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2006 Lexmark Indy 300

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{{Use Australian English|date=November 2011}}

{{Infobox American championship car race report

| Country = Australia

| Race = Surfers Paradise

| Image = Surfers Paradise Street Circuit.svg

| Caption = Track map of the Surfers Paradise street circuit at Surfers Paradise, Australia.

| Date = 21 October

| Year = 2006

| Official name = Lexmark Indy 300

| Race_No = 13

| Season_No = 14

| Series = Champ Car

| Location = Surfers Paradise Street Circuit
Queensland, Australia

| Course = Temporary Street Circuit

| Course_mi = 2.795

| Course_km = 4.498

| Distance_laps = 59

| Distance_mi = 164.905

| Distance_km = 265.382

| Weather = Sunny with temperatures rising up to {{convert|28.3|C|F}}

| Pole_Driver = Will Power

| Pole_Team = Team Australia

| Pole_Time = 1:31.403

| Pole_Country = AUS

| Fast_Driver = Paul Tracy

| Fast_Team = Forsythe Championship Racing

| Fast_Time = 1:33.776

| Fast_Lap = 39

| Fast_Country = CAN

| First_Driver = Nelson Philippe

| First_Team = CTE Racing-HVM

| First_Country = FRA

| Second_Driver = Mario Domínguez

| Second_Team = Rocketsports Racing

| Second_Country = MEX

| Third_Driver = Alex Tagliani

| Third_Team = Team Australia

| Third_Country = CAN

}}

The 2006 Lexmark Indy 300 was the thirteenth and penultimate round of the 2006 Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford season, held on 21 October 2006 on the Surfers Paradise Street Circuit in Queensland, Australia. The pole was won by native Queenslander Will Power, the first of his Champ Car career. The race was won by Nelson Philippe, the first and only win of his Champ Car career. By virtue of his eighth-place finish, Sébastien Bourdais clinched his third consecutive Champ Car season title, the first man to achieve this feat since Ted Horn won three consecutive National Championships from 1946 through 1948.

Qualifying results

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
Pos

! Nat

! Name

! Team

! Qual 1

! Qual 2

! Best

1

| {{flagicon|Australia}}

| Will Power

| Team Australia

| 1:31.403

| 1:31.839

| 1:31.403

2

| {{flagicon|France}}

| Sébastien Bourdais

| Newman/Haas Racing

| 1:31.774

| 1:32.212

| 1:31.774

3

| {{flagicon|Canada}}

| Paul Tracy

| Forsythe Racing

| align="center" | —-

| 1:31.959

| 1:31.959

4

| {{flagicon|Brazil}}

| Bruno Junqueira

| Newman/Haas Racing

| 1:32.265

| 1:32.809

| 1:32.265

5

| {{flagicon|France}}

| Nelson Philippe

| CTE Racing-HVM

| 1:32.783

| 1:32.348

| 1:32.348

6

| {{flagicon|Spain}}

| Oriol Servià

| PKV Racing

| 1:32.371

| 1:33.674

| 1:32.371

7

| {{flagicon|US}}

| A. J. Allmendinger

| Forsythe Racing

| 1:32.536

| 1:33.761

| 1:32.536

8

| {{flagicon|UK}}

| Dan Clarke

| CTE Racing-HVM

| 1:32.821

| 1:33.750

| 1:32.821

9

| {{flagicon|Canada}}

| Alex Tagliani

| Team Australia

| 1:32.933

| 1:32.845

| 1:32.845

10

| {{flagicon|Mexico}}

| Mario Domínguez

| Rocketsports Racing

| 1:33.267

| 1:32.974

| 1:32.974

11

| {{flagicon|Australia}}

| Ryan Briscoe

| RuSPORT

| align="center" | —-

| 1:33.043

| 1:33.043

12

| {{flagicon|Canada}}

| Andrew Ranger

| Mi-Jack Conquest Racing

| 1:34.155

| 1:33.564

| 1:33.564

13

| {{flagicon|Brazil}}

| Antônio Pizzonia

| Rocketsports Racing

| 1:33.736

| align="center" | —-

| 1:33.736

14

| {{flagicon|Belgium}}

| Jan Heylen

| Dale Coyne Racing

| 1:34.593

| 1:34.182

| 1:34.182

15

| {{flagicon|Netherlands}}

| Charles Zwolsman Jr.

| Mi-Jack Conquest Racing

| 1:35.017

| 1:34.282

| 1:34.282

16

| {{flagicon|UK}}

| Katherine Legge

| PKV Racing

| align="center" | —-

| 1:34.634

| 1:34.634

17

| {{flagicon|Germany}}

| Andreas Wirth

| Dale Coyne Racing

| 1:37.300

| 1:35.176

| 1:35.176

-

| {{flagicon|UK}}

| Justin Wilson

| RuSPORT

| align="center" | —-

| align="center" | —-

| align="center" | No time*

* Justin Wilson fractured the scaphoid bone in his wrist in a crash during practice on Friday and took no further part in the event as a result.

Race

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PosNoDriverTeamLapsTime/retiredGridPoints
1

| 4

| {{flagicon|France}} Nelson Philippe

| CTE Racing-HVM

| 59

| 1:50:50.985

| 5

| 32

2

| 8

| {{flagicon|Mexico}} Mario Domínguez

| Rocketsports Racing

| 59

| +0.728 secs

| 10

| 29

3

| 15

| {{flagicon|Canada}} Alex Tagliani

| Team Australia

| 59

| +6.054 secs

| 9

| 25

4

| 3

| {{flagicon|Canada}} Paul Tracy

| Forsythe Racing

| 59

| +7.238 secs

| 3

| 25

5

| 27

| {{flagicon|Canada}} Andrew Ranger

| Mi-Jack Conquest Racing

| 59

| +9.377 secs

| 12

| 21

6

| 2

| {{flagicon|Brazil}} Bruno Junqueira

| Newman/Haas Racing

| 59

| +10.247 secs

| 4

| 19

7

| 34

| {{flagicon|Netherlands}} Charles Zwolsman Jr.

| Mi-Jack Conquest Racing

| 59

| +16.849 secs

| 15

| 18

8

| 1

| {{flagicon|France}} Sébastien Bourdais

| Newman/Haas Racing

| 59

| +18.978 secs

| 2

| 15

9

| 19

| {{flagicon|Germany}} Andreas Wirth

| Dale Coyne Racing

| 59

| +22.195 secs

| 17

| 13

10

| 18

| {{flagicon|Brazil}} Antônio Pizzonia

| Rocketsports Racing

| 59

| +44.086 secs

| 13

| 12

11

| 10

| {{flagicon|Australia}} Ryan Briscoe

| RuSPORT

| 58

| + 1 Lap

| 11

| 10

12

| 5

| {{flagicon|Australia}} Will Power

| Team Australia

| 58

| + 1 Lap

| 1

| 12

13

| 6

| {{flagicon|Spain}} Oriol Servià

| PKV Racing

| 43

| Gearbox

| 6

| 9

14

| 11

| {{flagicon|Belgium}} Jan Heylen

| Dale Coyne Racing

| 42

| Contact

| 14

| 8

15

| 20

| {{flagicon|UK}} Katherine Legge

| PKV Racing

| 42

| Contact

| 16

| 6

16

| 7

| {{flagicon|US}} A. J. Allmendinger

| Forsythe Racing

| 18

| Contact

| 7

| 5

17

| 14

| {{flagicon|UK}} Dan Clarke

| CTE Racing-HVM

| 12

| Contact

| 8

| 4

-

| 9

| {{flagicon|UK}} Justin Wilson

| RuSPORT

| —-

| Withdrawn

| —-

| 0

Caution flags

border=2 cellspacing=0
LapsCause
1Yellow start
14–16Clarke (14) crash
20–23Allmendinger (7) crash
29–32Power (5) stopped on course
44–49Heylen (11) crash; Legge (20) crash

Notes

valign="top"|

{| border=2 cellspacing=0

LapsLeader
1–13Will Power
14–20Jan Heylen
21–30Charles Zwolsman Jr.
31–34Oriol Servià
35–39Nelson Philippe
40–42Paul Tracy
43Mario Domínguez
44–51Antônio Pizzonia
52–59Nelson Philippe

|width="50"| 

|valign="top"|

border=2 cellspacing=0
DriverLaps led
Nelson Philippe13
Will Power13
Charles Zwolsman Jr.10
Antônio Pizzonia8
Jan Heylen7
Oriol Servià4
Paul Tracy3
Mario Domínguez1

|}

Championship standings after the race

  • Bold indicates the Season Champion.

;Drivers' Championship standings

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
! Pos

! Driver

! Points

align="left"| 10px

|align="center"| 1

| {{flagicon|France}} Sébastien Bourdais

| align="left"| 353

align="left"| 10px

|align="center"| 2

| {{flagicon|US}} A. J. Allmendinger

| align="left"| 285

align="left"| 10px

|align="center"| 3

| {{flagicon|UK}} Justin Wilson

| align="left"| 269

align="left"| 10px 1

|align="center"| 4

| {{flagicon|France}} Nelson Philippe

| align="left"| 214

align="left"| 10px 1

|align="center"| 5

| {{flagicon|Canada}} Paul Tracy

| align="left"| 209

  • Note: Only the top five positions are included.

External links

  • [http://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/champcar-cart-surfers-paradise-friday-qualifying-times-2/ Friday Qualification Times] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140223021555/http://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/champcar-cart-surfers-paradise-friday-qualifying-times-2/ |date=23 February 2014 }}
  • [http://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/champcar-cart-surfers-paradise-saturday-qualifying-times-2/ Saturday Qualification Times] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304210228/http://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/champcar-cart-surfers-paradise-saturday-qualifying-times-2/ |date=4 March 2016 }}
  • [http://www.champcarstats.com/races/200613.htm Race Results]
  • [http://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/champcar-cart-bourdais-secures-third-straight-championship/ Bourdais secures third straight championship] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304063348/http://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/champcar-cart-bourdais-secures-third-straight-championship/ |date=4 March 2016 }}
  • [http://www.bom.gov.au/jsp/ncc/cdio/weatherData/av?p_nccObsCode=122&p_display_type=dailyDataFile&p_startYear=2006&p_c=-332340403&p_stn_num=040764 Weather information]

{{Champ Car World Series race report|

Name_of_race = 2006 Lexmark Indy 300 |

Year_of_race = 2006 |

Previous_race_in_season = 2006 Grand Prix of Road America |

Next_race_in_season = 2006 Gran Premio Telmex |

Previous_year's_race = 2005 Lexmark Indy 300 |

Next_year's_race = 2007 Lexmark Indy 300

}}

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