2006 Grand Prix of Cleveland
Appearance
Race details | |
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Race 6 of 14 in the 2006 Champ Car season | |
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Date | June 25, 2006 |
Official name | Grand Prix of Cleveland presented by U.S. Bank |
Location | Burke Lakefront Airport Cleveland, Ohio, United States |
Course | Temporary Airport Course 2.106 mi / 3.389 km |
Distance | 95 laps 200.070 mi / 321.955 km |
Weather | Temperatures reaching up to 73.9 °F (23.3 °C); wind speeds reaching up to 8.9 miles per hour (14.3 km/h)[1] |
Pole position | |
Driver | A. J. Allmendinger (Forsythe Championship Racing) |
Time | 56.283 |
Fastest lap | |
Driver | Nelson Philippe (CTE Racing-HVM) |
Time | 57.508 (on lap 91 of 95) |
Podium | |
First | A. J. Allmendinger (Forsythe Championship Racing) |
Second | Bruno Junqueira (Newman/Haas Racing) |
Third | Oriol Servià (PKV Racing) |
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The 2006 Grand Prix of Cleveland was the sixth round of the 2006 Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford season, held on June 25, 2006 at Burke Lakefront Airport in Cleveland, Ohio. It was the 25th anniversary edition of the event. A. J. Allmendinger took the pole and the win, his second consecutive victory.
Qualifying results
[edit]Pos | Nat | Name | Team | Qual 1 | Qual 2 | Best |
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A. J. Allmendinger | Forsythe Racing | 56.965 | 56.283 | 56.283 |
2 | ![]() |
Sébastien Bourdais | Newman/Haas Racing | 56.851 | 56.638 | 56.638 |
3 | ![]() |
Justin Wilson | RuSPORT | 57.312 | 56.651 | 56.651 |
4 | ![]() |
Oriol Servià | PKV Racing | 57.782 | 56.855 | 56.855 |
5 | ![]() |
Paul Tracy | Forsythe Racing | 57.011 | 57.604 | 57.011 |
6 | ![]() |
Nelson Philippe | CTE Racing-HVM | 57.779 | 57.162 | 57.162 |
7 | ![]() |
Bruno Junqueira | Newman/Haas Racing | 57.564 | 57.178 | 57.178 |
8 | ![]() |
Alex Tagliani | Team Australia | 57.931 | 57.401 | 57.401 |
9 | ![]() |
Will Power | Team Australia | 58.115 | 57.538 | 57.538 |
10 | ![]() |
Cristiano da Matta | RuSPORT | 58.499 | 57.570 | 57.570 |
11 | ![]() |
Dan Clarke | CTE Racing-HVM | 59.372 | 57.619 | 57.619 |
12 | ![]() |
Andrew Ranger | Mi-Jack Conquest Racing | 58.585 | 57.772 | 57.772 |
13 | ![]() |
Charles Zwolsman Jr. | Mi-Jack Conquest Racing | 58.859 | 58.023 | 58.023 |
14 | ![]() |
Katherine Legge | PKV Racing | 58.722 | 58.048 | 58.048 |
15 | ![]() |
Nicky Pastorelli | Rocketsports Racing | 59.410 | 58.179 | 58.179 |
16 | ![]() |
Jan Heylen | Dale Coyne Racing | 58.532 | 58.261 | 58.261 |
17 | ![]() |
Mario Domínguez | Dale Coyne Racing | 58.801 | — | 58.801 |
18 | ![]() |
Tõnis Kasemets | Rocketsports Racing | 1:00.530 | 59.549 | 59.549 |
Race
[edit]Pos | No | Driver | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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1 | 7 | ![]() |
Forsythe Racing | 95 | 2:00:22.619 | 1 | 33 |
2 | 2 | ![]() |
Newman/Haas Racing | 95 | +3.279 secs | 7 | 28 |
3 | 6 | ![]() |
PKV Racing | 95 | +3.505 secs | 4 | 26 |
4 | 15 | ![]() |
Team Australia | 95 | +6.708 secs | 8 | 24 |
5 | 11 | ![]() |
Dale Coyne Racing | 95 | +11.031 secs | 16 | 22 |
6 | 19 | ![]() |
Dale Coyne Racing | 94 | Contact | 17 | 19 |
7 | 14 | ![]() |
CTE Racing-HVM | 94 | Contact | 11 | 17 |
8 | 20 | ![]() |
PKV Racing | 94 | + 1 Lap | 14 | 15 |
9 | 5 | ![]() |
Team Australia | 94 | + 1 Lap | 9 | 13 |
10 | 4 | ![]() |
CTE Racing-HVM | 93 | + 2 Laps | 6 | 13 |
11 | 27 | ![]() |
Mi-Jack Conquest Racing | 92 | + 3 Laps | 12 | 10 |
12 | 18 | ![]() |
Rocketsports Racing | 91 | + 4 Laps | 18 | 9 |
13 | 9 | ![]() |
RuSPORT | 77 | Contact | 3 | 8 |
14 | 10 | ![]() |
RuSPORT | 75 | + 20 Laps | 10 | 7 |
15 | 34 | ![]() |
Mi-Jack Conquest Racing | 68 | Steering | 13 | 6 |
16 | 3 | ![]() |
Forsythe Racing | 41 | Contact | 5 | 5 |
17 | 8 | ![]() |
Rocketsports Racing | 22 | Contact | 15 | 4 |
18 | 1 | ![]() |
Newman/Haas Racing | 0 | Contact | 2 | 4 |
Caution flags
[edit]Laps | Cause |
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1-10 | Bourdais (1), Tracy (3) & Ranger (27) crash |
11-12 | Zwolsman (34) spin, stall |
23-26 | Tracy (3) & Pastorelli (8) crash |
38-40 | Kasemets (18) spin, stall |
43-47 | Tracy (3) crash |
48 | Yellow restart |
63-65 | Ranger (27) spin, stall |
66 | Yellow restart |
78-83 | Wilson (9) crash; Philippe (4) off course |
Notes
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- New Track Record A. J. Allmendinger 56.283 (Qualification Session #2)
- New Race Lap Record Nelson Philippe 57.508
- New Race Record A. J. Allmendinger 2:00:22.619
- Average Speed 99.722 mph
Championship standings after the race
[edit]- Drivers' Championship standings
Pos | Driver | Points | |
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1 | ![]() |
166 |
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2 | ![]() |
140 |
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3 | ![]() |
135 |
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4 | ![]() |
99 |
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5 | ![]() |
95 |
- Note: Only the top five positions are included.
References
[edit]- ^ "Weather information for the 2006 Grand Prix of Cleveland". The Old Farmers' Almanac. Retrieved 2013-10-11.
External links
[edit]- Friday Qualifying Results Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
- Saturday Qualifying Results Archived 2016-03-05 at the Wayback Machine
- Race Results
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