2006 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series

The 2006 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series was an Australian motor racing series for V8 Supercars. It was the seventh annual V8 Supercar Development Series. It began on 24 March 2006 at Adelaide Street Circuit and finished on 10 December at Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit after seven rounds held across four different states.

2006 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series
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The series was dominated by a single driver, with Howard Racing Ford Falcon driver Adam Macrow winning eight of the 18 races and five of the seven rounds. Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon driver Andrew Thompson won the remaining two rounds, including three race wins. An inconsistent start to the series saw him only eighth in the pointscore which placed a heavy emphasis on finishing over winning. Young Perkins Motorsport Holden Commodore drivers Shane Price and Jack Perkins finished second and third in the series, with Price taking two race wins. The only other multiple race winner was Kayne Scott who won two reverse grid races.

The series was marred by a fatal accident at the Mount Panorama round where David Clark crashed into the stationary car of Mark Porter.[1] Clark was seriously injured in the collision while Porter died in the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital two days after the accident.[1]

Race calendar
Round Date Circuit Location Winning driver [1] Car
1 24–25 March Adelaide Street Circuit Adelaide, South Australia Adam Macrow Ford Falcon BA
2 27–28 May Wakefield Park Goulburn, New South Wales Adam Macrow Ford Falcon BA
3 21–23 July Queensland Raceway Ipswich, Queensland Adam Macrow Ford Falcon BA
4 11–13 August Oran Park Raceway Sydney, New South Wales Adam Macrow Ford Falcon BA
5 16–17 September Mallala Motor Sport Park Mallala, South Australia Adam Macrow Ford Falcon BA
6 5–7 October Mount Panorama Circuit Bathurst, New South Wales Andrew Thompson Ford Falcon BA
7 8–10 December Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Phillip Island, Victoria Andrew Thompson Ford Falcon BA

Teams and drivers

A record number of competitors took part in the 2006 series with the Queensland Raceway round over-subscribed with 41 cars entering, forcing the slowest qualifiers to sit out the racing.
The following teams and drivers have competed during the 2006 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series:

Team Vehicle No Driver Rounds
Sieders Racing Team Ford AU Falcon 13 Colin Sieders 2-4, 6-7
Stones Motorsport Holden VX Commodore 24 Nigel Stones 1-4
Howard Racing Ford BA Falcon 27 Adam Macrow All
37 Mark Howard All
Project Mu Holden VY Commodore 28 Alan Gurr 3
Matthew White Racing Ford BA Falcon 28 Matthew White 1-2, 4-7
29 Dean Wanless 1-3
Wayne Wakefield 6-7
A.N.T. Racing Ford BA Falcon 30 Tony Evangelou 1-6
McGill Motorsport Holden VX Commodore 32 Aaron McGill 1
Ford AU Falcon 2-7
Gravity Motorsport Holden VX Commodore 35 Mark Papendall 1-3, 5-7
Optima Sport Ford BA Falcon 36 David Clark 1-6
Eggleston Motorsport Holden VX Commodore 38 Ben Eggleston 1-4, 6
Peters Motorsport Ford AU Falcon 40 Wayne Wakefield 1-3
Luke Youlden 4-6
Ben Clucas 7
80 Barry Tanton 1-4, 6-7
Ford BA Falcon 91 Gary Deane All
Brad Jones Racing Ford AU Falcon 41 Chris Pither All
Jay Motorsport Holden VY Commodore 42 Jay Verdnik All
Jack Hillerman Racing Holden VZ Commodore 43 Chris Alajajian 3-7
Adam Sharpe Motorsport Ford AU Falcon 44 Adam Sharpe 1-4, 6-7
O’Brien Motorsport Ford BA Falcon 45 Shannon O'Brien All
Image Racing Ford AU Falcon 48 Dean Neville 2-3, 6-7
49 Terry Wyhoon 2, 6-7
Paul Kelly 3
John Henderson Motorsport Ford AU Falcon 56 John Henderson 2-4, 6
JPS Automotive Holden VX Commodore 57 Dean Savage 1
Holden VY Commodore Ryan McLeod 6
Bruce Williams 7
Speed FX Racing Ford BA Falcon 60 Michael Caruso All
Dick Johnson Racing Ford AU Falcon 61 Marcus La Delle 1, 3-7
Ford BA Falcon 71 Andrew Thompson All
81 Grant Denyer 1, 3-7
Luke Youlden 2
Scott Loadsman Racing Holden VY Commodore 62 Scott Loadsman 2-7
Shane Beikoff Racing Ford AU Falcon 68 Shane Beikoff 1, 5, 7
Jonathan Beikoff 2-4, 6
Spies Hecker Racing Holden VX Commodore 69 Robert Jones 5-7
Smiths Trucks Racing Holden VY Commodore 70 Geoff Emery All
72 Nathan Pretty All
Tony D'Alberto Racing Holden VY Commodore 74 Mark McNally 3-7
Holden VZ Commodore 99 Tony D'Alberto All
Perkins Motorsport Holden VZ Commodore 77 Shane Price All
78 Jack Perkins All
Greg Smith Racing Ford AU Falcon 86 Greg Smith 1-4, 6
Summertime Pools Ford AU Falcon 87 Benjamin Falk 2, 4-5
John Falk 3, 6
Clayton Pyne Racing Holden VX Commodore 90 Clayton Pyne 4, 6-7
Sydney Star Racing Holden VY Commodore 95 Mathew Hunt 3-7
98 Tim Monte 1-2, 4, 6
Stephen Voight 3
Derek Hocking 5
Ford AU Falcon 333 Mathew Hunt 2
United Oil Racing Ford BA Falcon 96 Brett Hobson 3-4, 6-7
Wollongong Performance Racing
Mark Petch Motorsport		 Holden VZ Commodore 100 Kayne Scott 1-5
Damien White 7
MSport Holden VZ Commodore 111 Mark Porter 1-6

Points system

The series consisted of seven rounds across four different states. Rounds 2, 3, 4 and 5 consisted of three races each. The second race of each weekend saw the finishing order of race 1 reversed to form the grid for a 'reverse grid' race. Point allocated for the reverse grid race were worth half as much as were the first and third races of these rounds. Rounds 1, 6 and 7 each consisted of two races.

Points were awarded for cars who finished in the top 32 race positions in each race according to finishing order. With cars finishing races as low as 37th, there were numerous occasions during the season were cars did not receive points for finishing races.

Position [2] 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
Rounds 2, 3, 4 & 5
Standard Race Points		 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
Rounds 2, 3, 4 & 5
Reverse Grid Race Points		 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
Rounds 1, 6 & 7
Race Points		 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

Series standings

Points table referenced, in part, as follows:[3]

Pos Driver Car [4] Ade[5] Wak[6] Que[7] Ora[8] Mal[9] Bat[10] Phi[11] Pts
1 Adam Macrow Ford Falcon BA 1 1 1 9 1 2 11 1 1 15 3 1 11 1 5 4 9 10 2024
2 Shane Price Holden Commodore VZ 10 6 3 13 5 5 14 2 8 10 1 2 10 2 3 2 1 2 1984
3 Jack Perkins Holden Commodore VZ 27 10 4 22 8 6 8 5 6 17 4 3 9 Ret 10 3 6 9 1597
4 Michael Caruso Ford Falcon BA 2 2 19 25 Ret 3 29 7 2 18 13 11 23 4 8 10 7 8 1567
5 Nathan Pretty Holden Commodore VY 6 4 8 7 3 Ret 13 10 3 27 2 6 13 5 Ret DNS 8 7 1455
6 Tony D'Alberto Holden Commodore VZ 5 25 33 29 9 13 5 8 4 12 33 7 17 22 2 5 3 5 1443
7 Mark Porter Holden Commodore VZ 9 3 14 2 2 1 Ret 3 9 19 8 5 7 3 6 DNS 1423
8 Andrew Thompson Ford Falcon BA 12 Ret 10 Ret DNS 7 22 9 33 2 26 16 5 6 1 1 2 1 1376
9 Grant Denyer Ford Falcon BA 3 12 4 18 4 7 14 Ret 8 14 19 12 8 14 6 1313
10 Matthew White Ford Falcon BA 26 24 9 17 12 5 16 5 15 24 15 7 6 4 3 1272
11 Chris Pither Ford Falcon AU 13 9 7 Ret DNS 11 4 26 21 Ret DNS 21 3 10 14 12 16 13 1131
12 Wayne Wakefield Ford Falcon AU 4 5 5 14 7 12 35 11 4 7 10 Ret 1101
13 Kayne Scott Holden Commodore VZ 8 8 6 19 Ret 18 1 12 12 13 10 19 1 8 1030
14 Tony Evangelou Ford Falcon BA 7 7 17 3 Ret 15 7 28 28 3 14 12 15 14 32 9 1005
15 Aaron McGill Holden Commodore VX 15 16 23 4 10 21 26 15 18 9 12 DNS DNS DNS 25 23 30 20 861
16 Mark Howard Ford Falcon BA 14 15 22 16 13 36 33 20 26 Ret 29 13 18 12 22 DSQ 17 16 853
17 Jay Verdnik Holden Commodore VY 22 11 Ret DNS DNS 38 30 14 29 26 Ret 20 4 7 17 13 15 15 851
18 Marcus La Delle Ford Falcon AU Ret DNS 8 12 Ret 19 5 9 10 8 17 33 14 12 23 806
19 David Clark Ford Falcon BA 21 19 11 8 6 30 Ret 27 34 1 21 9 6 Ret 11 DNS 784
20 Brett Hobson Ford Falcon BA 16 15 13 23 6 6 16 11 18 12 761
21 Matthew Hunt Ford Falcon AU 18 Ret DNS 20 16 17 32 7 11 17 21 13 15 Ret 20 25 717
22 Luke Youlden Ford Falcon BA 2 5 4 10 Ret 17 27 2 Ret 9 24 703
23 Mark McNally Holden Commodore VY 22 3 22 20 8 32 14 12 9 Ret DNS 13 11 678
24 Geoff Emery Holden Commodore VY Ret 14 12 21 21 19 Ret 18 Ret 23 23 18 26 Ret 27 Ret 11 27 671
25 Chris Alajajian Holden Commodore VZ 28 2 Ret 11 24 7 4 19 11 30 Ret Ret 14 634
26 Shannon O'Brien Ford Falcon BA 20 Ret 24 12 27 9 9 21 DNS 31 16 DNS DNS DNS 13 Ret 27 19 631
27 Adam Sharpe Ford Falcon AU 19 Ret 13 32 26 17 10 Ret 17 11 22 20 16 26 Ret 627
28 Dean Wanless Ford Falcon AU 11 13 15 15 11 14 20 16 576
29 Scott Loadsman Holden Commodore VY 29 11 Ret 26 34 30 22 22 Ret 22 22 18 26 20 25 22 487
30 Colin Sieders Ford Falcon AU 21 20 18 23 19 29 14 20 28 19 Ret 28 26 470
31 Gary Deane Ford Falcon BA 16 26 Ret 31 22 Ret 28 19 25 28 27 23 Ret DNS 29 21 32 29 445
32 Greg Smith Ford Falcon AU 25 21 26 28 24 35 17 24 27 4 18 Ret 22 439
33 Dean Neville Ford Falcon AU 30 6 15 31 23 25 28 19 22 18 423
34 Ben Eggleston Holden Commodore VX Ret DNS 20 18 14 32 24 Ret 16 21 19 21 Ret 388
35 Shane Beikoff Ford Falcon AU 17 17 24 20 20 24 24 364
36 Jonathan Beikoff Ford Falcon AU 16 23 16 25 25 23 15 Ret 24 DNS DNS 352
37 Clayton Pyne Holden Commodore VX 13 Ret 15 Ret 18 23 21 337
38 John Henderson Ford Falcon AU Ret 24 19 DNQ DNQ DNQ 24 Ret 20 18 17 317
39 Terry Wyhoon Ford Falcon AU 31 1 25 24 15 19 Ret 314
40 Damien White Holden Commodore VZ 5 4 285
41 Nigel Stones Holden Commodore VX 18 20 27 30 20 37 32 32 31 25 25 280
42 Robert Jones Holden Commodore VX 26 16 16 Ret Ret 21 17 270
43 Alan Gurr Holden Commodore VY 10 6 6 254
44 Tim Monte Holden Commodore VX Ret 18 25 10 17 Ret Ret Ret 31 DSQ 227
45 Mark Papendall Holden Commodore VX Ret DNS 28 Ret DNS 24 21 Ret 25 Ret 21 23 Ret 29 Ret 225
46 Barry Tanton Ford Falcon AU 24 22 DNQ 27 Ret 34 Ret Ret 30 29 31 Ret Ret 30 31 165
47 Dean Savage Holden Commodore VX 23 23 100
48 Derek Hocking Holden Commodore VY 28 25 23 76
49 Benjamin Falk Ford Falcon AU 32 26 23 Ret 30 30 DNS DNS DNS 76
50 John Falk Ford Falcon AU 29 27 31 Ret DNS 36
51 Bruce Williams Holden Commodore VY Ret 28 25
52 Stephen Voight Holden Commodore VY 27 36 Ret 24
53 Paul Kelly Ford Falcon AU 33 31 Ret 4
Ryan McLeod Holden Commodore VY DNS DNS
Ben Clucas Ford Falcon AU DNS DNS
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not participate (DNP)
Excluded (EX)
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References
  1. Grant Rowley, Climbing Mount Fujitsu, The Annual - Australian Motorsport, Number 2 / 2006, pages 46 to 56
  2. "Pointscore System - Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series, www.v8supercar.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 December 2006. Retrieved 30 December 2006.
  3. "Championship Points Table". Official website of the V8 Supercar Championship Series. 10 December 2006. Retrieved 14 February 2009.
  4. Various 2006 race results, www.natsoft.com.au Retrieved 25 February 2019
  5. "Adelaide Parklands Circuit 26/03/2006 2006 Clipsal 500 Adelaide". National Software. 26 March 2006. Retrieved 14 February 2009.
  6. "Wakefield Park Raceway 28/05/2006 2006 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series - Round 2". National Software. 28 May 2006. Retrieved 14 February 2009.
  7. "Queensland Raceway Ipswich 23/07/2006 BigPond 400, 2006 V8 Supercar Championship Series - Round 6". National Software. 23 July 2006. Retrieved 14 February 2009.
  8. "Oran Park Motorsport Circuit 13/08/2006 2006 V8 Supercar Championship Series - Round 7". National Software. 13 August 2006. Retrieved 14 February 2009.
  9. "Mallala Motorsport Park 17/09/2006 2006 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series - Round 5". National Software. 17 September 2006. Retrieved 14 February 2009.
  10. "Mount Panorama - Bathurst 08/10/2006 Super Cheap Auto 1000 - Rd 9 2006 V8 Supercar Series". National Software. 8 October 2006. Retrieved 14 February 2009.
  11. "Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit 10/12/2006 Caterpillar Grand Finale - 2006 VCS, Round 13". National Software. 10 December 2006. Retrieved 14 February 2009.

See also
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