2006 Darwin Triple Crown

2006 Supercar Championship event AUS 2006 Darwin Triple Crown 5 13 2006 V8SC File:Hidden Valley Raceway (Australia) track map.svg 30 June–2 July Darwin, Northern Territory Hidden Valley Raceway Fine 34 97.580 AUS Jason Bright Ford Performance Racing 1:09.0322 AUS Mark Skaife Holden Racing Team 41:07.5941 48 137.760 AUS Jason Bright Ford Performance Racing 1:00:37.8417 48 137.760 AUS Craig Lowndes Triple Eight Race Engineering 57:53.3776 AUS Craig Lowndes Triple Eight Race Engineering 304 AUS Garth Tander HSV Dealer Team 282 AUS Rick Kelly HSV Dealer Team 282 The 2006 Darwin Triple Crown (commercially known as the 2006 Skycity Triple Crown) was a motor race for V8 Supercars held on the weekend of 30 June–2 July 2006. The event was held at the Hidden Valley Raceway in Darwin, Northern Territory, and consisted of three races culminating in 373 kilometres. It was the fifth round of thirteen in the 2006 V8 Supercar Championship Series. Background Tony Ricciardello and José Fernández continued their ride-share agreement at Britek Motorsport, with the Western Australian driver taking the reins for the round. Over at Paul Morris Motorsport, Fabian Coulthard was replaced with Steven Ellery to give the former Triple 8 and Holden Young Lions driver some miles before joining Paul Morris for the Endurance rounds. Results Qualifying Pos. Position No. Car number Driver Team Car Time 1 2 AUS Mark Skaife Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore VZ 1:09.2209 2 6 AUS Jason Bright Ford Performance Racing Ford Falcon BA +0.1059 3 15 AUS Rick Kelly HSV Dealer Team Holden Commodore VZ +0.1683 4 16 AUS Garth Tander HSV Dealer Team Holden Commodore VZ +0.1814 5 888 AUS Craig Lowndes Triple Eight Race Engineering Ford Falcon BA +0.2019 6 7 NZL Steven Richards Perkins Engineering Holden Commodore VZ +0.2664 7 5 AUS Mark Winterbottom Ford Performance Racing Ford Falcon BA +0.3217 8 88 AUS Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering Ford Falcon BA +0.3505 9 3 NZL Jason Richards Tasman Motorsport Holden Commodore VZ +0.4002 10 11 AUS Paul Dumbrell Perkins Engineering Holden Commodore VZ +0.5014 11 22 AUS Todd Kelly Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore VZ +0.5714 12 8 BRA Max Wilson WPS Racing Ford Falcon BA +0.6388 13 1 AUS Russell Ingall Stone Brothers Racing Ford Falcon BA +0.6568 14 18 AUS Will Davison Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon BA +0.6955 15 17 AUS Steven Johnson Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon BA +0.7167 16 33 AUS Lee Holdsworth Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore VZ +0.7834 17 34 AUS Dean Canto Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore VZ +0.8980 18 10 AUS Jason Bargwanna WPS Racing Ford Falcon BA +0.9064 19 50 AUS Cameron McConville Paul Weel Racing Holden Commodore VZ +0.9153 20 25 AUS Warren Luff Britek Motorsport Ford Falcon BA +0.9207 21 4 AUS James Courtney Stone Brothers Racing Ford Falcon BA +0.9404 22 55 AUS Steve Owen Rod Nash Racing Holden Commodore VZ +0.9555 23 021 NZL Paul Radisich Team Kiwi Racing Holden Commodore VZ +0.9602 24 39 AUS Steven Ellery Paul Morris Motorsport Holden Commodore VZ +0.9888 25 51 NZL Greg Murphy Paul Weel Racing Holden Commodore VZ +1.0429 26 23 AUS Andrew Jones Tasman Motorsport Holden Commodore VZ +1.1152 27 67 AUS Paul Morris Paul Morris Motorsport Holden Commodore VZ +1.1942 28 14 AUS Brad Jones Brad Jones Racing Ford Falcon BA +1.2027 29 12 AUS John Bowe Brad Jones Racing Ford Falcon BA +1.2485 30 20 AUS Marcus Marshall Paul Cruickshank Racing Ford Falcon BA +1.6635 31 26 AUS Tony Ricciardello Britek Motorsport Ford Falcon BA +2.7183 Source:http://racing.natsoft.com.au/643453752/object_31421.74A/Result?18 2006 Skycity Triple Crown – Qualifying Natsoft Race Results 21 June 2020May 2022 InternetArchiveBot yes Top Ten Shootout Pos. Position No. Car number Driver Team Car Time 1 6 AUS Jason Bright Ford Performance Racing Ford Falcon BA 1:09.0322 2 2 AUS Mark Skaife Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore VZ +0.1933 3 16 AUS Garth Tander HSV Dealer Team Holden Commodore VZ +0.3428 4 15 AUS Rick Kelly HSV Dealer Team Holden Commodore VZ +0.4601 5 5 AUS Mark Winterbottom Ford Performance Racing Ford Falcon BA +0.8121 6 888 AUS Craig Lowndes Triple Eight Race Engineering Ford Falcon BA +0.8517 7 7 NZL Steven Richards Perkins Engineering Holden Commodore VZ +0.8991 8 3 NZL Jason Richards Tasman Motorsport Holden Commodore VZ +1.2354 9 11 AUS Paul Dumbrell Perkins Engineering Holden Commodore VZ +1.2988 10 88 AUS Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering Ford Falcon BA +1.8832 Source:http://racing.natsoft.com.au/643616008/object_494466.74l/Result?19 2006 Skycity Triple Crown – Top Ten Shootout Natsoft Race Results 21 June 2020May 2022 InternetArchiveBot yes Race 1 Pos. Position No. Car number Driver Team Car Laps Time/Retired Grid Pts. 1 2 AUS Mark Skaife Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore VZ 34 41:07.5941 2 128 2 15 AUS Rick Kelly HSV Dealer Team Holden Commodore VZ 34 +0.7129 4 124 3 5 AUS Mark Winterbottom Ford Performance Racing Ford Falcon BA 34 +7.0965 5 120 4 888 AUS Craig Lowndes Triple Eight Race Engineering Ford Falcon BA 34 +7.5325 6 116 5 16 AUS Garth Tander HSV Dealer Team Holden Commodore VZ 34 +8.0885 3 112 6 3 NZL Jason Richards Tasman Motorsport Holden Commodore VZ 34 +9.0829 8 108 7 7 NZL Steven Richards Perkins Engineering Holden Commodore VZ 34 +15.8107 7 104 8 11 AUS Paul Dumbrell Perkins Engineering Holden Commodore VZ 34 +20.1872 9 100 9 88 AUS Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering Ford Falcon BA 34 +20.3913 10 96 10 1 AUS Russell Ingall Stone Brothers Racing Ford Falcon BA 34 +20.4100 13 92 11 8 BRA Max Wilson WPS Racing Ford Falcon BA 34 +25.1455 12 88 12 22 AUS Todd Kelly Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore VZ 34 +26.1139 11 84 13 18 AUS Will Davison Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon BA 34 +27.7013 14 80 14 34 AUS Dean Canto Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore VZ 34 +35.4905 17 76 15 50 AUS Cameron McConville Paul Weel Racing Holden Commodore VZ 34 +36.4059 19 72 16 4 AUS James Courtney Stone Brothers Racing Ford Falcon BA 34 +41.2966 21 68 17 55 AUS Steve Owen Rod Nash Racing Holden Commodore VZ 34 +42.9231 22 64 18 021 NZL Paul Radisich Team Kiwi Racing Holden Commodore VZ 34 +43.9555 23 60 19 67 AUS Paul Morris Paul Morris Motorsport Holden Commodore VZ 34 +44.4760 27 56 20 12 AUS John Bowe Brad Jones Racing Ford Falcon BA 34 +47.6054 29 52 21 10 AUS Jason Bargwanna WPS Racing Ford Falcon BA 34 +54.2141 18 48 22 20 AUS Marcus Marshall Paul Cruickshank Racing Ford Falcon BA 34 +54.6820 30 44 23 23 AUS Andrew Jones Tasman Motorsport Holden Commodore VZ 34 +58.1023 26 40 24 6 AUS Jason Bright Ford Performance Racing Ford Falcon BA 34 +57.4819 1 36 25 14 AUS Brad Jones Brad Jones Racing Ford Falcon BA 34 +1:04.0166 28 32 26 51 NZL Greg Murphy Paul Weel Racing Holden Commodore VZ 34 +1:04.4029 25 28 27 39 AUS Steven Ellery Paul Morris Motorsport Holden Commodore VZ 33 +1 lap 24 24 28 33 AUS Lee Holdsworth Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore VZ 33 +1 lap 16 20 29 17 AUS Steven Johnson Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon BA 30 +4 laps 15 16 30 26 AUS Tony Ricciardello Britek Motorsport Ford Falcon BA 30 +4 laps 31 12 31 25 AUS Warren Luff Britek Motorsport Ford Falcon BA 28 +6 laps 20 8 Fastest lap: Jason Bright (Ford Performance Racing), 1:10.2958 Source:http://racing.natsoft.com.au/643616008/object_494466.74l/Result?22 2006 Skycity Triple Crown – Race 1 Natsoft Race Results 21 June 2020May 2022 InternetArchiveBot yes https://www.racing-reference.info/race/2006_Skycity_Triple_Crown_Race_1/V8 2006 Skycity Triple Crown #1 Racing-Reference.info 21 June 2020 Race 2 Pos. Position No. Car number Driver Team Car Laps Time/Retired Grid Pts. 1 6 AUS Jason Bright Ford Performance Racing Ford Falcon BA 48 1:00:37.8417 8 64 2 17 AUS Steven Johnson Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon BA 48 +4.2865 3 62 3 888 AUS Craig Lowndes Triple Eight Race Engineering Ford Falcon BA 48 +4.4378 28 60 4 25 AUS Warren Luff Britek Motorsport Ford Falcon BA 48 +8.7889 1 58 5 88 AUS Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering Ford Falcon BA 48 +8.8545 23 56 6 4 AUS James Courtney Stone Brothers Racing Ford Falcon BA 48 +13.9154 16 54 7 1 AUS Russell Ingall Stone Brothers Racing Ford Falcon BA 48 +16.8845 22 52 8 16 AUS Garth Tander HSV Dealer Team Holden Commodore VZ 48 +19.5985 27 50 9 51 NZL Greg Murphy Paul Weel Racing Holden Commodore VZ 48 +21.1143 6 48 10 15 AUS Rick Kelly HSV Dealer Team Holden Commodore VZ 48 +23.3676 30 46 11 10 AUS Jason Bargwanna WPS Racing Ford Falcon BA 48 +30.4223 11 44 12 23 AUS Andrew Jones Tasman Motorsport Holden Commodore VZ 48 +33.3197 9 42 13 12 AUS John Bowe Brad Jones Racing Ford Falcon BA 48 +34.0939 12 40 14 3 NZL Jason Richards Tasman Motorsport Holden Commodore VZ 48 +34.4836 26 38 15 39 AUS Steven Ellery Paul Morris Motorsport Holden Commodore VZ 48 +34.9400 5 36 16 50 AUS Cameron McConville Paul Weel Racing Holden Commodore VZ 48 +37.4191 17 34 17 5 AUS Mark Winterbottom Ford Performance Racing Ford Falcon BA 48 +38.3702 29 32 18 67 AUS Paul Morris Paul Morris Motorsport Holden Commodore VZ 48 +47.3897 13 30 19 34 AUS Dean Canto Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore VZ 48 +47.7391 18 28 20 33 AUS Lee Holdsworth Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore VZ 48 +52.1716 4 26 21 021 NZL Paul Radisich Team Kiwi Racing Holden Commodore VZ 48 +53.0294 14 24 22 7 NZL Steven Richards Perkins Engineering Holden Commodore VZ 48 +53.5062 25 22 23 26 AUS Tony Ricciardello Britek Motorsport Ford Falcon BA 48 +1:12.0275 2 20 24 55 AUS Steve Owen Rod Nash Racing Holden Commodore VZ 47 +1 lap 15 18 25 14 AUS Brad Jones Brad Jones Racing Ford Falcon BA 47 +1 lap 7 16 26 20 AUS Marcus Marshall Paul Cruickshank Racing Ford Falcon BA 46 +2 laps 10 14 27 22 AUS Todd Kelly Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore VZ 46 +2 laps 20 12 28 2 AUS Mark Skaife Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore VZ 40 +8 laps 31 10 Ret 11 AUS Paul Dumbrell Perkins Engineering Holden Commodore VZ 44 Engine 24 Ret 18 AUS Will Davison Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon BA 7 Suspension 19 Ret 8 BRA Max Wilson WPS Racing Ford Falcon BA 1 Crash 21 Fastest lap: Mark Winterbottom (Ford Performance Racing), 1:10.1260 Source:http://racing.natsoft.com.au/643670885/object_754223.74i/Result?31 2006 Skycity Triple Crown – Race 2 Natsoft Race Results 21 June 2020May 2022 InternetArchiveBot yes https://www.racing-reference.info/race/2006_Skycity_Triple_Crown_Race_2/V8 2006 Skycity Triple Crown #2 Racing-Reference.info 21 June 2020 Race 3 Pos. Position No. Car number Driver Team Car Laps Time/Retired Grid Pts. 1 888 AUS Craig Lowndes Triple Eight Race Engineering Ford Falcon BA 48 57:53.3776 1 128 2 3 NZL Jason Richards Tasman Motorsport Holden Commodore VZ 48 +3.8061 6 124 3 16 AUS Garth Tander HSV Dealer Team Holden Commodore VZ 48 +11.1495 3 120 4 6 AUS Jason Bright Ford Performance Racing Ford Falcon BA 48 +18.6505 13 116 5 15 AUS Rick Kelly HSV Dealer Team Holden Commodore VZ 48 +22.4292 2 112 6 2 AUS Mark Skaife Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore VZ 48 +22.9175 8 108 7 50 AUS Cameron McConville Paul Weel Racing Holden Commodore VZ 48 +30.2204 11 104 8 5 AUS Mark Winterbottom Ford Performance Racing Ford Falcon BA 48 +31.6249 5 100 9 1 AUS Russell Ingall Stone Brothers Racing Ford Falcon BA 48 +32.0663 7 96 10 10 AUS Jason Bargwanna WPS Racing Ford Falcon BA 48 +53.1736 16 92 11 021 NZL Paul Radisich Team Kiwi Racing Holden Commodore VZ 48 +55.9518 20 88 12 51 NZL Greg Murphy Paul Weel Racing Holden Commodore VZ 48 +59.0870 25 84 13 11 AUS Paul Dumbrell Perkins Engineering Holden Commodore VZ 48 +59.5624 14 80 14 18 AUS Will Davison Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon BA 48 +59.7202 23 76 15 17 AUS Steven Johnson Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon BA 48 +59.8438 24 72 16 8 BRA Max Wilson WPS Racing Ford Falcon BA 48 +1:02.5628 18 68 17 23 AUS Andrew Jones Tasman Motorsport Holden Commodore VZ 48 +1:03.1333 21 64 18 55 AUS Steve Owen Rod Nash Racing Holden Commodore VZ 48 +1:04.0363 22 60 19 33 AUS Lee Holdsworth Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore VZ 48 +1:08.5552 30 56 20 34 AUS Dean Canto Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore VZ 48 +1:09.0656 12 52 21 12 AUS John Bowe Brad Jones Racing Ford Falcon BA 48 +1:10.0106 17 48 22 22 AUS Todd Kelly Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore VZ 48 +1:13.8512 15 44 23 4 AUS James Courtney Stone Brothers Racing Ford Falcon BA 48 +1:25.8256 10 40 24 14 AUS Brad Jones Brad Jones Racing Ford Falcon BA 47 +1 lap 29 36 25 20 AUS Marcus Marshall Paul Cruickshank Racing Ford Falcon BA 47 +1 lap 28 32 26 88 AUS Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering Ford Falcon BA 47 +1 lap 4 28 27 25 AUS Warren Luff Britek Motorsport Ford Falcon BA 47 +1 lap 26 24 28 7 NZL Steven Richards Perkins Engineering Holden Commodore VZ 38 +10 laps 9 20 29 26 AUS Tony Ricciardello Britek Motorsport Ford Falcon BA 38 +10 laps 31 16 Ret 39 AUS Steven Ellery Paul Morris Motorsport Holden Commodore VZ 19 27 Ret 67 AUS Paul Morris Paul Morris Motorsport Holden Commodore VZ 1 Crash 19 Fastest lap: Jason Bright (Ford Performance Racing), 1:10.2851 Source:http://racing.natsoft.com.au/643907594/object_995618.74x/Result?35 2006 Skycity Triple Crown – Race 3 Natsoft Race Results 21 June 2020May 2022 InternetArchiveBot yes https://www.racing-reference.info/race/2006_Skycity_Triple_Crown_Race_3/V8 2006 Skycity Triple Crown #3 Racing-Reference.info 21 June 2020 Round standings Pos. Driver R1 R2 R3 Total 1 AUS Craig Lowndes 4 3 1 304 2 AUS Garth Tander 5 8 3 282 = AUS Rick Kelly 2 10 5 282 4 NZL Jason Richards 6 14 2 270 5 AUS Mark Winterbottom 3 17 18 252 6 AUS Mark Skaife 1 28 6 246 7 AUS Russell Ingall 10 7 9 240 8 AUS Jason Bright 24 1 4 216 9 AUS Cameron McConville 15 16 7 210 10 AUS Jason Bargwanna 21 11 10 184 11 AUS Paul Dumbrell 8 Ret 13 180 = AUS Jamie Whincup 9 5 26 180 13 NZL Paul Radisich 18 21 11 172 14 AUS James Courtney 16 6 23 162 15 NZL Greg Murphy 26 9 12 160 16 AUS Will Davison 13 Ret 14 156 = BRA Max Wilson 11 Ret 16 156 = AUS Dean Canto 14 19 20 156 19 AUS Steven Johnson 29 2 15 150 20 AUS Andrew Jones 23 12 17 146 = NZL Steven Richards 7 22 28 146 22 AUS Steve Owen 17 24 18 142 23 AUS John Bowe 20 13 21 140 = AUS Todd Kelly 12 27 22 140 25 AUS Lee Holdsworth 28 20 19 102 26 AUS Marcus Marshall 22 26 25 90 = AUS Warren Luff 31 4 27 90 28 AUS Paul Morris 19 18 Ret 86 29 AUS Brad Jones 25 25 24 84 30 AUS Steven Ellery 27 15 Ret 60 31 AUS Tony Ricciardello 30 23 29 48 Source:http://racing.natsoft.com.au/643419098/object_346738.74l/Meet?47 2006 Skycity Triple Crown – Meet Points Natsoft Race Results 21 June 2020May 2022 InternetArchiveBot yes Championship standings Pos. Position Driver Pts Points Gap 1 AUS Garth Tander 1324 2 AUS Craig Lowndes 1316 -8 3 AUS Rick Kelly 1311 -13 4 AUS Russell Ingall 1202 -112 5 AUS Mark Winterbottom 1191 -123 References Darwin Triple Crown 2006 2006 V8 Supercar Winton round 2006 Ipswich 400 2005 Darwin Triple Crown 2007 Darwin Triple Crown Darwin Category:Sport in Darwin, Northern Territory Category:2000s in the Northern Territory Category:Motorsport in the Northern Territory