2006 V8 Supercar season
The 2006 V8 Supercar season was the 47th year of touring car racing in Australia since the first runnings of the Australian Touring Car Championship and the fore-runner of the present day Bathurst 1000, the Armstrong 500.
2006 V8 Supercar season | |||
Previous: | 2005 | Next: | 2007 |
There were 21 V8 Supercar meetings held during 2006; a thirteen-round series for V8 Supercars, the 2006 V8 Supercar Championship Series (VCS), two of them endurance races; a seven-round second tier V8 Supercar series 2006 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series (FVS) and a V8 Supercar support programme event at the 2006 Australian Grand Prix.
This was the last season of V8 Supercars broadcast by Network Ten and Fox Sports; at the conclusion of 2006 the broadcasting rights were handed over to the Seven Network from 2007 to 2014. However, since 2015 Network Ten and Fox Sports are still permitted to revive their V8 Supercars rights with Ten shows seven events live plus highlights and Fox Sports shows every practice, qualifying and race live.
Season review
Rick Kelly won the championship. It came down to the last race, where Rick Kelly narrowly beat Craig Lowndes for the championship.
Results and standings
Race calendar
The 2006 V8 Supercar season consisted of 21 events.
Date | Series | Circuit | City / State | Winner | Team | Car | Report |
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24–26 Mar | FVS Round 1 | Adelaide Street Circuit | Adelaide, South Australia | Adam Macrow | Howard Racing | Ford BA Falcon | |
Clipsal 500 VCS Round 1 | Jamie Whincup | Team Betta Electrical | Ford BA Falcon | report | |||
31 Mar - 2 Apr | Panasonic V8 Supercars GP 100 | Albert Park street circuit | Melbourne, Victoria | Steven Richards | Perkins Engineering | Holden VZ Commodore | report |
22–23 Apr | PlaceMakers V8 International VCS Round 2 | Pukekohe Park Raceway | Pukekohe, New Zealand | Mark Skaife | Holden Racing Team | Holden VZ Commodore | |
12–14 May | The Perth V8 400 VCS Round 3 | Barbagallo Raceway | Perth, Western Australia | Steven Richards | Perkins Engineering | Holden VZ Commodore | |
28 May | FVS Round 2 | Wakefield Park | Goulburn, New South Wales | Adam Macrow | Howard Racing | Ford BA Falcon | |
2–4 Jun | VCS Round 4 | Winton Motor Raceway | Benalla, Victoria | Craig Lowndes | Team Betta Electrical | Ford BA Falcon | |
1–2 Jul | Skycity Triple Crown VCS Round 5 | Hidden Valley Raceway | Darwin, Northern Territory | Craig Lowndes | Team Betta Electrical | Ford BA Falcon | |
21–23 Jul | FVS Round 3 | Queensland Raceway | Ipswich, Queensland | Adam Macrow | Howard Racing | Ford BA Falcon | |
BigPond 400 VCS Round 6 | Garth Tander | HSV Dealer Team | Holden VZ Commodore | ||||
11–13 Aug | FVS Round 4 | Oran Park Raceway | Sydney, New South Wales | Adam Macrow | Howard Racing | Ford BA Falcon | |
VCS Round 7 | Craig Lowndes | Team Betta Electrical | Ford BA Falcon | ||||
1–2 Sep | Betta Electrical 500 VCS Round 8 | Sandown Raceway | Melbourne, Victoria | Jason Bright Mark Winterbottom |
Ford Performance Racing | Ford BA Falcon | report |
17 Sep | FVS Round 5 | Mallala Motor Sport Park | Mallala, South Australia | Adam Macrow | Howard Racing | Ford BA Falcon | |
5–8 Oct | FVS Round 6 | Mount Panorama Circuit | Bathurst, New South Wales | Andrew Thompson | Dick Johnson Racing | Ford BA Falcon | |
Supercheap Auto 1000 VCS Round 9 | Craig Lowndes Jamie Whincup |
Team Betta Electrical | Ford BA Falcon | report | |||
20–22 Oct | Gillette V8 Supercar Challenge VCS Round 10 | Surfers Paradise Street Circuit | Surfers Paradise, Queensland | Todd Kelly | Holden Racing Team | Holden VZ Commodore | |
10–12 Nov | Ferodo Triple Challenge VCS Round 11 | Symmons Plains Raceway | Launceston, Tasmania | Garth Tander | HSV Dealer Team | Holden VZ Commodore | |
23–25 Nov | Desert 400 VCS Round 12 | Bahrain International Circuit | Manama, Bahrain | Jason Bright | Ford Performance Racing | Ford BA Falcon | |
8–10 Dec | FVS Round 7 | Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit | Phillip Island, Victoria | Andrew Thompson | Dick Johnson Racing | Ford BA Falcon | |
Caterpillar Grand Finale VCS Round 13 | Todd Kelly | Holden Racing Team | Holden VZ Commodore | ||||
Panasonic V8 Supercars GP 100
This meeting was a support event of the 2006 Australian Grand Prix.[1]
Driver | No. | Team | Car | Race 1 | GP 100 | Race 3 |
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7 | Perkins Engineering | Holden VZ Commodore | 9 | 1 | 1 | |
2 | Holden Racing Team | Holden VZ Commodore | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
22 | Holden Racing Team | Holden VZ Commodore | 1 | 3 | 3 | |
16 | HSV Dealer Team | Holden VZ Commodore | 14 | 5 | 4 | |
888 | Team Betta Electrical | Ford BA Falcon | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
18 | Dick Johnson Racing | Ford BA Falcon | 7 | 7 | 6 | |
5 | Ford Performance Racing | Ford BA Falcon | 6 | 6 | 7 | |
11 | Perkins Engineering | Holden VZ Commodore | 4 | 8 | 8 | |
88 | Team Betta Electrical | Ford BA Falcon | 20 | 9 | 9 | |
021 | Team Kiwi Racing | Holden VZ Commodore | 13 | 11 | 10 | |
12 | Brad Jones Racing | Ford BA Falcon | 16 | 12 | 11 | |
1 | Stone Brothers Racing | Ford BA Falcon | 15 | 10 | 12 | |
34 | Garry Rogers Motorsport | Holden VZ Commodore | 17 | 13 | 13 | |
10 | WPS Racing | Ford BA Falcon | 11 | 14 | 14 | |
4 | Stone Brothers Racing | Ford BA Falcon | DNF | 15 | 15 | |
6 | Ford Performance Racing | Ford BA Falcon | 8 | 24 | 16 | |
17 | Dick Johnson Racing | Ford BA Falcon | 10 | 27 | 17 | |
23 | Tasman Motorsport | Holden VZ Commodore | 22 | 21 | 18 | |
55 | Rod Nash Racing | Holden VZ Commodore | 18 | 17 | 19 | |
14 | Brad Jones Racing | Ford BA Falcon | 19 | 25 | 20 | |
20 | Paul Cruickshank Racing | Ford BA Falcon | 25 | 26 | 21 | |
51 | Perkins Engineering | Holden VZ Commodore | 26 | 22 | 22 | |
39 | Paul Morris Motorsport | Holden VZ Commodore | 21 | 19 | 23 | |
50 | Paul Weel Racing | Holden VZ Commodore | 5 | 18 | 24 | |
26 | Britek Motorsport | Ford BA Falcon | DNF | 23 | 25 | |
8 | WPS Racing | Ford BA Falcon | 12 | 20 | DNF | |
67 | Paul Morris Motorsport | Holden VZ Commodore | 24 | 16 | DNF | |
33 | Garry Rogers Motorsport | Holden VZ Commodore | 23 | DNS | DNS | |
25 | Britek Motorsport | Ford BA Falcon | 27 | DNS | DNS | |
3 | Tasman Motorsport | Holden VZ Commodore | 28 | DNS | DNS | |
15 | HSV Dealer Team | Holden VZ Commodore | DNF | DNS | DNS |
Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series
V8 Supercar Championship Series
References
- "Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit 02/04/2006 2006 Formula 1 Foster's Australian Grand Prix". National Software. 2 April 2006. Retrieved 12 February 2009.
Additional references can be found in linked event/series reports.