2006 Lexmark Indy 300
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Queensland, Australia
2.795 mi / 4.498 km
| 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.[1] The race was won by Nelson Philippe, the first and only win of his Champ Car career, becoming the youngest Champ Car winner in series history.[2] Needing a ninth-place finish or better,[3] Sébastien Bourdais finished in eighth place and 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.[4]
| Pos | No. | Name | Team | Qual 1 | Qual 2 | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Will Power |
Team Australia | 1:31.403 | 1:31.839 | 1:31.403 |
| 2 | 1 | Sébastien Bourdais |
Newman/Haas Racing | 1:31.774 | 1:32.212 | 1:31.774 |
| 3 | 3 | Paul Tracy |
Forsythe Racing | —- | 1:31.959 | 1:31.959 |
| 4 | 2 |  Bruno Junqueira |
Newman/Haas Racing | 1:32.265 | 1:32.809 | 1:32.265 |
| 5 | 4 | Nelson Philippe |
CTE Racing-HVM | 1:32.783 | 1:32.348 | 1:32.348 |
| 6 | 6 |  Oriol Servià |
PKV Racing | 1:32.371 | 1:33.674 | 1:32.371 |
| 7 | 7 |  A. J. Allmendinger |
Forsythe Racing | 1:32.536 | 1:33.761 | 1:32.536 |
| 8 | 14 |  Dan Clarke |
CTE Racing-HVM | 1:32.821 | 1:33.750 | 1:32.821 |
| 9 | 15 | Alex Tagliani |
Team Australia | 1:32.933 | 1:32.845 | 1:32.845 |
| 10 | 8 | Mario Domínguez |
Rocketsports Racing | 1:33.267 | 1:32.974 | 1:32.974 |
| 11 | 10 | Ryan Briscoe |
RuSPORT | —- | 1:33.043 | 1:33.043 |
| 12 | 27 | Andrew Ranger |
Mi-Jack Conquest Racing | 1:34.155 | 1:33.564 | 1:33.564 |
| 13 | 18 | Antônio Pizzonia |
Rocketsports Racing | 1:33.736 | —- | 1:33.736 |
| 14 | 11 |  Jan Heylen |
Dale Coyne Racing | 1:34.593 | 1:34.182 | 1:34.182 |
| 15 | 34 |  Charles Zwolsman Jr. |
Mi-Jack Conquest Racing | 1:35.017 | 1:34.282 | 1:34.282 |
| 16 | 20 | Katherine Legge |
PKV Racing | —- | 1:34.634 | 1:34.634 |
| 17 | 19 |  Andreas Wirth |
Dale Coyne Racing | 1:37.300 | 1:35.176 | 1:35.176 |
| - | 9 | Justin Wilson |
RuSPORT | —- | —- | No time* |
| References:[5][6] | ||||||
* 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.[citation needed]
