2006 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series

2006 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series

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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
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
Sieders Racing Team	Ford Falcon (AU)	13	Colin Sieders	2–4, 6-7
Stones Motorsport	Holden Commodore (VX)	24	Nigel Stones	1-4
Howard Racing	Ford Falcon (BA)	27	Adam Macrow	All
		37	Mark Howard	All
Project Mu	Holden Commodore (VY)	28	Alan Gurr	3
		57	Ryan McLeod	6
	Holden Commodore (VX)		Bruce Williams	7
Matthew White Racing	Ford Falcon (BA)	28	Matthew White	1–2, 4-7
		29	Dean Wanless	1-3
			Wayne Wakefield	6-7
A.N.T. Racing	Ford Falcon (BA)	30	Tony Evangelou	1-6
McGill Motorsport	Holden Commodore (VX)	32	Aaron McGill	1
	Ford Falcon (AU)			2-7
Gravity Motorsport	Holden Commodore (VX)	35	Mark Papendall	1–3, 5-7
Optima Sport	Ford Falcon (BA)	36	David Clark	1-6
Eggleston Motorsport	Holden Commodore (VX)	38	Ben Eggleston	1–4, 6
Peters Motorsport	Ford Falcon (AU)	40	Wayne Wakefield	1-3
			Luke Youlden	4-6
			Ben Clucas	7
		80	Barry Tanton	1–4, 6-7
	Ford Falcon (BA)	91	Gary Deane	All
Partington Race Prep	Ford Falcon (AU)	41	Chris Pither	All
Jay Motorsport	Holden Commodore (VY)	42	Jay Verdnik	All
Jack Hillerman Racing	Holden Commodore (VZ)	43	Chris Alajajian	3-7
Adam Sharpe Motorsport	Ford Falcon (AU)	44	Adam Sharpe	1–4, 6-7
O’Brien Motorsport	Ford Falcon (BA)	45	Shannon O'Brien	All
Image Racing	Ford Falcon (AU)	48	Dean Neville	2–3, 6-7
		49	Terry Wyhoon	2, 6-7
			Paul Kelly	3
John Henderson Motorsport	Ford Falcon (AU)	56	John Henderson	2–4, 6
JPS Automotive	Holden Commodore (VX)	57	Dean Savage	1
Speed FX Racing	Ford Falcon (BA)	60	Michael Caruso	All
Dick Johnson Racing	Ford Falcon (AU)	61	Marcus La Delle	1, 3-7
	Ford Falcon (BA)	71	Andrew Thompson	All
		81	Grant Denyer	1, 3-7
			Luke Youlden	2
Scott Loadsman Racing	Holden Commodore (VY)	62	Scott Loadsman	2-7
Shane Beikoff Racing	Ford Falcon (AU)	68	Shane Beikoff	1, 5, 7
			Jonathan Beikoff	2–4, 6
CarTrek Racing	Holden Commodore (VX)	69	Robert Jones	5-7
Robert Smith Racing	Holden Commodore (VY)	70	Geoff Emery	All
		72	Nathan Pretty	All
Tony D'Alberto Racing	Holden Commodore (VY)	74	Mark McNally	3-7
	Holden Commodore (VZ)	99	Tony D'Alberto	All
Perkins Motorsport	Holden Commodore (VZ)	77	Shane Price	All
		78	Jack Perkins	All
Greg Smith Racing	Ford Falcon (AU)	86	Greg Smith	1–4, 6
Summertime Pools	Ford Falcon (AU)	87	Benjamin Falk	2, 4-5
			John Falk	3, 6
Clayton Pyne Racing	Holden Commodore (VX)	90	Clayton Pyne	4, 6-7
Sydney Star Racing	Holden Commodore (VY)	95	Mathew Hunt	3-7
		98	Tim Monte	1–2, 4
			Stephen Voight	3
			Derek Hocking	5
	Ford Falcon (AU)		Tim Monte	6
		333	Mathew Hunt	2
United Oil Racing	Ford Falcon (BA)	96	Brett Hobson	3–4, 6-7
Wollongong Performance Racing Mark Petch Motorsport	Holden Commodore (VZ)	100	Kayne Scott	1-5
			Damien White	7
MSport	Holden Commodore (VZ)	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
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]

Pos Driver Car [4] Ade [5] Wak [6] Que [7] Ora [8] Mal [9] Bat [10] Phi [11] Pts 1 Adam Macrow Ford Falcon (BA) 1 1 1 9 1 2 11 1 1 15 3 1 11 1 5 4 9 10 2024 2 Shane Price Holden Commodore (VZ) 10 6 3 13 5 5 14 2 8 10 1 2 10 2 3 2 1 2 1984 3 Jack Perkins Holden Commodore (VZ) 27 10 4 22 8 6 8 5 6 17 4 3 9 Ret 10 3 6 9 1597 4 Michael Caruso Ford Falcon (BA) 2 2 19 25 Ret 3 29 7 2 18 13 11 23 4 8 10 7 8 1567 5 Nathan Pretty Holden Commodore (VY) 6 4 8 7 3 Ret 13 10 3 27 2 6 13 5 Ret DNS 8 7 1455 6 Tony D'Alberto Holden Commodore (VZ) 5 25 33 29 9 13 5 8 4 12 33 7 17 22 2 5 3 5 1443 7 Mark Porter Holden Commodore (VZ) 9 3 14 2 2 1 Ret 3 9 19 8 5 7 3 6 DNS 1423 8 Andrew Thompson Ford Falcon (BA) 12 Ret 10 Ret DNS 7 22 9 33 2 26 16 5 6 1 1 2 1 1376 9 Grant Denyer Ford Falcon (BA) 3 12 4 18 4 7 14 Ret 8 14 19 12 8 14 6 1313 10 Matthew White Ford Falcon (BA) 26 24 9 17 12 5 16 5 15 24 15 7 6 4 3 1272 11 Chris Pither Ford Falcon (AU) 13 9 7 Ret DNS 11 4 26 21 Ret DNS 21 3 10 14 12 16 13 1131 12 Wayne Wakefield Ford Falcon (AU) 4 5 5 14 7 12 35 11 4 7 10 Ret 1101 13 Kayne Scott Holden Commodore (VZ) 8 8 6 19 Ret 18 1 12 12 13 10 19 1 8 1030 14 Tony Evangelou Ford Falcon (BA) 7 7 17 3 Ret 15 7 28 28 3 14 12 15 14 32 9 1005 15 Aaron McGill Holden Commodore (VX) 15 16 23 4 10 21 26 15 18 9 12 DNS DNS DNS 25 23 30 20 861 16 Mark Howard Ford Falcon (BA) 14 15 22 16 13 36 33 20 26 Ret 29 13 18 12 22 DSQ 17 16 853 17 Jay Verdnik Holden Commodore (VY) 22 11 Ret DNS DNS 38 30 14 29 26 Ret 20 4 7 17 13 15 15 851 18 Marcus La Delle Ford Falcon (AU) Ret DNS 8 12 Ret 19 5 9 10 8 17 33 14 12 23 806 19 David Clark Ford Falcon (BA) 21 19 11 8 6 30 Ret 27 34 1 21 9 6 Ret 11 DNS 784 20 Brett Hobson Ford Falcon (BA) 16 15 13 23 6 6 16 11 18 12 761 21 Matthew Hunt Ford Falcon (AU) 18 Ret DNS 20 16 17 32 7 11 17 21 13 15 Ret 20 25 717 22 Luke Youlden Ford Falcon (BA) 2 5 4 10 Ret 17 27 2 Ret 9 24 703 23 Mark McNally Holden Commodore (VY) 22 3 22 20 8 32 14 12 9 Ret DNS 13 11 678 24 Geoff Emery Holden Commodore (VY) Ret 14 12 21 21 19 Ret 18 Ret 23 23 18 26 Ret 27 Ret 11 27 671 25 Chris Alajajian Holden Commodore (VZ) 28 2 Ret 11 24 7 4 19 11 30 Ret Ret 14 634 26 Shannon O'Brien Ford Falcon (BA) 20 Ret 24 12 27 9 9 21 DNS 31 16 DNS DNS DNS 13 Ret 27 19 631 27 Adam Sharpe Ford Falcon (AU) 19 Ret 13 32 26 17 10 Ret 17 11 22 20 16 26 Ret 627 28 Dean Wanless Ford Falcon (AU) 11 13 15 15 11 14 20 16 576 29 Scott Loadsman Holden Commodore (VY) 29 11 Ret 26 34 30 22 22 Ret 22 22 18 26 20 25 22 487 30 Colin Sieders Ford Falcon (AU) 21 20 18 23 19 29 14 20 28 19 Ret 28 26 470 31 Gary Deane Ford Falcon (BA) 16 26 Ret 31 22 Ret 28 19 25 28 27 23 Ret DNS 29 21 32 29 445 32 Greg Smith Ford Falcon (AU) 25 21 26 28 24 35 17 24 27 4 18 Ret 22 439 33 Dean Neville Ford Falcon (AU) 30 6 15 31 23 25 28 19 22 18 423 34 Ben Eggleston Holden Commodore (VX) Ret DNS 20 18 14 32 24 Ret 16 21 19 21 Ret 388 35 Shane Beikoff Ford Falcon (AU) 17 17 24 20 20 24 24 364 36 Jonathan Beikoff Ford Falcon (AU) 16 23 16 25 25 23 15 Ret 24 DNS DNS 352 37 Clayton Pyne Holden Commodore (VX) 13 Ret 15 Ret 18 23 21 337 38 John Henderson Ford Falcon (AU) Ret 24 19 DNQ DNQ DNQ 24 Ret 20 18 17 317 39 Terry Wyhoon Ford Falcon (AU) 31 1 25 24 15 19 Ret 314 40 Damien White Holden Commodore (VZ) 5 4 285 41 Nigel Stones Holden Commodore (VX) 18 20 27 30 20 37 32 32 31 25 25 280 42 Robert Jones Holden Commodore (VX) 26 16 16 Ret Ret 21 17 270 43 Alan Gurr Holden Commodore (VY) 10 6 6 254 44 Tim Monte Holden Commodore (VX) Ret 18 25 10 17 Ret Ret Ret 31 DSQ 227 45 Mark Papendall Holden Commodore (VX) Ret DNS 28 Ret DNS 24 21 Ret 25 Ret 21 23 Ret 29 Ret 225 46 Barry Tanton Ford Falcon (AU) 24 22 DNQ 27 Ret 34 Ret Ret 30 29 31 Ret Ret 31 31 165 47 Dean Savage Holden Commodore (VX) 23 23 100 48 Derek Hocking Holden Commodore (VY) 28 25 23 76 49 Benjamin Falk Ford Falcon (AU) 32 26 23 Ret 30 30 DNS DNS DNS 76 50 John Falk Ford Falcon (AU) 29 27 31 Ret DNS 36 51 Bruce Williams Holden Commodore (VY) Ret 28 25 52 Stephen Voight Holden Commodore (VY) 27 36 Ret 24 53 Paul Kelly Ford Falcon (AU) 33 31 Ret 4 Ryan McLeod Holden Commodore (VY) DNS DNS Ben Clucas Ford Falcon (AU) DNS DNS

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (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)

References

1. Grant Rowley, Climbing Mount Fujitsu, The Annual – Australian Motorsport, Number 2 / 2006, pages 46 to 56
2. "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.
3. "Championship Points Table". Official website of the V8 Supercar Championship Series. 10 December 2006. Retrieved 14 February 2009.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
4. Various 2006 race results, www.natsoft.com.au Retrieved 25 February 2019
5. "Adelaide Parklands Circuit 26/03/2006 2006 Clipsal 500 Adelaide". National Software. 26 March 2006. Archived from the original on 21 July 2008. Retrieved 14 February 2009.
6. "Wakefield Park Raceway 28/05/2006 2006 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series – Round 2". National Software. 28 May 2006. Archived from the original on 27 May 2008. Retrieved 14 February 2009.
7. "Queensland Raceway Ipswich 23/07/2006 BigPond 400, 2006 V8 Supercar Championship Series – Round 6". National Software. 23 July 2006. Archived from the original on 21 August 2006. Retrieved 14 February 2009.
8. "Oran Park Motorsport Circuit 13/08/2006 2006 V8 Supercar Championship Series – Round 7". National Software. 13 August 2006. Archived from the original on 21 August 2006. Retrieved 14 February 2009.
9. "Mallala Motorsport Park 17/09/2006 2006 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series – Round 5". National Software. 17 September 2006. Archived from the original on 31 July 2008. Retrieved 14 February 2009.
10. "Mount Panorama – Bathurst 08/10/2006 Super Cheap Auto 1000 – Rd 9 2006 V8 Supercar Series". National Software. 8 October 2006. Archived from the original on 6 December 2006. Retrieved 14 February 2009.
11. "Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit 10/12/2006 Caterpillar Grand Finale – 2006 VCS, Round 13". National Software. 10 December 2006. Archived from the original on 21 July 2008. Retrieved 14 February 2009.

External links

• 2006 Racing Results Archive Archived 6 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
• Series Points Report, racing.natsoft.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org

See also

• 2006 V8 Supercar season