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
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
7
Oran Park
Oran Park Raceway
Sydney , New South Wales
11–13 Aug
Three races
Craig Lowndes
Triple Eight Race Engineering
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
11
Ferodo Tasmania Challenge
Symmons Plains Raceway
Launceston , Tasmania
10–12 Nov
Three races
Garth Tander
HSV Dealer Team
12
Desert 400
Bahrain International Circuit
Manama , Bahrain
23–25 Nov
Three races
Jason Bright
Ford Performance Racing
13
Caterpillar Grand Finale
Phillip Island
Phillip Island , Victoria
8–10 Dec
Three races
Todd Kelly
Holden Racing Team
Teams and drivers [ ]
2006 Drivers Champion
Rick Kelly , pictured in 2007
The following teams and drivers competed in the 2006 V8 Supercar Championship Series .
Team
Make
Drivers
Events
Endurance Event Drivers
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
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
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
Marcus Marshall
All
Jonathon Webb
Team Kiwi Racing
Holden VZ Commodore
021
Paul Radisich
1–9
Fabian Coulthard
Craig Baird
11
Chris Pither
12
^1
Ford BA Falcon
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
^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
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 [ ]
Driver
ADE
PUK
BAR
WIN
HID
QLD
ORA
SAN
BAT
SUR
SYM
BAH
PHI
1
Rick Kelly
15
2
3
12
10
7
7
11
14
10
4
4
2
10
5
7
4
2
3
13
2
2
2
6
4
1
3
5
4
4
28
5
5
4
18
2
Craig Lowndes
888
1
Ret
5
17
2
3
14
2
2
8
1
4
3
1
4
5
4
2
2
1
3
1
11
7
14
27
9
7
9
5
3
4
3
29
3
Mark Winterbottom
5
22
19
4
3
3
6
13
3
8
12
6
3
17
8
9
7
9
7
15
11
1
Ret
3
3
3
2
2
3
8
3
27
7
2
1
3089
4
Garth Tander
16/2
8
4
20
1
4
4
10
5
6
10
5
5
8
3
1
2
1
Ret
21
5
26
Ret
2
1
19
4
1
1
2
1
8
2
18
2
2965
5
Jason Bright
6
25
15
3
20
20
5
Ret
28
1
20
2
24
1
4
2
8
3
4
18
Ret
1
Ret
7
6
4
1
3
2
1
2
2
10
8
4
2868
6
Todd Kelly
22/15
6
2
Ret
13
25
30
28
4
4
25
24
12
27
22
Ret
21
18
1
10
Ret
2
2
1
2
2
7
4
5
3
4
1
1
1
5
7
Steven Richards
7
7
5
7
Ret
6
2
2
7
7
23
10
7
22
28
6
14
6
8
11
Ret
28
5
5
Ret
10
6
11
6
6
8
11
8
5
8
8
Russell Ingall
1
9
7
2
6
5
10
8
6
12
5
25
10
7
9
5
9
5
12
5
21
27
4
8
8
5
14
10
10
13
21
10
14
26
30
9
Steven Johnson
17
10
9
9
9
9
9
17
10
11
Ret
14
29
2
15
14
23
25
10
4
4
4
Ret
10
10
9
13
16
Ret
27
11
6
19
15
22
2378
10
Jamie Whincup
88
3
1
15
Ret
10
21
4
9
25
2
9
9
5
26
8
27
8
5
6
Ret
3
1
Ret
22
8
Ret
DNS
DNS
10
6
Ret
26
9
7
11
James Courtney
4
Ret
Ret
8
18
8
12
5
Ret
15
Ret
27
16
6
23
3
3
Ret
9
8
3
9
3
17
12
6
5
13
Ret
5
24
7
9
Ret
12
2347
12
Paul Dumbrell
11
12
6
10
11
11
11
20
12
3
14
7
8
Ret
13
15
Ret
15
14
12
Ret
28
5
12
Ret
Ret
8
7
8
11
15
14
16
20
13
13
Cameron McConville
50
4
Ret
13
4
23
13
25
11
19
22
15
15
16
7
12
10
Ret
18
19
7
29
Ret
13
11
7
11
21
9
14
9
9
15
10
6
2099
14
Jason Bargwanna
10
Ret
11
11
Ret
13
15
16
20
24
Ret
17
21
11
10
Ret
12
21
15
9
14
7
10
9
9
11
18
8
21
22
16
22
21
19
26
15
Max Wilson
8
16
8
6
Ret
Ret
8
19
Ret
17
6
13
11
Ret
16
10
Ret
11
11
25
Ret
11
14
28
13
13
15
15
14
16
12
24
20
16
16
16
Mark Skaife
2
Ret
Ret
1
5
1
1
18
1
5
17
3
1
28
6
21
1
27
Ret
1
23
26
Ret
25
21
Ret
16
Ret
Ret
7
19
4
3
6
11
2036
17
Dean Canto
34
20
18
16
21
Ret
22
1
22
22
3
20
14
19
20
16
15
13
16
24
19
6
17
18
25
16
10
20
17
24
13
17
13
14
10
18
Jason Richards
3
Ret
10
28
2
19
18
9
8
27
1
8
6
14
2
17
24
16
6
Ret
15
30
Ret
4
5
Ret
12
12
13
23
10
Ret
22
12
3
1993
19
Will Davison
18
14
13
18
8
28
16
22
16
14
DSQ
23
13
Ret
14
19
19
12
26
22
8
4
Ret
14
19
17
9
6
12
Ret
Ret
Ret
6
7
Ret
1943
20
Lee Holdsworth
33
18
24
19
16
16
24
12
24
16
16
12
28
20
19
18
Ret
20
25
3
6
6
17
21
23
Ret
22
24
22
15
14
26
18
11
21
21
Paul Morris
67
11
17
14
7
12
19
21
25
Ret
21
Ret
19
18
Ret
25
6
14
20
26
24
8
6
23
18
18
17
Ret
16
26
18
15
25
27
17
22
Steve Owen
55
Ret
DNS
25
23
22
17
15
13
13
7
11
17
24
18
24
25
26
28
Ret
12
12
7
27
24
15
21
19
Ret
17
25
13
11
29
15
1782
23
John Bowe
12
19
14
17
Ret
DNS
25
Ret
21
23
13
19
20
13
21
27
11
23
23
23
13
5
11
16
15
Ret
28
18
11
19
27
18
24
21
24
24
Greg Murphy
51
5
Ret
Ret
15
15
14
3
19
9
Ret
Ret
26
9
12
11
17
10
13
Ret
10
29
Ret
19
20
12
Ret
DNS
DNS
12
7
12
12
17
9
1710
25
Brad Jones
14
Ret
20
22
Ret
18
27
24
23
18
19
22
25
25
24
20
20
19
24
17
9
5
11
15
14
20
Ret
Ret
Ret
Ret
20
19
27
23
20
26
Andrew Jones
23
15
21
27
12
17
20
7
18
Ret
11
18
23
12
17
22
18
17
17
Ret
17
30
Ret
26
Ret
DNS
19
14
14
Ret
26
20
30
22
19
1283
27
Warren Luff
25
17
16
24
22
26
23
26
27
21
18
28
31
4
27
23
16
28
22
Ret
18
23
Ret
24
Ret
Ret
23
22
20
18
17
21
17
13
28
1238
28
Paul Radisich
021
23
12
21
Ret
14
31
6
15
20
Ret
16
18
21
11
13
13
7
Ret
14
16
13
Ret
1235
29
Marcus Marshall
20
24
Ret
26
19
27
28
Ret
26
28
9
Ret
22
26
25
28
Ret
24
21
16
20
25
Ret
20
16
18
20
17
Ret
20
Ret
16
Ret
24
14
1040
30
José Fernández
26
13
23
26
24
26
26
22
Ret
27
20
22
22
16
Ret
Ret
DNS
Ret
23
25
29
28
27
31
Steven Ellery
39
27
15
Ret
29
26
22
8
6
32
Fabian Coulthard
39/021
Ret
14
21
Ret
15
21
19
7
Ret
13
Ret
478
33
Alan Gurr
39
21
22
26
23
17
19
Ret
22
17
DNS
457
34
Tony Ricciardello
26
29
27
Ret
30
23
29
22
16
26
Ret
19
35
Glenn Seton
4
9
3
36
Shane Price
11/39
24
Ret
24
23
18
23
25
23
296
37
Luke Youlden
1
27
4
38
Craig Baird
10/021
7
10
25
Ret
DNS
39
Tony Longhurst
55
12
7
40
Nathan Pretty
50
10
8
Paul Weel
10
8
42
Alex Davison
18
14
9
Grant Denyer
14
9
44
Mark Porter
26/12
23
Ret
24
18
DNS
226
45
David Besnard
8
11
14
46
Richard Lyons
88
17
12
Allan Simonsen
17
12
48
Cameron McLean
5/33
15
13
49
Greg Ritter
33
20
13
50
Matt Halliday
5
15
Ret
180
51
Owen Kelly
23
Ret
15
180
Mark Noske
Ret
15
53
Tony D'Alberto
16
16
Ret
170
Anthony Tratt
16
Ret
55
Dale Brede
12
18
Ret
150
56
Kayne Scott
39
19
Ret
140
57
Jack Perkins
11/39
24
Ret
21
Ret
DNS
130
58
Ryan Briscoe
22
21
Ret
120
Jim Richards
21
Ret
60
Adam Macrow
25
23
Ret
100
61
Chris Pither
021
25
22
23
97
62
Jonathon Webb
20
25
Ret
80
63
021
28
Ret
25
44
Phillip Scifleet
33
20
Michael Caruso
12
Ret
0
David Brabham
5
Ret
0
Driver
ADE
PUK
BAR
WIN
HID
QLD
ORA
SAN
BAT
SUR
SYM
BAH
PHI
Colour
Result
Gold
Winner
Silver
2nd place
Bronze
3rd place
Green
Points finish
Blue
Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple
Retired (Ret)
Red
Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black
Disqualified (DSQ)
White
Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank
Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)
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
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]
Ford won the Manufacturers Championship with its
Falcon BA .
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