2006 Lexmark Indy 300

2006 Surfers Paradise

Race details
Race 13 of 14 in the 2006 Champ Car season
Track map of the Surfers Paradise street circuit at Surfers Paradise, Australia.
Date	21 October, 2006
Official name	Lexmark Indy 300
Location	Surfers Paradise Street Circuit Queensland, Australia
Course	Temporary Street Circuit 2.795 mi / 4.498 km
Distance	59 laps 164.905 mi / 265.382 km
Weather	Sunny with temperatures rising up to 28.3 °C (82.9 °F)
Pole position
Driver	Will Power (Team Australia)
Time	1:31.403
Fastest lap
Driver	Paul Tracy (Forsythe Championship Racing)
Time	1:33.776 (on lap 39 of 59)
Podium
First	Nelson Philippe (CTE Racing-HVM)
Second	Mario Domínguez (Rocketsports Racing)
Third	Alex Tagliani (Team Australia)

The 2006 Lexmark Indy 300 was the thirteenth and penultimate round of the 2006 Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford season, held on 21 October 2006 on the Surfers Paradise Street Circuit in Queensland, Australia. The pole was won by native Queenslander Will Power, the first of his Champ Car career. The race was won by Nelson Philippe, the first and only win of his Champ Car career. By virtue of his eighth-place finish, Sébastien Bourdais clinched his third consecutive Champ Car season title, the first man to achieve this feat since Ted Horn won three consecutive National Championships from 1946 through 1948.

Qualifying results

Pos	Nat	Name	Team	Qual 1	Qual 2	Best
1		Will Power	Team Australia	1:31.403	1:31.839	1:31.403
2		Sébastien Bourdais	Newman/Haas Racing	1:31.774	1:32.212	1:31.774
3		Paul Tracy	Forsythe Racing	—-	1:31.959	1:31.959
4		Bruno Junqueira	Newman/Haas Racing	1:32.265	1:32.809	1:32.265
5		Nelson Philippe	CTE Racing-HVM	1:32.783	1:32.348	1:32.348
6		Oriol Servià	PKV Racing	1:32.371	1:33.674	1:32.371
7		A. J. Allmendinger	Forsythe Racing	1:32.536	1:33.761	1:32.536
8		Dan Clarke	CTE Racing-HVM	1:32.821	1:33.750	1:32.821
9		Alex Tagliani	Team Australia	1:32.933	1:32.845	1:32.845
10		Mario Domínguez	Rocketsports Racing	1:33.267	1:32.974	1:32.974
11		Ryan Briscoe	RuSPORT	—-	1:33.043	1:33.043
12		Andrew Ranger	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	1:34.155	1:33.564	1:33.564
13		Antônio Pizzonia	Rocketsports Racing	1:33.736	—-	1:33.736
14		Jan Heylen	Dale Coyne Racing	1:34.593	1:34.182	1:34.182
15		Charles Zwolsman Jr.	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	1:35.017	1:34.282	1:34.282
16		Katherine Legge	PKV Racing	—-	1:34.634	1:34.634
17		Andreas Wirth	Dale Coyne Racing	1:37.300	1:35.176	1:35.176
-		Justin Wilson	RuSPORT	—-	—-	No time*

^* Justin Wilson fractured the scaphoid bone in his wrist in a crash during practice on Friday and took no further part in the event as a result.

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/retired	Grid	Points
1	4	Nelson Philippe	CTE Racing-HVM	59	1:50:50.985	5	32
2	8	Mario Domínguez	Rocketsports Racing	59	+0.728 secs	10	29
3	15	Alex Tagliani	Team Australia	59	+6.054 secs	9	25
4	3	Paul Tracy	Forsythe Racing	59	+7.238 secs	3	25
5	27	Andrew Ranger	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	59	+9.377 secs	12	21
6	2	Bruno Junqueira	Newman/Haas Racing	59	+10.247 secs	4	19
7	34	Charles Zwolsman Jr.	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	59	+16.849 secs	15	18
8	1	Sébastien Bourdais	Newman/Haas Racing	59	+18.978 secs	2	15
9	19	Andreas Wirth	Dale Coyne Racing	59	+22.195 secs	17	13
10	18	Antônio Pizzonia	Rocketsports Racing	59	+44.086 secs	13	12
11	10	Ryan Briscoe	RuSPORT	58	+ 1 Lap	11	10
12	5	Will Power	Team Australia	58	+ 1 Lap	1	12
13	6	Oriol Servià	PKV Racing	43	Gearbox	6	9
14	11	Jan Heylen	Dale Coyne Racing	42	Contact	14	8
15	20	Katherine Legge	PKV Racing	42	Contact	16	6
16	7	A. J. Allmendinger	Forsythe Racing	18	Contact	7	5
17	14	Dan Clarke	CTE Racing-HVM	12	Contact	8	4
-	9	Justin Wilson	RuSPORT	—-	Withdrawn	—-	0

Caution flags

Laps	Cause
1	Yellow start
14–16	Clarke (14) crash
20–23	Allmendinger (7) crash
29–32	Power (5) stopped on course
44–49	Heylen (11) crash; Legge (20) crash

Notes

Laps Leader 1–13 Will Power 14–20 Jan Heylen 21–30 Charles Zwolsman Jr. 31–34 Oriol Servià 35–39 Nelson Philippe 40–42 Paul Tracy 43 Mario Domínguez 44–51 Antônio Pizzonia 52–59 Nelson Philippe

Driver Laps led Nelson Philippe 13 Will Power 13 Charles Zwolsman Jr. 10 Antônio Pizzonia 8 Jan Heylen 7 Oriol Servià 4 Paul Tracy 3 Mario Domínguez 1

• New Race Record Nelson Philippe 1:50:50.985
• Average Speed 89.259 mph

Championship standings after the race

• Bold indicates the Season Champion.

Drivers' Championship standings

	Pos	Driver	Points
	1	Sébastien Bourdais	353
	2	A. J. Allmendinger	285
	3	Justin Wilson	269
1	4	Nelson Philippe	214
1	5	Paul Tracy	209

• Note: Only the top five positions are included.

External links

• Friday Qualification Times Archived 23 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine
• Saturday Qualification Times Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine
• Race Results
• Bourdais secures third straight championship Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine
• Weather information