2006 Clipsal 500 Adelaide

The 2006 Clipsal 500 Adelaide was the first round of the 2006 V8 Supercar Championship Series. It took place from 23 to 26 March 2006 and was the eighth in a sequence of "Adelaide 500" events for V8 Supercars to be held at the Adelaide Parklands Circuit in Adelaide, South Australia.

The qualifying for the Clipsal 500 Adelaide took place on Friday, 24 March 2006. As in the case of most V8 Supercar races, there was a Top Ten Shootout which could make the person that qualified first drop to tenth and vice versa. Kiwi Jason Richards, in his Tasman Motorsport Holden qualified first.

The official name for the winner of the top team shootout winner is the Armor All Pole Position Award. The Top Ten Shootout also took place on the Friday. The person who finished tenth in qualifying goes first, and First goes last. The drivers get only one lap to record their best time. The Holden Racing Team got a one two result in this, with Mark Skaife finishing first and Todd Kelly finishing second. The Lion (Holden) dominated the top ten shootout with 8 of the 10 drivers driving a VZ Commodore. There were only two Ford's in the Top Ten, Team Triple 888's Jamie Whincup and Craig Lowndes.

Pos No Name Team Car Time Gap 1 3 Jason Richards Tasman Motorsport Holden Commodore (VZ) 1:22.4429 2 88 Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering Ford Falcon (BA) 1:22.4429 0:00.0135 3 2 Mark Skaife Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore (VZ) 1:22.5251 0:00.0822 4 22 Todd Kelly Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore (VZ) 1:22.6433 0:00.2004 5 16 Garth Tander HSV Dealer Team Holden Commodore (VZ) 1:22.7321 0:00.2892 6 11 Paul Dumbrell Perkins Engineering Holden Commodore (VZ) 1:22.9215 0:00.4786 7 5 Mark Winterbottom Ford Performance Racing Ford Falcon (BA) 1:22.9480 0:00.5051 8 4 James Courtney Stone Brothers Racing Ford Falcon (BA) 1:23.0660 0:00.6231 9 021 Paul Radisich Team Kiwi Racing Holden Commodore (VZ) 1:23.0676 0:00.6247 10 15 Rick Kelly HSV Dealer Team Holden Commodore (VZ) 1:23.0940 0:00.6511 11 8 Max Wilson WPS Racing Ford Falcon (BA) 1:23.1155 0:00.6726 12 888 Craig Lowndes Triple Eight Race Engineering Ford Falcon (BA) 1:23.1709 0:00.7280 13 17 Steven Johnson Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon (BA) 1:23.2279 0:00.7850 14 67 Paul Morris Paul Morris Motorsport Holden Commodore (VZ) 1:23.2337 0:00.7908 15 1 Russell Ingall Stone Brothers Racing Ford Falcon (BA) 1:23.2831 0:00.8402 16 55 Steve Owen Rod Nash Racing Holden Commodore (VZ) 1:23.3637 0:00.9208 17 51 Greg Murphy Paul Weel Racing Holden Commodore (VZ) 1:23.3992 0:00.9563 18 18 Will Davison Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon (BA) 1:23.4642 0:01.0213 19 12 John Bowe Brad Jones Racing Ford Falcon (BA) 1:23.5471 0:01.1042 20 34 Dean Canto Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore (VZ) 1:23.5671 0:01.1242 21 21 Brad Jones Brad Jones Racing Ford Falcon (BA) 1:23.5826 0:01.1397 22 50 Cameron McConville Paul Weel Racing Holden Commodore (VZ) 1:23.7558 0:01.3129 23 23 Andrew Jones Tasman Motorsport Holden Commodore (VZ) 1:23.8131 0:01.3702 24 6 Jason Bright Ford Performance Racing Ford Falcon (BA) 1:23.8927 0:01.4498 25 39 Alan Gurr Paul Morris Motorsport Holden Commodore (VZ) 1:23.9569 0:01.5140 26 7 Steven Richards Perkins Engineering Holden Commodore (VZ) 1:23.9585 0:01.5156 27 33 Lee Holdsworth Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore (VZ) 1:24.0235 0:01.5806 28 10 Jason Bargwanna WPS Racing Ford Falcon (BA) 1:24.0301 0:01.5872 29 25 Warren Luff Britek Motorsport Ford Falcon (BA) 1:24.0447 0:01.6018 30 20 Marcus Marshall Paul Cruickshank Racing Ford Falcon (BA) 1:24.9228 0:02.4799 31 26 José Fernández Britek Motorsport Ford Falcon (BA) 1:25.6745 0:03.2316

Pos No Name Team Time Gap 1 2 Mark Skaife Holden Racing Team 1:21.6102 2 22 Todd Kelly Holden Racing Team 1:22.0198 + 0.4096s 3 16 Garth Tander HSV Dealer Team 1:22.2222 + 0.6120s 4 3 Jason Richards Tasman Motorsport 1:22.2318 + 0.6216s 5 11 Paul Dumbrell Perkins Engineering 1:22.2323 + 0.6221s 6 88 Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering 1:22.2405 + 0.6303s 7 888 Craig Lowndes Triple Eight Race Engineering 1:22.5121 + 0.9019s 8 15 Rick Kelly HSV Dealer Team 1:22.5367 + 0.9265s 9 021 Paul Radisich Team Kiwi Racing 1:22.5690 + 0.9588s 10 51 Greg Murphy Paul Weel Racing 1:23.1496 + 1.5394s

Pos No Driver Team Laps Time Grid 1 888 Craig Lowndes Triple Eight Race Engineering 78 2:04:18.5229 7 2 15 Rick Kelly HSV Dealer Team 78 2:04:19.7823 8 3 88 Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering 78 2:04:20.1415 6 4 50 Cameron McConville Paul Weel Racing 78 2:04:21.2972 22 5 51 Greg Murphy Paul Weel Racing 78 2:04:23.8766 17 6 22 Todd Kelly Holden Racing Team 78 2:04:25.2578 2 7 7 Steven Richards Perkins Engineering 78 2:04:26.9040 26 8 16 Garth Tander HSV Dealer Team 78 2:04:27.9997 3 9 1 Russell Ingall Stone Brothers Racing 78 2:04:32.5528 15 10 17 Steven Johnson Dick Johnson Racing 78 2:04:37.6592 13 11 67 Paul Morris Paul Morris Motorsport 78 2:04:43.9176 14 12 11 Paul Dumbrell Perkins Engineering 78 2:04:47.0540 5 13 26 José Fernández Britek Motorsport 78 2:05:23.9995 31 14 18 Will Davison Dick Johnson Racing 77 2:04:33.2334 18 15 23 Andrew Jones Tasman Motorsport 77 2:04:38.1095 23 16 8 Max Wilson WPS Racing 77 2:04:40.6557 11 17 25 Warren Luff Britek Motorsport 77 2:04:45.5730 28 18 33 Lee Holdsworth Garry Rogers Motorsport 77 2:04:46.2466 27 19 12 John Bowe Brad Jones Racing 77 2:04:47.6441 19 20 34 Dean Canto Garry Rogers Motorsport 77 2:04:58.1453 20 21 39 Alan Gurr Paul Morris Motorsport 77 2:05:26.5529 25 22 5 Mark Winterbottom Ford Performance Racing 74 2:04:46.7748 7 23 021 Paul Radisich Team Kiwi Racing 67 2:04:52.8263 9 24 20 Marcus Marshall Paul Cruickshank Racing 64 2:05:05.6860 30 25 6 Jason Bright Ford Performance Racing 60 2:04:57.7336 24 DNF 14 Brad Jones Brad Jones Racing 73 Oil Leak 21 DNF 55 Steve Owen Rod Nash Racing 57 Accident/Dehydration 16 DNF 10 Jason Bargwanna WPS Racing 50 Mechanical 28 DNF 4 James Courtney Stone Brothers Racing 42 Accident 8 DNF 2 Mark Skaife Holden Racing Team 34 Accident 1 DNF 3 Jason Richards Tasman Motorsport 5 Engine 4

Pos No Name Team Laps Time Grid 1 88 Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering 78 2:01:28.4014 3 2 22 Todd Kelly Holden Racing Team 78 2:01:30.3278 6 3 15 Rick Kelly HSV Dealer Team 78 2:01:38.3490 2 4 16 Garth Tander HSV Dealer Team 78 2:01:44.1111 8 5 7 Steven Richards Perkins Engineering 78 2:01:46.0367 7 6 11 Paul Dumbrell Perkins Engineering 78 2:01:47.2022 12 7 1 Russell Ingall Stone Brothers Racing 78 2:01:47.7886 9 8 8 Max Wilson WPS Racing 78 2:01:48.7274 16 9 17 Steven Johnson Dick Johnson Racing 78 2:01:49.2540 10 10 3 Jason Richards Tasman Motorsport 78 2:01:49.8126 31 11 10 Jason Bargwanna WPS Racing 78 2:01:52.2221 28 12 021 Paul Radisich Team Kiwi Racing 78 2:01:53.1155 23 13 18 Will Davison Dick Johnson Racing 78 2:01:59.5902 14 14 12 John Bowe Brad Jones Racing 78 2:02:01.2411 19 15 6 Jason Bright Ford Performance Racing 78 2:02:18.6223 25 16 25 Warren Luff Britek Motorsport 78 2:02:19.4268 17 17 67 Paul Morris Paul Morris Motorsport 77 + 1 Lap 11 18 34 Dean Canto Garry Rogers Motorsport 77 + 1 Lap 20 19 5 Mark Winterbottom Ford Performance Racing 76 + 2 Laps 22 20 14 Brad Jones Brad Jones Racing 75 + 3 Laps 26 21 23 Andrew Jones Tasman Motorsport 75 + 3 Laps 15 22 39 Alan Gurr Paul Morris Motorsport 74 + 4 Laps 21 23 33 Lee Holdsworth Garry Rogers Motorsport 72 + 6 Laps 18 Ret 20 Marcus Marshall Paul Cruickshank Racing 72 Retired 24 Ret 51 Greg Murphy Paul Weel Racing 56 Accident 5 Ret 2 Mark Skaife Holden Racing Team 56 Accident 30 Ret 4 James Courtney Stone Brothers Racing 50 Collision 29 Ret 50 Cameron McConville Paul Weel Racing 50 Collision 4 Ret 888 Craig Lowndes Triple Eight Race Engineering 50 Collision 1 EXC 26 José Fernández Britek Motorsport