2006 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series

2006 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series season
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The 2006 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series was an Australian touring car series held for V8 Supercars. It was the seventh series held for second tier V8 Supercar teams. The season began on 24 March 2006 at Adelaide Street Circuit and finished on 10 December at Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit. The season consisted of seven rounds held across four different states.

The series was again dominated by a single driver, with Howard racing Ford driver Adam Macrow winning eight of the series 18 races, winning the five rounds of the series. The remaining two rounds of the series was won by Dick Johnson Racing Ford driver Andrew Thompson won the remaining two rounds, including three race wins but 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 drivers Shane Price and Jack Perkins finished second and third in the season pointscore, with Price taking two wins during the season. The only other multiple race winner was Kayne Scott who won a pair of reverse grid races.

The series was dealt a tragic blow at the Mount Panorama Circuit round where David Clark crashed broadside on into the stationary car of Mark Porter. Clark was seriously injured in the collision while Porter lost his life in the days following the accident.

Race calendar

Round	Date	Circuit	Location	Winning driver
1	24–25 March	Adelaide Street Circuit	Adelaide, South Australia	Adam Macrow
2	27–28 May	Wakefield Park	Goulburn, New South Wales	Adam Macrow
3	21–23 July	Queensland Raceway	Ipswich, Queensland	Adam Macrow
4	11–13 August	Oran Park Raceway	Sydney, New South Wales	Adam Macrow
5	16–17 September	Mallala Motor Sport Park	Mallala, South Australia	Adam Macrow
6	5–7 October	Mount Panorama Circuit	Bathurst, New South Wales	Andrew Thompson
7	8–10 December	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit	Phillip Island, Victoria	Andrew Thompson

Teams and drivers

A record number of competitors took part in the 2006 season with the Queensland Raceway round over-subscribed, forcing the slowest qualifiers to sit out the racing. The following teams and drivers have competed during the 2006 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series.

Team	No	Driver	Car
Sieders Racing Team	13	Colin Sieders	Ford AU Falcon
Stones Motor Sport	24	Nigel Stones	Holden VX Commodore
Howard Racing	27	Adam Macrow	Ford BA Falcon
	37	Mark Howard
Project Mu	28	Alan Gurr	Holden VY Commodore
Matthew White Racing	28	Matthew White	Ford AU Falcon Ford BA Falcon
	29	Dean Wanless Wayne Wakefield
A.N.T. Racing	30	Tony Evangelou	Ford BA Falcon
McGill Motorsport	32	Aaron McGill	Holden VX Commodore Ford AU Falcon
Gravity Motorsport	35	Mark Papendall	Holden VX Commodore
Optima Sport	36	David Clark	Ford BA Falcon
Eggleston Motorsport	38	Ben Eggleston	Holden VX Commodore
Peters Motorsport	40	Wayne Wakefield Luke Youlden Ben Clucas	Ford AU Falcon
	80	Barry Tanton
	91	Gary Deane	Ford BA Falcon
Brad Jones Racing	41	Chris Pither	Ford AU Falcon
Jay Motorsport	42	Jay Verdnik	Holden VY Commodore
Jack Hillerman Racing	43	Chris Alajajian	Holden VZ Commodore
Adam Sharpe Motorsport	44	Adam Sharpe	Ford AU Falcon
O'Brien Motorsport	45	Shannon O'Brien	Ford BA Falcon
Image Racing	48	Dean Neville	Ford AU Falcon
	49	Terry Wyhoon Paul Kelly
John Henderson Motorsport	56	John Henderson	Ford AU Falcon
JPS Automotive	57	Dean Savage	Holden VX Commodore
Jim Beam Racing	57	Ryan McLeod Bruce Williams	Holden VY Commodore
Speed FX Racing	60	Michael Caruso	Ford BA Falcon
Dick Johnson Racing	61	Marcus La Delle	Ford AU Falcon
	71	Andrew Thompson	Ford BA Falcon
	81	Grant Denyer Luke Youlden
Scott Loadsman Racing	62	Scott Loadsman	Holden VY Commodore
Shane Beikoff Racing	68	Shane Beikoff Jonathan Beikoff	Ford AU Falcon
Spies Hecker Racing	69	Robert Jones	Holden VX Commodore
Smiths Trucks Racing	70	Geoff Emery	Holden VY Commodore
	72	Nathan Pretty
Tony D'Alberto Racing	74	Mark McNally	Holden VY Commodore
	99	Tony D'Alberto	Holden VZ Commodore
Perkins Motorsport	77	Shane Price	Holden VZ Commodore
	78	Jack Perkins
Greg Smith Racing	86	Greg Smith	Ford AU Falcon
Summertime Pools	87	Benjamin Falk John Falk	Ford AU Falcon
Clayton Pyne Racing	90	Clayton Pyne	Holden VX Commodore
Sydney Star Racing	95	Mathew Hunt	Holden VY Commodore
	98	Tim Monte Stephen Voight Derek Hocking
	333	Mathew Hunt	Ford AU Falcon
United Oil	96	Brett Hobson	Ford BA Falcon
Wollongong Performance Racing	100	Kayne Scott Damien White	Holden VZ Commodore
MSport	111	Mark Porter	Holden VZ Commodore

Results and standings

The season consisted of seven rounds across four different states. Rounds 2-5 consisted of three races. The second race of each weekend saw the finishing order of race 1 reversed to form the grid, a 'reverse grid' race. Point allocated for the reverse grid race were worth half as much as the first and third races of these rounds. Rounds 1, 6 and 7 consisted of a pair of races. Round 2's pair of races carried 50% more points than a single race elsewhere in the season.

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	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 2-5 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
Reverse Grid 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 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

Drivers championship

Points table referenced, in part, as follows:^[1]

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

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (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 participate (DNP) Excluded (EX)

References

1. "Championship Points Table". Official website of the V8 Supercar Championship Series. 10 December 2006. Retrieved 14 February 2009.
2. "Adelaide Parklands Circuit 26/03/2006 2006 Clipsal 500 Adelaide". National Software. 26 March 2006. Retrieved 14 February 2009.
3. "Wakefield Park Raceway 28/05/2006 2006 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series - Round 2". National Software. 28 May 2006. Retrieved 14 February 2009.
4. "Queensland Raceway Ipswich 23/07/2006 BigPond 400, 2006 V8 Supercar Championship Series - Round 6". National Software. 23 July 2006. Retrieved 14 February 2009.
5. "Oran Park Motorsport Circuit 13/08/2006 2006 V8 Supercar Championship Series - Round 7". National Software. 13 August 2006. Retrieved 14 February 2009.
6. "Mallala Motorsport Park 17/09/2006 2006 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series - Round 5". National Software. 17 September 2006. Retrieved 14 February 2009.
7. "Mount Panorama - Bathurst 08/10/2006 Super Cheap Auto 1000 - Rd 9 2006 V8 Supercar Series". National Software. 8 October 2006. Retrieved 14 February 2009.
8. "Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit 10/12/2006 Caterpillar Grand Finale - 2006 VCS, Round 13". National Software. 10 December 2006. Retrieved 14 February 2009.

External links

• 2006 Racing Results Archive

See also

• 2006 V8 Supercar season