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
Previous:	2005	Next:	2007

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

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd 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 participate (DNP) Excluded (EX)

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.

External links

• 2006 Racing Results Archive
• Series Points Report, racing.natsoft.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org

See also

• 2006 V8 Supercar season