2006 PlaceMakers V8 International

2006 Supercar Championship event March 2017 New Zealand 2006 PlaceMakers V8 International 2 13 2006 V8SC Pukekohe_Park_Raceway_(1990).png 21–23 April Pukekohe, New Zealand Pukekohe Park Raceway Friday: SunnySaturday: SunnySunday: Overcast, light rain 36 100 Garth Tander HSV Dealer Team 55.7253 Mark Skaife Holden Racing Team 39:35.1429 47 132 Garth Tander HSV Dealer Team 55:39.7648 50 140 Mark Skaife Holden Racing Team 50:57.1288 Mark Skaife Holden Racing Team 312 Mark Winterbottom Ford Performance Racing 296 Russell Ingall Stone Brothers Racing 290 The 2006 PlaceMakers V8 International was a motor race for V8 Supercars held on the weekend of 21–23 April 2006. The event was held at the Pukekohe Park Raceway in Pukekohe, New Zealand, and consisted of three races culminating in 400 kilometers. It was the second round of thirteen in the 2006 V8 Supercar Championship Series and the first of two international events on the calendar. After a tough start to the season, Mark Skaife stayed largely dominant to take two race wins and the overall round win. https://www.carsales.com.au/editorial/details/skaife-recovers-in-new-zealand-1016/ Skaife recovers in New Zealand CarSales.com.au 2024-10-05 Mark Winterbottom repaid Ford Performance Racing's faith in him by achieving his first podiums (race and round) by finishing second overall while Russell Ingall rounded out the overall podium. Local hero Greg Murphy endured a tough round. Already dissatisfied with his team's move to Perkins engines, the four-time winner of the event was taken out early in race one and struggled to move forward in both races. This round also saw the return of the reverse-grid race. Although its return wasn't met with much enthusiasm and would not feature at any future Pukekohe events going forward. Background After the bids of Auckland and Wellington to host the New Zealand round of the V8 Supercar championship fell through, Pukekohe was confirmed to once again play host for 2006 and 2007. https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/pukekohe-confirmednbspas-v8s-venue-for-2006-07/YBRMVIBLF6RPJSOFBRO2BJLDFM/ Pukekohe confirmed as V8s venue for 2006-07 New Zealand Herald 12 July 2005 2024-10-05 From 2008, the round would change venues to a brand-new street race in Hamilton. https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/hamilton-grabs-v8-supercar-event/CRGKVIH2B5DLOQAIS56NQNSZDU/ Hamilton grabs V8 Supercar event New Zealand Herald 2024-10-05 John Bowe would make his 200th V8 Supercar round start; joining Peter Brock, Dick Johnson and Glenn Seton as the only drivers achieved such a feat. His car was assigned the number 200 to commemorate the occasion. The Holden Racing Team were issued a suspended $20,000 fine for exceeding the freight allowance set for the international event. Results Qualifying Pos. Position No. Car number Driver Team Car Time 1 888 AUS Craig Lowndes Triple Eight Race Engineering Ford Falcon (BA) 55.8074 2 2 AUS Mark Skaife Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore (VZ) 55.8380 3 6 AUS Jason Bright Ford Performance Racing Ford Falcon (BA) 55.8562 4 88 AUS Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering Ford Falcon (BA) 55.8666 5 5 AUS Mark Winterbottom Ford Performance Racing Ford Falcon (BA) 55.8785 6 16 AUS Garth Tander HSV Dealer Team Holden Commodore (VZ) 55.8844 7 1 AUS Russell Ingall Stone Brothers Racing Ford Falcon (BA) 55.9203 8 15 AUS Rick Kelly HSV Dealer Team Holden Commodore (VZ) 56.1106 9 8 BRA Max Wilson WPS Racing Ford Falcon (BA) 56.1476 10 51 NZL Greg Murphy Paul Weel Racing Holden Commodore (VZ) 56.1633 11 7 NZL Steven Richards Perkins Engineering Holden Commodore (VZ) 56.1726 12 3 NZL Jason Richards Tasman Motorsport Holden Commodore (VZ) 56.2498 13 11 AUS Paul Dumbrell Perkins Engineering Holden Commodore (VZ) 56.2595 14 22 AUS Todd Kelly Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore (VZ) 56.2794 15 4 AUS James Courtney Stone Brothers Racing Ford Falcon (BA) 56.3272 16 17 AUS Steven Johnson Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon (BA) 56.3974 17 200 AUS John Bowe Brad Jones Racing Ford Falcon (BA) 56.4141 18 50 AUS Cameron McConville Paul Weel Racing Holden Commodore (VZ) 56.4511 19 10 AUS Jason Bargwanna WPS Racing Ford Falcon (BA) 56.5380 20 18 AUS Will Davison Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon (BA) 56.5388 21 34 AUS Dean Canto Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore (VZ) 56.5432 22 021 NZL Paul Radisich Team Kiwi Racing Holden Commodore (VZ) 56.6596 23 33 AUS Lee Holdsworth Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore (VZ) 56.6647 24 67 AUS Paul Morris Paul Morris Motorsport Holden Commodore (VZ) 56.6973 25 23 AUS Andrew Jones Tasman Motorsport Holden Commodore (VZ) 56.7329 26 39 NZL Fabian Coulthard Paul Morris Motorsport Holden Commodore (VZ) 56.8556 27 25 AUS Warren Luff Britek Motorsport Ford Falcon (BA) 56.8622 28 14 AUS Brad Jones Brad Jones Racing Ford Falcon (BA) 56.8932 29 55 AUS Steve Owen Rod Nash Racing Holden Commodore (VZ) 56.9694 30 26 NZL Mark Porter MSport Holden Commodore (VZ) 57.1100 31 20 AUS Marcus Marshall Paul Cruickshank Racing Ford Falcon (BA) 57.7586 Source(s):http://racing.natsoft.com.au/644287586/object_657466.81l/Result?3 PlaceMakers V8 International - 2006 V8 Supercar Series Rd 2 - PUKEKOHE PARK RACEWAY - V8 SUPERCARS - Qualifying natsoft.com.au 22 April 2006 2024-10-05 Top Ten Shootout Pos. Position No. Car number Driver Team Car Time 1 16 AUS Garth Tander HSV Dealer Team Holden Commodore (VZ) 55.7253 2 2 AUS Mark Skaife Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore (VZ) 55.7930 3 888 AUS Craig Lowndes Triple Eight Race Engineering Ford Falcon (BA) 55.8742 4 1 AUS Russell Ingall Stone Brothers Racing Ford Falcon (BA) 55.9789 5 6 AUS Jason Bright Ford Performance Racing Ford Falcon (BA) 56.0083 6 5 AUS Mark Winterbottom Ford Performance Racing Ford Falcon (BA) 56.1302 7 88 AUS Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering Ford Falcon (BA) 56.1637 8 15 AUS Rick Kelly HSV Dealer Team Holden Commodore (VZ) 56.1683 9 51 NZL Greg Murphy Paul Weel Racing Holden Commodore (VZ) 56.4231 10 8 BRA Max Wilson WPS Racing Ford Falcon (BA) 1:07.4133 Source(s):http://racing.natsoft.com.au/644287586/object_657477.81o/Result?4 PlaceMakers V8 International - 2006 V8 Supercar Series Rd 2 - PUKEKOHE PARK RACEWAY - V8 SUPERCARS - Shootout natsoft.com.au 22 April 2006 2024-10-05 Race 1 It didn't take long for chaos to ensue. Rick Kelly stalled at the start and left drivers scrambling every which way to avoid hitting the rear of his stranded car. A couple hundred meters down the road, cars began ricocheting off each other. Caught out in the melee was local favourite, Murphy. The damage sustained was enough to force him out of the race then and there. To add to local fans woes, Paul Radisich was spun at the hairpin on the safety car restart and relegated him to the rear of the field. Tander was judged to have jumped the start and was issued a drive-through penalty. Mark Skaife assumed the lead of the race with Russell Ingall in hot pursuit. Andrew Jones was issued a drive-through penalty for failing to stay in formation at the safety car restart. A couple laps after taking said penalty, he slid off the track at turn one and spun. Teammate Jason Richards was struggling with faulty power steering. Multiple laps down, the Kiwi kept circulating for points and to attain a good grid slot for the reverse grid race on Sunday. Rick Kelly was experiencing the unique issue of a faulty clutch from the opening laps. Aside from some difficulty in engaging first gear after his pitstop, Kelly managed to nurse his car to the end. With a handful of laps to go, Steven Richards slid off at the hairpin and lost a top five placing. Todd Kelly was also suffering from power steering issues and retired a few laps from home owing to a fire within the cockpit. For teammate Skaife however, there were no such issues. Winning his first race of the season ahead of Ingall, with Jason Bright rounding out the podium. Pos. Position No. Car number Driver Team Laps Time / Retired Grid 1 2 AUS Mark Skaife Holden Racing Team 36 39min 35.1429sec 2 2 1 AUS Russell Ingall Stone Brothers Racing 36 + 1.422 4 3 6 AUS Jason Bright Ford Performance Racing 36 + 7.181 5 4 5 AUS Mark Winterbottom Ford Performance Racing 36 + 12.549 6 5 888 AUS Craig Lowndes Triple Eight Race Engineering 36 + 13.880 3 6 8 BRA Max Wilson WPS Racing 36 + 22.732 10 7 7 NZL Steven Richards Perkins Engineering 36 + 24.485 11 8 4 AUS James Courtney Stone Brothers Racing 36 + 25.425 15 9 17 AUS Steven Johnson Dick Johnson Racing 36 + 26.260 16 10 11 AUS Paul Dumbrell Perkins Engineering 36 + 27.629 13 11 10 AUS Jason Bargwanna WPS Racing 36 + 28.312 19 12 15 AUS Rick Kelly HSV Dealer Team 36 + 28.892 8 13 50 AUS Cameron McConville Paul Weel Racing 36 + 29.193 18 14 67 AUS Paul Morris Paul Morris Motorsport 36 + 33.408 24 15 88 AUS Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering 36 + 36.065 7 16 34 AUS Dean Canto Garry Rogers Motorsport 36 + 37.762 21 17 200 AUS John Bowe Brad Jones Racing 36 + 38.426 17 18 18 AUS Will Davison Dick Johnson Racing 36 + 38.628 20 19 33 AUS Lee Holdsworth Garry Rogers Motorsport 36 + 41.212 23 20 16 AUS Garth Tander HSV Dealer Team 36 + 43.501 1 21 021 NZL Paul Radisich Team Kiwi Racing 36 + 44.963 22 22 14 AUS Brad Jones Brad Jones Racing 36 + 47.046 28 23 26 NZL Mark Porter MSport 36 + 55.150 30 24 25 AUS Warren Luff Britek Motorsport 35 + 1 lap 27 25 55 AUS Steve Owen Rod Nash Racing 35 + 1 lap 29 26 20 AUS Marcus Marshall Paul Cruickshank Racing 35 + 1 lap 31 27 23 AUS Andrew Jones Tasman Motorsport 34 + 2 laps 25 28 3 NZL Jason Richards Tasman Motorsport 29 + 7 laps 12 Ret 22 AUS Todd Kelly Holden Racing Team 29 Power steering 14 Ret 39 NZL Fabian Coulthard Paul Morris Motorsport 16 Retired 26 Ret 51 NZL Greg Murphy Paul Weel Racing 0 Accident 9 Fastest lap: Garth Tander (HSV Dealer Team), 0:56.4767 Source(s):http://racing.natsoft.com.au/644287586/object_657488.81r/Result?5 PlaceMakers V8 International - 2006 V8 Supercar Series Rd 2 - PUKEKOHE PARK RACEWAY - V8 SUPERCARS - Race 1 natsoft.com.au 22 April 2006 2024-10-05 Race 2 Miraculously, Paul Weel Racing were able to repair Murphy's car overnight in time for race two and would start from the pitlane. It was a reverse-grid race with both Tasman Motorsport cars starting on the front row; a silver lining to their torrid first race on Saturday. Richards led away from his teammate with Steve Owen following through into third. Being the first reverse-grid race in four years, carnage was expected. And it did not disappoint. At the usual trouble spot of the hairpin, Warren Luff sent Mark Porter into a spin. In the process, the rear of Porter's car tagged Radisich, sending the Team Kiwi racer around as well. Porter and Luff got away but Radisich was left facing the wrong way. Dean Canto managed to stop in time, only for the following cars - who could not see the chaos ahead - to slam into the back of Canto and into Radisich. The incident inflicted extensive damage to the cars of Jamie Whincup, Bowe, Jason Bargwanna and Steven Richards. Along with the cosmetic damage, Richards' power steering had failed. Bargwanna's front spoiler had broken and trapped the front wheels, forcing him off into the gravel trap at the hairpin on the next lap. Predictably, all of this led to the deployment of the safety car. And to further compound these troubles, rain started to fall upon the circuit. Aided with a fast car and optimal grid position, Tander began making his way up the order. Despite the threat of rain, drivers still came in for their compulsory stops as planned. Precipitation not sufficient to warrant concern amongst the teams. Luff was issued a drive-through penalty for his first lap misdemeanors. Bowe suffered a major crash at the end of the front straight as a result of a jammed throttle. With extensive damage inflicted upon the barrier, the red flag was thrown and the race was stopped. Because the race was effectively 'reset', the restart was conducted as a standing start. The regulations permitted Whincup and Radisich to take the restart despite 'retiring' before the red flag was shown. Tander led away from Richards at the restart. Porter exacted his revenge on Luff on lap 13, only for the local driver having to retire from the race due to damage. McConville and Brad Jones came to blows at the hairpin, and multiple drivers behind inflicted damage upon each other. Jones came in to retire whilst Bright pitted for what he believed was a puncture. Whincup's race eventually came to an end due to mechanical problems. James Courtney was experiencing braking problems which led to him spinning Murphy at the ever-so-troublesome hairpin. Lowndes received a drive-through penalty for a driving infringement pertaining to Rick Kelly. Tander cruised home to victory with Jason Richards second and Mark Winterbottom in third. Pos. Position No. Car number Driver Team Laps Time / Retired Grid 1 16 AUS Garth Tander HSV Dealer Team 47 55min 39.7648sec 8 2 3 NZL Jason Richards Tasman Motorsport 47 + 2.670 1 3 5 AUS Mark Winterbottom Ford Performance Racing 47 + 7.320 24 4 50 AUS Cameron McConville Paul Weel Racing 47 + 9.746 15 5 2 AUS Mark Skaife Holden Racing Team 47 + 16.417 27 6 1 AUS Russell Ingall Stone Brothers Racing 47 + 18.119 26 7 67 AUS Paul Morris Paul Morris Motorsport 47 + 19.834 14 8 18 AUS Will Davison Dick Johnson Racing 47 + 20.401 10 9 17 AUS Steven Johnson Dick Johnson Racing 47 + 20.619 19 10 15 AUS Rick Kelly HSV Dealer Team 47 + 26.493 16 11 11 AUS Paul Dumbrell Perkins Engineering 47 + 28.950 18 12 23 AUS Andrew Jones Tasman Motorsport 47 + 36.750 2 13 22 AUS Todd Kelly Holden Racing Team 47 + 37.145 29 14 39 NZL Fabian Coulthard Paul Morris Motorsport 47 + 44.708 28 15 51 NZL Greg Murphy Paul Weel Racing 47 + 44.904 30 16 33 AUS Lee Holdsworth Garry Rogers Motorsport 47 + 45.626 9 17 888 AUS Craig Lowndes Triple Eight Race Engineering 46 + 1 lap 23 18 4 AUS James Courtney Stone Brothers Racing 46 + 1 lap 20 19 20 AUS Marcus Marshall Paul Cruickshank Racing 46 + 1 lap 31 20 6 AUS Jason Bright Ford Performance Racing 46 + 1 lap 25 21 34 AUS Dean Canto Garry Rogers Motorsport 46 + 1 lap 12 22 25 AUS Warren Luff Britek Motorsport 45 + 2 laps 4 23 55 AUS Steve Owen Rod Nash Racing 45 + 2 laps 3 Ret 7 NZL Steven Richards Perkins Engineering 35 Retired 21 Ret 021 NZL Paul Radisich Team Kiwi Racing 33 Retired 7 Ret 10 AUS Jason Bargwanna WPS Racing 26 Retired 17 Ret 14 AUS Brad Jones Brad Jones Racing 17 Accident damage 6 Ret 88 AUS Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering 16 Mechanical 13 Ret 26 NZL Mark Porter MSport 13 Accident damage 5 Ret 200 AUS John Bowe Brad Jones Racing 7 Accident 11 Ret 8 BRA Max Wilson WPS Racing 7 Withdrawn 22 Fastest lap: Garth Tander (HSV Dealer Team), 0:56.6930 Source(s):http://racing.natsoft.com.au/644287586/object_657521.81A/Result?7 PlaceMakers V8 International - 2006 V8 Supercar Series Rd 2 - PUKEKOHE PARK RACEWAY - V8 SUPERCARS - Race 2 natsoft.com.au 22 April 2006 2024-10-05 Race 3 The grid order was set based on an aggregate of results from races one and two. This left Skaife on pole position with Ingall alongside him on the front row. Extensive damage to the car meant Bowe would not start the final race. Off the line, Bright bogged down heavily and rapidly fell down the order. Skaife established an affirmative lead while the rest of the pack finally managed to negotiate the hairpin without wanton destruction. Johnson held a strong fourth place but flat-spotted the tyres in the opening laps and ceded position to Lowndes. Winterbottom meanwhile was leaning heavily on Skaife for the lead after the pitstop cycle had finished; the Ford Performance Racing driver paying back the faith put into him after a tricky first couple of years as a main game driver. Will Davison struggled with the handling of his car under brakes and careened into the wall at turn two. He was able to continue the race, but only after being freed from the tyre bundle by the marshals. With marshals on a live race track, the safety car was brought out. Max Wilson speared off the circuit with suspension damage and retired from the race. Todd Kelly's weekend was further compounded when he locked up into the hairpin, flat-spotting his front tyres, forcing him to pit, and fell toward the tail-end of the field. Winterbottom's charge began to fade and started to fall into the clutches of Lowndes. Dean Canto's car was leaking fluid and eventually expired with a handful of laps to go. Up the front, Skaife remained untroubled to the flag to take his first round win since Bathurst last year. In controversial circumstances, Lowndes finished in second after performing what looked to be a bump-and-run on Winterbottom, who finished in third. Pos. Position No. Car number Driver Team Laps Time / Retired Grid 1 2 AUS Mark Skaife Holden Racing Team 50 50min 57.1288sec 1 2 888 AUS Craig Lowndes Triple Eight Race Engineering 50 + 3.667 6 3 5 AUS Mark Winterbottom Ford Performance Racing 50 + 4.358 3 4 16 AUS Garth Tander HSV Dealer Team 50 + 6.112 12 5 1 AUS Russell Ingall Stone Brothers Racing 50 + 7.135 2 6 7 NZL Steven Richards Perkins Engineering 50 + 7.775 15 7 15 AUS Rick Kelly HSV Dealer Team 50 + 17.967 9 8 4 AUS James Courtney Stone Brothers Racing 50 + 18.776 10 9 17 AUS Steven Johnson Dick Johnson Racing 50 + 19.923 5 10 88 AUS Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering 50 + 20.220 20 11 11 AUS Paul Dumbrell Perkins Engineering 50 + 21.962 8 12 67 AUS Paul Morris Paul Morris Motorsport 50 + 22.921 11 13 10 AUS Jason Bargwanna WPS Racing 50 + 25.323 18 14 021 NZL Paul Radisich Team Kiwi Racing 50 + 25.547 26 15 51 NZL Greg Murphy Paul Weel Racing 50 + 25.865 30 16 33 AUS Lee Holdsworth Garry Rogers Motorsport 50 + 36.709 17 17 23 AUS Andrew Jones Tasman Motorsport 50 + 38.047 21 18 14 AUS Brad Jones Brad Jones Racing 50 + 43.601 27 19 3 NZL Jason Richards Tasman Motorsport 49 + 1 lap 19 20 6 AUS Jason Bright Ford Performance Racing 49 + 1 lap 4 21 39 NZL Fabian Coulthard Paul Morris Motorsport 49 + 1 lap 29 22 55 AUS Steve Owen Rod Nash Racing 49 + 1 lap 25 23 50 AUS Cameron McConville Paul Weel Racing 49 + 1 lap 7 24 26 NZL Mark Porter MSport 49 + 1 lap 31 25 22 AUS Todd Kelly Holden Racing Team 49 + 1 lap 28 26 25 AUS Warren Luff Britek Motorsport 49 + 1 lap 23 27 20 AUS Marcus Marshall Paul Cruickshank Racing 48 + 2 laps 24 28 18 AUS Will Davison Dick Johnson Racing 41 + 8 laps 13 Ret 34 AUS Dean Canto Garry Rogers Motorsport 45 Fuel leak 16 Ret 8 BRA Max Wilson WPS Racing 29 Suspension 14 DNS 200 AUS John Bowe Brad Jones Racing Did not start 22 Fastest lap: Russell Ingall (Stone Brothers Racing), 0:56.5219 Source(s):http://racing.natsoft.com.au/644287586/object_657532.81D/Result?8 PlaceMakers V8 International - 2006 V8 Supercar Series Rd 2 - PUKEKOHE PARK RACEWAY - V8 SUPERCARS - Race 3 natsoft.com.au 22 April 2006 2024-10-05 Aftermath Championship standings Pos. Position No Driver Team Pts Points 10px 1 1 AUS Russell Ingall Stone Brothers Racing 540 10px 2 15 AUS Rick Kelly HSV Dealer Team 539 10px 3 16 AUS Garth Tander HSV Dealer Team 502 10px 4 7 NZL Steven Richards Perkins Engineering 482 10px 5 17 AUS Steven Johnson Dick Johnson Racing 475 References PlaceMakers V8 International 2006 2006 Clipsal 500 Adelaide 2006 Perth V8 400 2005 PlaceMakers V8 International 2007 PlaceMakers V8 Supercars Pukekohe Category:Auto races in New Zealand Category:2006 in New Zealand motorsport Category:Sport in the Auckland Region