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.

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 Falcon (AU)	13	Colin Sieders	2–4, 6-7
Stones Motorsport	Holden Commodore (VX)	24	Nigel Stones	1-4
Howard Racing	Ford Falcon (BA)	27	Adam Macrow	All
Howard Racing	Ford Falcon (BA)	37	Mark Howard	All
Project Mu	Holden Commodore (VY)	28	Alan Gurr	3
		57	Ryan McLeod	6
		57	Bruce Williams	7
Matthew White Racing	Ford Falcon (BA)	28	Matthew White	1–2, 4-7
		29	Dean Wanless	1-3
		29	Wayne Wakefield	6-7
A.N.T. Racing	Ford Falcon (BA)	30	Tony Evangelou	1-6
McGill Motorsport	Holden Commodore (VX)	32	Aaron McGill	1
McGill Motorsport	Ford Falcon (AU)	32	Aaron McGill	2-7
Gravity Motorsport	Holden Commodore (VX)	35	Mark Papendall	1–3, 5-7
Optima Sport	Ford Falcon (BA)	36	David Clark	1-6
Eggleston Motorsport	Holden Commodore (VX)	38	Ben Eggleston	1–4, 6
Peters Motorsport	Ford Falcon (AU)	40	Wayne Wakefield	1-3
			Luke Youlden	4-6
			Ben Clucas	7
		80	Barry Tanton	1–4, 6-7
	Ford Falcon (BA)	91	Gary Deane	All
Partington Race Prep	Ford Falcon (AU)	41	Chris Pither	All
Jay Motorsport	Holden Commodore (VY)	42	Jay Verdnik	All
Jack Hillerman Racing	Holden Commodore (VZ)	43	Chris Alajajian	3-7
Adam Sharpe Motorsport	Ford Falcon (AU)	44	Adam Sharpe	1–4, 6-7
O’Brien Motorsport	Ford Falcon (BA)	45	Shannon O'Brien	All
Image Racing	Ford Falcon (AU)	48	Dean Neville	2–3, 6-7
		49	Terry Wyhoon	2, 6-7
		49	Paul Kelly	3
John Henderson Motorsport	Ford Falcon (AU)	56	John Henderson	2–4, 6
JPS Automotive	Holden Commodore (VX)	57	Dean Savage	1
Speed FX Racing	Ford Falcon (BA)	60	Michael Caruso	All
Dick Johnson Racing	Ford Falcon (AU)	61	Marcus La Delle	1, 3-7
	Ford Falcon (BA)	71	Andrew Thompson	All
		81	Grant Denyer	1, 3-7
		81	Luke Youlden	2
Scott Loadsman Racing	Holden Commodore (VY)	62	Scott Loadsman	2-7
Shane Beikoff Racing	Ford Falcon (AU)	68	Shane Beikoff	1, 5, 7
Shane Beikoff Racing	Ford Falcon (AU)	68	Jonathan Beikoff	2–4, 6
CarTrek Racing	Holden Commodore (VX)	69	Robert Jones	5-7
Smiths Trucks Racing	Holden Commodore (VY)	70	Geoff Emery	All
Smiths Trucks Racing	Holden Commodore (VY)	72	Nathan Pretty	All
Tony D'Alberto Racing	Holden Commodore (VY)	74	Mark McNally	3-7
Tony D'Alberto Racing	Holden Commodore (VZ)	99	Tony D'Alberto	All
Perkins Motorsport	Holden Commodore (VZ)	77	Shane Price	All
Perkins Motorsport	Holden Commodore (VZ)	78	Jack Perkins	All
Greg Smith Racing	Ford Falcon (AU)	86	Greg Smith	1–4, 6
Summertime Pools	Ford Falcon (AU)	87	Benjamin Falk	2, 4-5
Summertime Pools	Ford Falcon (AU)	87	John Falk	3, 6
Clayton Pyne Racing	Holden Commodore (VX)	90	Clayton Pyne	4, 6-7
Sydney Star Racing	Holden Commodore (VY)	95	Mathew Hunt	3-7
		98	Tim Monte	1–2, 4
			Stephen Voight	3
			Derek Hocking	5
	Ford Falcon (AU)		Tim Monte	6
	Ford Falcon (AU)	333	Mathew Hunt	2
United Oil Racing	Ford Falcon (BA)	96	Brett Hobson	3–4, 6-7
Wollongong Performance Racing Mark Petch Motorsport	Holden Commodore (VZ)	100	Kayne Scott	1-5
Wollongong Performance Racing Mark Petch Motorsport	Holden Commodore (VZ)	100	Damien White	7
MSport	Holden Commodore (VZ)	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	Second place
Bronze	Third 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 practice (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. Archived from the original on 21 July 2008. Retrieved 14 February 2009.
"Wakefield Park Raceway 28/05/2006 2006 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series – Round 2". National Software. 28 May 2006. Archived from the original on 27 May 2008. Retrieved 14 February 2009.
"Queensland Raceway Ipswich 23/07/2006 BigPond 400, 2006 V8 Supercar Championship Series – Round 6". National Software. 23 July 2006. Archived from the original on 21 August 2006. Retrieved 14 February 2009.
"Oran Park Motorsport Circuit 13/08/2006 2006 V8 Supercar Championship Series – Round 7". National Software. 13 August 2006. Archived from the original on 21 August 2006. Retrieved 14 February 2009.
"Mallala Motorsport Park 17/09/2006 2006 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series – Round 5". National Software. 17 September 2006. Archived from the original on 31 July 2008. 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. Archived from the original on 6 December 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. Archived from the original on 21 July 2008. Retrieved 14 February 2009.

External links

2006 Racing Results Archive Archived 6 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
Series Points Report, racing.natsoft.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org

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