2006 Clipsal 500 Adelaide

Event Information
Round 1 of 13 in the 2006 V8 Supercar Championship Series
Date	23–26 March 2006
Location	Adelaide, South Australia
Venue	Adelaide Street Circuit
Weather	Fine
Results
Race 1 Distance 78 laps 250 km Pole position Mark Skaife Holden Racing Team 1:21.6102 Winner Craig Lowndes Triple Eight Race Engineering 2:04:18.5229
Race 2 Distance 78 laps 250 km Winner Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering 2:01:28.4014
Round Results First Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering 310 pts Second Rick Kelly HSV Dealer Team 305 pts Third Todd Kelly Holden Racing Team 290 pts

The 2006 Clipsal 500 Adelaide was the first round of the 2006 V8 Supercar Championship Series. It took place from 23 to 26 March 2006 and was eighth in a sequence of "Adelaide 500" events for V8 Supercars to be held at the Adelaide Parklands Circuit in Adelaide, South Australia.

The qualifying for the Clipsal 500 Adelaide took place on Friday, 24 March 2006. As in the case of most V8 Supercar races, there was a Top Ten Shootout which could make the person that qualified first drop to tenth and vice versa. Kiwi Jason Richards, in his Tasman Motorsport Holden qualified first.

The official name for the winner of the top team shootout winner is the Armor-All Pole Position Award. The Top Ten Shootout also took place on the Friday. The person who finished tenth in qualifying goes first, and First goes last. The drivers get only one lap to record their best time.

The Holden Racing Team got a one-two result in this, with Mark Skaife finishing first and Todd Kelly finishing second. The Lion (Holden) dominated the top ten shootout with 8 of the 10 drivers driving a VZ Commodore. There were only two Ford's in the Top Ten, Team Triple 888's Jamie Whincup and Craig Lowndes.

Pos	No	Name	Team	Car	Time	Gap
1	3	Jason Richards	Tasman Motorsport	Holden Commodore (VZ)	1:22.4429
2	88	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Ford Falcon (BA)	1:22.4429	0:00.0135
3	2	Mark Skaife	Holden Racing Team	Holden Commodore (VZ)	1:22.5251	0:00.0822
4	22	Todd Kelly	Holden Racing Team	Holden Commodore (VZ)	1:22.6433	0:00.2004
5	16	Garth Tander	HSV Dealer Team	Holden Commodore (VZ)	1:22.7321	0:00.2892
6	11	Paul Dumbrell	Perkins Engineering	Holden Commodore (VZ)	1:22.9215	0:00.4786
7	5	Mark Winterbottom	Ford Performance Racing	Ford Falcon (BA)	1:22.9480	0:00.5051
8	4	James Courtney	Stone Brothers Racing	Ford Falcon (BA)	1:23.0660	0:00.6231
9	021	Paul Radisich	Team Kiwi Racing	Holden Commodore (VZ)	1:23.0676	0:00.6247
10	15	Rick Kelly	HSV Dealer Team	Holden Commodore (VZ)	1:23.0940	0:00.6511
11	8	Max Wilson	WPS Racing	Ford Falcon (BA)	1:23.1155	0:00.6726
12	888	Craig Lowndes	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Ford Falcon (BA)	1:23.1709	0:00.7280
13	17	Steven Johnson	Dick Johnson Racing	Ford Falcon (BA)	1:23.2279	0:00.7850
14	67	Paul Morris	Paul Morris Motorsport	Holden Commodore (VZ)	1:23.2337	0:00.7908
15	1	Russell Ingall	Stone Brothers Racing	Ford Falcon (BA)	1:23.2831	0:00.8402
16	55	Steve Owen	Rod Nash Racing	Holden Commodore (VZ)	1:23.3637	0:00.9208
17	51	Greg Murphy	Paul Weel Racing	Holden Commodore (VZ)	1:23.3992	0:00.9563
18	18	Will Davison	Dick Johnson Racing	Ford Falcon (BA)	1:23.4642	0:01.0213
19	12	John Bowe	Brad Jones Racing	Ford Falcon (BA)	1:23.5471	0:01.1042
20	34	Dean Canto	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden Commodore (VZ)	1:23.5671	0:01.1242
21	14	Brad Jones	Brad Jones Racing	Ford Falcon (BA)	1:23.5826	0:01.1397
22	50	Cameron McConville	Paul Weel Racing	Holden Commodore (VZ)	1:23.7558	0:01.3129
23	23	Andrew Jones	Tasman Motorsport	Holden Commodore (VZ)	1:23.8131	0:01.3702
24	6	Jason Bright	Ford Performance Racing	Ford Falcon (BA)	1:23.8927	0:01.4498
25	39	Alan Gurr	Paul Morris Motorsport	Holden Commodore (VZ)	1:23.9569	0:01.5140
26	7	Steven Richards	Perkins Engineering	Holden Commodore (VZ)	1:23.9585	0:01.5156
27	33	Lee Holdsworth	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden Commodore (VZ)	1:24.0235	0:01.5806
28	10	Jason Bargwanna	WPS Racing	Ford Falcon (BA)	1:24.0301	0:01.5872
29	25	Warren Luff	Britek Motorsport	Ford Falcon (BA)	1:24.0447	0:01.6018
30	20	Marcus Marshall	Paul Cruickshank Racing	Ford Falcon (BA)	1:24.9228	0:02.4799
31	26	José Fernández	Britek Motorsport	Ford Falcon (BA)	1:25.6745	0:03.2316

Pos	No	Name	Team	Time	Gap
1	2	Mark Skaife	Holden Racing Team	1:21.6102
2	22	Todd Kelly	Holden Racing Team	1:22.0198	+ 0.4096s
3	16	Garth Tander	HSV Dealer Team	1:22.2222	+ 0.6120s
4	3	Jason Richards	Tasman Motorsport	1:22.2318	+ 0.6216s
5	11	Paul Dumbrell	Perkins Engineering	1:22.2323	+ 0.6221s
6	88	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	1:22.2405	+ 0.6303s
7	888	Craig Lowndes	Triple Eight Race Engineering	1:22.5121	+ 0.9019s
8	15	Rick Kelly	HSV Dealer Team	1:22.5367	+ 0.9265s
9	021	Paul Radisich	Team Kiwi Racing	1:22.5690	+ 0.9588s
10	51	Greg Murphy	Paul Weel Racing	1:23.1496	+ 1.5394s

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time	Grid
1	888	Craig Lowndes	Triple Eight Race Engineering	78	2:04:18.5229	7
2	15	Rick Kelly	HSV Dealer Team	78	2:04:19.7823	8
3	88	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	78	2:04:20.1415	6
4	50	Cameron McConville	Paul Weel Racing	78	2:04:21.2972	22
5	51	Greg Murphy	Paul Weel Racing	78	2:04:23.8766	17
6	22	Todd Kelly	Holden Racing Team	78	2:04:25.2578	2
7	7	Steven Richards	Perkins Engineering	78	2:04:26.9040	26
8	16	Garth Tander	HSV Dealer Team	78	2:04:27.9997	3
9	1	Russell Ingall	Stone Brothers Racing	78	2:04:32.5528	15
10	17	Steven Johnson	Dick Johnson Racing	78	2:04:37.6592	13
11	67	Paul Morris	Paul Morris Motorsport	78	2:04:43.9176	14
12	11	Paul Dumbrell	Perkins Engineering	78	2:04:47.0540	5
13	26	José Fernández	Britek Motorsport	78	2:05:23.9995	31
14	18	Will Davison	Dick Johnson Racing	77	2:04:33.2334	18
15	23	Andrew Jones	Tasman Motorsport	77	2:04:38.1095	23
16	8	Max Wilson	WPS Racing	77	2:04:40.6557	11
17	25	Warren Luff	Britek Motorsport	77	2:04:45.5730	28
18	33	Lee Holdsworth	Garry Rogers Motorsport	77	2:04:46.2466	27
19	12	John Bowe	Brad Jones Racing	77	2:04:47.6441	19
20	34	Dean Canto	Garry Rogers Motorsport	77	2:04:58.1453	20
21	39	Alan Gurr	Paul Morris Motorsport	77	2:05:26.5529	25
22	5	Mark Winterbottom	Ford Performance Racing	74	2:04:46.7748	7
23	021	Paul Radisich	Team Kiwi Racing	67	2:04:52.8263	9
24	20	Marcus Marshall	Paul Cruickshank Racing	64	2:05:05.6860	30
25	6	Jason Bright	Ford Performance Racing	60	2:04:57.7336	24
DNF	14	Brad Jones	Brad Jones Racing	73	Oil Leak	21
DNF	55	Steve Owen	Rod Nash Racing	57	Accident/Dehydration	16
DNF	10	Jason Bargwanna	WPS Racing	50	Mechanical	28
DNF	4	James Courtney	Stone Brothers Racing	42	Accident	8
DNF	2	Mark Skaife	Holden Racing Team	34	Accident	1
DNF	3	Jason Richards	Tasman Motorsport	5	Engine	4

Pos	No	Name	Team	Laps	Time	Grid
1	88	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	78	2:01:28.4014	3
2	22	Todd Kelly	Holden Racing Team	78	2:01:30.3278	6
3	15	Rick Kelly	HSV Dealer Team	78	2:01:38.3490	2
4	16	Garth Tander	HSV Dealer Team	78	2:01:44.1111	8
5	7	Steven Richards	Perkins Engineering	78	2:01:46.0367	7
6	11	Paul Dumbrell	Perkins Engineering	78	2:01:47.2022	12
7	1	Russell Ingall	Stone Brothers Racing	78	2:01:47.7886	9
8	8	Max Wilson	WPS Racing	78	2:01:48.7274	16
9	17	Steven Johnson	Dick Johnson Racing	78	2:01:49.2540	10
10	3	Jason Richards	Tasman Motorsport	78	2:01:49.8126	31
11	10	Jason Bargwanna	WPS Racing	78	2:01:52.2221	28
12	021	Paul Radisich	Team Kiwi Racing	78	2:01:53.1155	23
13	18	Will Davison	Dick Johnson Racing	78	2:01:59.5902	14
14	12	John Bowe	Brad Jones Racing	78	2:02:01.2411	19
15	6	Jason Bright	Ford Performance Racing	78	2:02:18.6223	25
16	25	Warren Luff	Britek Motorsport	78	2:02:19.4268	17
17	67	Paul Morris	Paul Morris Motorsport	77	+ 1 Lap	11
18	34	Dean Canto	Garry Rogers Motorsport	77	+ 1 Lap	20
19	5	Mark Winterbottom	Ford Performance Racing	76	+ 2 Laps	22
20	14	Brad Jones	Brad Jones Racing	75	+ 3 Laps	26
21	23	Andrew Jones	Tasman Motorsport	75	+ 3 Laps	15
22	39	Alan Gurr	Paul Morris Motorsport	74	+ 4 Laps	21
23	33	Lee Holdsworth	Garry Rogers Motorsport	72	+ 6 Laps	18
Ret	20	Marcus Marshall	Paul Cruickshank Racing	72	Retired	24
Ret	51	Greg Murphy	Paul Weel Racing	56	Accident	5
Ret	2	Mark Skaife	Holden Racing Team	56	Accident	30
Ret	4	James Courtney	Stone Brothers Racing	50	Collision	29
Ret	50	Cameron McConville	Paul Weel Racing	50	Collision	4
Ret	888	Craig Lowndes	Triple Eight Race Engineering	50	Collision	1
EXC	26	José Fernández	Britek Motorsport

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