2006 Time Warner Cable Road Runner 225
# 2006 Time Warner Cable Road Runner 225

The 2006 Time Warner Cable Road Runner 225 was the fourth round of the 2006 Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford season, held on June 4, 2006, on the Milwaukee Mile oval in West Allis, Wisconsin. Sébastien Bourdais took the pole and the win, his fourth consecutive victory to open the year. It was the final CART/Champ Car event to take place on an oval.

## Qualifying results

| Pos | Name | Team | Best Lap | Qual Time |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Sébastien Bourdais | Newman/Haas Racing | 1 | 21.182 |
| 2 | Bruno Junqueira | Newman/Haas Racing | 1 | 21.275 |
| 3 | A. J. Allmendinger | RuSPORT | 2 | 21.398 |
| 4 | Justin Wilson | RuSPORT | 1 | 21.420 |
| 5 | Will Power | Team Australia | 2 | 21.438 |
| 6 | Mario Domínguez | Forsythe Racing | 2 | 21.463 |
| 7 | Oriol Servià | PKV Racing | 1 | 21.479 |
| 8 | Katherine Legge | PKV Racing | 2 | 21.578 |
| 9 | Nelson Philippe | CTE Racing-HVM | 2 | 21.594 |
| 10 | Paul Tracy | Forsythe Racing | 2 | 21.647 |
| 11 | Dan Clarke | CTE Racing-HVM | 2 | 21.980 |
| 12 | Andrew Ranger | Mi-Jack Conquest Racing | 2 | 22.194 |
| 13 | Charles Zwolsman Jr. | Mi-Jack Conquest Racing | 2 | 22.237 |
| 14 | Jan Heylen | Dale Coyne Racing | 2 | 22.417 |
| 15 | Nicky Pastorelli | Rocketsports Racing | 2 | 23.522 |
| 16 | Alex Tagliani | Team Australia | - | No time |
| 17 | Cristiano da Matta | Dale Coyne Racing | - | No time |

## Race

| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | Sébastien Bourdais | Newman/Haas Racing | 197 | 1:45:03.946 | 1 | 34 |
| 2 | 9 | Justin Wilson | RuSPORT | 197 | +3.613 secs | 4 | 28 |
| 3 | 4 | Nelson Philippe | CTE Racing-HVM | 197 | +5.641 secs | 9 | 26 |
| 4 | 10 | A. J. Allmendinger | RuSPORT | 197 | +18.504 secs | 3 | 24 |
| 5 | 6 | Oriol Servià | PKV Racing | 196 | + 1 Lap | 7 | 21 |
| 6 | 20 | Katherine Legge | PKV Racing | 195 | + 2 Laps | 8 | 20 |
| 7 | 27 | Andrew Ranger | Mi-Jack Conquest Racing | 194 | + 3 Laps | 12 | 17 |
| 8 | 14 | Dan Clarke | CTE Racing-HVM | 191 | + 6 Laps | 11 | 15 |
| 9 | 34 | Charles Zwolsman Jr. | Mi-Jack Conquest Racing | 191 | + 6 Laps | 13 | 13 |
| 10 | 8 | Nicky Pastorelli | Rocketsports Racing | 183 | + 14 Laps | 15 | 11 |
| 11 | 5 | Will Power | Team Australia | 155 | CV joint | 5 | 10 |
| 12 | 11 | Jan Heylen | Dale Coyne Racing | 67 | Electrical | 14 | 9 |
| 13 | 19 | Cristiano da Matta | Dale Coyne Racing | 31 | Oil leak | 17 | 8 |
| 14 | 7 | Mario Domínguez | Forsythe Racing | 4 | Suspension | 6 | $0^*$ |
| 15 | 2 | Bruno Junqueira | Newman/Haas Racing | 1 | Contact | 2 | 6 |
| 16 | 3 | Paul Tracy | Forsythe Racing | 1 | Contact | 10 | 5 |
| - | 15 | Alex Tagliani | Team Australia | 0 | Withdrawn | 16 | 0† |

$^*$ Mario Domínguez was stripped of his points for this race for avoidable contact during the first lap of the race. He was also put on probation for the next three events. † The car of Alex Tagliani was withdrawn from the event after heavy contact with the wall damaged his car beyond repair during the first practice period.

## Caution flags

| Laps | Cause |
| - | - |
| 1 | Yellow start |
| 2-13 | Domínguez (7), Tracy (3) & Junqueira (2) crash |
| 25-29 | Clarke (14) spin, stall |
| 55-70 | Philippe (4) debris; Heylen (11) stall |
| 152-165 | Debris |
