2006 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series

The 2006 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series was an Australian motor racing series for V8 Supercars. It was the seventh annual V8 Supercar Development Series. It began on 24 March 2006 at Adelaide Street Circuit and finished on 10 December at Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit after seven rounds held across four different states.

The series was dominated by a single driver, with Howard Racing Ford Falcon driver Adam Macrow winning eight of the 18 races and five of the seven rounds. Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon driver Andrew Thompson won the remaining two rounds, including three race wins. An inconsistent start to the series saw him only eighth in the pointscore which placed a heavy emphasis on finishing over winning. Young Perkins Motorsport Holden Commodore drivers Shane Price and Jack Perkins finished second and third in the series, with Price taking two race wins. The only other multiple race winner was Kayne Scott who won two reverse grid races.

The series was marred by a fatal accident at the Mount Panorama round where David Clark crashed into the stationary car of Mark Porter.Grant Rowley, Climbing Mount Fujitsu, The Annual – Australian Motorsport, Number 2 / 2006, pages 46 to 56 Clark was seriously injured in the collision while Porter died in the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital two days after the accident.

Race calendar Round Date Circuit Location Winning driver Car 1 24–25 March Adelaide Street Circuit Adelaide, South Australia Adam Macrow Ford Falcon (BA) 2 27–28 May Wakefield Park Goulburn, New South Wales Adam Macrow Ford Falcon (BA) 3 21–23 July Queensland Raceway Ipswich, Queensland Adam Macrow Ford Falcon (BA) 4 11–13 August Oran Park Raceway Sydney, New South Wales Adam Macrow Ford Falcon (BA) 5 16–17 September Mallala Motor Sport Park Mallala, South Australia Adam Macrow Ford Falcon (BA) 6 5–7 October Mount Panorama Circuit Bathurst, New South Wales Andrew Thompson Ford Falcon (BA) 7 8–10 December Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Phillip Island, Victoria Andrew Thompson Ford Falcon (BA)

Teams and drivers A record number of competitors took part in the 2006 series with the Queensland Raceway round over-subscribed with 41 cars entering, forcing the slowest qualifiers to sit out the racing. The following teams and drivers have competed during the 2006 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series: Team VehicleNoDriverRounds Sieders Racing Team Ford Falcon (AU) 13 Colin Sieders 2–4, 6-7 Stones Motorsport Holden Commodore (VX) 24 Nigel Stones 1-4 Howard RacingFord Falcon (BA) 27 Adam Macrow All 37 Mark Howard All Project Mu Holden Commodore (VY) 28 Alan Gurr 3 57 Ryan McLeod 6 Holden Commodore (VX) Bruce Williams 7 Matthew White Racing Ford Falcon (BA) 28 Matthew White 1–2, 4-7 29 Dean Wanless 1-3 Wayne Wakefield 6-7 A.N.T. Racing Ford Falcon (BA) 30 Tony Evangelou 1-6 McGill Motorsport Holden Commodore (VX) 32 Aaron McGill 1 Ford Falcon (AU) 2-7 Gravity Motorsport Holden Commodore (VX) 35 Mark Papendall 1–3, 5-7 Optima Sport Ford Falcon (BA) 36 David Clark 1-6 Eggleston Motorsport Holden Commodore (VX) 38 Ben Eggleston 1–4, 6 Peters MotorsportFord Falcon (AU) 40 Wayne Wakefield 1-3 Luke Youlden 4-6 Ben Clucas 7 80 Barry Tanton 1–4, 6-7 Ford Falcon (BA) 91 Gary Deane All Partington Race Prep Ford Falcon (AU) 41 Chris Pither All Jay Motorsport Holden Commodore (VY) 42 Jay Verdnik All Jack Hillerman Racing Holden Commodore (VZ) 43 Chris Alajajian 3-7 Adam Sharpe Motorsport Ford Falcon (AU) 44 Adam Sharpe 1–4, 6-7 O’Brien Motorsport Ford Falcon (BA) 45 Shannon O'Brien All Image RacingFord Falcon (AU) 48 Dean Neville 2–3, 6-7 49 Terry Wyhoon 2, 6-7 Paul Kelly 3 John Henderson Motorsport Ford Falcon (AU) 56 John Henderson 2–4, 6 JPS Automotive Holden Commodore (VX) 57 Dean Savage 1 Speed FX Racing Ford Falcon (BA) 60 Michael Caruso All Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon (AU) 61 Marcus La Delle 1, 3-7 Ford Falcon (BA) 71 Andrew Thompson All 81 Grant Denyer 1, 3-7 Luke Youlden 2 Scott Loadsman Racing Holden Commodore (VY) 62 Scott Loadsman 2-7 Shane Beikoff Racing Ford Falcon (AU) 68 Shane Beikoff 1, 5, 7 Jonathan Beikoff 2–4, 6 CarTrek Racing Holden Commodore (VX) 69 Robert Jones 5-7 Robert Smith RacingHolden Commodore (VY) 70 Geoff Emery All 72 Nathan Pretty All Tony D'Alberto Racing Holden Commodore (VY) 74 Mark McNally 3-7 Holden Commodore (VZ) 99 Tony D'Alberto All Perkins MotorsportHolden Commodore (VZ) 77 Shane Price All 78 Jack Perkins All Greg Smith Racing Ford Falcon (AU) 86 Greg Smith 1–4, 6 Summertime Pools Ford Falcon (AU) 87 Benjamin Falk 2, 4-5 John Falk 3, 6 Clayton Pyne Racing Holden Commodore (VX) 90 Clayton Pyne 4, 6-7 Sydney Star RacingHolden Commodore (VY) 95 Mathew Hunt 3-7 98 Tim Monte 1–2, 4 Stephen Voight 3 Derek Hocking 5 Ford Falcon (AU) Tim Monte 6 333 Mathew Hunt 2 United Oil Racing Ford Falcon (BA) 96 Brett Hobson 3–4, 6-7 Wollongong Performance RacingMark Petch Motorsport Holden Commodore (VZ) 100 Kayne Scott 1-5 Damien White 7 MSport Holden Commodore (VZ) 111 Mark Porter 1-6

Points system The series consisted of seven rounds across four different states. Rounds 2, 3, 4 and 5 consisted of three races each. The second race of each weekend saw the finishing order of race 1 reversed to form the grid for a 'reverse grid' race. Point allocated for the reverse grid race were worth half as much as were the first and third races of these rounds. Rounds 1, 6 and 7 each consisted of two races.

Points were awarded for cars who finished in the top 32 race positions in each race according to finishing order. With cars finishing races as low as 37th, there were numerous occasions during the season were cars did not receive points for finishing races. Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23rd 24th 25th 26th 27th 28th 29th 30th 31st 32nd Rounds 2, 3, 4 & 5 Standard Race Points 128 124 120 116 112 108 104 100 96 92 88 84 80 76 72 68 64 60 56 52 48 44 40 36 32 28 24 20 16 12 8 4 Rounds 2, 3, 4 & 5 Reverse Grid Race Points 64 62 60 58 56 54 52 50 48 46 44 42 40 38 36 34 32 30 28 26 24 22 20 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 Rounds 1, 6 & 7Race Points 160 155 150 145 140 135 130 125 120 115 110 105 100 95 90 85 80 75 70 65 60 55 50 45 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5

Series standings Points table referenced, in part, as follows:

Pos Driver CarVarious 2006 race results, www.natsoft.com.au Retrieved 25 February 2019 ADE WAK QLD ORA MAL BAT PHI Pts 1 Adam Macrow Ford Falcon (BA) 1 1 1 9 1 2 11 1 1 15 3 1 11 1 5 4 9 10 2024 2 Shane Price Holden Commodore (VZ) 10 6 3 13 5 5 14 2 8 10 1 2 10 2 3 2 1 2 1984 3 Jack Perkins Holden Commodore (VZ) 27 10 4 22 8 6 8 5 6 17 4 3 9 Ret 10 3 6 9 1597 4 Michael Caruso Ford Falcon (BA) 2 2 19 25 Ret 3 29 7 2 18 13 11 23 4 8 10 7 8 1567 5 Nathan Pretty Holden Commodore (VY) 6 4 8 7 3 Ret 13 10 3 27 2 6 13 5 Ret DNS 8 7 1455 6 Tony D'Alberto Holden Commodore (VZ) 5 25 33 29 9 13 5 8 4 12 33 7 17 22 2 5 3 5 1443 7 Mark Porter Holden Commodore (VZ) 9 3 14 2 2 1 Ret 3 9 19 8 5 7 3 6 DNS 1423 8 Andrew Thompson Ford Falcon (BA) 12 Ret 10 Ret DNS 7 22 9 33 2 26 16 5 6 1 1 2 1 1376 9 Grant Denyer Ford Falcon (BA) 3 12 4 18 4 7 14 Ret 8 14 19 12 8 14 6 1313 10 Matthew White Ford Falcon (BA) 26 24 9 17 12 5 16 5 15 24 15 7 6 4 3 1272 11 Chris Pither Ford Falcon (AU) 13 9 7 Ret DNS 11 4 26 21 Ret DNS 21 3 10 14 12 16 13 1131 12 Wayne Wakefield Ford Falcon (AU) 4 5 5 14 7 12 35 11 4 7 10 Ret 1101 13 Kayne Scott Holden Commodore (VZ) 8 8 6 19 Ret 18 1 12 12 13 10 19 1 8 1030 14 Tony Evangelou Ford Falcon (BA) 7 7 17 3 Ret 15 7 28 28 3 14 12 15 14 32 9 1005 15 Aaron McGill Holden Commodore (VX) 15 16 23 4 10 21 26 15 18 9 12 DNS DNS DNS 25 23 30 20 861 16 Mark Howard Ford Falcon (BA) 14 15 22 16 13 36 33 20 26 Ret 29 13 18 12 22 DSQ 17 16 853 17 Jay Verdnik Holden Commodore (VY) 22 11 Ret DNS DNS 38 30 14 29 26 Ret 20 4 7 17 13 15 15 851 18 Marcus La Delle Ford Falcon (AU) Ret DNS 8 12 Ret 19 5 9 10 8 17 33 14 12 23 806 19 David Clark Ford Falcon (BA) 21 19 11 8 6 30 Ret 27 34 1 21 9 6 Ret 11 DNS 784 20 Brett Hobson Ford Falcon (BA) 16 15 13 23 6 6 16 11 18 12 761 21 Matthew Hunt Ford Falcon (AU) 18 Ret DNS 20 16 17 32 7 11 17 21 13 15 Ret 20 25 717 22 Luke Youlden Ford Falcon (BA) 2 5 4 10 Ret 17 27 2 Ret 9 24 703 23 Mark McNally Holden Commodore (VY) 22 3 22 20 8 32 14 12 9 Ret DNS 13 11 678 24 Geoff Emery Holden Commodore (VY) Ret 14 12 21 21 19 Ret 18 Ret 23 23 18 26 Ret 27 Ret 11 27 671 25 Chris Alajajian Holden Commodore (VZ) 28 2 Ret 11 24 7 4 19 11 30 Ret Ret 14 634 26 Shannon O'Brien Ford Falcon (BA) 20 Ret 24 12 27 9 9 21 DNS 31 16 DNS DNS DNS 13 Ret 27 19 631 27 Adam Sharpe Ford Falcon (AU) 19 Ret 13 32 26 17 10 Ret 17 11 22 20 16 26 Ret 627 28 Dean Wanless Ford Falcon (AU) 11 13 15 15 11 14 20 16 576 29 Scott Loadsman Holden Commodore (VY) 29 11 Ret 26 34 30 22 22 Ret 22 22 18 26 20 25 22 487 30 Colin Sieders Ford Falcon (AU) 21 20 18 23 19 29 14 20 28 19 Ret 28 26 470 31 Gary Deane Ford Falcon (BA) 16 26 Ret 31 22 Ret 28 19 25 28 27 23 Ret DNS 29 21 32 29 445 32 Greg Smith Ford Falcon (AU) 25 21 26 28 24 35 17 24 27 4 18 Ret 22 439 33 Dean Neville Ford Falcon (AU) 30 6 15 31 23 25 28 19 22 18 423 34 Ben Eggleston Holden Commodore (VX) Ret DNS 20 18 14 32 24 Ret 16 21 19 21 Ret 388 35 Shane Beikoff Ford Falcon (AU) 17 17 24 20 20 24 24 364 36 Jonathan Beikoff Ford Falcon (AU) 16 23 16 25 25 23 15 Ret 24 DNS DNS 352 37 Clayton Pyne Holden Commodore (VX) 13 Ret 15 Ret 18 23 21 337 38 John Henderson Ford Falcon (AU) Ret 24 19 DNQ DNQ DNQ 24 Ret 20 18 17 317 39 Terry Wyhoon Ford Falcon (AU) 31 1 25 24 15 19 Ret 314 40 Damien White Holden Commodore (VZ) 5 4 285 41 Nigel Stones Holden Commodore (VX) 18 20 27 30 20 37 32 32 31 25 25 280 42 Robert Jones Holden Commodore (VX) 26 16 16 Ret Ret 21 17 270 43 Alan Gurr Holden Commodore (VY) 10 6 6 254 44 Tim Monte Holden Commodore (VX) Ret 18 25 10 17 Ret Ret Ret 31 DSQ 227 45 Mark Papendall Holden Commodore (VX) Ret DNS 28 Ret DNS 24 21 Ret 25 Ret 21 23 Ret 29 Ret 225 46 Barry Tanton Ford Falcon (AU) 24 22 DNQ 27 Ret 34 Ret Ret 30 29 31 Ret Ret 31 31 165 47 Dean Savage Holden Commodore (VX) 23 23 100 48 Derek Hocking Holden Commodore (VY) 28 25 23 76 49 Benjamin Falk Ford Falcon (AU) 32 26 23 Ret 30 30 DNS DNS DNS 76 50 John Falk Ford Falcon (AU) 29 27 31 Ret DNS 36 51 Bruce Williams Holden Commodore (VY) Ret 28 25 52 Stephen Voight Holden Commodore (VY) 27 36 Ret 24 53 Paul Kelly Ford Falcon (AU) 33 31 Ret 4 Ryan McLeod Holden Commodore (VY) DNS DNS Ben Clucas Ford Falcon (AU) DNS DNS

References

External links 2006 Racing Results Archive Series Points Report, racing.natsoft.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org

See also 2006 V8 Supercar season