2006 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series
The 2006 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series was an Australian motor racing series for V8 Supercars. It was the seventh annual V8 Supercar Development Series. It began on 24 March 2006 at Adelaide Street Circuit and finished on 10 December at Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit after seven rounds held across four different states.
The series was dominated by a single driver, with Howard Racing Ford Falcon driver Adam Macrow winning eight of the 18 races and five of the seven rounds. Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon driver Andrew Thompson won the remaining two rounds, including three race wins. An inconsistent start to the series saw him only eighth in the pointscore which placed a heavy emphasis on finishing over winning. Young Perkins Motorsport Holden Commodore drivers Shane Price and Jack Perkins finished second and third in the series, with Price taking two race wins. The only other multiple race winner was Kayne Scott who won two reverse grid races.
The series was marred by a fatal accident at the Mount Panorama round where David Clark crashed into the stationary car of Mark Porter.[1] Clark was seriously injured in the collision while Porter died in the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital two days after the accident.[1]
Race calendar[]
Round | Date | Circuit | Location | Winning driver[1] | Car |
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1 | 24–25 March | Adelaide Street Circuit | Adelaide, South Australia | Adam Macrow | Ford Falcon BA |
2 | 27–28 May | Wakefield Park | Goulburn, New South Wales | Adam Macrow | Ford Falcon BA |
3 | 21–23 July | Queensland Raceway | Ipswich, Queensland | Adam Macrow | Ford Falcon BA |
4 | 11–13 August | Oran Park Raceway | Sydney, New South Wales | Adam Macrow | Ford Falcon BA |
5 | 16–17 September | Mallala Motor Sport Park | Mallala, South Australia | Adam Macrow | Ford Falcon BA |
6 | 5–7 October | Mount Panorama Circuit | Bathurst, New South Wales | Andrew Thompson | Ford Falcon BA |
7 | 8–10 December | Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit | Phillip Island, Victoria | Andrew Thompson | Ford Falcon BA |
Teams and drivers[]
A record number of competitors took part in the 2006 series with the Queensland Raceway round over-subscribed with 41 cars entering, forcing the slowest qualifiers to sit out the racing.
The following teams and drivers have competed during the 2006 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series:
Team | Vehicle | No | Driver | Rounds |
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Sieders Racing Team | Ford AU Falcon | 13 | Colin Sieders | 2-4, 6-7 |
Stones Motorsport | Holden VX Commodore | 24 | 1-4 | |
Howard Racing | Ford BA Falcon | 27 | Adam Macrow | All |
37 | All | |||
Project Mu | Holden VY Commodore | 28 | Alan Gurr | 3 |
57 | Ryan McLeod | 6 | ||
7 | ||||
Matthew White Racing | Ford BA Falcon | 28 | Matthew White | 1-2, 4-7 |
29 | 1-3 | |||
6-7 | ||||
A.N.T. Racing | Ford BA Falcon | 30 | 1-6 | |
McGill Motorsport | Holden VX Commodore | 32 | 1 | |
Ford AU Falcon | 2-7 | |||
Gravity Motorsport | Holden VX Commodore | 35 | 1-3, 5-7 | |
Optima Sport | Ford BA Falcon | 36 | David Clark | 1-6 |
Eggleston Motorsport | Holden VX Commodore | 38 | 1-4, 6 | |
Peters Motorsport | Ford AU Falcon | 40 | 1-3 | |
Luke Youlden | 4-6 | |||
Ben Clucas | 7 | |||
80 | 1-4, 6-7 | |||
Ford BA Falcon | 91 | All | ||
Kanga Loaders Racing | Ford AU Falcon | 41 | Chris Pither | All |
Jay Motorsport | Holden VY Commodore | 42 | All | |
Jack Hillerman Racing | Holden VZ Commodore | 43 | Chris Alajajian | 3-7 |
Adam Sharpe Motorsport | Ford AU Falcon | 44 | 1-4, 6-7 | |
O’Brien Motorsport | Ford BA Falcon | 45 | All | |
Image Racing | Ford AU Falcon | 48 | 2-3, 6-7 | |
49 | 2, 6-7 | |||
3 | ||||
John Henderson Motorsport | Ford AU Falcon | 56 | 2-4, 6 | |
JPS Automotive | Holden VX Commodore | 57 | 1 | |
Speed FX Racing | Ford BA Falcon | 60 | Michael Caruso | All |
Dick Johnson Racing | Ford AU Falcon | 61 | 1, 3-7 | |
Ford BA Falcon | 71 | Andrew Thompson | All | |
81 | Grant Denyer | 1, 3-7 | ||
Luke Youlden | 2 | |||
Scott Loadsman Racing | Holden VY Commodore | 62 | 2-7 | |
Shane Beikoff Racing | Ford AU Falcon | 68 | 1, 5, 7 | |
2-4, 6 | ||||
Spies Hecker Racing | Holden VX Commodore | 69 | 5-7 | |
Smiths Trucks Racing | Holden VY Commodore | 70 | Geoff Emery | All |
72 | Nathan Pretty | All | ||
Tony D'Alberto Racing | Holden VY Commodore | 74 | Mark McNally | 3-7 |
Holden VZ Commodore | 99 | Tony D'Alberto | All | |
Perkins Motorsport | Holden VZ Commodore | 77 | Shane Price | All |
78 | Jack Perkins | All | ||
Greg Smith Racing | Ford AU Falcon | 86 | 1-4, 6 | |
Summertime Pools | Ford AU Falcon | 87 | 2, 4-5 | |
3, 6 | ||||
Clayton Pyne Racing | Holden VX Commodore | 90 | 4, 6-7 | |
Sydney Star Racing | Holden VY Commodore | 95 | 3-7 | |
98 | 1-2, 4 | |||
3 | ||||
5 | ||||
Ford AU Falcon | 6 | |||
333 | 2 | |||
United Oil Racing | Ford BA Falcon | 96 | 3-4, 6-7 | |
Wollongong Performance Racing Mark Petch Motorsport |
Holden VZ Commodore | 100 | Kayne Scott | 1-5 |
7 | ||||
MSport | Holden VZ Commodore | 111 | Mark Porter | 1-6 |
Points system[]
The series consisted of seven rounds across four different states. Rounds 2, 3, 4 and 5 consisted of three races each. The second race of each weekend saw the finishing order of race 1 reversed to form the grid for a 'reverse grid' race. Point allocated for the reverse grid race were worth half as much as were the first and third races of these rounds. Rounds 1, 6 and 7 each consisted of two races.
Points were awarded for cars who finished in the top 32 race positions in each race according to finishing order. With cars finishing races as low as 37th, there were numerous occasions during the season were cars did not receive points for finishing races.
Position[2] | 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 |
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Rounds 2, 3, 4 & 5 Standard Race Points |
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 |
Rounds 2, 3, 4 & 5 Reverse Grid Race Points |
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 |
Rounds 1, 6 & 7 Race Points |
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 |
Series standings[]
Points table referenced, in part, as follows:[3]
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References[]
- ^ a b c Grant Rowley, Climbing Mount Fujitsu, The Annual - Australian Motorsport, Number 2 / 2006, pages 46 to 56
- ^ "Pointscore System - Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series, www.v8supercar.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 December 2006. Retrieved 30 December 2006.
- ^ "Championship Points Table". Official website of the V8 Supercar Championship Series. 10 December 2006. Retrieved 14 February 2009.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Various 2006 race results, www.natsoft.com.au Retrieved 25 February 2019
- ^ "Adelaide Parklands Circuit 26/03/2006 2006 Clipsal 500 Adelaide". National Software. 26 March 2006. Retrieved 14 February 2009.
- ^ "Wakefield Park Raceway 28/05/2006 2006 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series - Round 2". National Software. 28 May 2006. Retrieved 14 February 2009.
- ^ "Queensland Raceway Ipswich 23/07/2006 BigPond 400, 2006 V8 Supercar Championship Series - Round 6". National Software. 23 July 2006. Retrieved 14 February 2009.
- ^ "Oran Park Motorsport Circuit 13/08/2006 2006 V8 Supercar Championship Series - Round 7". National Software. 13 August 2006. Retrieved 14 February 2009.
- ^ "Mallala Motorsport Park 17/09/2006 2006 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series - Round 5". National Software. 17 September 2006. Retrieved 14 February 2009.
- ^ "Mount Panorama - Bathurst 08/10/2006 Super Cheap Auto 1000 - Rd 9 2006 V8 Supercar Series". National Software. 8 October 2006. Retrieved 14 February 2009.
- ^ "Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit 10/12/2006 Caterpillar Grand Finale - 2006 VCS, Round 13". National Software. 10 December 2006. Retrieved 14 February 2009.
External links[]
- 2006 Racing Results Archive
- Series Points Report, racing.natsoft.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
See also[]
- 2006 in V8 Supercars
- Supercars Development Series