The 2006 Stock Car Brasil season (known for commercial reasons as the 2006 Copa Nextel Stock Car season) was the 28th edition of the Stock Car Brasil Championship. The season began at the Interlagos Circuit on April 9 and concluded at the same circuit on December 10. The season was won by Cacá Bueno; winning his first of five Stock Car Brasil championships.
The season was notable for the arrival of Volkswagen as one of the series' manufacturers, alongside Mitsubishi and Chevrolet. The series also introduced a new point system dubbed the Super Final, similar to NASCAR's Chase for the Cup. At the conclusion of the eighth round in Brasília, the top ten placed drivers would be locked in and would compete for the championship across the remaining four rounds. The system would remain in place until the conclusion of the 2011 season.
Teams and drivers All drivers were Brazilian-registered. Manufacturer Vehicle Team Driver Rounds Chevrolet Astra M4T Motorsport 2 Paulo Salustiano All A. Jardim Competições 5 Adalberto Jardim 1–2 Boettger Competições 6 Alceu Feldmann All 18 Allam Khodair All Medley-A.Mattheis 9 Giuliano Losacco All 27 Guto Negãro AllScuderia 111 11 Nonô Figueiredo All 65 Felipe Gama All L&M Racing 16 Wagner Ebrahim 1–2 26 Wellington Justino 7, 11–12 77 Valdeno Brito All JF Racing 19 Rodrigo Sperafico All 87 Ruben Fontes All Vogel Motorsport 21 Thiago Camilo All 99 Gualter Salles All RC3 Bassani 25 Renato Jader David 1–4, 7–12 26 Wellington Justino 5, 7–8 Giuliano Piagallo 9 34 Matheus Greipel All 55 Christian Fittipaldi 8–12 Carreira Racing 40 Fábio Carreira 1–4, 7–12 79 Marcelo Siqueira 3–4 80 Luis Carreira, Jr. 1–5 PowerTech 41 Hybernon Cysne All 44 Diogo Pachenki All MT Racing 45 Wanderley Reck, Jr. 1–2 Hot Car Competições 47 Geraldo Rola All 74 Popó Bueno All Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution Eurofarma RC 0 Cacá Bueno All 15 Antonio Jorge Neto All Katalogo Racing 10 Ruben Carrapatoso 1–9, 11–12 63 Lico Kaesemodel 10 90 Ricardo Maurício All AMG-Filipaper Racing 17 Ingo Hoffmann All Officer ProGP 23 Duda Pamplona All Nascar Motorsport 28 Juliano Moro 3–12 36 Ricardo Etchenique 1–3 38 Christian Conde All Terra Avallone 33 Felipe Maluhy All 55 Christian Fittipaldi 2–5 70 Tarso Marques 1, 6–12 Tatu Motorsport 37 Alan Chanoski 12 Volkswagen Bora WB Motosport 1 Raul Boesel 9–12 3 Chico Serra All Petrobras-Action Power 7 Thiago Marques All 14 Luciano Burti All Carlos Alves Competições 8 Carlos Alves All NasrCastroneves 12 Hoover Orsi 1–6, 8–12 35 David Muffato All Sama-GomeSports 22 Marcos Gomes 11 25 Pedro Gomes All P&B Racing 25 Renato Jader David 6–7 40 Fabio Carreira 6–7 RS Competições 46 Rogério Santos 1–2 50 Cláudio Ricci 7, 9 51 Átila Abreu 10–12 72 Júlio Campos 1–3, 8 Equipe TekProm 46 Nelson Silva, Jr. 11 71 Claudio Capparelli 11–12
Calendar The following circuits hosted at least one round of the 2006 championship. RoundCircuit (Event)DatesMap 1 Autódromo José Carlos Pace 7–9 April 2 Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba 28–30 April 3 Autódromo Internacional Orlando Moura 19–21 May 4 Autódromo José Carlos Pace 1–2 July 5 Autódromo Internacional Ayrton Senna 21–23 July 6 Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba 11–13 August 7 Autódromo Internacional de Santa Cruz do Sul 1–3 September 8 Autódromo Internacional de Brasília 22–24 September 9 Autódromo Internacional de Tarumã 13–15 October 10 Autódromo Oscar y Juan Gálvez 27–29 October 11 Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet 17–19 November 12 Autódromo José Carlos Pace 8–10 December
Results and standings Season summary All races were held in Brazil, with the exception of the round at Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez, which was held in Argentina. Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team 1 Interlagos 9 April Felipe Maluhy Antonio Jorge Neto Cacá Bueno Eurofarma RC 2 Curitiba 30 April Luciano Burti Felipe Maluhy Antonio Jorge Neto Eurofarma RC 3 Campo Grande 21 May Cacá Bueno Hoover Orsi Cacá Bueno Eurofarma RC 4 Interlagos 2 July David Muffato Cacá Bueno Cacá Bueno Eurofarma RC 5 Londrina 23 July Cacá Bueno Antonio Jorge Neto Cacá Bueno Eurofarma RC 6 Curitiba 16 August Thiago Camilo Juliano Moro Thiago Camilo Texaco Vogel 7 Santa Cruz do Sul 3 September Luciano Burti Luciano Burti Ruben Fontes JF Racing 8 Brasília 24 September Giuliano Losacco Giuliano Losacco Chico Serra WB Motorsport Super Final 9 Tarumã 15 October Giuliano Losacco Giuliano Losacco Giuliano Losacco Medley-A.Mattheis 10 Buenos Aires 29 October Felipe Maluhy Mateus Greipel Ingo Hoffmann AMG-Filipaper Racing 11 Jacarepaguá 19 November Ricardo Maurício Valdeno Brito Tarso Marques Terra Avallone 12 Interlagos 10 December Felipe Maluhy Gualter Salles Ingo Hoffmann AMG-Filipaper Racing
Drivers' championship Pos Driver INT1 CUR1 CAM INT2 LON CUR2 SCS BRA TAR BUE RIO INT3 Pts Super Final 1 Cacá Bueno 1 Ret 1 1 1 16 3 Ret 5 6 14 8 257 2 Antonio Jorge Neto 9 1 7 DSQ 4 Ret Ret Ret 13 Ret 2 2 251 3 Hoover Orsi 2 2 3 4 10 7 3 21 5 3 Ret 248 4 Felipe Maluhy 4 18 14 8 8 6 5 8 8 2 10 13 247 5 Giuliano Losacco 6 3 Ret 24 3 3 8 22 1 Ret 9 Ret 244 6 Thiago Camilo 8 4 Ret 2 25 1 5 4 Ret 7 5 Ret 237 7 Alceu Feldmann 7 7 4 12 11 11 7 13 11 17 9 5 235 8 Guto Negrão 14 10 5 9 12 8 10 Ret 7 22 Ret 3 231 9 Rodrigo Sperafico 3 19 17 23 21 2 2 6 12 32 11 17 223 10 Ricardo Maurício 10 Ret 8 11 6 Ret 6 5 Ret Ret 13 10 216 Super Final cutoff 11 Ingo Hoffmann 5 8 Ret Ret 22 Ret 14 29 9 1 4 1 93 12 David Muffato Ret Ret 2 Ret Ret 10 13 27 3 8 Ret 11 58 = Pedro Gomes 58 14 Ruben Fontes Ret 11 18 Ret 18 12 1 9 14 Ret 11 Ret 55 = Popó Bueno 55 16 Chico Serra 15 Ret Ret 10 Ret DNS 9 1 15 9 DSQ Ret 47 17 Valdeno Brito 45 18 Flavio Figueiredo 43 19 Duda Pamplona 40 20 Allam Khodair Ret Ret Ret 7 Ret 9 23 10 Ret 28 Ret 6 32 21 Tarso Marques 30 = Thiago Marques 30 = Matheus Greipel 30 24 Paulo Salustiano DNS Ret 10 5 Ret 13 DNS Ret Ret 14 19 Ret 12 25 Luciano Burti 18 26 Diogo Pachenki 10 27 Christian Fittipaldi 9 = Felipe Gama 9 29 Christian Conde 18 Ret DNS 15 23 Ret 17 Ret Ret 10 18 Ret 7 30 Renato David 6 = Gualter Salles 6 32 Fabio Carreira 5 33 Wanderley Reck Jr. 4 = Luis Carreira Jr. 4 35 Ricardo Etchenique 13 19 Ret 3 = Juliano Moro Ret Ret Ret Ret 22 Ret 14 Ret 23 15 3 = Mano Rola 3 38 Claudio Capparelli 1 - Raul Boesel 17 19 20 16 0 - Alan Chanoski 21 0 Pos Driver INT1 CUR1 CAM INT2 LON CUR2 SCS BRA TAR BUE RIO INT3 PtsBold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap
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