2006 Betta Electrical 500

The 2006 Betta Electrical 500 was an endurance motor race for V8 Supercars. The race was held on 3 September 2006 at Sandown International Raceway in Victoria, Australia, and was the eighth round of the 2006 V8 Supercar Championship Series. It was the 39th in a sequence of "Sandown long distances races" [1] which are commonly referred to under the Sandown 500 name.

2006 Betta Electrical 500
Event Information
Round 8 of 13 in the 2006 V8 Supercar Championship Series
Date1–3 September 2006
LocationMelbourne, Victoria
VenueSandown International Raceway
WeatherFine
Results
Race 1
Distance 161 laps 500 km
Pole position Garth Tander
Holden Racing Team		 1:10.6102
Winner Jason Bright
Mark Winterbottom
Ford Performance Racing		 3:22:16.2954
Round Results
First
320 pts
Second
310 pts
Third
300 pts

The race was won by Jason Bright and Mark Winterbottom driving a Ford BA Falcon for Ford Performance Racing.

Top ten shootout

Results as follows:[2]

Pos No Team Driver Car Time
Pole 2 Holden Racing Team Garth Tander Holden VZ Commodore 1:10.6102
2 888 Team Betta Electrical Craig Lowndes Ford BA Falcon 1:11.3471
3 6 Ford Performance Racing Jason Bright Ford BA Falcon 1:11.4215
4 8 WPS Racing Max Wilson Ford BA Falcon 1:11.4708
5 10 WPS Racing Jason Bargwanna Ford BA Falcon 1:11.6196
6 4 Stone Brothers Racing James Courtney Ford BA Falcon 1:11.7777
7 22 Holden Racing Team Ryan Briscoe Holden VZ Commodore 1:11.7804
8 3 Tasman Motorsport Jason Richards Holden VZ Commodore 1:11.8630
9 17 Dick Johnson Racing Steven Johnson Ford BA Falcon 1:11.8683
10 55 Rod Nash Racing Steve Owen Holden VZ Commodore 1:12.3719

Official results

Results as follows:[3]

Pos No Team Drivers Car Laps Qual
Pos		 Shootout
Pos		 Series
Points
1 6 Ford Performance Racing Jason Bright
Mark Winterbottom		 Ford BA Falcon 161 3 3 320
2 15 Toll HSV Dealer Team Rick Kelly
Todd Kelly		 Holden VZ Commodore 161 12 310
3 888 Team Betta Electrical Craig Lowndes
Jamie Whincup		 Ford BA Falcon 161 5 2 300
4 17 Dick Johnson Racing Steven Johnson
Will Davison		 Ford BA Falcon 161 8 9 290
5 14 Team BOC John Bowe
Brad Jones		 Ford BA Falcon 161 23 280
6 34 Garry Rogers Motorsport Dean Canto
Lee Holdsworth		 Holden VZ Commodore 161 11 270
7 10 WPS Racing Jason Bargwanna
Craig Baird		 Ford BA Falcon 160 10 5 260
8 67 Team Sirromet Wines Paul Morris
Steve Ellery		 Holden VZ Commodore 160 DSQ 250
9 4 Stone Brothers Racing James Courtney
Glenn Seton		 Ford BA Falcon 160 9 6 240
10 50 Supercheap Auto Racing Nathan Pretty
Paul Weel		 Holden VZ Commodore 160 28 230
11 8 WPS Racing Max Wilson
David Besnard		 Ford BA Falcon 160 6 4 220
12 55 Autobarn Racing Steve Owen
Tony Longhurst		 Holden VZ Commodore 159 7 10 210
13 021 Team Kiwi Racing Paul Radisich
Fabian Coulthard		 Holden VZ Commodore 159 26 200
14 18 Dick Johnson Racing Alex Davison
Grant Denyer		 Ford BA Falcon 159 13 190
15 5 Ford Performance Racing Matt Halliday
Cameron McLean		 Ford BA Falcon 159 14 180
16 16 Toll HSV Dealer Team Anthony Tratt
Tony D'Alberto		 Holden VZ Commodore 159 18 170
17 88 Team Betta Electrical Richard Lyons
Allan Simonsen		 Ford BA Falcon 159 17 160
18 12 Team BOC Dale Brede
Mark Porter		 Ford BA Falcon 158 25 150
19 39 Team Sirromet Wines Alan Gurr
Kayne Scott		 Holden VZ Commodore 158 29 140
20 33 Garry Rogers Motorsport Greg Ritter
Phillip Scifleet		 Holden VZ Commodore 157 19 130
21 22 Holden Racing Team Jim Richards
Ryan Briscoe		 Holden VZ Commodore 157 1 7 120
22 26 Fujitsu Racing José Fernández
Tony Ricciardello		 Ford BA Falcon 156 30 110
23 25 Fujitsu Racing Warren Luff
Adam Macrow		 Ford BA Falcon 155 22 100
24 11 Jack Daniel's Racing Jack Perkins
Shane Price		 Holden VZ Commodore 154 20 90
25 20 Paul Cruickshank Racing Marcus Marshall
Jonathon Webb		 Ford BA Falcon 153 27 80
26 2 Holden Racing Team Mark Skaife
Garth Tander		 Holden VZ Commodore 149 2 1 70
27 1 Stone Brothers Racing Russell Ingall
Luke Youlden		 Ford BA Falcon 141 15 60
28 7 Jack Daniel's Racing Steven Richards
Paul Dumbrell		 Holden VZ Commodore 139 16 50
29 51 Supercheap Auto Racing Greg Murphy
Cameron McConville		 Holden VZ Commodore 139 24 40
30 3 Tasman Motorsport Jason Richards
Andrew Jones		 Holden VZ Commodore 133 4 8 30
DNF 23 Tasman Motorsport Owen Kelly
Mark Noske		 Holden VZ Commodore 75 21
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gollark: I'm not sure how else they would have been built, with the technology of the time.
gollark: Well, yes, lots of slaves, sure.
gollark: A very quick internet search says there were indeed no bodies found there, but also that they could plausibly just have been stolen.
gollark: With some stuff inside of them where they buried people, I guess.

References
  1. CAMS Online Manual of Motor Sport > About CAMS > Titles - Australian Titles Archived 7 May 2009 at WebCite Retrieved on 19 April 2012
  2. "Betta Electrical 500 - 2006 V8 Supercar Series, Rd8 Sandown International Motor Raceway V8 Supercars - Top Ten Shootout". National Software. 2 September 2006. Archived from the original on 29 July 2008. Retrieved 3 July 2008.
  3. "Betta Electrical 500 - 2006 V8 Supercar Series, Rd8 Sandown International Motor Raceway V8 Supercars - Betta Electrical 500". National Software. 3 September 2006. Archived from the original on 29 July 2008. Retrieved 3 July 2008.

Statistics
  • Provisional pole position - #22 Ryan Briscoe - 1:10.8590
  • Pole position - #2 Garth Tander - 1:10.6102
  • Fastest lap - #2 Garth Tander - 1:11.7104
  • Average race speed - 148 km/h
Supercars Championship
Previous race:
2006 Oran Park round of the V8 Supercar Championship		 2006 Supercars Championship Next race:
2006 Supercheap Auto 1000
Previous year:
2005 Betta Electrical 500		 Sandown 500 Next year:
2007 Just Car Insurance 500
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