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2006 American Championship Car season
Series  : Champ Car
Champion : 25px France Sébastien Bourdais
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The 2006 Champ Car season was the third and penultimate season of the Champ Car World Series era of American open wheel racing. It began on April 9, 2006 in Long Beach, California and ended on November 12 in Mexico City, Mexico after 14 races. The Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford Drivers' Champion was Sébastien Bourdais, his third consecutive championship. He was the first driver to win three American open wheel National Championships in a row since Ted Horn in 1948. The Rookie of the Year was Will Power.

Drivers and Teams[]

The 2.65 liter turbo V8 FordCosworth XFE engine continued to be the exclusive power plant for the series. Bridgestone also continued as the exclusive series tire supplier. The two companies continued the marketing agreement that branded the series Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford. All teams ran the Lola B03/00 chassis, the final year these chassis would be run in the series.

The following teams and drivers competed in the 2006 Champ Car season.

Team No Drivers Races
25px United States Newman/Haas Racing 1 25px France Sébastien Bourdais All
2 25px Brazil Bruno Junqueira All
25px United States Forsythe Racing 3 25px Canada Paul Tracy 1-13
25px Mexico David Martínez 14
7 25px Mexico Mario Domínguez 1-4
25px United States A. J. Allmendinger 5-13
25px United States Buddy Rice 14
25px United States CTE Racing-HVM 4 25px France Nelson Philippe All
14 25px UK Dan Clarke All
25px Australia Team Australia 5 25px Australia Will Power All
15 25px Canada Alex Tagliani All
25px United States PKV Racing 6 25px Spain Oriol Servià All
12 25px United States Jimmy Vasser 1
20 25px UK Katherine Legge All
25px United States Rocketsports Racing 8 25px Brazil Antônio Pizzonia 1
25px Netherlands Nicky Pastorelli 2-6, 8-11
25px Mexico Mario Domínguez 12-14
18 25px Template:Country alias Estonia Tõnis Kasemets 5-8, 12
25px Brazil Antônio Pizzonia 11, 13-14
25px United States RuSPORT 9 25px UK Justin Wilson 1-12, 14
10 25px United States A. J. Allmendinger 1-4
25px Brazil Cristiano da Matta 5-9
25px Australia Ryan Briscoe 13-14
25px United States Dale Coyne Racing 11 25px Belgium Jan Heylen All
19 25px Brazil Cristiano da Matta 1-4
25px Mexico Mario Domínguez 5-11
25px Template:Country alias Uruguay Juan Cáceres 12
25px Germany Andreas Wirth 13-14
25px United States Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 27 25px Canada Andrew Ranger All
34 25px Netherlands Charles Zwolsman All

Team and driver changes[]

Newman/Haas Racing retained their 2005 Series Champion Sébastien Bourdais for the season, who was re-joined by Bruno Junqueira, who began the 2005 season with Newman-Haas but was replaced by Oriol Servià after sustaining a season-ending back injury in the 2005 Indianapolis 500. Oriol Servià, in turn, joined PKV Racing, replacing Cristiano da Matta.[1] Joining Servià was newcomer Katherine Legge, a three-time race winner in Champ Car's primary feeder series, the Toyota Atlantic Championship. Legge became the first woman to run a full season of Champ Car racing.[2] PKV co-owner Jimmy Vasser, the 1996 IndyCar champion, drove a third team car at the Grand Prix of Long Beach. While a preseason press release hinted at further appearances in 2006, it was Vasser's only appearance as a driver in a Champ Car until the 2008 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach, the final race contested under Champ Car rules.[3]

Two teams standing pat with their driving lineup for 2006 were Forsythe Championship Racing, retaining Paul Tracy and Mario Domínguez,[4] and RuSPORT with Justin Wilson and A. J. Allmendinger. However, both teams would see changes while the season was still young.

Walker Racing continued its branding as Team Australia and kept the same drivers that they ended the 2005 season with, retaining both Alex Tagliani and Will Power.[5] Mi-Jack Conquest Racing kept Andrew Ranger from their 2005 team. Ranger was joined by Charles Zwolsman, Jr., the 2005 Toyota Atlantic Championship series champion.[6] CTE-HVM Racing signed two new drivers after using four last year, with Nelson Philippe[7] matched up with rookie Dan Clarke as his teammate.[8] Dale Coyne Racing picked up the biggest wild card for 2006, signing 2002 series champion Cristiano da Matta as their number one driver alongside a debutant Belgian, Jan Heylen.[9]

Rocketsports Racing began the year as a one-car team. Former WilliamsF1 driver Antônio Pizzonia signed on with a one-race contract for Long Beach.[10]

Mid-season changes[]

  • Dutchman Nicky Pastorelli was announced as Rocketsports Racing's "full-time" driver on April 28.[11] Pastorelli was a test driver for Jordan Grand Prix in 2005 and in October 2005 had been originally introduced as the third driver for the team which was renamed Midland F1 Racing after the 2005 season,[12] but that opportunity fell through in December when one of Pastorelli's investors backed out of the deal.[13] It would not be the last time Nicky would have sponsorship problems.
  • On June 9, following the race at the Milwaukee Mile, the RuSPORT team announced that they were replacing A. J. Allmendinger with Cristiano da Matta.[14] The change was surprise, as Allmendinger had been the cornerstone of the team since its founding in 2002. The Champ Car series was temporarily left without an American driver.
  • On June 12 Forsythe Racing announced that they were parting company with Mario Domínguez. Domínguez had crashed on this opening lap of the Milwaukee race, taking out himself and his teammate Paul Tracy as well as Bruno Junqueira. The series stewards penalized him for the crash, stripping him of the points earned for his 14th place finish.[15] Two days later the open seat was filled as A. J. Allmendinger was announced as Domínguez's replacement at Forsythe, a pairing that was quickly rewarded with victories in the following three races starting at Portland.[16] Meanwhile, Domínguez moved to Dale Coyne Racing to take the seat vacated by da Matta.
  • Rocketsports Racing expanded back to a two-car team beginning with the Portland race. Atlantic series veteran Tõnis Kasemets became the first Champ Car driver of Estonian descent. Kasemets was initially slated to run six races for the team, but would only end up running five races.[17]
  • Rocketsports Racing reverted to a one-car team at Toronto when one of Nicky Pastorelli's sponsors defaulted and his #8 car was not run.[18] The sponsorship problem was solved in time for the next round in Edmonton.
  • On August 3 Cristiano da Matta was seriously injured after colliding with a deer during testing at Road America. While da Matta would eventually recover, the crash ended his open-wheel racing career.[19] RuSPORT did not run da Matta's #10 car again until the final two rounds of the season when IndyCar veteran Ryan Briscoe made his Champ Car debut at his home race, Surfers Paradise.[20]
  • Antônio Pizzonia returned to Rocketsports Racing as the driver of the #18 car for the race in Montreal.[21] Pizzonia would go on to sit out the Road America round in favor of Tõnis Kasemets, but would finish out the remainder of the year for the team in the #18 car.[22]
  • Mario Domínguez found a home at his third race team for the year by signing up to join Rocketsports Racing before the Elkhart Lake race weekend, taking over the #8 car from Nicky Pastorelli.[23] Dale Coyne Racing replaced Domínguez in the #19 car with Euroseries 3000 driver and one-time Minardi F1 tester Juan Cáceres of Uruguay.[24]
  • German Andreas Wirth, the third place finisher in the 2006 Champ Car Atlantic season, took over the Dale Coyne #19 car at Surfers Paradise and also finished the season with the team at Mexico City.[25]
  • On October 24, following the race in Surfers Paradise, A. J. Allmendinger announced that he would drive for Team Red Bull in the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series in 2007.[26] On October 27 the Forsythe Racing team announced that Allmendinger would be replaced by 2004 Indianapolis 500 winner Buddy Rice for the final race of the season in Mexico City. This would be Rice's only career Champ Car start.[27]
  • On October 31, the Forsythe Racing team announced that they would run a third car in Mexico City. Mexican David Martínez, a veteran of the Atlantics series, was signed to make his Champ Car debut driving the #33 car.[28]
  • Paul Tracy did not race in the final round in Mexico City after he broke his right scapula in an alcohol-fueled accident that was alternately reported as happening on either an ATV or a golf cart.[29][30] David Martínez ended up making his Champ Car debut driving Tracy's #3 car instead of the #33 he was originally slated to drive.

Races[]

Rnd Race Name Circuit City/Location Date
1 25px USA Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach Streets of Long Beach Long Beach, California April 9
2 25px United States Grand Prix of Houston Streets of Houston Houston, Texas May 13
3 25px Mexico Tecate Grand Prix of Monterrey Presented by Roshfrans Fundidora Park Monterrey, Mexico May 21
4 25px USA Time Warner Cable Road Runner 225 Milwaukee Mile West Allis, Wisconsin June 4
5 25px United States Grand Prix of Portland Presented by G. I. Joe's Portland International Raceway Portland, Oregon June 18
6 25px United States Champ Car Grand Prix of Cleveland Presented by U. S. Bank Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport Cleveland, Ohio June 25
7 25px Canada Molson Grand Prix of Toronto Exhibition Place Toronto, Ontario July 9
8 25px Canada West Edmonton Mall Grand Prix Presented by The Brick JAGflo Speedway Edmonton, Alberta July 23
9 25px United States Canary Foundation Grand Prix of San José Presented by Taylor Woodrow Streets of San Jose San Jose, California July 30
10 25px USA Grand Prix of Denver Streets of Denver Denver, Colorado August 13
11 25px Canada Champ Car Grand Prix de Montréal Circuit Gilles Villeneuve Montreal, Quebec August 27
12 25px USA Grand Prix of Road America Road America Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin September 24
13 25px Australia Lexmark Indy 300 Surfers Paradise Street Circuit Surfers Paradise, Australia October 22
14 25px Mexico Gran Premio Telmex Presented by Banamex Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez Mexico City, Mexico November 12

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The initial 2006 schedule announced by Champ Car on August 13, 2005 contained 15 races.[31] The 15th race was scheduled to take place on a new permanent road course in Ansan, South Korea. The scheduled 2005 race at the track was canceled in September 2005 when the circuit was determined to be unready to host the event. A return to the Las Vegas Motor Speedway was also on the initial schedule, but on November 29, 2005 it was announced that the Champ Cars would be returning to Road America after a one year hiatus instead of returning to the banked oval in Vegas.[32] The race schedule shrank back to 14 races in July 2006 when it was announced that the event in Ansan had been canceled yet again.[33] It was the third year in a row a Champ Car event in South Korea failed to materialize.

Full series results[]

Races[]

Rnd Race Name Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Report
1 25px United States Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach 25px France Sébastien Bourdais 25px France Sébastien Bourdais 25px France Sébastien Bourdais Newman/Haas Racing Report
2 25px United States Grand Prix of Houston 25px Mexico Mario Dominguez 25px France Sébastien Bourdais 25px France Sébastien Bourdais Newman/Haas Racing Report
3 25px Mexico Tecate Grand Prix of Monterrey Presented by Roshfrans 25px France Sébastien Bourdais 25px France Sébastien Bourdais 25px France Sébastien Bourdais Newman/Haas Racing Report
4 25px United States Time Warner Cable Road Runner 225 25px France Sébastien Bourdais 25px France Sébastien Bourdais 25px France Sébastien Bourdais Newman/Haas Racing Report
5 25px United States Grand Prix of Portland Presented by G. I. Joe's 25px Brazil Bruno Junqueira 25px Australia Will Power 25px United States A. J. Allmendinger Forsythe Racing Report
6 25px United States Champ Car Grand Prix of Cleveland Presented by U. S. Bank 25px United States A. J. Allmendinger 25px France Nelson Philippe 25px United States A. J. Allmendinger Forsythe Racing Report
7 25px Canada Molson Grand Prix of Toronto 25px UK Justin Wilson 25px Canada Alex Tagliani 25px United States A. J. Allmendinger Forsythe Racing Report
8 25px Canada West Edmonton Mall Grand Prix Presented by The Brick 25px France Sébastien Bourdais 25px UK Justin Wilson 25px UK Justin Wilson RuSPORT Report
9 25px United States Canary Foundation Grand Prix of San José Presented by Taylor Woodrow 25px France Sébastien Bourdais 25px France Sébastien Bourdais 25px France Sébastien Bourdais Newman/Haas Racing Report
10 25px USA Grand Prix of Denver 25px France Sébastien Bourdais 25px France Sébastien Bourdais 25px USA A. J. Allmendinger Forsythe Racing Report
11 25px Canada Champ Car Grand Prix de Montréal 25px France Sébastien Bourdais 25px France Sébastien Bourdais 25px France Sébastien Bourdais Newman/Haas Racing Report
12 25px USA Grand Prix of Road America 25px UK Dan Clarke 25px France Sébastien Bourdais 25px USA A. J. Allmendinger Forsythe Racing Report
13 25px Australia Lexmark Indy 300 25px Australia Will Power 25px Canada Paul Tracy 25px France Nelson Philippe CTE Racing-HVM Report
14 25px Mexico Gran Premio Telmex Presented by Banamex 25px UK Justin Wilson 25px France Sébastien Bourdais 25px France Sébastien Bourdais Newman/Haas Racing Report

Final driver standings[]

Pos Driver LBH 25px USA HOU 25px USA MTY 25px Mexico MIL 25px USA POR 25px USA CLE 25px USA TOR 25px Canada EDM 25px Canada SJO 25px USA DEN 25px USA MTL 25px Canada ROA 25px USA SRF 25px Australia MXC 25px Mexico Pts
1 25px France Sébastien Bourdais 1* 1 1* 1* 3 18 3 2* 1* 7 1* 3* 8 1 387
2 25px UK Justin Wilson 2 5 2 2 2 13 4 1 3 8 14 5 Wth 5 2* 298
3 25px USA A. J. Allmendinger 16 8 3 4 1* 1* 1* 3 7 1* 17 1 16 285
4 25px France Nelson Philippe 13 4 17 3 8 10 13 14 4 5 3 14 1* 7 231
5 25px Brazil Bruno Junqueira 15 10 10 15 4 2 8 15 17 2 12 2 6 4 219
6 25px Australia Will Power 9 7 11 11 18 9 7 6 6 4 5 13 12 3 213
7 25px Canada Paul Tracy 17 2 4 16 7 16 2 5 15 3 6 4 2 10 4 209
8 25px Canada Alex Tagliani 3 11 5 Wth 1 11 4 6 12 14 16 7 11 3 5 205
9 25px Mexico Mario Domínguez 4 3* 6 14 2 14 6 11 8 5 13 10 12 2 17 202
10 25px Canada Andrew Ranger 6 6 7 7 9 11 10 7 13 14 15 8 5 8 200
11 25px Spain Oriol Servià 18 12 8 5 10 3 12 4 8 15 16 4 13 6 197
12 25px UK Dan Clarke 11 16 13 8 6 7 17 9 16 3 4 6 17 18 175
13 25px Netherlands Charles Zwolsman 12 15 12 9 12 15 9 10 9 10 8 7 7 11 162
14 25px Belgium Jan Heylen 7 13 16 12 15 5 16 16 11 11 9 9 14 13 140
15 25px Brazil Cristiano da Matta 5 9 9 13 5 14 5 18 2 134
16 25px UK Katherine Legge 8 14 14 6 13 8 14 13 12 9 13 16 15 16 133
17 25px Netherlands Nicky Pastorelli 17 15 10 17 17 17 10 12 6 73
18 25px Brazil Antônio Pizzonia 10 11 10 12 43
19 25px Template:Country alias Estonia Tõnis Kasemets 16 12 15 11 17 34
20 25px Germany Andreas Wirth 9 15 19
21 25px Australia Ryan Briscoe 11 14 17
22 25px Mexico David Martínez 9 13
23 25px USA Buddy Rice 10 11
24 25px USA Jimmy Vasser 14 7
25 25px Template:Country alias URU Juan Cáceres 15 6
Pos Driver LBH 25px USA HOU 25px USA MTY 25px Mexico MIL 25px USA POR 25px USA CLE 25px USA TOR 25px Canada EDM 25px Canada SJO 25px USA DEN 25px USA MTL 25px Canada ROA 25px USA SRF 25px Australia MXC 25px Mexico Pts
Color Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green 4th & 5th place
Light Blue 6th-10th place
Dark Blue Finished
(Outside Top 10)
Purple Did not finish
Red Did not qualify
(DNQ)
Brown Withdrawn
(Wth)
Black Disqualified
(DSQ)
White Did not start
(DNS)
Blank Did not
participate
(DNP)
Not competing
In-line notation
Bold Pole position
Italics Ran fastest race lap
* Led most race laps
Rookie of the Year
Rookie

Point Scoring System:

  • Points are awarded based on each driver's resulting place (regardless of whether the car is running at the end of the race):
Position 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Points 31 27 25 23 21 19 17 15 13 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Bonus Points:

  • 1 For Fastest Race Lap
  • 1 For Fastest Friday Qualifying Lap
  • 1 For Fastest Saturday Qualifying Lap
  • 1 For Leading A Lap Of The Race
  • 1 For Most Positions Gained From Starting Position (in the event of tie, the better-placed driver gets the point)

Notes[]

1 Alex Tagliani withdrew from the race in Milwaukee after his car was heavily damaged in a crash during practice[34]
2 Mario Domínguez was docked 7 points for causing an avoidable crash in Milwaukee[35]
3 Paul Tracy was docked 7 points for causing an avoidable crash in San Jose[36]
4 Paul Tracy was once again docked 3 points for causing an avoidable crash in Denver[37]
5 Justin Wilson withdrew from the race in Surfers Paradise after breaking his wrist in a crash during practice[38]

Nation's Cup[]

  • Top result per race counts towards the Nation's Cup
Pos Country LBH 25px USA HOU 25px USA MTY 25px Mexico MIL 25px USA POR 25px USA CLE 25px USA TOR 25px Canada EDM 25px Canada SJO 25px USA DEN 25px USA MTL 25px Canada ROA 25px USA SRF 25px Australia MXC 25px Mexico Pts
1 25px France France 1 1 1 1 3 10 3 2 1 5 1 3 1 1 397
2 [[Image:Template:Country flag alias ENG 22x20px}}|Template:Country alias ENG]] England 2 5 2 2 2 7 4 1 3 3 4 5 15 2 331
3 25px USA United States 14 8 3 4 1 1 1 3 7 1 17 1 16 10 292
3 25px Canada Canada 3 2 4 7 7 4 2 5 13 6 2 8 3 5 292
5 25px Brazil Brazil 5 9 9 13 4 2 5 15 2 2 11 2 6 4 266
6 25px Mexico Mexico 4 3 6 141 14 6 11 8 5 13 10 12 2 9 209
7 25px Australia Australia 9 7 11 11 18 9 7 6 6 4 5 13 11 3 209
8 25px Spain Spain 18 12 8 5 10 3 12 4 8 15 16 4 13 6 192
9 25px Netherlands Netherlands 12 15 12 9 12 15 9 10 9 10 6 7 7 11 163
10 25px Belgium Belgium 7 13 16 12 15 5 16 16 11 11 9 9 14 13 137
11 25px Template:Country alias Estonia Estonia 16 12 15 11 17 34
12 25px Germany Germany 9 15 19
12 25px Template:Country alias Uruguay Uruguay 15 6
Pos Country LBH 25px USA HOU 25px USA MTY 25px Mexico MIL 25px USA POR 25px USA CLE 25px USA TOR 25px Canada EDM 25px Canada SJO 25px USA DEN 25px USA MTL 25px Canada ROA 25px USA SRF 25px Australia MXC 25px Mexico Pts

Notes[]

1 Mexico was penalized 7 points as a result of a penalty applied to Mario Domínguez in Milwaukee[35]

Driver Breakdown[]

Pos Driver Team Entries Wins Podiums Top 5 Top 10 Poles Laps Led Pts
1 25px France Bourdais 25px USA Newman-Haas Racing 14 7 Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Nts 7 Template:Nts 387
2 25px UK Wilson 25px USA RuSPORT 13 1 Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Nts 2 Template:Nts 298
3 25px USA Allmendinger 25px United States Forsythe Racing
25px USA RuSPORT
13 5 Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Nts 1 Template:Nts 285
4 25px France Philippe 25px USA CTE Racing - HVM 14 1 Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Nts -- Template:Nts 231
5 25px Brazil Junqueira 25px USA Newman-Haas Racing 14 -- Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Nts 1 Template:Nts 219
6 25px Australia Power (R) 25px Australia Team Australia 14 -- Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Nts 1 Template:Nts 213
7 25px Canada Tracy 25px USA Forsythe Racing 13 -- Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Nts -- Template:Nts 209
8 25px Canada Tagliani 25px Australia Team Australia 14 -- Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Nts -- Template:Nts 205
9 25px Mexico Domínguez 25px United States Rocketsports Racing
25px United States Dale Coyne Racing
25px USA Forsythe Racing
14 -- Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Nts 1 Template:Nts 202
10 25px Canada Ranger 25px USA Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 14 -- Template:Ntsh-- Template:Nts Template:Nts -- Template:Ntsh-- 200
11 25px Spain Servià 25px USA PKV Racing 14 -- Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Nts -- Template:Nts 197
12 25px UK Clarke (R) 25px USA CTE Racing - HVM 14 -- Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Nts 1 Template:Nts 175
13 25px Netherlands Zwolsman (R) 25px USA Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 14 -- Template:Ntsh-- Template:Ntsh-- Template:Nts -- Template:Nts 162
14 25px Belgium Heylen (R) 25px USA Dale Coyne Racing 14 -- Template:Ntsh-- Template:Nts Template:Nts -- Template:Nts 140
15 25px Brazil da Matta 25px United States RuSPORT
25px USA Dale Coyne Racing
9 -- Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Nts -- Template:Ntsh-- 134
16 25px UK Legge (R) 25px USA PKV Racing 14 -- Template:Ntsh-- Template:Ntsh-- Template:Nts -- Template:Nts 133
17 25px Netherlands Pastorelli (R) 25px USA Rocketsports Racing 9 -- Template:Ntsh-- Template:Ntsh-- Template:Nts -- Template:Ntsh-- 73
18 25px Brazil Pizzonia (R) 25px USA Rocketsports Racing 4 -- Template:Ntsh-- Template:Ntsh-- Template:Nts -- Template:Nts 43
19 25px Template:Country alias Estonia Kasemets (R) 25px USA Rocketsports Racing 5 -- Template:Ntsh-- Template:Ntsh-- Template:Ntsh-- -- Template:Ntsh-- 34
20 25px Germany Wirth (R) 25px USA Dale Coyne Racing 2 -- Template:Ntsh-- Template:Ntsh-- Template:Nts -- Template:Ntsh-- 19
21 25px Australia Briscoe (R) 25px USA RuSPORT 2 -- Template:Ntsh-- Template:Ntsh-- Template:Ntsh-- -- Template:Ntsh-- 17
22 25px Mexico Martínez (R) 25px USA Forsythe Racing 1 -- Template:Ntsh-- Template:Ntsh-- Template:Nts -- Template:Ntsh-- 13
23 25px USA Rice (R) 25px USA Forsythe Racing 1 -- Template:Ntsh-- Template:Ntsh-- Template:Nts -- Template:Ntsh-- 11
24 25px USA Vasser 25px USA PKV Racing 1 -- Template:Ntsh-- Template:Ntsh-- Template:Ntsh-- -- Template:Ntsh-- 7
25 25px Template:Country alias Uruguay Cáceres (R) 25px USA Dale Coyne Racing 1 -- Template:Ntsh-- Template:Ntsh-- Template:Ntsh-- -- Template:Ntsh-- 6

Notes[]

Round 2[]

  • Jimmy Vasser (PKV Racing #12) did not compete in Round 2.
  • Nicky Pastorelli replaces Antônio Pizzonia in the Rocketsports Racing #8 car from Round 2 onwards.

Round 4[]

  • Mario Domínguez was penalized 7 points for causing avoidable contact in the race at the Milwaukee Mile. [1]

Round 9[]

  • The first all-American Champ Car Panoz DP01 is launched on the weekend of the San Jose Grand Prix. Every team in the Champ Car World Series will be using the chassis next year.
  • In San Jose, it was announced that Atlantic Series team Gelles Racing would run a two-car operation in next years Champ Car World Series.
  • Paul Tracy was penalized 7 points and fined an undisclosed amount for causing avoidable contact and bringing the sport into disrepute for his part in the accident and shoving match with Alex Tagliani. He was also placed on probation for 3 races (Denver, Montreal & Road America). Tagliani was also fined an undisclosed amount.

Round 10[]

  • Cristiano da Matta was in a medically induced coma after a testing accident at Road America between San Jose & Denver in which he hit a deer on track. As a result, RuSPORT only run the car of Justin Wilson for the Denver round.
  • Paul Tracy was penalised 3 points and fined US$25,000 for causing avoidable contact for his part in the accident with Sébastien Bourdais. His probation was also extended to include Surfer's Paradise. Bourdais was not assessed a penalty.

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from the original on 2009-05-28. http://www.driverdb.com/standings/5-2006/. Retrieved 2009-05-19. 


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