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.

Race calendar

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.

Rd.	Race title	Circuit	Location	Date	Format	Winner	Team	Report
1	Clipsal 500 Adelaide	Adelaide Street Circuit	Adelaide, South Australia	23–26 Mar	Two races	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Report
2	PlaceMakers V8 International	Pukekohe Park Raceway	Pukekohe, New Zealand	21–23 Apr	Three races	Mark Skaife	Holden Racing Team	Report
3	Perth V8 400	Barbagallo Raceway	Wanneroo, Western Australia	12–14 May	Three races	Steven Richards	Perkins Engineering	Report
4	Winton	Winton Motor Raceway	Benalla, Victoria	2–4 Jun	Three races	Craig Lowndes	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Report
5	Skycity Triple Crown	Hidden Valley Raceway	Darwin, Northern Territory	30 Jun – 2 Jul	Three races	Craig Lowndes	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Report
6	BigPond 400	Queensland Raceway	Ipswich, Queensland	21–23 Jul	Three races	Garth Tander	HSV Dealer Team	Report
7	Oran Park	Oran Park Raceway	Sydney, New South Wales	11–13 Aug	Three races	Craig Lowndes	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Report
8	Betta Electrical 500	Sandown Raceway	Melbourne, Victoria	1–3 Sep	One race	Mark Winterbottom Jason Bright	Ford Performance Racing	Report
9	Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000	Mount Panorama	Bathurst, New South Wales	5–8 Oct	One race	Craig Lowndes Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Report
10	Gillette V8 Supercar Challenge	Surfers Paradise Street Circuit	Surfers Paradise, Queensland	19–22 Oct	Three races	Todd Kelly	Holden Racing Team	Report
11	Ferodo Tasmania Challenge	Symmons Plains Raceway	Launceston, Tasmania	10–12 Nov	Three races	Garth Tander	HSV Dealer Team	Report
12	Desert 400	Bahrain International Circuit	Manama, Bahrain	23–25 Nov	Three races	Jason Bright	Ford Performance Racing	Report
13	Caterpillar Grand Finale	Phillip Island	Phillip Island, Victoria	8–10 Dec	Three races	Todd Kelly	Holden Racing Team	Report

Adelaide Perth Winton Darwin Ipswich Oran Park Sandown Bathurst Gold Coast Launceston Phillip Island Australian rounds

Pukekohe New Zealand rounds

Sakhir Bahrain rounds

Teams and drivers

The following teams and drivers competed in the 2006 V8 Supercar Championship Series.

Manufacturer	Car	Team	No.	Drivers	Events		Endurance Event Drivers
Ford	Falcon BA	Stone Brothers Racing	1	Russell Ingall	All		Luke Youlden
			4	James Courtney	All		Glenn Seton
		Ford Performance Racing	5	Mark Winterbottom	All		Matthew Halliday Cameron McLean* David Brabham**
			6	Jason Bright	All
		WPS Racing	8	Max Wilson	All		David Besnard
			10	Jason Bargwanna	All		Craig Baird
		Brad Jones Racing	12	John Bowe	All		Dale Brede Mark Porter* Michael Caruso**
			14	Brad Jones	All
		Dick Johnson Racing	17	Steven Johnson	All		Alex Davison Grant Denyer
			18	Will Davison	All
		Paul Cruickshank Racing	20	Marcus Marshall	All		Jonathon Webb
		A.N.T. Racing^1	021	Tony Evangelou	13
		Britek Motorsport	25	Warren Luff	All		Adam Macrow
			26	José Fernández	1, 4, 6–10, 12–13		Tony Ricciardello
				Tony Ricciardello	3, 5, 11
		Triple Eight Race Engineering	88	Jamie Whincup	All		Allan Simonsen Richard Lyons
			888	Craig Lowndes	All
Holden	Commodore VZ	Holden Racing Team	2	Mark Skaife	All		Garth Tander
			22	Todd Kelly	1–7, 10–13		Jim Richards
				Ryan Briscoe	8–9
		Tasman Motorsport	3	Jason Richards	All		Mark Noske Owen Kelly
			23	Andrew Jones	All
		Perkins Engineering	7	Steven Richards	All		Shane Price Jack Perkins
			11	Paul Dumbrell	All
		HSV Dealer Team (HRT)	15	Rick Kelly	All		Todd Kelly
			16	Garth Tander	1–7, 10–13		Anthony Tratt
				Tony D'Alberto	8–9
		Team Kiwi Racing	021	Paul Radisich	1–9		Fabian Coulthard
				Craig Baird	11
				Chris Pither	12
		MSport^2	26	Mark Porter	2
		Garry Rogers Motorsport	33	Lee Holdsworth	All		Greg Ritter Phillip Scifleet* Cameron McLean**
			34	Dean Canto	All
		Paul Morris Motorsport	39	Alan Gurr	1, 3, 8–10		Kayne Scott
				Fabian Coulthard	2, 4, 7
				Steven Ellery	5–6
				Shane Price	11, 13
				Jack Perkins	12
			67	Paul Morris	All		Steven Ellery
		Paul Weel Racing	50	Cameron McConville	All		Nathan Pretty Paul Weel
			51	Greg Murphy	All
		Rod Nash Racing	55	Steve Owen	All		Tony Longhurst

* = Drove in Sandown 500 only

** = Drove in Bathurst 1000 only

• ^1 – Leased Team Kiwi entry at final round after Team Kiwi's only Commodore was destroyed at Bathurst.
• ^2 – Leased Britek entry at Pukekohe round.

Points system

Championship points were awarded on the following basis:^[2]

• First 3-race format, normal race: Used for races 1 and 3 for Pukekohe through Oran Park.
• First 3-race format, reverse grid: Used for race 2 for Pukekohe through Oran Park.
• Second 3-race format: Used for all races from the Surfers Paradise round onward.
• 2-race format: Used for the Clipsal 500 Adelaide.
• Endurance format: Used for the Sandown 500 and Bathurst 1000.

Drivers were required to drop the points from their worst round up to and including Bathurst.^[2]

Results and standings

Drivers Championship

Pos. Driver No. Car ADE PUK BAR WIN HID QLD ORA SAN BAT SUR SYM BAH PHI Pts. 1 Rick Kelly 15 Holden VZ Commodore 2 3 12 10 7 7 11 14 10 4 4 2 10 5 7 4 2 3 13 2 2 2 6 4 1 3 5 4 4 28 5 5 4 18 3308 2 Craig Lowndes 888 Ford BA Falcon 1 Ret 5 17 2 3 14 2 2 8 1 4 3 1 4 5 4 2 2 1 3 1 11 7 14 27 9 7 9 5 3 4 3 29 3271 3 Mark Winterbottom 5 Ford BA Falcon 22 19 4 3 3 6 13 3 8 12 6 3 17 8 9 7 9 7 15 11 1 Ret 3 3 3 2 2 3 8 3 27 7 2 1 3089 4 Garth Tander 16/2 Holden VZ Commodore 8 4 20 1 4 4 10 5 6 10 5 5 8 3 1 2 1 Ret 21 5 26 Ret 2 1 19 4 1 1 2 1 8 2 18 2 2965 5 Jason Bright 6 Ford BA Falcon 25 15 3 20 20 5 Ret 28 1 20 2 24 1 4 2 8 3 4 18 Ret 1 Ret 7 6 4 1 3 2 1 2 2 10 8 4 2868 6 Todd Kelly 22/15 Holden VZ Commodore 6 2 Ret 13 25 30 28 4 4 25 24 12 27 22 Ret 21 18 1 10 Ret 2 2 1 2 2 7 4 5 3 4 1 1 1 5 2815 7 Steven Richards 7 Holden VZ Commodore 7 5 7 Ret 6 2 2 7 7 23 10 7 22 28 6 14 6 8 11 Ret 28 5 5 Ret 10 6 11 6 6 8 11 8 5 8 2740 8 Russell Ingall 1 Ford BA Falcon 9 7 2 6 5 10 8 6 12 5 25 10 7 9 5 9 5 12 5 21 27 4 8 8 5 14 10 10 13 21 10 14 26 30 2708 9 Steven Johnson 17 Ford BA Falcon 10 9 9 9 9 9 17 10 11 Ret 14 29 2 15 14 23 25 10 4 4 4 Ret 10 10 9 13 16 Ret 27 11 6 19 15 22 2378 10 Jamie Whincup 88 Ford BA Falcon 3 1 15 Ret 10 21 4 9 25 2 9 9 5 26 8 27 8 5 6 Ret 3 1 Ret 22 8 Ret DNS DNS 10 6 Ret 26 9 7 2357 11 James Courtney 4 Ford BA Falcon Ret Ret 8 18 8 12 5 Ret 15 Ret 27 16 6 23 3 3 Ret 9 8 3 9 3 17 12 6 5 13 Ret 5 24 7 9 Ret 12 2347 12 Paul Dumbrell 11 Holden VZ Commodore 12 6 10 11 11 11 20 12 3 14 7 8 Ret 13 15 Ret 15 14 12 Ret 28 5 12 Ret Ret 8 7 8 11 15 14 16 20 13 2332 13 Cameron McConville 50 Holden VZ Commodore 4 Ret 13 4 23 13 25 11 19 22 15 15 16 7 12 10 Ret 18 19 7 29 Ret 13 11 7 11 21 9 14 9 9 15 10 6 2099 14 Jason Bargwanna 10 Ford BA Falcon Ret 11 11 Ret 13 15 16 20 24 Ret 17 21 11 10 Ret 12 21 15 9 14 7 10 9 9 11 18 8 21 22 16 22 21 19 26 2053 15 Max Wilson 8 Ford BA Falcon 16 8 6 Ret Ret 8 19 Ret 17 6 13 11 Ret 16 10 Ret 11 11 25 Ret 11 14 28 13 13 15 15 14 16 12 24 20 16 16 2038 16 Mark Skaife 2 Holden VZ Commodore Ret Ret 1 5 1 1 18 1 5 17 3 1 28 6 21 1 27 Ret 1 23 26 Ret 25 21 Ret 16 Ret Ret 7 19 4 3 6 11 2036 17 Dean Canto 34 Holden VZ Commodore 20 18 16 21 Ret 22 1 22 22 3 20 14 19 20 16 15 13 16 24 19 6 17 18 25 16 10 20 17 24 13 17 13 14 10 2024 18 Jason Richards 3 Holden VZ Commodore Ret 10 28 2 19 18 9 8 27 1 8 6 14 2 17 24 16 6 Ret 15 30 Ret 4 5 Ret 12 12 13 23 10 Ret 22 12 3 1993 19 Will Davison 18 Ford BA Falcon 14 13 18 8 28 16 22 16 14 DSQ 23 13 Ret 14 19 19 12 26 22 8 4 Ret 14 19 17 9 6 12 Ret Ret Ret 6 7 Ret 1943 20 Lee Holdsworth 33 Holden VZ Commodore 18 24 19 16 16 24 12 24 16 16 12 28 20 19 18 Ret 20 25 3 6 6 17 21 23 Ret 22 24 22 15 14 26 18 11 21 1811 21 Paul Morris 67 Holden VZ Commodore 11 17 14 7 12 19 21 25 Ret 21 Ret 19 18 Ret 25 6 14 20 26 24 8 6 23 18 18 17 Ret 16 26 18 15 25 27 17 1810 22 Steve Owen 55 Holden VZ Commodore Ret DNS 25 23 22 17 15 13 13 7 11 17 24 18 24 25 26 28 Ret 12 12 7 27 24 15 21 19 Ret 17 25 13 11 29 15 1782 23 John Bowe 12 Ford BA Falcon 19 14 17 Ret DNS 25 Ret 21 23 13 19 20 13 21 27 11 23 23 23 13 5 11 16 15 Ret 28 18 11 19 27 18 24 21 24 1743 24 Greg Murphy 51 Holden VZ Commodore 5 Ret Ret 15 15 14 3 19 9 Ret Ret 26 9 12 11 17 10 13 Ret 10 29 Ret 19 20 12 Ret DNS DNS 12 7 12 12 17 9 1710 25 Brad Jones 14 Ford BA Falcon Ret 20 22 Ret 18 27 24 23 18 19 22 25 25 24 20 20 19 24 17 9 5 11 15 14 20 Ret Ret Ret Ret 20 19 27 23 20 1612 26 Andrew Jones 23 Holden VZ Commodore 15 21 27 12 17 20 7 18 Ret 11 18 23 12 17 22 18 17 17 Ret 17 30 Ret 26 Ret DNS 19 14 14 Ret 26 20 30 22 19 1283 27 Warren Luff 25 Ford BA Falcon 17 16 24 22 26 23 26 27 21 18 28 31 4 27 23 16 28 22 Ret 18 23 Ret 24 Ret Ret 23 22 20 18 17 21 17 13 28 1238 28 Paul Radisich 021 Holden VZ Commodore 23 12 21 Ret 14 31 6 15 20 Ret 16 18 21 11 13 13 7 Ret 14 16 13 Ret 1235 29 Marcus Marshall 20 Ford BA Falcon 24 Ret 26 19 27 28 Ret 26 28 9 Ret 22 26 25 28 Ret 24 21 16 20 25 Ret 20 16 18 20 17 Ret 20 Ret 16 Ret 24 14 1040 30 José Fernández 26 Ford BA Falcon 13 23 26 24 26 26 22 Ret 27 20 22 22 16 Ret Ret DNS Ret 23 25 29 28 27 658 31 Steven Ellery 39 Holden VZ Commodore 27 15 Ret 29 26 22 8 6 594 32 Fabian Coulthard 39/021 Holden VZ Commodore Ret 14 21 Ret 15 21 19 7 Ret 13 Ret 478 33 Alan Gurr 39 Holden VZ Commodore 21 22 26 23 17 19 Ret 22 17 DNS 457 34 Tony Ricciardello 26 Ford BA Falcon 29 27 Ret 30 23 29 22 16 26 Ret 19 398 35 Glenn Seton 4 Ford BA Falcon 9 3 300 36 Shane Price 11/39 Holden VZ Commodore 24 Ret 24 23 18 23 25 23 296 37 Luke Youlden 1 Ford BA Falcon 27 4 290 38 Craig Baird 10/021 Ford BA Falcon 7 10 25 Ret DNS 287 39 Tony Longhurst 55 Holden VZ Commodore 12 7 260 40 Nathan Pretty 50 Holden VZ Commodore 10 8 250 Paul Weel Holden VZ Commodore 10 8 42 Alex Davison 18 Ford BA Falcon 14 9 240 Grant Denyer Ford BA Falcon 14 9 44 Mark Porter 26/12 Holden VZ Commodore Ford BA Falcon 23 Ret 24 18 DNS 226 45 David Besnard 8 Ford BA Falcon 11 14 220 46 Richard Lyons 88 Ford BA Falcon 17 12 210 Allan Simonsen Ford BA Falcon 17 12 48 Cameron McLean 5/33 Ford BA Falcon Holden VZ Commodore 15 13 200 49 Greg Ritter 33 Holden VZ Commodore 20 13 200 50 Matt Halliday 5 Ford BA Falcon 15 Ret 180 51 Owen Kelly 23 Holden VZ Commodore Ret 15 180 Mark Noske Holden VZ Commodore Ret 15 53 Tony D'Alberto 16 Holden VZ Commodore 16 Ret 170 Anthony Tratt Holden VZ Commodore 16 Ret 55 Dale Brede 12 Ford BA Falcon 18 Ret 150 56 Kayne Scott 39 Holden VZ Commodore 19 Ret 140 57 Jack Perkins 11/39 Holden VZ Commodore 24 Ret 21 Ret DNS 130 58 Ryan Briscoe 22 Holden VZ Commodore 21 Ret 120 Jim Richards Holden VZ Commodore 21 Ret 60 Adam Macrow 25 Ford BA Falcon 23 Ret 100 61 Chris Pither 021 Holden VZ Commodore 25 22 23 97 62 Jonathon Webb 20 Ford BA Falcon 25 Ret 80 63 Tony Evangelou 021 Ford BA Falcon 28 Ret 25 44 Phillip Scifleet 33 Holden VZ Commodore 20 0 Michael Caruso 12 Ford BA Falcon Ret 0 David Brabham 5 Ford BA Falcon Ret 0 Pos. Driver No. Car ADE PUK BAR WIN HID QLD ORA SAN BAT SUR SYM BAH PHI Pts.

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third 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 practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX)

Team Championship

(S) denotes a single car team.

Manufacturers Championship

Ford won the Manufacturers Championship, having gained the most round victories over the course of the championship.^[3]

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