The 2006 Champ Car Atlantic season was the 33rd season of the Champ Car Atlantic Championship. It began April 9 at Long Beach and concluded September 24 at Road America. The Yokohama Presents the Champ Car Atlantic Championship Powered by Mazda Drivers' Champion was Simon Pagenaud driving for Team Australia.
Engines now were supllied my Mazda, instead of Toyota, and chassis was upgraded from the Swift 014.a to the Swift 016.a. Also, there was no more a Class C2 championship being contested alongside the main championship.
Teams and drivers
Team No Drivers Races Condor Motorsports 1 Danilo Dirani (R) All Jensen MotorSport 2 Tim Bridgman (R) All 22 Steve Ott (R) 2, 4-6 Ricardo Vassmer (R) 9-10 Forsythe Racing 3 James Hinchcliffe (R) All 7 Leonardo Maia (R) All 33 Richard Philippe (R) All 37 Andreas Wirth All US RaceTronics 4 David Martínez All Team Australia 5 James Davison (R) 1-10 Michael Patrizi (R) 11-12 15 Simon Pagenaud (R) All Sierra Sierra Enterprises 6 Raphael Matos (R) All Brooks Associates Racing 8 Luis Schiavo (R) 1-3 Carlos Mastretta 3-9 Antoine Bessette 11 10 Norbert Siedler (R) 1-3 Alex Sperafico (R) 4-12 McAtee Motorsports 9 Kyle Kelley 1, 4 19 Brian McAtee 1, 9-10 Brian Thienes 11-12 Polestar Racing Group 12 Alan Sciuto (R) All 21 Alex Barron 1-10 Ronnie Bremer 11 Antoine Bessette 12 Gelles Racing 14 Stephen Simpson (R) 1-3 Antoine Bessette 4 Colin Fleming (R) 9-12 28 Robbie Pecorari (R) All 31 Casey Neal (R) 11 42 Phil Giebler (R) 9 Transnet Racing 16 Charles Hall 1-3 Alex García 4-6 17 Barton Mawer 2-4 Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 18 Graham Rahal (R) All 30 Al Unser III 1-3 Ryan Lewis (R) 4-12 PR1 Motorsports 23 Jonathan Bomarito All 32 Mike Forest (R) 1, 7-8, 10, 12 NCDL Tech 25 Ryan Spencer-Smith (R) 1-2 Mathiasen Motorsports 26 Justin Sofio All Newman Wachs Racing 34 Joe D'Agostino (R) All 35 Daniel Gaunt (R) 1-6 Steve Ott (R) 7-11 36 J. R. Hildebrand (R) 12 The Room Store 49 Dan Selznick 1-2, 10 Bite Racing 55 Duncan Ende (R) 1, 4-7 56 Chris Souliotis 2-3
Schedule
Rd Date Race name Track Location 1 April 9 2006 Imperial Capital Bank Atlantic Race Streets of Long Beach Long Beach, California 2 May 13 2006 Fast Trac 100 Streets of Houston Houston, Texas 3 May 21 2006 Atlantic Grand Prix of Monterrey Fundidora Park Monterrey, Mexico 4 June 18 2006 Trinity Carpet 100K Portland International Raceway Portland, Oregon 5 June 24 2006 Gehl Atlantic Championship of Cleveland Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport Cleveland, Ohio6 June 25 7 July 9 2006 Atlantic Grand Prix of Toronto Exhibition Place Toronto, Ontario 8 July 23 2006 Atlantic Grand Prix of Edmonton Edmonton City Centre Airport Edmonton, Alberta 9 July 30 2006 Atlantic Grand Prix of San José Streets of San Jose San Jose, California 10 August 13 2006 Atlantic Grand Prix of Denver Streets of Denver Denver, Colorado 11 August 27 2006 Atlantic Grand Prix of Montréal Circuit Gilles Villeneuve Montreal, Quebec 12 September 24 2006 Gehl Championship Finale Road America Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin
Race results
RdRace NamePole positionFastest lapRace winner Driver Team 1 Streets of Long Beach Andreas Wirth Raphael Matos Andreas Wirth Forsythe Championship Racing 2 Streets of Houston Raphael Matos Jonathan Bomarito Andreas Wirth Forsythe Championship Racing 3 Fundidora Park Graham Rahal Graham Rahal Graham Rahal Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 4 Portland International Raceway Graham Rahal Joe D'Agostino James Hinchcliffe Forsythe Championship Racing 5 Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport Andreas Wirth Graham Rahal Graham Rahal Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 6 Simon Pagenaud Andreas Wirth Graham Rahal Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 7 Exhibition Place Graham Rahal Graham Rahal Robbie Pecorari Gelles Racing 8 Edmonton City Centre Airport Raphael Matos Simon Pagenaud Simon Pagenaud Team Australia 9 Streets of San Jose Raphael Matos Graham Rahal Raphael Matos Sierra Sierra Enterprises 10 Streets of Denver Graham Rahal Graham Rahal Graham Rahal Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 11 Circuit Gilles Villeneuve James Hinchcliffe Antoine Bessette Graham Rahal Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 12 Road America Raphael Matos Raphael Matos Jonathan Bomarito PR1 Motorsports
Championship standings
Drivers' Championship Scoring system Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th Points3127252321191715131110987654321
The fastest driver in each qualifying session was awarded one additional point. The driver who set the fastest lap in a race was awarded one additional point The driver that gained the most positions from his starting spot was awarded one additional point.
Pos Driver LBH HOU MTY POR CLE TOR EDM SJO DEN MTL ROA Pts 1 Simon Pagenaud 4 2 2 23 2 5 4 1 9 3 2 17 258 2 Graham Rahal 5 15 1 27 1 1 15 2 12 1 1 20 242 3 Andreas Wirth 1 1 6 3 3 18 16 3 18 5 12 3 227 4 Raphael Matos 2 11 23 6 5 22 9 20 1 2 7 2 205 5 David Martínez 12 8 3 7↑ 10 10 8 12 6 10 4 9 179 6 Jonathan Bomarito 23 3 4 14 4 8 2 6 16 16 15 1 178 7 Danilo Dirani 6 5 14 5 8 23 14 5 3 8 13 6 178 8 Alan Sciuto 10 6 7 4 15 9↑ 17 11 15 4 6 8 167 9 Leonardo Maia 9 9 10 9 7 6 10 17 5 12 5 12 161 10 James Hinchcliffe 3 4 16 1 17 19 6 23 25 7 3 16 160 11 Robbie Pecorari 7 18 18 15 24 4 1 10 21 6 11 4 147 12 Joe D'Agostino 11↑ 12 9 24 9 7 7 7 22 18 16 7 123 13 Ryan Lewis 2 19 15 3↑ 22 2 24 24 5 110 14 Alex Barron 8 22 8 16 14 11 5 15 14 11 96 15 Richard Philippe 28 20 17 21 11 2 18 4 17 20 9 23 86 16 Tim Bridgman 24 19 24 10 12↑ 20 19 8 4 21 17↑ 18 72 17 James Davison 13 10 21 25 13 13 12 13 7 22 69 18 Justin Sofio 27 25 19 17 20 16 13 19 8↑ 13↑ 22 14 54 19 Steve Ott 7↑ 20 23 3 21 21 20 23 18 48 20 Colin Fleming 9 24 9 10 13 45 21 Carlos Mastretta 13 6 24 20 18 10 42 22 Alex Sperafico 22 16 12 11 16 23 25 19 11 41 23 Mike Forest DNS DNS 14↑ 14 10↑ 27 24 Daniel Gaunt 20 DNS 15 8 22 21 22 25 Stephen Simpson 25 27 5 21 26 Michael Patrizi 8 15 21 27 Barton Mawer 14 20 11 18 28 Luis Schiavo 15 26 11 16 29 Norbert Siedler 18 21 12↑ 13 30 Charles Hall 22 16 13 13 31 Alex García 18 18 14 13 32 Brian McAtee 21 13 17 12 33 Phil Giebler 11 10 34 Antoine Bessette 12 21 21 10 35 Dan Selznick 17 24 15 10 36 Kyle Kelley 14 19 9 37 Duncan Ende 16 26 21 17 DNS 9 38 Ryan Spencer-Smith 26 13 8 39 Ronnie Bremer 14 7 40 Chris Souliotis 17 22 4 41 Ricardo Vassmer 19 19 4 42 J. R. Hildebrand 19 2 43 Al Unser III 19 23 Wth 2 44 Brian Thienes 20 22 1 Casey Neal 23 0 Pos Driver LBH HOU MTY POR CLE TOR EDM SJO DEN MTL ROA PtsColorResultGoldWinnerSilver2nd placeBronze3rd placeGreen4th & 5th placeLight Blue6th–10th placeDark BlueFinished (Outside Top 10)PurpleDid not finishRedDid not qualify (DNQ)BrownWithdrawn (Wth)BlackDisqualified (DSQ)WhiteDid not start (DNS)BlankDid not participate (DNP)Not competing In-line notationBoldPole position (1 point)ItalicsRan fastest race lap↑Improved the most placesRookieRookie of the Year
See also 2006 Champ Car season 2006 Indianapolis 500 2006 IndyCar Series season 2006 Indy Pro Series season
External links ChampCarStats.com