Motor racing competition
Rick Kelly won the championship driving for the HSV Dealer Team .
Craig Lowndes placed second in the championship
Mark Winterbottom , finished third in the championship for Ford Performance Racing .
The 2006 V8 Supercar Championship Series was an Australian based motor racing competition for V8 Supercars . It began on 25 March 2006 in Adelaide and ended on 10 December 2006 at Phillip Island after 13 rounds. The 2006 Championship was the eighth V8 Supercar Championship Series .
The Drivers Championship was won by Rick Kelly , the Teams Championship by the Toll HSV Dealer Team and the Manufacturers Championship by Ford .[ 1] As the winner of the Drivers Championship, Kelly was also awarded the 47th Australian Touring Car Championship title by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport . The drivers' championship was decided in controversial circumstances – Kelly and Craig Lowndes collided in the final race having started the race level on points at the top of the table.
Race calendar
The 2006 V8 Supercar Championship Series was contested over 13 rounds. The Betta Electrical 500 and the Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 were endurance events which were contested over a single race with two drivers per car. The round at Winton Motor Raceway was organised as a late replacement for the cancelled V8 Supercars China Round .
Rd.
Race title
Circuit
Location
Date
1
Clipsal 500 Adelaide
Adelaide Street Circuit
Adelaide , South Australia
23–26 March
2
PlaceMakers V8 International
Pukekohe Park Raceway
Pukekohe , New Zealand
21–23 April
3
Perth V8 400
Barbagallo Raceway
Wanneroo , Western Australia
12–14 May
4
Winton
Winton Motor Raceway
Benalla , Victoria
2–4 June
5
Skycity Triple Crown
Hidden Valley Raceway
Darwin , Northern Territory
30 June – 2 July
6
BigPond 400
Queensland Raceway
Ipswich , Queensland
21–23 July
7
Oran Park
Oran Park Raceway
Sydney , New South Wales
11–13 August
8
Betta Electrical 500
Sandown Raceway
Melbourne , Victoria
1–3 September
9
Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000
Mount Panorama
Bathurst , New South Wales
5–8 October
10
Gillette V8 Supercar Challenge
Surfers Paradise Street Circuit
Surfers Paradise , Queensland
19–22 October
11
Ferodo Tasmania Challenge
Symmons Plains Raceway
Launceston , Tasmania
10–12 November
12
Desert 400
Bahrain International Circuit
Manama , Bahrain
23–25 November
13
Caterpillar Grand Finale
Phillip Island
Phillip Island , Victoria
8–10 December
Teams and drivers
The following teams and drivers competed in the 2006 V8 Supercar Championship Series .
Manufacturer
Car
Team
Drivers
Events
Endurance Event Drivers
Ford
Falcon BA
Stone Brothers Racing
1
Russell Ingall
All
Luke Youlden
4
James Courtney
All
Glenn Seton
Ford Performance Racing
5
Mark Winterbottom
All
Matthew Halliday Cameron McLean * David Brabham **
6
Jason Bright
All
WPS Racing
8
Max Wilson
All
David Besnard
10
Jason Bargwanna
All
Craig Baird
Brad Jones Racing
John Bowe
All
Dale Brede Mark Porter * Michael Caruso **
14
Brad Jones
All
Dick Johnson Racing
17
Steven Johnson
All
Alex Davison Grant Denyer
18
Will Davison
All
Paul Cruickshank Racing
Marcus Marshall
All
Jonathon Webb
A.N.T. Racing ^1
021
Tony Evangelou
13
Britek Motorsport
25
Warren Luff
All
Adam Macrow
26
José Fernández
1, 4, 6–10, 12–13
Tony Ricciardello
Tony Ricciardello
3, 5, 11
Triple Eight Race Engineering
88
Jamie Whincup
All
Allan Simonsen Richard Lyons
888
Craig Lowndes
All
Holden
Commodore VZ
Holden Racing Team
2
Mark Skaife
All
Garth Tander
22
Todd Kelly
1–7, 10–13
Jim Richards
Ryan Briscoe
8–9
Tasman Motorsport
3
Jason Richards
All
Mark Noske Owen Kelly
23
Andrew Jones
All
Perkins Engineering
7
Steven Richards
All
Shane Price Jack Perkins
11
Paul Dumbrell
All
HSV Dealer Team ( )
15
Rick Kelly
All
Todd Kelly
16
Garth Tander
1–7, 10–13
Anthony Tratt
Tony D'Alberto
8–9
Team Kiwi Racing
021
Paul Radisich
1–9
Fabian Coulthard
Craig Baird
11
Chris Pither
12
MSport ^2
26
Mark Porter
2
Garry Rogers Motorsport
33
Lee Holdsworth
All
Greg Ritter Phillip Scifleet * Cameron McLean **
34
Dean Canto
All
Paul Morris Motorsport
39
Alan Gurr
1, 3, 8–10
Kayne Scott
Fabian Coulthard
2, 4, 7
Steven Ellery
5–6
Shane Price
11, 13
Jack Perkins
12
67
Paul Morris
All
Steven Ellery
Paul Weel Racing
50
Cameron McConville
All
Nathan Pretty Paul Weel
51
Greg Murphy
All
Rod Nash Racing
55
Steve Owen
All
Tony Longhurst
* = Drove in Sandown 500 only
** = Drove in Bathurst 1000 only
^1 – Leased Team Kiwi entry at final round after Team Kiwi's only Commodore was destroyed at Bathurst.
^2 – Leased Britek entry at Pukekohe round.
Results and standings
Season summary
Race
Event
Pole position
Race winners
Round winner
1
R1
Adelaide
Mark Skaife
Craig Lowndes
Jamie Whincup (Triple Eight Race Engineering , Ford )
report
R2
Jamie Whincup
2
R1
Pukekohe
Garth Tander
Mark Skaife
Mark Skaife (Holden Racing Team , Holden )
report
R2
Garth Tander
R3
Mark Skaife
3
R1
Perth
Mark Skaife
Mark Skaife
Steven Richards (Perkins Engineering , Holden )
report
R2
Dean Canto
R3
Mark Skaife
4
R1
Winton
Jason Bright
Jason Bright
Craig Lowndes (Triple Eight Race Engineering , Ford )
report
R2
Jason Richards
R3
Craig Lowndes
5
R1
Darwin
Jason Bright
Mark Skaife
Craig Lowndes (Triple Eight Race Engineering , Ford )
report
R2
Jason Bright
R3
Craig Lowndes
6
R1
Ipswich
Garth Tander
Garth Tander
Garth Tander (HSV Dealer Team , Holden )
report
R2
Mark Skaife
R3
Garth Tander
7
R1
Oran Park
Jason Bright
Todd Kelly
Craig Lowndes (Triple Eight Race Engineering , Ford )
report
R2
Mark Skaife
R3
Craig Lowndes
8
Sandown
Garth Tander
Jason Bright Mark Winterbottom (Ford Performance Racing , Ford )
report
9
Bathurst
Mark Skaife
Craig Lowndes Jamie Whincup (Triple Eight Race Engineering , Ford )
report
10
R1
Gold Coast
Todd Kelly
Todd Kelly
Todd Kelly (Holden Racing Team , Holden )
report
R2
Garth Tander
R3
Rick Kelly
11
R1
Launceston
Mark Skaife
Jason Bright
Garth Tander (HSV Dealer Team , Holden )
report
R2
Garth Tander
R3
Garth Tander
12
R1
Bahrain
Garth Tander
Jason Bright
Jason Bright (Ford Performance Racing , Ford )
report
R2
Garth Tander
R3
Todd Kelly
13
R1
Phillip Island
Todd Kelly
Todd Kelly
Todd Kelly (Holden Racing Team , Holden )
report
R2
Todd Kelly
R3
Mark Winterbottom
Points system
Championship points were awarded on the following basis:[ 2]
Points format
Position
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
9th
10th
11th
12th
13th
14th
15th
16th
17th
18th
19th
20th
21st
22nd
23rd
24th
25th
26th
27th
28th
29th
30th
31st
32nd
First 3-race format, normal race
128
124
120
116
112
108
104
100
96
92
88
84
80
76
72
68
64
60
56
52
48
44
40
36
32
28
24
20
16
12
8
4
First 3-race format, reverse grid
64
62
60
58
56
54
52
50
48
46
44
42
40
38
36
34
32
30
28
26
24
22
20
18
16
14
12
10
8
6
4
2
Second 3-race format
107
103
100
97
93
90
87
83
80
77
73
70
67
63
60
57
53
50
47
43
40
37
33
30
27
23
20
17
13
10
7
3
2-race format
160
155
150
145
140
135
130
125
120
115
110
105
100
95
90
85
80
75
70
65
60
55
50
45
40
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
Endurance format
320
310
300
290
280
270
260
250
240
230
220
210
200
190
180
170
160
150
140
130
120
110
100
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
First 3-race format, normal race: Used for races 1 and 3 for Pukekohe through Oran Park.
First 3-race format, reverse grid: Used for race 2 for Pukekohe through Oran Park.
Second 3-race format: Used for all races from the Surfers Paradise round onward.
2-race format: Used for the Clipsal 500 Adelaide.
Endurance format: Used for the Sandown 500 and Bathurst 1000.
Drivers were required to drop the points from their worst round up to and including Bathurst.[ 2]
Drivers Championship
Colour
Result
Gold
Winner
Silver
Second place
Bronze
Third place
Green
Points finish
Blue
Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple
Retired (Ret)
Red
Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black
Disqualified (DSQ)
White
Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank
Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)
Team Championship
(S) denotes a single car team.
Manufacturers Championship
Ford won the Manufacturers Championship, having gained the most round victories over the course of the championship.[ 3]
Ford won the Manufacturers Championship with its Falcon BA .
References
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