2006 V8 Supercar season

March 2020 2006 V8 Supercar season 2005 2007 The 2006 V8 Supercar season was the 47th year of touring car racing in Australia since the first runnings of the Australian Touring Car Championship and the fore-runner of the present day Bathurst 1000, the Armstrong 500. There were 21 V8 Supercar meetings held during 2006; a thirteen-round series for V8 Supercars, the 2006 V8 Supercar Championship Series (VCS), two of them endurance races; a seven-round second tier V8 Supercar series 2006 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series (FVS) and a V8 Supercar support programme event at the 2006 Australian Grand Prix. This was the last season of V8 Supercars broadcast by Network Ten and Fox Sports; at the conclusion of 2006 the broadcasting rights were handed over to the Seven Network from 2007 to 2014. However, since 2015 Network Ten and Fox Sports are still permitted to revive their V8 Supercars rights with Ten shows seven events live plus highlights and Fox Sports shows every practice, qualifying and race live. Season review Rick Kelly won the championship. It came down to the last race, where Rick Kelly narrowly beat Craig Lowndes for the championship. Results and standings Race calendar The 2006 V8 Supercar season consisted of 21 events. DateSeriesCircuitCity / stateWinnerTeamCarReport 24–26 Mar FVS Round 1 Adelaide Street Circuit Adelaide, South Australia Adam Macrow Howard Racing Ford BA Falcon Clipsal 500 VCS Round 1 Jamie Whincup Team Betta Electrical Ford BA Falcon report 31 Mar - 2 Apr Panasonic V8 Supercars GP 100 Albert Park street circuit Melbourne, Victoria Steven Richards Perkins Engineering Holden VZ Commodore report 22–23 Apr PlaceMakers V8 International VCS Round 2 Pukekohe Park Raceway Pukekohe, New Zealand Mark Skaife Holden Racing Team Holden VZ Commodore 12–14 May The Perth V8 400 VCS Round 3 Barbagallo Raceway Perth, Western Australia Steven Richards Perkins Engineering Holden VZ Commodore 28 May FVS Round 2 Wakefield Park Goulburn, New South Wales Adam Macrow Howard Racing Ford BA Falcon 2–4 Jun VCS Round 4 Winton Motor Raceway Benalla, Victoria Craig Lowndes Team Betta Electrical Ford BA Falcon 1–2 Jul Skycity Triple Crown VCS Round 5 Hidden Valley Raceway Darwin, Northern Territory Craig Lowndes Team Betta Electrical Ford BA Falcon 21–23 Jul FVS Round 3 Queensland Raceway Ipswich, Queensland Adam Macrow Howard Racing Ford BA Falcon BigPond 400 VCS Round 6 Garth Tander HSV Dealer Team Holden VZ Commodore 11–13 Aug FVS Round 4 Oran Park Raceway Sydney, New South Wales Adam Macrow Howard Racing Ford BA Falcon VCS Round 7 Craig Lowndes Team Betta Electrical Ford BA Falcon 1–2 Sep Betta Electrical 500 VCS Round 8 Sandown Raceway Melbourne, Victoria Jason BrightMark Winterbottom Ford Performance Racing Ford BA Falcon report 17 Sep FVS Round 5 Mallala Motor Sport Park Mallala, South Australia Adam Macrow Howard Racing Ford BA Falcon 5–8 Oct FVS Round 6 Mount Panorama Circuit Bathurst, New South Wales Andrew Thompson Dick Johnson Racing Ford BA Falcon Supercheap Auto 1000 VCS Round 9 Craig LowndesJamie Whincup Team Betta Electrical Ford BA Falcon report 20–22 Oct Gillette V8 Supercar Challenge VCS Round 10 Surfers Paradise Street Circuit Surfers Paradise, Queensland Todd Kelly Holden Racing Team Holden VZ Commodore 10–12 Nov Ferodo Triple Challenge VCS Round 11 Symmons Plains Raceway Launceston, Tasmania Garth Tander HSV Dealer Team Holden VZ Commodore 23–25 Nov Desert 400 VCS Round 12 Bahrain International Circuit Manama, Bahrain Jason Bright Ford Performance Racing Ford BA Falcon 8–10 Dec FVS Round 7 Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Phillip Island, Victoria Andrew Thompson Dick Johnson Racing Ford BA Falcon Caterpillar Grand Finale VCS Round 13 Todd Kelly Holden Racing Team Holden VZ Commodore Panasonic V8 Supercars GP 100 This meeting was a support event of the 2006 Australian Grand Prix.http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?02/04/2006.APGP Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit 02/04/2006 2006 Formula 1 Foster's Australian Grand Prix National Software 2 April 2006 2009-02-12 DriverNo.TeamCarRace 1GP 100Race 3 New Zealand Steven Richards 7 Perkins Engineering Holden VZ Commodore 9 1 1 Australia Mark Skaife 2 Holden Racing Team Holden VZ Commodore 2 2 2 Australia Todd Kelly 22 Holden Racing Team Holden VZ Commodore 1 3 3 Australia Garth Tander 16 HSV Dealer Team Holden VZ Commodore 14 5 4 Australia Craig Lowndes 888 Team Betta Electrical Ford BA Falcon 3 4 5 Australia Will Davison 18 Dick Johnson Racing Ford BA Falcon 7 7 6 Australia Mark Winterbottom 5 Ford Performance Racing Ford BA Falcon 6 6 7 Australia Paul Dumbrell 11 Perkins Engineering Holden VZ Commodore 4 8 8 Australia Jamie Whincup 88 Team Betta Electrical Ford BA Falcon 20 9 9 New Zealand Paul Radisich 021 Team Kiwi Racing Holden VZ Commodore 13 11 10 Australia John Bowe 12 Brad Jones Racing Ford BA Falcon 16 12 11 Australia Russell Ingall 1 Stone Brothers Racing Ford BA Falcon 15 10 12 Australia Dean Canto 34 Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden VZ Commodore 17 13 13 Australia Jason Bargwanna 10 WPS Racing Ford BA Falcon 11 14 14 Australia James Courtney 4 Stone Brothers Racing Ford BA Falcon DNF 15 15 Australia Jason Bright 6 Ford Performance Racing Ford BA Falcon 8 24 16 Australia Steven Johnson 17 Dick Johnson Racing Ford BA Falcon 10 27 17 Australia Andrew Jones 23 Tasman Motorsport Holden VZ Commodore 22 21 18 Australia Steve Owen 55 Rod Nash Racing Holden VZ Commodore 18 17 19 Australia Brad Jones 14 Brad Jones Racing Ford BA Falcon 19 25 20 Australia Marcus Marshall 20 Paul Cruickshank Racing Ford BA Falcon 25 26 21 Australia Jack Perkins 51 Perkins Engineering Holden VZ Commodore 26 22 22 New Zealand Fabian Coulthard 39 Paul Morris Motorsport Holden VZ Commodore 21 19 23 Australia Cameron McConville 50 Paul Weel Racing Holden VZ Commodore 5 18 24 Australia José Fernández 26 Britek Motorsport Ford BA Falcon DNF 23 25 Brazil Max Wilson 8 WPS Racing Ford BA Falcon 12 20 DNF Australia Paul Morris 67 Paul Morris Motorsport Holden VZ Commodore 24 16 DNF Australia Lee Holdsworth 33 Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden VZ Commodore 23 DNS DNS Australia Warren Luff 25 Britek Motorsport Ford BA Falcon 27 DNS DNS New Zealand Jason Richards 3 Tasman Motorsport Holden VZ Commodore 28 DNS DNS Australia Rick Kelly 15 HSV Dealer Team Holden VZ Commodore DNF DNS DNS Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series 2006 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series V8 Supercar Championship Series 2006 V8 Supercar Championship Series References Additional references can be found in linked event/series reports. 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 Category:Supercar seasons