuit Gilles Villeneuve CAN James Hinchcliffe CAN Antoine Bessette USA Graham Rahal USA Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 12 Road America BRA Raphael Matos BRA Raphael Matos USA Jonathan Bomarito USA PR1 Motorsports Championship standings Drivers' Championship Scoring system Position 1st  2nd  3rd  4th  5th  6th  7th  8th  9th  10th  11th  12th  13th  14th  15th  16th  17th  18th  19th  20th Points3127252321191715131110987654321 The fastest driver in each qualifying session was awarded one additional point. The driver who set the fastest lap in a race was awarded one additional point The driver that gained the most positions from his starting spot was awarded one additional point. Pos Driver LBH HOU MTY POR CLE TOR EDM SJO DEN MTL ROA Pts 1 FRA Simon Pagenaud yellow RY grey 4 2 2 23 2 5 4 1 9 3 2 17 258 2 USA Graham Rahal orange R darkgray 5 15 1 27 1 1 15 2 12 1 1 20 242 3 DEU Andreas Wirth 1 1 6 3 3 18 16 3 18 5 12 3 227 4 BRA Raphael Matos orange R darkgray 2 11 23 6 5 22 9 20 1 2 7 2 205 5 MEX David Martínez 12 8 3 7↑ 10 10 8 12 6 10 4 9 179 6 USA Jonathan Bomarito 23 3 4 14 4 8 2 6 16 16 15 1 178 7 BRA Danilo Dirani orange R darkgray 6 5 14 5 8 23 14 5 3 8 13 6 178 8 USA Alan Sciuto orange R darkgray 10 6 7 4 15 9↑ 17 11 15 4 6 8 167 9 BRA Leonardo Maia orange R darkgray 9 9 10 9 7 6 10 17 5 12 5 12 161 10 CAN James Hinchcliffe orange R darkgray 3 4 16 1 17 19 6 23 25 7 3 16 160 11 USA Robbie Pecorari orange R darkgray 7 18 18 15 24 4 1 10 21 6 11 4 147 12 USA Joe D'Agostino orange R darkgray 11↑ 12 9 24 9 7 7 7 22 18 16 7 123 13 GBR Ryan Lewis orange R darkgray 2 19 15 3↑ 22 2 24 24 5 110 14 USA Alex Barron 8 22 8 16 14 11 5 15 14 11 96 15 FRA Richard Philippe orange R darkgray 28 20 17 21 11 2 18 4 17 20 9 23 86 16 GBR Tim Bridgman orange R darkgray 24 19 24 10 12↑ 20 19 8 4 21 17↑ 18 72 17 AUS James Davison orange R darkgray 13 10 21 25 13 13 12 13 7 22 69 18 USA Justin Sofio 27 25 19 17 20 16 13 19 8↑ 13↑ 22 14 54 19 USA Steve Ott orange R darkgray 7↑ 20 23 3 21 21 20 23 18 48 20 USA Colin Fleming orange R darkgray 9 24 9 10 13 45 21 MEX Carlos Mastretta orange R darkgray 13 6 24 20 18 10 42 22 BRA Alex Sperafico orange R darkgray 22 16 12 11 16 23 25 19 11 41 23 CAN Mike Forest orange R darkgray DNS DNS 14↑ 14 10↑ 27 24 NZL Daniel Gaunt orange R darkgray 20 DNS 15 8 22 21 22 25 RSA Stephen Simpson orange R darkgray 25 27 5 21 26 AUS Michael Patrizi orange R darkgray 8 15 21 27 AUS Barton Mawer orange R darkgray 14 20 11 18 28 VEN Luis Schiavo orange R darkgray 15 26 11 16 29 AUT Norbert Siedler orange R darkgray 18 21 12↑ 13 30 USA Charles Hall 22 16 13 13 31 VEN Alex García 18 18 14 13 32 USA Brian McAtee 21 13 17 12 33 USA Phil Giebler orange R darkgray 11 10 34 CAN Antoine Bessette 12 21 21 10 35 USA Dan Selznick 17 24 15 10 36 USA Kyle Kelley 14 19 9 37 USA Duncan Ende orange R darkgray 16 26 21 17 DNS 9 38 USA Ryan Spencer-Smith orange R darkgray 26 13 8 39 DNK Ronnie Bremer 14 7 40 CAN Chris Souliotis 17 22 4 41 VEN Ricardo Vassmer orange R darkgray 19 19 4 42 USA J. R. Hildebrand orange R darkgray 19 2 43 USA Al Unser III 19 23 Wth 2 44 USA Brian Thienes orange R darkgray 20 22 1 USA Casey Neal orange R darkgray 23 0 Pos Driver LBH HOU MTY POR CLE TOR EDM SJO DEN MTL ROA PtsColorResultGoldWinnerSilver2nd placeBronze3rd placeGreen4th & 5th placeLight Blue6th–10th placeDark BlueFinished (Outside Top 10)PurpleDid not finishRedDid not qualify (DNQ)BrownWithdrawn (Wth)BlackDisqualified (DSQ)WhiteDid not start (DNS)BlankDid not participate (DNP)Not competing In-line notationBoldPole position (1 point)ItalicsRan fastest race lap↑Improved the most placesorange R silverRookieyellow RY silverRookie of the Year See also 2006 Champ Car season 2006 Indianapolis 500 2006 IndyCar Series season 2006 Indy Pro Series season External links ChampCarStats.com 2006 Champ Car Atlantic season 2005 Toyota Atlantic Championship season 2007 Champ Car Atlantic season Category:Atlantic Championship seasons Atlantic Season, 2006 Atlantic Season 2006 Atlantic series