2006 Rolex Sports Car Series Last updated January 03, 2026 7th season of the racing series organized by Grand-Am
The 2006 Rolex Sports Car Series season was the seventh season of the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series, and the fifth season under the sponsorship of Rolex .
It began on January 28 with the 24 Hours of Daytona , and ended on September 2 with the Discount Tire Sunchaser at Miller Motorsports Park . The championship was competed with Daytona Prototypes (DP) and Grand Touring (GT) class cars only, for the second successive season.
Starting with the VIR 400 , this season saw the introduction of qualifying races to set the field for the main race. Controversially, these races awarded the same points as a main race, despite being set at just 30 minutes (or 50 miles) in length. With no qualifying session, starting positions for a qualifying race were determined by speeds during a previously designated practice session. [ 1] After just three unsuccessful runnings, the format was discontinued in the aftermath of a major five-car crash at Phoenix International Raceway . [ 2]
Schedule The schedule was expanded again to 15 races, although both classes did not compete at every event, with the Daytona Prototypes class remaining at 14 races and the Grand Touring class down to 13 races. The events at California Speedway and Circuit Mont-Tremblant , both on the calendar since 2002, were replaced by a first-time visit to the Streets of Long Beach , which hadn't held a major sportscar race since 1991, and the returning Lime Rock Park , which had itself been previously replaced by California Speedway. As a support race for IndyCar, the Long Beach event was exclusive for DP cars and limited to 90 minutes, while the Lime Rock race was exclusive to the GT class.
The second race at Watkins Glen was also limited to the DP class, while the third race was discontinued after just one season, as the IndyCar event it supported was moved to the weekend of the Six Hours event. This race was replaced by Infineon Raceway , which switched from the American Le Mans Series . With the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez race moved from its November date to an early March spot, the season finale was held as a 9-hour endurance event at the newly built Miller Motorsports Park . The races at Mid-Ohio, Phoenix and Virginia were also moved from their late-summer and early autumn dates to a very hectic spring portion, with nine events in a span of just 15 weeks.
Rnd Race Length Classes Circuit Location Date 1 Rolex 24 at Daytona 24 hours All Daytona International Speedway Daytona Beach, Florida January 28–29 2 250 miles All Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez Mexico City , Mexico March 4 3 Linder Komatsu Grand Prix of Miami 250 miles All Homestead-Miami Speedway Homestead, Florida March 25 4 Crown Royal Grand American Challenge 90 minutes DP Streets of Long Beach Long Beach, California April 8 5 QR VIR 400 30 minutes All Virginia International Raceway Alton, Virginia April 22 R 400 km April 23 6 QR 30 minutes All Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca Monterey, California May 6 R 250 miles May 7 7 QR 30 minutes All Phoenix International Raceway Avondale , Arizona May 12 R 250 miles May 13 8 Rolex GT Series Challenge 200 miles GT Lime Rock Park Lakeville, Connecticut May 29 9 Sahlen's Six Hours of The Glen 6 hours All Watkins Glen International Watkins Glen, New York June 3 10 250 miles All Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio June 24 11 Brumos Porsche 250 250 miles All Daytona International Speedway Daytona Beach, Florida June 29 12 Porsche 250250 miles All Barber Motorsports Park Birmingham, Alabama July 30 13 Crown Royal 200 at The Glen 200 miles DP Watkins Glen International Watkins Glen, New York August 11 14 Sonoma 250 250 miles All Infineon Raceway Sonoma, California August 26 15 Discount Tire Sunchaser 9 hours All Miller Motorsports Park Grantsville, Utah September 2
Entries Team Chassis Engine Drivers Rounds Howard-Boss Motorsports Crawford DP03 Pontiac 2 Jan Lammers 1 Allan McNish 1 Danica Patrick 1 Rusty Wallace 1 4 Butch Leitzinger All Andy Wallace All Tony Stewart 1 16 Chris Dyson 1, 3, 5, 9, 11, 13 Guy Smith 1, 3, 5, 9, 11 Rob Dyson 1, 9, 13 Oliver Gavin 1 Southard Motorsports Riley MkXI BMW 3 Shane Lewis All Craig Stanton 5–7, 9–15 Randy LaJoie 1–2 1 1 John Pew 3 Bill Auberlen 4 Crawford DP03 Ford 5 1–2 Duncan Dayton 1 1 1 1 Scott Maxwell 2 Crawford DP03 Ford All Michael Valiante All Bryan Herta 1 Buddy Rice 1 Guy Cosmo 9 Dane Cameron 15 19 Michael McDowell 1–7, 9–13, 15 Memo Gidley 1–4, 9–15 Guy Cosmo 5–7, 14–15 Alex Barron 1, 4 Shank Michael Shank Racing /Mears Motor Coach Riley MkXI Lexus 6 Mike Borkowski All Paul Tracy 1–2, 11 1, 5, 9 9–10, 12 1, 3 6–7 13, 15 Brian Frisselle 14–15 4 Michael Shank Racing Lexus Pontiac (round 2)
60 Oswaldo Negri Jr. All All A. J. Allmendinger 1 Justin Wilson 1 SAMAX Riley MkXI BMW (1–3, 5–6)Pontiac All Jonathan Cochet 2–7, 10, 13–15 9, 11, 15 Kyle Petty 1 Boris Said 1 CITGO Racing by SAMAX Pontiac Milka Duno All Marino Franchitti 1–5 Marc Goossens 6, 9, 15 Olivier Beretta 7, 10, 12 Stefan Johansson 9, 11, 15 Dario Franchitti 1 Kevin McGarrity 1 Ian James João Barbosa 13 Patrick Carpentier 14 Doran JE4 Porsche 8 Brian Frisselle 1–7, 9–10 1–7, 9–10 Patrick Huisman 1, 13–15 Boris Said 12–13 1 Al Unser Jr. 9 12 Spencer Pumpelly 14 15 Suntrust Racing Riley MkXI Pontiac 10 Max Angelelli All Wayne Taylor Jan Magnussen 4, 6–7, 10, 12, 14 Ryan Briscoe 1, 9, 13 Emmanuel Collard 1 Ryan Hunter-Reay 15 Lowe's Fernández Racing Riley MkXI Pontiac 12 Adrián Fernández All Mário Haberfeld All Scott Sharp 1 Vítor Meira 15 Alex Job Racing/Emory Motorsports Crawford DP03 Porsche 23 Mike Rockenfeller 1, 3–7, 9–15 Patrick Long 1, 3–7, 9–14 Lucas Luhr 1 Marcel Tiemann Terry Borcheller 15 Ralf Kelleners 15 BMW Riley MkXI BMW 30 10–15 Bill Auberlen 10–15 Rocky Moran Jr. 15 Team Cytosport Riley MkXI Pontiac 31 6, 14 Scott Sharp 6, 14 Picchio DP2 BMW 33 3–5 3–4 Peter Argetsinger 5 Cheever Racing Crown Royal Special Reserve/Cheever Crawford DP03 Lexus (round 1)Porsche 39 Christian Fittipaldi All Eddie Cheever 1–2, 4–6, 11, 15 Hoover Orsi 9–10, 14–15 Patrick Carpentier 1 Lucas Luhr 3 Stefan Johansson 7 Max Papis 12 Thomas Erdos 13 Lexus 51 1 Warren Hughes 1 Stefan Johansson 1 Derhaag Motorsports Riley MkXI Pontiac 40 All Chris Bingham 1–2, 4–7, 10–11 Justin Bell 1, 3, 15 Ron Fellows 1, 14 13, 15 9 Jonathan Cochet 12 Riley MkXI Porsche 47 Rob Morgan 3–4, 6, 10, 12, 15 3–4, 6, 10, 15 12, 15 Crawford DP03 Ford 50 1 Ian James 1 1 Henri Zogaib 1 Rocketsports Racing Crawford DP03 Ford 50 Tomy Drissi 2–4, 6, 10, 13–14 Paul Gentilozzi 2–4, 6, 10 Tõnis Kasemets 13–14 Red Bull /Brumos Porsche Fabcar FDSC/03 Riley MkXI (12–15) Porsche 58 David Donohue All Darren Law All Sascha Maassen 1 Buddy Rice 15 Brumos Racing Fabcar FDSC/03 59 Hurley Haywood All 1–2, 4–7, 9–15 Ted Christopher 1, 9 Roberto Moreno 3, 15 João Barbosa 1 Riley MkXI Lexus 61 James Hinchcliffe 11 Mark Wilkins 11 Krohn Racing Riley MkXI Pontiac (round 1)Ford 75 Tracy Krohn All Niclas Jönsson 1–7, 9–13 Boris Said 14–15 Jörg Bergmeister 1 Colin Braun 1 Max Papis 15 Ford 76 Jörg Bergmeister 2–7, 9–15 Colin Braun 2, 4–7, 10–13, 15 Niclas Jönsson 14–15 Max Papis 3 Boris Said 9 Doran JE4 Ford 77 All Terry Borcheller 1–7, 9–13 Michel Jourdain Jr. 1, 14–15 Forest Barber 1 Oriol Servià 15 78 1, 9 9, 15 Raul Boesel 1 Sébastien Bourdais 1 Tony Ave 15 15 Riley MkXI Pontiac 84 Darin Brassfield 1 1 Wally Dallenbach Jr. 1 1 Pacific Coast Motorsports Riley MkXI Pontiac 89 Ryan Dalziel All Alex Figge All David Empringham 1, 15 Jon Fogarty 1 Riley MkXI Pontiac 97 Tony Ave 3, 5–6, 10–12 3, 5–6, 10–12 Gainsco/Blackhawk Racing Riley MkXI Pontiac 99 Alex Gurney All Jon Fogarty 5–7, 9–15 Jimmy Vasser 1, 3, 15 1–2 Rocky Moran Jr. 1, 4 CompUSA Chip Ganassi with Felix Sabates Riley MkXI Lexus 01 Luis Díaz All Scott Pruett All Max Papis 1 Scott Dixon 15 Target Chip Ganassi with Felix Sabates 02 1 Casey Mears 1 Dan Wheldon 1 Spirit of Daytona Racing Crawford DP03 Pontiac 07 Guy Cosmo 11 Bobby Labonte 11 09 1–7, 9–11, 15 1–7 Bobby Labonte 1, 12–13 Marc-Antoine Camirand 10–11, 15 Stéphan Grégoire 9, 15 Guy Cosmo 12–13 Harold Primat 1
Race results Overall winners in bold .
Championship standings Championship points are awarded in each class at the finish of each event, including the qualifying races. Points are awarded based on finishing positions in the race as shown in the chart below. [ 3]
Position 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30+ Points 35 32 30 28 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
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)
Bold - Pole positionItalics - Fastest lap
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