2006 Clipsal 500 Adelaide
# 2006 Clipsal 500 Adelaide

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 the eighth in a sequence of "Adelaide 500" events for V8 Supercars to be held at the Adelaide Parklands Circuit in Adelaide, South Australia.

## Qualifying

### Qualifying

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.

### Top Ten Shootout

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.

### Qualifying results

| 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 | 21 | 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 |

### Top Ten Shootout results

| 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 |

## Race results

### Race 1

| 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 |

### Race 2

| 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 | | | |
