2006 Grand Prix of Road America

  2006 Road America

Race details
Race 12 of 14 in the 2006 Champ Car season
Road America Track Layout
Date	September 24, 2006
Official name	Grand Prix of Road America
Location	Road America Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin, United States
Course	Permanent Road Course 4.048 mi / 6.515 km
Distance	51 laps, 206.448 mi / 332.245 km
Weather	Sunny
Pole
Driver	Dan Clarke	CTE Racing - HVM
Time	1:55.123
Fastest Lap
Driver	Sébastien Bourdais	Newman/Haas Racing
Time	1:44.133 (on lap 26 of 51)
Podium
First	A. J. Allmendinger	Forsythe Championship Racing
Second	Bruno Junqueira	Newman/Haas Racing
Third	Sébastien Bourdais	Newman/Haas Racing

The 2006 Grand Prix of Road America was the twelfth round of the 2006 Champ Car World Series season, held on September 24, 2006 at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. The event is most remembered for a horrific crash involving Katherine Legge that resulted a 42-minute red flag.

Qualifying results

Pos	Nat	Name	Team	Qual 1	Qual 2	Best
1		Dan Clarke	CTE Racing - HVM	1:55.123	no time	1:55.123
2		Sébastien Bourdais	Newman-Haas Racing	1:58.945	2:06.460	1:58.945
3		Charles Zwolsman	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	1:55.599	2:11.121	1:55.599
4		Alex Tagliani	Team Australia	1:57.517	2:09.891	1:57.517
5		A. J. Allmendinger	Forsythe Racing	1:58.507	2:07.969	1:58.507
6		Justin Wilson	RuSPORT	1:59.076	2:06.994	1:59.076
7		Will Power	Team Australia	1:59.286	2:07.683	1:59.286
8		Katherine Legge	PKV Racing	1:59.388	2:12.916	1:59.388
9		Andrew Ranger	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	1:59.486	4:09.032	1:59.486
10		Bruno Junqueira	Newman-Haas Racing	1:59.977	no time	1:59.977
11		Paul Tracy	Forsythe Racing	2:00.165	2:08.767	2:00.165
12		Jan Heylen	Dale Coyne Racing	2:00.835	2:11.400	2:00.835
13		Oriol Servià	PKV Racing	2:01.082	2:10.782	2:01.082
14		Tõnis Kasemets	Rocketsports Racing	2:01.381	2:10.273	2:01.381
15		Mario Domínguez	Rocketsports Racing	2:01.882	2:11.076	2:01.882
16		Nelson Philippe	CTE Racing - HVM	2:02.273	2:10.028	2:02.273
17		Juan Cáceres	Dale Coyne Racing	2:03.690	2:13.169	2:03.690

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	7	A. J. Allmendinger	Forsythe Racing	51	2:36:44.637	5	32
2	2	Bruno Junqueira	Newman-Haas Racing	51	+0.7 secs	10	28
3	1	Sébastien Bourdais	Newman-Haas Racing	51	+1.0 secs	2	28
4	6	Oriol Servià	PKV Racing	51	+2.6 secs	13	24
5	9	Justin Wilson	RuSPORT	51	+3.7 secs	6	21
6	14	Dan Clarke	CTE Racing - HVM	51	+4.7 secs	1	21
7	34	Charles Zwolsman	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	51	+5.5 secs	3	18
8	27	Andrew Ranger	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	51	+7.4 secs	9	15
9	11	Jan Heylen	Dale Coyne Racing	51	+8.7 secs	12	13
10	3	Paul Tracy	Forsythe Racing	51	+9.0 secs	11	11
11	15	Alex Tagliani	Team Australia	51	+13.2 secs	4	10
12	8	Mario Domínguez	Rocketsports Racing	51	+20.2 secs	15	9
13	5	Will Power	Team Australia	50	+ 1 Lap	7	8
14	4	Nelson Philippe	CTE Racing - HVM	50	+ 1 Lap	16	7
15	19	Juan Cáceres	Dale Coyne Racing	50	+ 1 Lap	17	6
16	20	Katherine Legge	PKV Racing	45	Accident	8	5
17	18	Tõnis Kasemets	Rocketsports Racing	14	Mechanical	14	4

Caution flags

Notes

• Average Speed 107.967 mph

External links

• Full Weekend Times & Results