2006 Grand Prix of Cleveland
# 2006 Grand Prix of Cleveland

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

| Pos | Name | Team | Qual 1 | Qual 2 | Best |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 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

| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 7 | A. J. Allmendinger | Forsythe Racing | 95 | 2:00:22.619 | 1 | 33 |
| 2 | 2 | Bruno Junqueira | Newman/Haas Racing | 95 | +3.279 secs | 7 | 28 |
| 3 | 6 | Oriol Servià | PKV Racing | 95 | +3.505 secs | 4 | 26 |
| 4 | 15 | Alex Tagliani | Team Australia | 95 | +6.708 secs | 8 | 24 |
| 5 | 11 | Jan Heylen | Dale Coyne Racing | 95 | +11.031 secs | 16 | 22 |
| 6 | 19 | Mario Domínguez | Dale Coyne Racing | 94 | Contact | 17 | 19 |
| 7 | 14 | Dan Clarke | CTE Racing-HVM | 94 | Contact | 11 | 17 |
| 8 | 20 | Katherine Legge | PKV Racing | 94 | + 1 Lap | 14 | 15 |
| 9 | 5 | Will Power | Team Australia | 94 | + 1 Lap | 9 | 13 |
| 10 | 4 | Nelson Philippe | CTE Racing-HVM | 93 | + 2 Laps | 6 | 13 |
| 11 | 27 | Andrew Ranger | Mi-Jack Conquest Racing | 92 | + 3 Laps | 12 | 10 |
| 12 | 18 | Tõnis Kasemets | Rocketsports Racing | 91 | + 4 Laps | 18 | 9 |
| 13 | 9 | Justin Wilson | RuSPORT | 77 | Contact | 3 | 8 |
| 14 | 10 | Cristiano da Matta | RuSPORT | 75 | + 20 Laps | 10 | 7 |
| 15 | 34 | Charles Zwolsman Jr. | Mi-Jack Conquest Racing | 68 | Steering | 13 | 6 |
| 16 | 3 | Paul Tracy | Forsythe Racing | 41 | Contact | 5 | 5 |
| 17 | 8 | Nicky Pastorelli | Rocketsports Racing | 22 | Contact | 15 | 4 |
| 18 | 1 | Sébastien Bourdais | Newman/Haas Racing | 0 | Contact | 2 | 4 |

## Caution flags

| Laps | Cause |
| - | - |
| 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 |
