2006 V8 Supercar | |||
Drivers' Champion: Rick Kelly Teams' Champion: HSV Dealer Team Manufacturers' Championship: Ford | |||
Previous: | 2005 | Next: | 2007 |
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.
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 | Format | Winner | Team | Report |
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1 | Clipsal 500 Adelaide | Adelaide Street Circuit | Adelaide, South Australia | 23–26 Mar | Two races | Jamie Whincup | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Report |
2 | PlaceMakers V8 International | Pukekohe Park Raceway | Pukekohe, New Zealand | 21–23 Apr | Three races | Mark Skaife | Holden Racing Team | Report |
3 | Perth V8 400 | Barbagallo Raceway | Wanneroo, Western Australia | 12–14 May | Three races | Steven Richards | Perkins Engineering | Report |
4 | Winton | Winton Motor Raceway | Benalla, Victoria | 2–4 Jun | Three races | Craig Lowndes | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Report |
5 | Skycity Triple Crown | Hidden Valley Raceway | Darwin, Northern Territory | 30 Jun – 2 Jul | Three races | Craig Lowndes | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Report |
6 | BigPond 400 | Queensland Raceway | Ipswich, Queensland | 21–23 Jul | Three races | Garth Tander | HSV Dealer Team | Report |
7 | Oran Park | Oran Park Raceway | Sydney, New South Wales | 11–13 Aug | Three races | Craig Lowndes | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Report |
8 | Betta Electrical 500 | Sandown Raceway | Melbourne, Victoria | 1–3 Sep | One race | Mark Winterbottom Jason Bright | Ford Performance Racing | Report |
9 | Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 | Mount Panorama | Bathurst, New South Wales | 5–8 Oct | One race | Craig Lowndes Jamie Whincup | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Report |
10 | Gillette V8 Supercar Challenge | Surfers Paradise Street Circuit | Surfers Paradise, Queensland | 19–22 Oct | Three races | Todd Kelly | Holden Racing Team | Report |
11 | Ferodo Tasmania Challenge | Symmons Plains Raceway | Launceston, Tasmania | 10–12 Nov | Three races | Garth Tander | HSV Dealer Team | Report |
12 | Desert 400 | Bahrain International Circuit | Manama, Bahrain | 23–25 Nov | Three races | Jason Bright | Ford Performance Racing | Report |
13 | Caterpillar Grand Finale | Phillip Island | Phillip Island, Victoria | 8–10 Dec | Three races | Todd Kelly | Holden Racing Team | Report |
Teams and drivers
The following teams and drivers competed in the 2006 V8 Supercar Championship Series.
Team | Make | No. | Drivers | Events | Endurance Event Drivers | |
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Stone Brothers Racing | Ford BA Falcon | 1 | Russell Ingall | All | Luke Youlden | |
4 | James Courtney | All | Glenn Seton | |||
Holden Racing Team | Holden VZ Commodore | 2 | Mark Skaife | All | Garth Tander | |
22 | Todd Kelly | 1–7, 10–13 | Jim Richards | |||
Ryan Briscoe | 8–9 | |||||
HSV Dealer Team | 15 | Rick Kelly | All | Todd Kelly | ||
16 | Garth Tander | 1–7, 10–13 | Anthony Tratt | |||
Tony D'Alberto | 8–9 | |||||
Tasman Motorsport | Holden VZ Commodore | 3 | Jason Richards | All | Mark Noske Owen Kelly | |
23 | Andrew Jones | All | ||||
Ford Performance Racing | Ford BA Falcon | 5 | Mark Winterbottom | All | Matt Halliday Cameron McLean* David Brabham** | |
6 | Jason Bright | All | ||||
Perkins Engineering | Holden VZ Commodore | 7 | Steven Richards | All | Shane Price Jack Perkins | |
11 | Paul Dumbrell | All | ||||
WPS Racing | Ford BA Falcon | 8 | Max Wilson | All | David Besnard | |
10 | Jason Bargwanna | All | Craig Baird | |||
Brad Jones Racing | Ford BA Falcon | 12 | John Bowe | All | Dale Brede Mark Porter* Michael Caruso** | |
14 | Brad Jones | All | ||||
Dick Johnson Racing | Ford BA Falcon | 17 | Steven Johnson | All | Alex Davison Grant Denyer | |
18 | Will Davison | All | ||||
Paul Cruickshank Racing | Ford BA Falcon | 20 | Marcus Marshall | All | Jonathon Webb | |
Team Kiwi Racing | Holden VZ Commodore | 021 | Paul Radisich | 1–9 | Fabian Coulthard | |
Craig Baird | 11 | |||||
Chris Pither | 12 | |||||
A.N.T. Racing^1 | Ford BA Falcon | Tony Evangelou | 13 | |||
Britek Motorsport | Ford BA Falcon | 25 | Warren Luff | All | Adam Macrow | |
26 | José Fernández | 1, 4, 6–10, 12–13 | Tony Ricciardello | |||
Tony Ricciardello | 3, 5, 11 | |||||
MSport^2 | Holden VZ Commodore | Mark Porter | 2 | |||
Garry Rogers Motorsport | Holden VZ Commodore | 33 | Lee Holdsworth | All | Greg Ritter Phillip Scifleet* Cameron McLean** | |
34 | Dean Canto | All | ||||
Paul Morris Motorsport | Holden VZ Commodore | 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 | Holden VZ Commodore | 50 | Cameron McConville | All | Nathan Pretty Paul Weel | |
51 | Greg Murphy | All | ||||
Rod Nash Racing | Holden VZ Commodore | 55 | Steve Owen | All | Tony Longhurst | |
Triple Eight Race Engineering | Ford BA Falcon | 88 | Jamie Whincup | All | Allan Simonsen Richard Lyons | |
888 | Craig Lowndes | All |
* = 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.
Points system
Championship points were awarded on the following basis:[2]
Points format | Position | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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]
Results and Standings
Drivers Championship
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Team Championship
Pos | Team | Penalty | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Rd 5 | Rd 6 | Rd 7 | Rd 8 | Rd 9 | Rd 10 | Rd 11 | Rd 12 | Rd 13 | Total |
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1 | HSV Dealer Team | 0 | 575 | 466 | 498 | 532 | 564 | 604 | 420 | 480 | 310 | 551 | 601 | 500 | 492 | 6597 |
2 | Ford Performance Racing | 0 | 255 | 494 | 400 | 528 | 468 | 538 | 374 | 500 | 0 | 574 | 616 | 516 | 554 | 5817 |
3 | Triple Eight Race Engineering | 0 | 470 | 432 | 484 | 492 | 484 | 500 | 480 | 460 | 530 | 343 | 187 | 440 | 400 | 5702 |
4 | Stone Brothers Racing | 0 | 250 | 520 | 390 | 268 | 402 | 452 | 454 | 300 | 590 | 472 | 377 | 394 | 246 | 5115 |
5 | Perkins Engineering | 0 | 510 | 436 | 488 | 478 | 326 | 398 | 262 | 140 | 280 | 240 | 506 | 442 | 426 | 4932 |
6 | Dick Johnson Racing | 0 | 430 | 370 | 378 | 280 | 306 | 296 | 416 | 480 | 240 | 397 | 364 | 183 | 321 | 4461 |
7 | Holden Racing Team | 0 | 290 | 384 | 424 | 432 | 386 | 220 | 278 | 190 | 0 | 380 | 334 | 535 | 570 | 4423 |
8 | WPS Racing | 0 | 320 | 276 | 286 | 298 | 340 | 270 | 300 | 480 | 420 | 384 | 356 | 288 | 267 | 4285 |
9 | Paul Weel Racing | 0 | 285 | 286 | 376 | 246 | 370 | 342 | 364 | 270 | 250 | 387 | 193 | 450 | 430 | 4249 |
10 | Garry Rogers Motorsport | 0 | 265 | 250 | 266 | 342 | 258 | 296 | 342 | 400 | 360 | 207 | 277 | 296 | 370 | 3929 |
11 | Tasman Motorsport | 0 | 265 | 268 | 372 | 292 | 416 | 288 | 308 | 30 | 180 | 213 | 317 | 176 | 301 | 3426 |
12 | Brad Jones Racing | 0 | 230 | 168 | 162 | 268 | 224 | 242 | 304 | 430 | 220 | 283 | 200 | 207 | 196 | 3134 |
13 | Paul Morris Motorsport | 0 | 305 | 298 | 224 | 108 | 146 | 236 | 210 | 390 | 270 | 173 | 223 | 173 | 193 | 2949 |
14 | Britek Motorsport | 0 | 265 | 162 | 106 | 172 | 138 | 144 | 198 | 210 | 170 | 30 | 183 | 203 | 187 | 2168 |
15 | Rod Nash Racing (S) | 0 | 0 | 96 | 180 | 220 | 142 | 80 | 104 | 210 | 260 | 110 | 87 | 147 | 146 | 1782 |
16 | Team Kiwi Racing (S) | 0 | 155 | 124 | 134 | 120 | 172 | 224 | 106 | 200 | 0 | 27 | 97 | 44 | 1403 | |
17 | Paul Cruickshank Racing (S) | 0 | 45 | 80 | 48 | 68 | 90 | 56 | 134 | 80 | 0 | 150 | 96 | 100 | 93 | 1040 |
(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]
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References
- ^ Craig Lowndes caps magnificent season with second major V8 Supercar Championship Series award (2006) Archived 28 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved from www.v8supercars.com.au on 22 April 2012
- ^ a b V8 Supercar Championship Series Pointscore System (2006) from www.v8supercar.com.au Retrieved from web.archive.org on 22 April 2012
- ^ V8 Supercar Championship and Dunlop Series Media Guide 2012, page 174
External links
- Official V8 Supercar site
- 2006 Racing Results Archive
- Drivers Championship points table
- Teams Championship points table