2006 Atlantic Championship

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2006 Champ Car Atlantic season
Yokohama Presents the Champ Car Atlantic Championship Powered by Mazda
Season
Races12
Start dateApril 9
End dateSeptember 2
Awards
Drivers' championFrance Simon Pagenaud
Teams' championUnited States Forsythe Championship Racing
Rookie of the YearFrance Simon Pagenaud
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2007 →

The 2006 Champ Car Atlantic season was the 33rd season of the Champ Car Atlantic Championship. It began April 9 at Long Beach and concluded September 24 at Road America. The Yokohama Presents the Champ Car Atlantic Championship Powered by Mazda Drivers' Champion was Simon Pagenaud driving for Team Australia.

Teams and drivers[]

Team No Drivers Races
United States Condor Motorsports 1 Brazil Danilo Dirani (R) All
Canada Jensen MotorSport 2 United Kingdom Tim Bridgman (R) All
22 United States Steve Ott (R) 2, 4-6
Venezuela Ricardo Vassmer (R) 9-10
United States Forsythe Racing 3 Canada James Hinchcliffe (R) All
7 Brazil Leonardo Maia (R) All
33 France Richard Philippe (R) All
37 Germany Andreas Wirth All
United States US RaceTronics 4 Mexico David Martínez All
Australia Team Australia 5 Australia James Davison (R) 1-10
Australia Michael Patrizi (R) 11-12
15 France Simon Pagenaud (R) All
United States Sierra Sierra Enterprises 6 Brazil Raphael Matos (R) All
United States Brooks Associates Racing 8 Venezuela Luis Schiavo (R) 1-3
Mexico Carlos Mastretta 3-9
Canada Antoine Bessette 11
10 Austria Norbert Siedler (R) 1-3
Brazil Alex Sperafico (R) 4-12
United States McAtee Motorsports 9 United States Kyle Kelley 1, 4
19 United States Brian McAtee 1, 9-10
United States Brian Thienes 11-12
United States Polestar Racing Group 12 United States Alan Sciuto (R) All
21 United States Alex Barron 1-10
Denmark Ronnie Bremer 11
Canada Antoine Bessette 12
United States Gelles Racing 14 South Africa Stephen Simpson (R) 1-3
Canada Antoine Bessette 4
United States Colin Fleming (R) 9-12
28 United States Robbie Pecorari (R) All
31 United States Casey Neal (R) 11
42 United States Phil Giebler (R) 9
United States Transnet Racing 16 United States Charles Hall 1-3
Venezuela Alex García 4-6
17 Australia Barton Mawer 2-4
United States Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 18 United States Graham Rahal (R) All
30 United States Al Unser III 1-3
United Kingdom Ryan Lewis (R) 4-12
United States PR1 Motorsports 23 United States Jonathan Bomarito All
32 Canada Mike Forest (R) 1, 7-8, 10, 12
United States NCDL Tech 25 United States Ryan Spencer-Smith (R) 1-2
United States Mathiasen Motorsports 26 United States Justin Sofio All
United States Newman Wachs Racing 34 United States Joe D'Agostino (R) All
35 New Zealand Daniel Gaunt (R) 1-6
United States Steve Ott (R) 7-11
36 United States J. R. Hildebrand (R) 12
United States The Room Store 49 United States Dan Selznick 1-2, 10
Canada Bite Racing 55 United States Duncan Ende (R) 1, 4-7
56 Canada Chris Souliotis 2-3

Schedule[]

Round Date Race Name Circuit City/Location
1 April 9 United States 2006 Imperial Capital Bank Atlantic Race Streets of Long Beach Long Beach, California
2 May 13 United States 2006 Fast Trac 100 Streets of Houston Houston, Texas
3 May 21 Mexico 2006 Monterrey Fundidora Park Monterrey, Mexico
4 June 18 United States 2006 Trinity Carpet 100K Portland International Raceway Portland, Oregon
5 June 24 United States 2006 Gehl Atlantic Championship of Cleveland 1 Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport Cleveland, Ohio
6 June 25 United States 2006 Gehl Atlantic Championship of Cleveland 2
7 July 9 Canada 2006 Toronto Exhibition Place Toronto, Ontario
8 July 23 Canada 2006 Edmonton Edmonton City Centre Airport Edmonton, Alberta
9 July 30 United States 2006 San José Streets of San Jose San Jose, California
10 August 13 United States 2006 Denver Streets of Denver Denver, Colorado
11 August 27 Canada 2006 Montréal Circuit Gilles Villeneuve Montreal, Quebec
12 September 24 United States 2006 Gehl Championship Finale Road America Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin

(O) Oval/Speedway

Season Summary[]

Race results[]

Round Race Name Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning Team
1 United States 2006 Imperial Capital Bank Atlantic Race Germany Andreas Wirth Brazil Raphael Matos Germany Andreas Wirth United States Forsythe Championship Racing
2 United States 2006 Fast Trac 100 Brazil Raphael Matos United States Jonathan Bomarito Germany Andreas Wirth United States Forsythe Championship Racing
3 Mexico 2006 Monterrey United States Graham Rahal United States Graham Rahal United States Graham Rahal United States Mi-Jack Conquest Racing
4 United States 2006 Trinity Carpet 100K United States Graham Rahal United States Joe D'Agostino Canada James Hinchcliffe United States Forsythe Championship Racing
5 United States 2006 Gehl Atlantic Championship of Cleveland 1 Germany Andreas Wirth United States Graham Rahal United States Graham Rahal United States Mi-Jack Conquest Racing
6 United States 2006 Gehl Atlantic Championship of Cleveland 2 France Simon Pagenaud Germany Andreas Wirth United States Graham Rahal United States Mi-Jack Conquest Racing
7 Canada 2006 Toronto United States Graham Rahal United States Graham Rahal United States Robbie Pecorari United States Gelles Racing
8 Canada 2006 Edmonton Brazil Raphael Matos France Simon Pagenaud France Simon Pagenaud Australia Team Australia
9 United States 2006 San José Brazil Raphael Matos United States Graham Rahal Brazil Raphael Matos United States Sierra Sierra Enterprises
10 United States 2006 Denver United States Graham Rahal United States Graham Rahal United States Graham Rahal United States Mi-Jack Conquest Racing
11 Canada 2006 Montréal Canada James Hinchcliffe Canada Antoine Bessette United States Graham Rahal United States Mi-Jack Conquest Racing
12 United States 2006 Gehl Championship Finale Brazil Raphael Matos Brazil Raphael Matos United States Jonathan Bomarito United States PR1 Motorsports

Final driver standings[]

Pos Driver LBH
United States
HOU
United States
MTY
Mexico
POR
United States
CLE 1
United States
CLE 2
United States
TOR
Canada
EDM
Canada
SJO
United States
DEN
United States
MTL
Canada
ROA
United States
Pts
1 France Simon Pagenaud (RY) 4 2 2 23 2 5 4 1 9 3 2 17 258
2 United States Graham Rahal (R) 5 15 1 27 1 1 15 2 12 1 1 20 242
3 Germany Andreas Wirth 1 1 6 3 3 18 16 3 18 5 12 3 227
4 Brazil Raphael Matos (R) 2 11 23 6 5 22 9 20 1 2 7 2 205
5 Mexico David Martínez 12 8 3 7↑ 10 10 8 12 6 10 4 9 179
6 United States Jonathan Bomarito 23 3 4 14 4 8 2 6 16 16 15 1 178
7 Brazil Danilo Dirani (R) 6 5 14 5 8 23 14 5 3 8 13 6 178
8 United States Alan Sciuto (R) 10 6 7 4 15 9↑ 17 11 15 4 6 8 167
9 Brazil Leonardo Maia (R) 9 9 10 9 7 6 10 17 5 12 5 12 161
10 Canada James Hinchcliffe (R) 3 4 16 1 17 19 6 23 25 7 3 16 160
11 United States Robbie Pecorari (R) 7 18 18 15 24 4 1 10 21 6 11 4 147
12 United States Joe D'Agostino (R) 11↑ 12 9 24 9 7 7 7 22 18 16 7 123
13 United Kingdom Ryan Lewis (R) 2 19 15 3↑ 22 2 24 24 5 110
14 United States Alex Barron 8 22 8 16 14 11 5 15 14 11 96
15 France Richard Philippe (R) 28 20 17 21 11 2 18 4 17 20 9 23 86
16 United Kingdom Tim Bridgman (R) 24 19 24 10 12↑ 20 19 8 4 21 17↑ 18 72
17 Australia James Davison (R) 13 10 21 25 13 13 12 13 7 22 69
18 United States Justin Sofio 27 25 19 17 20 16 13 19 8↑ 13↑ 22 14 54
19 United States Steve Ott (R) 7↑ 20 23 3 21 21 20 23 18 48
20 United States Colin Fleming (R) 9 24 9 10 13 45
21 Mexico Carlos Mastretta (R) 13 6 24 20 18 10 42
22 Brazil Alex Sperafico (R) 22 16 12 11 16 23 25 19 11 41
23 Canada Mike Forest (R) DNS DNS 14↑ 14 10↑ 27
24 New Zealand Daniel Gaunt (R) 20 DNS 15 8 22 21 22
25 South Africa Stephen Simpson (R) 25 27 5 21
26 Australia Michael Patrizi (R) 8 15 21
27 Australia Barton Mawer (R) 14 20 11 18
28 Venezuela Luis Schiavo (R) 15 26 11 16
29 Austria Norbert Siedler (R) 18 21 12↑ 13
30 United States Charles Hall 22 16 13 13
31 Venezuela Alex García 18 18 14 13
32 United States Brian McAtee 21 13 17 12
33 United States Phil Giebler (R) 11 10
34 Canada Antoine Bessette 12 21 21 10
35 United States Dan Selznick 17 24 15 10
36 United States Kyle Kelley 14 19 9
37 United States Duncan Ende (R) 16 26 21 17 DNS 9
38 United States Ryan Spencer-Smith (R) 26 13 8
39 Denmark Ronnie Bremer 14 7
40 Canada Chris Souliotis 17 22 4
41 Venezuela Ricardo Vassmer (R) 19 19 4
42 United States J. R. Hildebrand (R) 19 2
43 United States Al Unser III 19 23 Wth 2
44 United States Brian Thienes (R) 20 22 1
United States Casey Neal (R) 23 0
Pos Driver LBH
United States
HOU
United States
MTY
Mexico
POR
United States
CLE 1
United States
CLE 2
United States
TOR
Canada
EDM
Canada
SJO
United States
DEN
United States
MTL
Canada
ROA
United States
Pts
Color Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green 4th & 5th place
Light Blue 6th–10th place
Dark Blue Finished
(Outside Top 10)
Purple Did not finish
Red Did not qualify
(DNQ)
Brown Withdrawn
(Wth)
Black Disqualified
(DSQ)
White Did Not Start
(DNS)
Race abandoned
(C)
Blank Did not
participate
In-line notation
Bold Pole position
Italics Ran fastest race lap
* Led race laps
Improved the most places
(RY) Rookie of the Year
(R) Rookie

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Preceded by
2005 Toyota Atlantic Championship season
2006 Champ Car Atlantic season Succeeded by
2007 Champ Car Atlantic season
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