2006 Champ Car Atlantic season | |
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Yokohama Presents the Champ Car Atlantic Championship Powered by Mazda | |
Season | |
Races | 12 |
Start date | April 9 |
End date | September 2 |
Awards | |
Drivers' champion | Simon Pagenaud |
Teams' champion | Forsythe Championship Racing |
Rookie of the Year | Simon Pagenaud |
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.
Team | No | Drivers | Races |
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Condor Motorsports | 1 | Danilo Dirani (R) | All |
Jensen MotorSport | 2 | Tim Bridgman (R) | All |
22 | Steve Ott (R) | 2, 4-6 | |
Ricardo Vassmer (R) | 9-10 | ||
Forsythe Racing | 3 | James Hinchcliffe (R) | All |
7 | Leonardo Maia (R) | All | |
33 | Richard Philippe (R) | All | |
37 | Andreas Wirth | All | |
US RaceTronics | 4 | David Martínez | All |
Team Australia | 5 | James Davison (R) | 1-10 |
Michael Patrizi (R) | 11-12 | ||
15 | Simon Pagenaud (R) | All | |
Sierra Sierra Enterprises | 6 | Raphael Matos (R) | All |
Brooks Associates Racing | 8 | Luis Schiavo (R) | 1-3 |
Carlos Mastretta | 3-9 | ||
Antoine Bessette | 11 | ||
10 | Norbert Siedler (R) | 1-3 | |
Alex Sperafico (R) | 4-12 | ||
McAtee Motorsports | 9 | Kyle Kelley | 1, 4 |
19 | Brian McAtee | 1, 9-10 | |
Brian Thienes | 11-12 | ||
Polestar Racing Group | 12 | Alan Sciuto (R) | All |
21 | Alex Barron | 1-10 | |
Ronnie Bremer | 11 | ||
Antoine Bessette | 12 | ||
Gelles Racing | 14 | Stephen Simpson (R) | 1-3 |
Antoine Bessette | 4 | ||
Colin Fleming (R) | 9-12 | ||
28 | Robbie Pecorari (R) | All | |
31 | Casey Neal (R) | 11 | |
42 | Phil Giebler (R) | 9 | |
Transnet Racing | 16 | Charles Hall | 1-3 |
Alex García | 4-6 | ||
17 | Barton Mawer | 2-4 | |
Mi-Jack Conquest Racing | 18 | Graham Rahal (R) | All |
30 | Al Unser III | 1-3 | |
Ryan Lewis (R) | 4-12 | ||
PR1 Motorsports | 23 | Jonathan Bomarito | All |
32 | Mike Forest (R) | 1, 7-8, 10, 12 | |
NCDL Tech | 25 | Ryan Spencer-Smith (R) | 1-2 |
Mathiasen Motorsports | 26 | Justin Sofio | All |
Newman Wachs Racing | 34 | Joe D'Agostino (R) | All |
35 | Daniel Gaunt (R) | 1-6 | |
Steve Ott (R) | 7-11 | ||
36 | J. R. Hildebrand (R) | 12 | |
The Room Store | 49 | Dan Selznick | 1-2, 10 |
Bite Racing | 55 | Duncan Ende (R) | 1, 4-7 |
56 | Chris Souliotis | 2-3 |
Rd | Date | Race name | Track | Location |
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1 | April 9 | 2006 Imperial Capital Bank Atlantic Race | Streets of Long Beach | Long Beach, California |
2 | May 13 | 2006 Fast Trac 100 | Streets of Houston | Houston, Texas |
3 | May 21 | 2006 Atlantic Grand Prix of Monterrey | Fundidora Park | Monterrey, Mexico |
4 | June 18 | 2006 Trinity Carpet 100K | Portland International Raceway | Portland, Oregon |
5 | June 24 | 2006 Gehl Atlantic Championship of Cleveland | Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport | Cleveland, Ohio |
6 | June 25 | |||
7 | July 9 | 2006 Atlantic Grand Prix of Toronto | Exhibition Place | Toronto, Ontario |
8 | July 23 | 2006 Atlantic Grand Prix of Edmonton | Edmonton City Centre Airport | Edmonton, Alberta |
9 | July 30 | 2006 Atlantic Grand Prix of San José | Streets of San Jose | San Jose, California |
10 | August 13 | 2006 Atlantic Grand Prix of Denver | Streets of Denver | Denver, Colorado |
11 | August 27 | 2006 Atlantic Grand Prix of Montréal | Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | Montreal, Quebec |
12 | September 24 | 2006 Gehl Championship Finale | Road America | Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin |
Scoring system
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th | 16th | 17th | 18th | 19th | 20th |
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Points | 31 | 27 | 25 | 23 | 21 | 19 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
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