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.

2006 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series
Previous:	2005	Next:	2007

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.[1] Clark was seriously injured in the collision while Porter died in the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital two days after the accident.[1]

Race calendar

Round	Date	Circuit	Location	Winning driver [1]	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	Vehicle	No	Driver	Rounds
Sieders Racing Team	Ford AU Falcon	13	Colin Sieders	2-4, 6-7
Stones Motorsport	Holden VX Commodore	24	Nigel Stones	1-4
Howard Racing	Ford BA Falcon	27	Adam Macrow	All
Howard Racing	Ford BA Falcon	37	Mark Howard	All
Project Mu	Holden VY Commodore	28	Alan Gurr	3
Matthew White Racing	Ford BA Falcon	28	Matthew White	1-2, 4-7
		29	Dean Wanless	1-3
		29	Wayne Wakefield	6-7
A.N.T. Racing	Ford BA Falcon	30	Tony Evangelou	1-6
McGill Motorsport	Holden VX Commodore	32	Aaron McGill	1
McGill Motorsport	Ford AU Falcon	32	Aaron McGill	2-7
Gravity Motorsport	Holden VX Commodore	35	Mark Papendall	1-3, 5-7
Optima Sport	Ford BA Falcon	36	David Clark	1-6
Eggleston Motorsport	Holden VX Commodore	38	Ben Eggleston	1-4, 6
Peters Motorsport	Ford AU Falcon	40	Wayne Wakefield	1-3
			Luke Youlden	4-6
			Ben Clucas	7
		80	Barry Tanton	1-4, 6-7
	Ford BA Falcon	91	Gary Deane	All
Kanga Loaders Racing	Ford AU Falcon	41	Chris Pither	All
Jay Motorsport	Holden VY Commodore	42	Jay Verdnik	All
Jack Hillerman Racing	Holden VZ Commodore	43	Chris Alajajian	3-7
Adam Sharpe Motorsport	Ford AU Falcon	44	Adam Sharpe	1-4, 6-7
O’Brien Motorsport	Ford BA Falcon	45	Shannon O'Brien	All
Image Racing	Ford AU Falcon	48	Dean Neville	2-3, 6-7
		49	Terry Wyhoon	2, 6-7
		49	Paul Kelly	3
John Henderson Motorsport	Ford AU Falcon	56	John Henderson	2-4, 6
JPS Automotive	Holden VX Commodore	57	Dean Savage	1
	Holden VY Commodore		Ryan McLeod	6
	Holden VY Commodore		Bruce Williams	7
Speed FX Racing	Ford BA Falcon	60	Michael Caruso	All
Dick Johnson Racing	Ford AU Falcon	61	Marcus La Delle	1, 3-7
	Ford BA Falcon	71	Andrew Thompson	All
		81	Grant Denyer	1, 3-7
		81	Luke Youlden	2
Scott Loadsman Racing	Holden VY Commodore	62	Scott Loadsman	2-7
Shane Beikoff Racing	Ford AU Falcon	68	Shane Beikoff	1, 5, 7
Shane Beikoff Racing	Ford AU Falcon	68	Jonathan Beikoff	2-4, 6
Spies Hecker Racing	Holden VX Commodore	69	Robert Jones	5-7
Smiths Trucks Racing	Holden VY Commodore	70	Geoff Emery	All
Smiths Trucks Racing	Holden VY Commodore	72	Nathan Pretty	All
Tony D'Alberto Racing	Holden VY Commodore	74	Mark McNally	3-7
Tony D'Alberto Racing	Holden VZ Commodore	99	Tony D'Alberto	All
Perkins Motorsport	Holden VZ Commodore	77	Shane Price	All
Perkins Motorsport	Holden VZ Commodore	78	Jack Perkins	All
Greg Smith Racing	Ford AU Falcon	86	Greg Smith	1-4, 6
Summertime Pools	Ford AU Falcon	87	Benjamin Falk	2, 4-5
Summertime Pools	Ford AU Falcon	87	John Falk	3, 6
Clayton Pyne Racing	Holden VX Commodore	90	Clayton Pyne	4, 6-7
Sydney Star Racing	Holden VY Commodore	95	Mathew Hunt	3-7
		98	Tim Monte	1-2, 4, 6
			Stephen Voight	3
			Derek Hocking	5
	Ford AU Falcon	333	Mathew Hunt	2
United Oil Racing	Ford BA Falcon	96	Brett Hobson	3-4, 6-7
Wollongong Performance Racing Mark Petch Motorsport	Holden VZ Commodore	100	Kayne Scott	1-5
Wollongong Performance Racing Mark Petch Motorsport	Holden VZ Commodore	100	Damien White	7
MSport	Holden VZ Commodore	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 [2]	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 & 7 Race 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:[3]

Pos	Driver	Car [4]	Ade[5]		Wak[6]			Que[7]			Ora[8]			Mal[9]			Bat[10]		Phi[11]		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

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not participate (DNP)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Excluded (EX)

References

Grant Rowley, Climbing Mount Fujitsu, The Annual - Australian Motorsport, Number 2 / 2006, pages 46 to 56
"Pointscore System - Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series, www.v8supercar.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 December 2006. Retrieved 30 December 2006.
"Championship Points Table". Official website of the V8 Supercar Championship Series. 10 December 2006. Retrieved 14 February 2009.
Various 2006 race results, www.natsoft.com.au Retrieved 25 February 2019
"Adelaide Parklands Circuit 26/03/2006 2006 Clipsal 500 Adelaide". National Software. 26 March 2006. Retrieved 14 February 2009.
"Wakefield Park Raceway 28/05/2006 2006 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series - Round 2". National Software. 28 May 2006. Retrieved 14 February 2009.
"Queensland Raceway Ipswich 23/07/2006 BigPond 400, 2006 V8 Supercar Championship Series - Round 6". National Software. 23 July 2006. Retrieved 14 February 2009.
"Oran Park Motorsport Circuit 13/08/2006 2006 V8 Supercar Championship Series - Round 7". National Software. 13 August 2006. Retrieved 14 February 2009.
"Mallala Motorsport Park 17/09/2006 2006 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series - Round 5". National Software. 17 September 2006. Retrieved 14 February 2009.
"Mount Panorama - Bathurst 08/10/2006 Super Cheap Auto 1000 - Rd 9 2006 V8 Supercar Series". National Software. 8 October 2006. Retrieved 14 February 2009.
"Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit 10/12/2006 Caterpillar Grand Finale - 2006 VCS, Round 13". National Software. 10 December 2006. Retrieved 14 February 2009.

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