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. The drivers' championship was decided in controversial circumstances – Kelly and Craig Lowndes collided in the final race having started the race level on points at the top of the table.
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.
The following teams and drivers competed in the 2006 V8 Supercar Championship Series.
* = Drove in Sandown 500 only
** = Drove in Bathurst 1000 only
Championship points were awarded on the following basis: [2]
Points format | Position | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 |
Drivers were required to drop the points from their worst round up to and including Bathurst. [2]
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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 |
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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.
Ford won the Manufacturers Championship, having gained the most round victories over the course of the championship. [3]
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