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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.

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.

DateSeriesCircuitCity / stateWinnerTeamCarReport
24–26 MarFVS Round 1Adelaide Street CircuitAdelaide, South AustraliaAdam MacrowHoward RacingFord BA Falcon
Clipsal 500 VCS Round 1Jamie WhincupTeam Betta ElectricalFord BA Falconreport
31 Mar - 2 AprPanasonic V8 Supercars GP 100Albert Park street circuitMelbourne, VictoriaSteven RichardsPerkins EngineeringHolden VZ Commodorereport
22–23 AprPlaceMakers V8 International VCS Round 2Pukekohe Park RacewayPukekohe, New ZealandMark SkaifeHolden Racing TeamHolden VZ Commodore
12–14 MayThe Perth V8 400 VCS Round 3Barbagallo RacewayPerth, Western AustraliaSteven RichardsPerkins EngineeringHolden VZ Commodore
28 MayFVS Round 2Wakefield ParkGoulburn, New South WalesAdam MacrowHoward RacingFord BA Falcon
2–4 JunVCS Round 4Winton Motor RacewayBenalla, VictoriaCraig LowndesTeam Betta ElectricalFord BA Falcon
1–2 JulSkycity Triple Crown VCS Round 5Hidden Valley RacewayDarwin, Northern TerritoryCraig LowndesTeam Betta ElectricalFord BA Falcon
21–23 JulFVS Round 3Queensland RacewayIpswich, QueenslandAdam MacrowHoward RacingFord BA Falcon
BigPond 400 VCS Round 6Garth TanderHSV Dealer TeamHolden VZ Commodore
11–13 AugFVS Round 4Oran Park RacewaySydney, New South WalesAdam MacrowHoward RacingFord BA Falcon
VCS Round 7Craig LowndesTeam Betta ElectricalFord BA Falcon
1–2 SepBetta Electrical 500 VCS Round 8Sandown RacewayMelbourne, VictoriaJason Bright
Mark WinterbottomFord Performance RacingFord BA Falconreport
17 SepFVS Round 5Mallala Motor Sport ParkMallala, South AustraliaAdam MacrowHoward RacingFord BA Falcon
5–8 OctFVS Round 6Mount Panorama CircuitBathurst, New South WalesAndrew ThompsonDick Johnson RacingFord BA Falcon
Supercheap Auto 1000 VCS Round 9Craig Lowndes
Jamie WhincupTeam Betta ElectricalFord BA Falconreport
20–22 OctGillette V8 Supercar Challenge VCS Round 10Surfers Paradise Street CircuitSurfers Paradise, QueenslandTodd KellyHolden Racing TeamHolden VZ Commodore
10–12 NovFerodo Triple Challenge VCS Round 11Symmons Plains RacewayLaunceston, TasmaniaGarth TanderHSV Dealer TeamHolden VZ Commodore
23–25 NovDesert 400 VCS Round 12Bahrain International CircuitManama, BahrainJason BrightFord Performance RacingFord BA Falcon
8–10 DecFVS Round 7Phillip Island Grand Prix CircuitPhillip Island, VictoriaAndrew ThompsonDick Johnson RacingFord BA Falcon
Caterpillar Grand Finale VCS Round 13Todd KellyHolden Racing TeamHolden VZ Commodore

Panasonic V8 Supercars GP 100

This meeting was a support event of the 2006 Australian Grand Prix.

DriverNo.TeamCarRace 1GP 100Race 3
New Zealand Steven Richards7Perkins EngineeringHolden VZ Commodore911
Australia Mark Skaife2Holden Racing TeamHolden VZ Commodore222
Australia Todd Kelly22Holden Racing TeamHolden VZ Commodore133
Australia Garth Tander16HSV Dealer TeamHolden VZ Commodore1454
Australia Craig Lowndes888Team Betta ElectricalFord BA Falcon345
Australia Will Davison18Dick Johnson RacingFord BA Falcon776
Australia Mark Winterbottom5Ford Performance RacingFord BA Falcon667
Australia Paul Dumbrell11Perkins EngineeringHolden VZ Commodore488
Australia Jamie Whincup88Team Betta ElectricalFord BA Falcon2099
New Zealand Paul Radisich021Team Kiwi RacingHolden VZ Commodore131110
Australia John Bowe12Brad Jones RacingFord BA Falcon161211
Australia Russell Ingall1Stone Brothers RacingFord BA Falcon151012
Australia Dean Canto34Garry Rogers MotorsportHolden VZ Commodore171313
Australia Jason Bargwanna10WPS RacingFord BA Falcon111414
Australia James Courtney4Stone Brothers RacingFord BA FalconDNF1515
Australia Jason Bright6Ford Performance RacingFord BA Falcon82416
Australia Steven Johnson17Dick Johnson RacingFord BA Falcon102717
Australia Andrew Jones23Tasman MotorsportHolden VZ Commodore222118
Australia Steve Owen55Rod Nash RacingHolden VZ Commodore181719
Australia Brad Jones14Brad Jones RacingFord BA Falcon192520
Australia Marcus Marshall20Paul Cruickshank RacingFord BA Falcon252621
Australia Jack Perkins51Perkins EngineeringHolden VZ Commodore262222
New Zealand Fabian Coulthard39Paul Morris MotorsportHolden VZ Commodore211923
Australia Cameron McConville50Paul Weel RacingHolden VZ Commodore51824
Australia José Fernández26Britek MotorsportFord BA FalconDNF2325
Brazil Max Wilson8WPS RacingFord BA Falcon1220DNF
Australia Paul Morris67Paul Morris MotorsportHolden VZ Commodore2416DNF
Australia Lee Holdsworth33Garry Rogers MotorsportHolden VZ Commodore23DNSDNS
Australia Warren Luff25Britek MotorsportFord BA Falcon27DNSDNS
New Zealand Jason Richards3Tasman MotorsportHolden VZ Commodore28DNSDNS
Australia Rick Kelly15HSV Dealer TeamHolden VZ CommodoreDNFDNSDNS

Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series

Main article: 2006 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series

V8 Supercar Championship Series

Main article: 2006 V8 Supercar Championship Series

References

Additional references can be found in linked event/series reports.

References

  1. (2 April 2006). "Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit 02/04/2006 2006 Formula 1 Foster's Australian Grand Prix". National Software.
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