2006 Australian Saloon Car Championship

Last updated June 29, 2022

The 2006 Australian Saloon Car Championship was open to drivers of Saloon Cars complying with CAMS Group 3K regulations. The title was contested over a seven round series with three races per round.

Round 1, Wakefield Park Raceway, New South Wales, 5 March
Round 2, Symmons Plains International Raceway, Tasmania, 8 & 9 April
Round 3, Oran Park Raceway, New South Wales, 6 & 7 May
Round 4, Mallala Motorsport Park, South Australia, 25 June
Round 5, Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit, Victoria, 19 & 20 August
Round 6, Oran Park Raceway, New South Wales, 28 & 29 October
Round 7, Eastern Creek International Raceway, New South Wales, 25 & 26 November

Points were awarded based on the results of each race as follows

1st, 40 points
2nd, 35 points
3rd, 31 points
4th, 27 points
5th, 23 points
6th, 20 points
7th, 17 points
8th, 15 points
9th, 13 points
10th, 11 points
11th, 10 points
12th, 9 points
13th, 8 points
14th, 7 points
15th, 6 points
16th, 5 points
17th, 4 points
18th, 3 points
19th, 2 points
20th to 40th, 1 point

The results of this, the first Australian Saloon Car Championship, are given below.

Position	Driver	No.	Car	Entrant	Rd1 R1	Rd1 R2	Rd1 R3	Rd2 R1	Rd2 R2	Rd2 R3	Rd3 R1	Rd3 R2	Rd3 R3	Rd4 R1	Rd4 R2	Rd4 R3	Rd5 R1	Rd5 R2	Rd5 R3	Rd6 R1	Rd6 R2	Rd6 R3	Rd7 R1	Rd7 R2	Rd7 R3	Points
1	Bruce Heinrich	1	Ford Falcon AU	GJ Engineers	40	-	20	40	40	35	35	35	35	40	40	40	35	40	40	35	35	35	9	35	40	704
2	Kris Walton	38	Ford Falcon AU	Talbrace Pty Ltd	35	40	31	20	13	17	31	23	31	35	35	35	40	35	35	40	40	40	6	-	35	617
3	Shawn Jamieson	15	Holden Commodore VT	All Panel & Parts	23	23	13	23	17	13	20	17	27	31	31	31	15	27	31	27	31	27	35	31	-	493
4	Clint Harvey	71	Ford Falcon AU	Strategic Transport Racing	13	27	35	35	35	31	40	40	40	23	17	17	31	5	27	23	-	15	-	-	-	454
5	John Goodacre	2	Holden Commodore VN & VT	Gap Solutions	31	35	40	-	20	23	23	20	20	20	-	5	4	15	13	15	15	13	-	-	-	312
6	Paul Fiore	30	Holden Commodore VN	BRE Performance	27	31	27	7	31	40	15	5	15	17	20	15	27	23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	300
7	Matthew Lovell	17	Ford Falcon EA	Batteries Direct	17	13	10	17	-	-	17	31	-	15	23	27	10	13	15	13	17	20	31	-	10	299
8	Peter Dane	60	Ford Falcon EA & AU	Cash Stop Racing	20	17	15	-	-	-	27	27	23	6	8	6	17	17	23	11	20	23	20	17	-	297
9	Jake Camilleri	36	Ford Falcon EA & Holden Commodore VT	Grand Prix Panel & Paint	8	-	-	31	27	27	10	13	13	27	27	20	-	-	-	17	9	11	-	-	-	240
10	Scott Nicholas	7	Ford Falcon AU	Oaki Printing Solutions	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	7	13	7	-	-	7	23	31	40	40	31	208
11	Roger Paterson	18	Holden Commodore VN & Ford Falcon AU	Sportsmed SA Hospitals	7	8	3	13	-	11	6	3	-	-	-	-	13	2	-	9	13	9	23	23	23	166
12	Michael Barbara	8	Holden Commodore VN	Cash Stop Racing	10	15	17	11	15	-	13	15	17	5	10	8	3	9	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	154
13	Brett Niall	55	Ford Falcon AU	Strategic Transport Racing	4	6	6	5	6	9	9	10	9	3	6	3	11	10	17	10	11	8	-	-	-	143
14	Brett Carrington	47	Ford Falcon AU	B & R Computers	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	-	9	11	-	8	8	10	27	27	27	135
15	Steve Kwiatkowski	34	Ford Falcon EA	Westport Cars	15	20	23	27	23	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	128
16	Brad Fox	80	Ford Falcon EA	Computer-line Rick	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	1	-	-	-	-	20	31	10	31	27	-	-	-	-	125
17	Geoff Brown	82	Ford Falcon AU	Tri-State Racing	1	1	1	9	3	7	7	9	11	1	4	-	5	-	8	3	7	7	-	15	17	116
18	Malcolm Niall	54	Ford Falcon AU	Strategic Transport Racing	2	4	5	8	10	-	11	11	10	4	9	7	8	1	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	97
19	Paul Pennisi	46	Holden Commodore VN & VT	Woodstock Motor Racing	1	1	1	3	1	5	1	4	5	1	-	-	6	8	11	1	4	3	15	11	11	93
20	Brett Bowden	42	Ford Falcon EA	Dial 1100 Before You Dig	1	3	4	10	9	6	8	7	8	1	3	1	2	4	5	4	1	4	-	-	-	81
21	Paul Williams	50	Ford Falcon EA	Strategic Transport Racing	1	1	1	15	-	10	2	8	7	8	1	9	1	3	9	1	-	2	-	-	-	79
22	Tony James	10	Holden Commodore VN	BRE Performance	11	11	11	-	11	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	67
	Robert Lonie	31	Holden Commodore VN	Gilbert Motor Bodies	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	2	3	1	17	20	20	67
24	Robert Rubis	76 & 77	Ford Falcon EA & AU	Sydney Tower Restaurants	6	10	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	10	17	-	-	-	53
25	Wayne King	25	Ford Falcon EA	U-Pull-It Auto Disman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	15	23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	51
26	Paul Fiore	30	Holden Commodore VN	BRE Performance	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	27	23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	50
27	Adam Hughes	66	Ford Falcon EA	Embroid Me Liverpool	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	13	13	15	47
28	John Ierardo	45	Holden Commodore VN	Woodstock Motor Racing	1	1	2	-	2	4	-	-	-	1	2	1	1	1	4	-	-	-	10	10	-	40
29	Shane Smollen	56	Ford Falcon EA	McGrath Estate Agents	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	1	11	9	13	37
30	Tim Rowse	81	Holden Commodore VT	Rowse Motors	3	5	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	36
31	David Rogers	87	Holden Commodore VN	Manual Transmission Factory	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	6	6	8	-	9	34
	David Lines	24	Holden Commodore VN	Aust Crash	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	13	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	34
33	Peter Holmes	9	Holden Commodore VN	Peter Holmes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	29
34	Mark Southerland	44	Holden Commodore VN	Woodstock Motor Racing	1	2	-	4	4	2	3	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	28
35	Mark Primmer	41	Ford Falcon EA	Dial 1100 Before You Dig	1	1	1	-	1	3	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	-	7	-	-	26
36	Stephen Robinson	40	Holden Commodore VN	David Gainer	9	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	23
37	Tony Evangelou	86	Ford Falcon EA	ANT Racing	5	9	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	22
38	Craig Smith	90	Ford Falcon EB	Life Tiles	1	1	1	-	8	1	4	-	4	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	21
39	Grant Johnson	54	Ford Falcon AU	Strategic Transport Racing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	-	-	-	-	-	20
40	John van Gilst	21	Holden Commodore VN	Woodtech	-	-	-	6	5	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	19
41	Ken Wright	13	Ford Falcon EA	Mercbits	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	5	5	-	-	-	18
42	Michael Bartsch	19	Holden Commodore VN	Bartsch Builders	-	1	1	-	-	-	1	2	-	10	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16
43	Andrew Hamilton	83	Ford Falcon EA	VEHTEC	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	5	4	1	1	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	15
44	Peter Hogan	52	Holden Commodore VN		-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5
45	Lindsay Gates	3	Holden Commodore VN	Ceramic Coat Aust	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4
46	Brenton Burr	74	Ford Falcon AU	Regency Building Supplies	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
	Pat Calabrese	4	Holden Commodore VN	Bianco Building Supplies	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
	Mark Pilatti	77	Holden Commodore VN	Readymix	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
49	Brad Boley	12	Holden Commodore VN	BRE Performance	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
	Grace Monterosso	27	Holden Commodore VN	Bianco Building Supplies	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
51	Luke Norris	16	Holden Commodore VN	Woodtech	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0

Note : The Paul Fiore listed in 6th position and the Paul Fiore listed in 26th position are undoubtedly the same driver. This duplication appears in the results published at www.tascco.com.au and also those published in The Annual.

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References

The Annual - Australian Motorsport, Number 2 / 2006
http://www.cams.com.au/ (Archived 2009-05-16)
http://www.camsmanual.com.au/ (Archived 2009-05-07)
http://www.natsoft.com.au/
https://web.archive.org/web/20090301212955/http://www.tascco.com.au/

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