2006 Darwin Triple Crown
Event Information | ||||||||||||||
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Round 5 of 13 in the 2006 V8 Supercar Championship Series | ||||||||||||||
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Date | 30 June–2 July 2006 | |||||||||||||
Location | Darwin, Northern Territory | |||||||||||||
Venue | Hidden Valley Raceway | |||||||||||||
Weather | Fine | |||||||||||||
Results | ||||||||||||||
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The 2006 Darwin Triple Crown (commercially known as the 2006 Skycity Triple Crown) was a motor race for V8 Supercars held on the weekend of 30 June–2 July 2006. The event was held at the Hidden Valley Raceway in Darwin, Northern Territory, and consisted of three races culminating in 373 kilometres. It was the fifth round of thirteen in the 2006 V8 Supercar Championship Series.
Background[]
Tony Ricciardello and José Fernández continued their ride-share agreement at Britek Motorsport, with the Western Australian driver taking the reins for the round. Over at Paul Morris Motorsport, Fabian Coulthard was replaced with Steven Ellery to give the former Triple 8 and Holden Young Lions driver some miles before joining Paul Morris for the Endurance rounds.
Results[]
Qualifying[]
Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Car | Time |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | ![]() |
Holden Racing Team | Holden Commodore VZ | 1:09.2209 |
2 | 6 | ![]() |
Ford Performance Racing | Ford Falcon BA | +0.1059 |
3 | 15 | ![]() |
HSV Dealer Team | Holden Commodore VZ | +0.1683 |
4 | 16 | ![]() |
HSV Dealer Team | Holden Commodore VZ | +0.1814 |
5 | 888 | ![]() |
Triple Eight Race Engineering | Ford Falcon BA | +0.2019 |
6 | 7 | ![]() |
Perkins Engineering | Holden Commodore VZ | +0.2664 |
7 | 5 | ![]() |
Ford Performance Racing | Ford Falcon BA | +0.3217 |
8 | 88 | ![]() |
Triple Eight Race Engineering | Ford Falcon BA | +0.3505 |
9 | 3 | ![]() |
Tasman Motorsport | Holden Commodore VZ | +0.4002 |
10 | 11 | ![]() |
Perkins Engineering | Holden Commodore VZ | +0.5014 |
11 | 22 | ![]() |
Holden Racing Team | Holden Commodore VZ | +0.5714 |
12 | 8 | ![]() |
WPS Racing | Ford Falcon BA | +0.6388 |
13 | 1 | ![]() |
Stone Brothers Racing | Ford Falcon BA | +0.6568 |
14 | 18 | ![]() |
Dick Johnson Racing | Ford Falcon BA | +0.6955 |
15 | 17 | ![]() |
Dick Johnson Racing | Ford Falcon BA | +0.7167 |
16 | 33 | ![]() |
Garry Rogers Motorsport | Holden Commodore VZ | +0.7834 |
17 | 34 | ![]() |
Garry Rogers Motorsport | Holden Commodore VZ | +0.8980 |
18 | 10 | ![]() |
WPS Racing | Ford Falcon BA | +0.9064 |
19 | 50 | ![]() |
Paul Weel Racing | Holden Commodore VZ | +0.9153 |
20 | 25 | ![]() |
Britek Motorsport | Ford Falcon BA | +0.9207 |
21 | 4 | ![]() |
Stone Brothers Racing | Ford Falcon BA | +0.9404 |
22 | 55 | ![]() |
Rod Nash Racing | Holden Commodore VZ | +0.9555 |
23 | 021 | ![]() |
Team Kiwi Racing | Holden Commodore VZ | +0.9602 |
24 | 39 | ![]() |
Paul Morris Motorsport | Holden Commodore VZ | +0.9888 |
25 | 51 | ![]() |
Paul Weel Racing | Holden Commodore VZ | +1.0429 |
26 | 23 | ![]() |
Tasman Motorsport | Holden Commodore VZ | +1.1152 |
27 | 67 | ![]() |
Paul Morris Motorsport | Holden Commodore VZ | +1.1942 |
28 | 14 | ![]() |
Brad Jones Racing | Ford Falcon BA | +1.2027 |
29 | 12 | ![]() |
Brad Jones Racing | Ford Falcon BA | +1.2485 |
30 | 20 | ![]() |
Paul Cruickshank Racing | Ford Falcon BA | +1.6635 |
31 | 26 | ![]() |
Britek Motorsport | Ford Falcon BA | +2.7183 |
Source:[1] |
Top Ten Shootout[]
Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Car | Time |
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1 | 6 | ![]() |
Ford Performance Racing | Ford Falcon BA | 1:09.0322 |
2 | 2 | ![]() |
Holden Racing Team | Holden Commodore VZ | +0.1933 |
3 | 16 | ![]() |
HSV Dealer Team | Holden Commodore VZ | +0.3428 |
4 | 15 | ![]() |
HSV Dealer Team | Holden Commodore VZ | +0.4601 |
5 | 5 | ![]() |
Ford Performance Racing | Ford Falcon BA | +0.8121 |
6 | 888 | ![]() |
Triple Eight Race Engineering | Ford Falcon BA | +0.8517 |
7 | 7 | ![]() |
Perkins Engineering | Holden Commodore VZ | +0.8991 |
8 | 3 | ![]() |
Tasman Motorsport | Holden Commodore VZ | +1.2354 |
9 | 11 | ![]() |
Perkins Engineering | Holden Commodore VZ | +1.2988 |
10 | 88 | ![]() |
Triple Eight Race Engineering | Ford Falcon BA | +1.8832 |
Source:[2] |
Race 1[]
Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Car | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Pts. |
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1 | 2 | ![]() |
Holden Racing Team | Holden Commodore VZ | 34 | 41:07.5941 | 2 | 128 |
2 | 15 | ![]() |
HSV Dealer Team | Holden Commodore VZ | 34 | +0.7129 | 4 | 124 |
3 | 5 | ![]() |
Ford Performance Racing | Ford Falcon BA | 34 | +7.0965 | 5 | 120 |
4 | 888 | ![]() |
Triple Eight Race Engineering | Ford Falcon BA | 34 | +7.5325 | 6 | 116 |
5 | 16 | ![]() |
HSV Dealer Team | Holden Commodore VZ | 34 | +8.0885 | 3 | 112 |
6 | 3 | ![]() |
Tasman Motorsport | Holden Commodore VZ | 34 | +9.0829 | 8 | 108 |
7 | 7 | ![]() |
Perkins Engineering | Holden Commodore VZ | 34 | +15.8107 | 7 | 104 |
8 | 11 | ![]() |
Perkins Engineering | Holden Commodore VZ | 34 | +20.1872 | 9 | 100 |
9 | 88 | ![]() |
Triple Eight Race Engineering | Ford Falcon BA | 34 | +20.3913 | 10 | 96 |
10 | 1 | ![]() |
Stone Brothers Racing | Ford Falcon BA | 34 | +20.4100 | 13 | 92 |
11 | 8 | ![]() |
WPS Racing | Ford Falcon BA | 34 | +25.1455 | 12 | 88 |
12 | 22 | ![]() |
Holden Racing Team | Holden Commodore VZ | 34 | +26.1139 | 11 | 84 |
13 | 18 | ![]() |
Dick Johnson Racing | Ford Falcon BA | 34 | +27.7013 | 14 | 80 |
14 | 34 | ![]() |
Garry Rogers Motorsport | Holden Commodore VZ | 34 | +35.4905 | 17 | 76 |
15 | 50 | ![]() |
Paul Weel Racing | Holden Commodore VZ | 34 | +36.4059 | 19 | 72 |
16 | 4 | ![]() |
Stone Brothers Racing | Ford Falcon BA | 34 | +41.2966 | 21 | 68 |
17 | 55 | ![]() |
Rod Nash Racing | Holden Commodore VZ | 34 | +42.9231 | 22 | 64 |
18 | 021 | ![]() |
Team Kiwi Racing | Holden Commodore VZ | 34 | +43.9555 | 23 | 60 |
19 | 67 | ![]() |
Paul Morris Motorsport | Holden Commodore VZ | 34 | +44.4760 | 27 | 56 |
20 | 12 | ![]() |
Brad Jones Racing | Ford Falcon BA | 34 | +47.6054 | 29 | 52 |
21 | 10 | ![]() |
WPS Racing | Ford Falcon BA | 34 | +54.2141 | 18 | 48 |
22 | 20 | ![]() |
Paul Cruickshank Racing | Ford Falcon BA | 34 | +54.6820 | 30 | 44 |
23 | 23 | ![]() |
Tasman Motorsport | Holden Commodore VZ | 34 | +58.1023 | 26 | 40 |
24 | 6 | ![]() |
Ford Performance Racing | Ford Falcon BA | 34 | +57.4819 | 1 | 36 |
25 | 14 | ![]() |
Brad Jones Racing | Ford Falcon BA | 34 | +1:04.0166 | 28 | 32 |
26 | 51 | ![]() |
Paul Weel Racing | Holden Commodore VZ | 34 | +1:04.4029 | 25 | 28 |
27 | 39 | ![]() |
Paul Morris Motorsport | Holden Commodore VZ | 33 | +1 lap | 24 | 24 |
28 | 33 | ![]() |
Garry Rogers Motorsport | Holden Commodore VZ | 33 | +1 lap | 16 | 20 |
29 | 17 | ![]() |
Dick Johnson Racing | Ford Falcon BA | 30 | +4 laps | 15 | 16 |
30 | 26 | ![]() |
Britek Motorsport | Ford Falcon BA | 30 | +4 laps | 31 | 12 |
31 | 25 | ![]() |
Britek Motorsport | Ford Falcon BA | 28 | +6 laps | 20 | 8 |
Fastest lap: Jason Bright (Ford Performance Racing), 1:10.2958 | ||||||||
Source:[3][4] |
Race 2[]
Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Car | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Pts. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 6 | ![]() |
Ford Performance Racing | Ford Falcon BA | 48 | 1:00:37.8417 | 8 | 64 |
2 | 17 | ![]() |
Dick Johnson Racing | Ford Falcon BA | 48 | +4.2865 | 3 | 62 |
3 | 888 | ![]() |
Triple Eight Race Engineering | Ford Falcon BA | 48 | +4.4378 | 28 | 60 |
4 | 25 | ![]() |
Britek Motorsport | Ford Falcon BA | 48 | +8.7889 | 1 | 58 |
5 | 88 | ![]() |
Triple Eight Race Engineering | Ford Falcon BA | 48 | +8.8545 | 23 | 56 |
6 | 4 | ![]() |
Stone Brothers Racing | Ford Falcon BA | 48 | +13.9154 | 16 | 54 |
7 | 1 | ![]() |
Stone Brothers Racing | Ford Falcon BA | 48 | +16.8845 | 22 | 52 |
8 | 16 | ![]() |
HSV Dealer Team | Holden Commodore VZ | 48 | +19.5985 | 27 | 50 |
9 | 51 | ![]() |
Paul Weel Racing | Holden Commodore VZ | 48 | +21.1143 | 6 | 48 |
10 | 15 | ![]() |
HSV Dealer Team | Holden Commodore VZ | 48 | +23.3676 | 30 | 46 |
11 | 10 | ![]() |
WPS Racing | Ford Falcon BA | 48 | +30.4223 | 11 | 44 |
12 | 23 | ![]() |
Tasman Motorsport | Holden Commodore VZ | 48 | +33.3197 | 9 | 42 |
13 | 12 | ![]() |
Brad Jones Racing | Ford Falcon BA | 48 | +34.0939 | 12 | 40 |
14 | 3 | ![]() |
Tasman Motorsport | Holden Commodore VZ | 48 | +34.4836 | 26 | 38 |
15 | 39 | ![]() |
Paul Morris Motorsport | Holden Commodore VZ | 48 | +34.9400 | 5 | 36 |
16 | 50 | ![]() |
Paul Weel Racing | Holden Commodore VZ | 48 | +37.4191 | 17 | 34 |
17 | 5 | ![]() |
Ford Performance Racing | Ford Falcon BA | 48 | +38.3702 | 29 | 32 |
18 | 67 | ![]() |
Paul Morris Motorsport | Holden Commodore VZ | 48 | +47.3897 | 13 | 30 |
19 | 34 | ![]() |
Garry Rogers Motorsport | Holden Commodore VZ | 48 | +47.7391 | 18 | 28 |
20 | 33 | ![]() |
Garry Rogers Motorsport | Holden Commodore VZ | 48 | +52.1716 | 4 | 26 |
21 | 021 | ![]() |
Team Kiwi Racing | Holden Commodore VZ | 48 | +53.0294 | 14 | 24 |
22 | 7 | ![]() |
Perkins Engineering | Holden Commodore VZ | 48 | +53.5062 | 25 | 22 |
23 | 26 | ![]() |
Britek Motorsport | Ford Falcon BA | 48 | +1:12.0275 | 2 | 20 |
24 | 55 | ![]() |
Rod Nash Racing | Holden Commodore VZ | 47 | +1 lap | 15 | 18 |
25 | 14 | ![]() |
Brad Jones Racing | Ford Falcon BA | 47 | +1 lap | 7 | 16 |
26 | 20 | ![]() |
Paul Cruickshank Racing | Ford Falcon BA | 46 | +2 laps | 10 | 14 |
27 | 22 | ![]() |
Holden Racing Team | Holden Commodore VZ | 46 | +2 laps | 20 | 12 |
28 | 2 | ![]() |
Holden Racing Team | Holden Commodore VZ | 40 | +8 laps | 31 | 10 |
Ret | 11 | ![]() |
Perkins Engineering | Holden Commodore VZ | 44 | Engine | 24 | |
Ret | 18 | ![]() |
Dick Johnson Racing | Ford Falcon BA | 7 | Suspension | 19 | |
Ret | 8 | ![]() |
WPS Racing | Ford Falcon BA | 1 | Crash | 21 | |
Fastest lap: Mark Winterbottom (Ford Performance Racing), 1:10.1260 | ||||||||
Source:[5][6] |
Race 3[]
Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Car | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Pts. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 888 | ![]() |
Triple Eight Race Engineering | Ford Falcon BA | 48 | 57:53.3776 | 1 | 128 |
2 | 3 | ![]() |
Tasman Motorsport | Holden Commodore VZ | 48 | +3.8061 | 6 | 124 |
3 | 16 | ![]() |
HSV Dealer Team | Holden Commodore VZ | 48 | +11.1495 | 3 | 120 |
4 | 6 | ![]() |
Ford Performance Racing | Ford Falcon BA | 48 | +18.6505 | 13 | 116 |
5 | 15 | ![]() |
HSV Dealer Team | Holden Commodore VZ | 48 | +22.4292 | 2 | 112 |
6 | 2 | ![]() |
Holden Racing Team | Holden Commodore VZ | 48 | +22.9175 | 8 | 108 |
7 | 50 | ![]() |
Paul Weel Racing | Holden Commodore VZ | 48 | +30.2204 | 11 | 104 |
8 | 5 | ![]() |
Ford Performance Racing | Ford Falcon BA | 48 | +31.6249 | 5 | 100 |
9 | 1 | ![]() |
Stone Brothers Racing | Ford Falcon BA | 48 | +32.0663 | 7 | 96 |
10 | 10 | ![]() |
WPS Racing | Ford Falcon BA | 48 | +53.1736 | 16 | 92 |
11 | 021 | ![]() |
Team Kiwi Racing | Holden Commodore VZ | 48 | +55.9518 | 20 | 88 |
12 | 51 | ![]() |
Paul Weel Racing | Holden Commodore VZ | 48 | +59.0870 | 25 | 84 |
13 | 11 | ![]() |
Perkins Engineering | Holden Commodore VZ | 48 | +59.5624 | 14 | 80 |
14 | 18 | ![]() |
Dick Johnson Racing | Ford Falcon BA | 48 | +59.7202 | 23 | 76 |
15 | 17 | ![]() |
Dick Johnson Racing | Ford Falcon BA | 48 | +59.8438 | 24 | 72 |
16 | 8 | ![]() |
WPS Racing | Ford Falcon BA | 48 | +1:02.5628 | 18 | 68 |
17 | 23 | ![]() |
Tasman Motorsport | Holden Commodore VZ | 48 | +1:03.1333 | 21 | 64 |
18 | 55 | ![]() |
Rod Nash Racing | Holden Commodore VZ | 48 | +1:04.0363 | 22 | 60 |
19 | 33 | ![]() |
Garry Rogers Motorsport | Holden Commodore VZ | 48 | +1:08.5552 | 30 | 56 |
20 | 34 | ![]() |
Garry Rogers Motorsport | Holden Commodore VZ | 48 | +1:09.0656 | 12 | 52 |
21 | 12 | ![]() |
Brad Jones Racing | Ford Falcon BA | 48 | +1:10.0106 | 17 | 48 |
22 | 22 | ![]() |
Holden Racing Team | Holden Commodore VZ | 48 | +1:13.8512 | 15 | 44 |
23 | 4 | ![]() |
Stone Brothers Racing | Ford Falcon BA | 48 | +1:25.8256 | 10 | 40 |
24 | 14 | ![]() |
Brad Jones Racing | Ford Falcon BA | 47 | +1 lap | 29 | 36 |
25 | 20 | ![]() |
Paul Cruickshank Racing | Ford Falcon BA | 47 | +1 lap | 28 | 32 |
26 | 88 | ![]() |
Triple Eight Race Engineering | Ford Falcon BA | 47 | +1 lap | 4 | 28 |
27 | 25 | ![]() |
Britek Motorsport | Ford Falcon BA | 47 | +1 lap | 26 | 24 |
28 | 7 | ![]() |
Perkins Engineering | Holden Commodore VZ | 38 | +10 laps | 9 | 20 |
29 | 26 | ![]() |
Britek Motorsport | Ford Falcon BA | 38 | +10 laps | 31 | 16 |
Ret | 39 | ![]() |
Paul Morris Motorsport | Holden Commodore VZ | 19 | 27 | ||
Ret | 67 | ![]() |
Paul Morris Motorsport | Holden Commodore VZ | 1 | Crash | 19 | |
Fastest lap: Jason Bright (Ford Performance Racing), 1:10.2851 | ||||||||
Source:[7][8] |
Round standings[]
Pos. | Driver | R1 | R2 | R3 | Total |
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1 | ![]() |
4 | 3 | 1 | 304 |
2 | ![]() |
5 | 8 | 3 | 282 |
= | ![]() |
2 | 10 | 5 | 282 |
4 | ![]() |
6 | 14 | 2 | 270 |
5 | ![]() |
3 | 17 | 18 | 252 |
6 | ![]() |
1 | 28 | 6 | 246 |
7 | ![]() |
10 | 7 | 9 | 240 |
8 | ![]() |
24 | 1 | 4 | 216 |
9 | ![]() |
15 | 16 | 7 | 210 |
10 | ![]() |
21 | 11 | 10 | 184 |
11 | ![]() |
8 | Ret | 13 | 180 |
= | ![]() |
9 | 5 | 26 | 180 |
13 | ![]() |
18 | 21 | 11 | 172 |
14 | ![]() |
16 | 6 | 23 | 162 |
15 | ![]() |
26 | 9 | 12 | 160 |
16 | ![]() |
13 | Ret | 14 | 156 |
= | ![]() |
11 | Ret | 16 | 156 |
= | ![]() |
14 | 19 | 20 | 156 |
19 | ![]() |
29 | 2 | 15 | 150 |
20 | ![]() |
23 | 12 | 17 | 146 |
= | ![]() |
7 | 22 | 28 | 146 |
22 | ![]() |
17 | 24 | 18 | 142 |
23 | ![]() |
20 | 13 | 21 | 140 |
= | ![]() |
12 | 27 | 22 | 140 |
25 | ![]() |
28 | 20 | 19 | 102 |
26 | ![]() |
22 | 26 | 25 | 90 |
= | ![]() |
31 | 4 | 27 | 90 |
28 | ![]() |
19 | 18 | Ret | 86 |
29 | ![]() |
25 | 25 | 24 | 84 |
30 | ![]() |
27 | 15 | Ret | 60 |
31 | ![]() |
30 | 23 | 29 | 48 |
Source:[9] |
Championship standings[]
Pos. | Driver | Pts | Gap |
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1 | ![]() |
1324 | |
2 | ![]() |
1316 | -8 |
3 | ![]() |
1311 | -13 |
4 | ![]() |
1202 | -112 |
5 | ![]() |
1191 | -123 |
References[]
- ^ "2006 Skycity Triple Crown – Qualifying". Natsoft Race Results. 21 June 2020.
- ^ "2006 Skycity Triple Crown – Top Ten Shootout". Natsoft Race Results. 21 June 2020.
- ^ "2006 Skycity Triple Crown – Race 1". Natsoft Race Results. 21 June 2020.
- ^ "2006 Skycity Triple Crown #1". Racing-Reference.info. 21 June 2020.
- ^ "2006 Skycity Triple Crown – Race 2". Natsoft Race Results. 21 June 2020.
- ^ "2006 Skycity Triple Crown #2". Racing-Reference.info. 21 June 2020.
- ^ "2006 Skycity Triple Crown – Race 3". Natsoft Race Results. 21 June 2020.
- ^ "2006 Skycity Triple Crown #3". Racing-Reference.info. 21 June 2020.
- ^ "2006 Skycity Triple Crown – Meet Points". Natsoft Race Results. 21 June 2020.
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