2006 Atlantic Championship

The 2006 Champ Car Atlantic season was the 33rd season of the Champ Car Atlantic Championship. It began April 9 at Long Beach and concluded September 24 at Road America. The Yokohama Presents the Champ Car Atlantic Championship Powered by Mazda Drivers' Champion was Simon Pagenaud driving for Team Australia.

Teams and drivers

Team	No	Drivers	Races
Template:Flagicon Condor Motorsports	1	Template:Flagicon Danilo Dirani (R)	All
Template:Flagicon Jensen MotorSport	2	Template:Flagicon Tim Bridgman (R)	All
	22	Template:Flagicon Steve Ott (R)	2, 4-6
		Template:Flagicon Ricardo Vassmer (R)	9-10
Template:Flagicon Forsythe Racing	3	Template:Flagicon James Hinchcliffe (R)	All
	7	Template:Flagicon Leonardo Maia (R)	All
	33	Template:Flagicon Richard Philippe (R)	All
	37	Template:Flagicon Andreas Wirth	All
Template:Flagicon US RaceTronics	4	Template:Flagicon David Martínez	All
Template:Flagicon Team Australia	5	Template:Flagicon James Davison (R)	1-10
		Template:Flagicon Michael Patrizi (R)	11-12
	15	Template:Flagicon Simon Pagenaud (R)	All
Template:Flagicon Sierra Sierra Enterprises	6	Template:Flagicon Raphael Matos (R)	All
Template:Flagicon Brooks Associates Racing	8	Template:Flagicon Luis Schiavo (R)	1-3
		Template:Flagicon Carlos Mastretta	3-9
		Template:Flagicon Antoine Bessette	11
	10	Template:Flagicon Norbert Siedler (R)	1-3
		Template:Flagicon Alex Sperafico (R)	4-12
Template:Flagicon McAtee Motorsports	9	Template:Flagicon Kyle Kelley	1, 4
	19	Template:Flagicon Brian McAtee	1, 9-10
		Template:Flagicon Brian Thienes	11-12
Template:Flagicon Polestar Racing Group	12	Template:Flagicon Alan Sciuto (R)	All
	21	Template:Flagicon Alex Barron	1-10
		Template:Flagicon Ronnie Bremer	11
		Template:Flagicon Antoine Bessette	12
Template:Flagicon Gelles Racing	14	Template:Flagicon Stephen Simpson (R)	1-3
		Template:Flagicon Antoine Bessette	4
		Template:Flagicon Colin Fleming (R)	9-12
	28	Template:Flagicon Robbie Pecorari (R)	All
	31	Template:Flagicon Casey Neal (R)	11
	42	Template:Flagicon Phil Giebler (R)	9
Template:Flagicon Transnet Racing	16	Template:Flagicon Charles Hall	1-3
		Template:Flagicon Alex García	4-6
	17	Template:Flagicon Barton Mawer	2-4
Template:Flagicon Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	18	Template:Flagicon Graham Rahal (R)	All
	30	Template:Flagicon Al Unser III	1-3
		Template:Flagicon Ryan Lewis (R)	4-12
Template:Flagicon PR1 Motorsports	23	Template:Flagicon Jonathan Bomarito	All
	32	Template:Flagicon Mike Forest (R)	1, 7-8, 10, 12
Template:Flagicon NCDL Tech	25	Template:Flagicon Ryan Spencer-Smith (R)	1-2
Template:Flagicon Mathiasen Motorsports	26	Template:Flagicon Justin Sofio	All
Template:Flagicon Newman Wachs Racing	34	Template:Flagicon Joe D'Agostino (R)	All
	35	Template:Flagicon Daniel Gaunt (R)	1-6
		Template:Flagicon Steve Ott (R)	7-11
	36	Template:Flagicon J. R. Hildebrand (R)	12
Template:Flagicon The Room Store	49	Template:Flagicon Dan Selznick	1-2, 10
Template:Flagicon Bite Racing	55	Template:Flagicon Duncan Ende (R)	1, 4-7
	56	Template:Flagicon Chris Souliotis	2-3

Schedule

Rd	Date	Race name	Track	Location
1	April 9	Template:Flagicon 2006 Imperial Capital Bank Atlantic Race	Streets of Long Beach	Long Beach, California
2	May 13	Template:Flagicon 2006 Fast Trac 100	Streets of Houston	Houston, Texas
3	May 21	Template:Flagicon 2006 Atlantic Grand Prix of Monterrey	Fundidora Park	Monterrey, Mexico
4	June 18	Template:Flagicon 2006 Trinity Carpet 100K	Portland International Raceway	Portland, Oregon
5	June 24	Template:Flagicon 2006 Gehl Atlantic Championship of Cleveland	Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport	Cleveland, Ohio
6	June 25
7	July 9	Template:Flagicon 2006 Atlantic Grand Prix of Toronto	Exhibition Place	Toronto, Ontario
8	July 23	Template:Flagicon 2006 Atlantic Grand Prix of Edmonton	Edmonton City Centre Airport	Edmonton, Alberta
9	July 30	Template:Flagicon 2006 Atlantic Grand Prix of San José	Streets of San Jose	San Jose, California
10	August 13	Template:Flagicon 2006 Atlantic Grand Prix of Denver	Streets of Denver	Denver, Colorado
11	August 27	Template:Flagicon 2006 Atlantic Grand Prix of Montréal	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve	Montreal, Quebec
12	September 24	Template:Flagicon 2006 Gehl Championship Finale	Road America	Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin

Race results

Rd	Race Name	Pole position	Fastest lap	Race winner
				Driver	Team
1	Streets of Long Beach	Template:Flagicon Andreas Wirth	Template:Flagicon Raphael Matos	Template:Flagicon Andreas Wirth	Template:Flagicon Forsythe Championship Racing
2	Streets of Houston	Template:Flagicon Raphael Matos	Template:Flagicon Jonathan Bomarito	Template:Flagicon Andreas Wirth	Template:Flagicon Forsythe Championship Racing
3	Fundidora Park	Template:Flagicon Graham Rahal	Template:Flagicon Graham Rahal	Template:Flagicon Graham Rahal	Template:Flagicon Mi-Jack Conquest Racing
4	Portland International Raceway	Template:Flagicon Graham Rahal	Template:Flagicon Joe D'Agostino	Template:Flagicon James Hinchcliffe	Template:Flagicon Forsythe Championship Racing
5	Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport	Template:Flagicon Andreas Wirth	Template:Flagicon Graham Rahal	Template:Flagicon Graham Rahal	Template:Flagicon Mi-Jack Conquest Racing
6		Template:Flagicon Simon Pagenaud	Template:Flagicon Andreas Wirth	Template:Flagicon Graham Rahal	Template:Flagicon Mi-Jack Conquest Racing
7	Exhibition Place	Template:Flagicon Graham Rahal	Template:Flagicon Graham Rahal	Template:Flagicon Robbie Pecorari	Template:Flagicon Gelles Racing
8	Edmonton City Centre Airport	Template:Flagicon Raphael Matos	Template:Flagicon Simon Pagenaud	Template:Flagicon Simon Pagenaud	Template:Flagicon Team Australia
9	Streets of San Jose	Template:Flagicon Raphael Matos	Template:Flagicon Graham Rahal	Template:Flagicon Raphael Matos	Template:Flagicon Sierra Sierra Enterprises
10	Streets of Denver	Template:Flagicon Graham Rahal	Template:Flagicon Graham Rahal	Template:Flagicon Graham Rahal	Template:Flagicon Mi-Jack Conquest Racing
11	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve	Template:Flagicon James Hinchcliffe	Template:Flagicon Antoine Bessette	Template:Flagicon Graham Rahal	Template:Flagicon Mi-Jack Conquest Racing
12	Road America	Template:Flagicon Raphael Matos	Template:Flagicon Raphael Matos	Template:Flagicon Jonathan Bomarito	Template:Flagicon PR1 Motorsports

Championship standings

Drivers' Championship

Scoring system

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	16th	17th	18th	19th	20th
Points	31	27	25	23	21	19	17	15	13	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

• The fastest driver in each qualifying session was awarded one additional point.
• The driver who set the fastest lap in a race was awarded one additional point
• The driver that gained the most positions from his starting spot was awarded one additional point.

Pos Driver LBH HOU MTY POR CLE TOR EDM SJO DEN MTL ROA Pts 1 Template:Flagicon Simon Pagenaud  RY  4 2 2 23 2 5 4 1 9 3 2 17 258 2 Template:Flagicon Graham Rahal  R  5 15 1 27 1 1 15 2 12 1 1 20 242 3 Template:Flagicon Andreas Wirth 1 1 6 3 3 18 16 3 18 5 12 3 227 4 Template:Flagicon Raphael Matos  R  2 11 23 6 5 22 9 20 1 2 7 2 205 5 Template:Flagicon David Martínez 12 8 3 7↑ 10 10 8 12 6 10 4 9 179 6 Template:Flagicon Jonathan Bomarito 23 3 4 14 4 8 2 6 16 16 15 1 178 7 Template:Flagicon Danilo Dirani  R  6 5 14 5 8 23 14 5 3 8 13 6 178 8 Template:Flagicon Alan Sciuto  R  10 6 7 4 15 9↑ 17 11 15 4 6 8 167 9 Template:Flagicon Leonardo Maia  R  9 9 10 9 7 6 10 17 5 12 5 12 161 10 Template:Flagicon James Hinchcliffe  R  3 4 16 1 17 19 6 23 25 7 3 16 160 11 Template:Flagicon Robbie Pecorari  R  7 18 18 15 24 4 1 10 21 6 11 4 147 12 Template:Flagicon Joe D'Agostino  R  11↑ 12 9 24 9 7 7 7 22 18 16 7 123 13 Template:Flagicon Ryan Lewis  R  2 19 15 3↑ 22 2 24 24 5 110 14 Template:Flagicon Alex Barron 8 22 8 16 14 11 5 15 14 11 96 15 Template:Flagicon Richard Philippe  R  28 20 17 21 11 2 18 4 17 20 9 23 86 16 Template:Flagicon Tim Bridgman  R  24 19 24 10 12↑ 20 19 8 4 21 17↑ 18 72 17 Template:Flagicon James Davison  R  13 10 21 25 13 13 12 13 7 22 69 18 Template:Flagicon Justin Sofio 27 25 19 17 20 16 13 19 8↑ 13↑ 22 14 54 19 Template:Flagicon Steve Ott  R  7↑ 20 23 3 21 21 20 23 18 48 20 Template:Flagicon Colin Fleming  R  9 24 9 10 13 45 21 Template:Flagicon Carlos Mastretta  R  13 6 24 20 18 10 42 22 Template:Flagicon Alex Sperafico  R  22 16 12 11 16 23 25 19 11 41 23 Template:Flagicon Mike Forest  R  DNS DNS 14↑ 14 10↑ 27 24 Template:Flagicon Daniel Gaunt  R  20 DNS 15 8 22 21 22 25 Template:Flagicon Stephen Simpson  R  25 27 5 21 26 Template:Flagicon Michael Patrizi  R  8 15 21 27 Template:Flagicon Barton Mawer  R  14 20 11 18 28 Template:Flagicon Luis Schiavo  R  15 26 11 16 29 Template:Flagicon Norbert Siedler  R  18 21 12↑ 13 30 Template:Flagicon Charles Hall 22 16 13 13 31 Template:Flagicon Alex García 18 18 14 13 32 Template:Flagicon Brian McAtee 21 13 17 12 33 Template:Flagicon Phil Giebler  R  11 10 34 Template:Flagicon Antoine Bessette 12 21 21 10 35 Template:Flagicon Dan Selznick 17 24 15 10 36 Template:Flagicon Kyle Kelley 14 19 9 37 Template:Flagicon Duncan Ende  R  16 26 21 17 DNS 9 38 Template:Flagicon Ryan Spencer-Smith  R  26 13 8 39 Template:Flagicon Ronnie Bremer 14 7 40 Template:Flagicon Chris Souliotis 17 22 4 41 Template:Flagicon Ricardo Vassmer  R  19 19 4 42 Template:Flagicon J. R. Hildebrand  R  19 2 43 Template:Flagicon Al Unser III 19 23 Wth 2 44 Template:Flagicon Brian Thienes  R  20 22 1 Template:Flagicon Casey Neal  R  23 0 Pos Driver LBH HOU MTY POR CLE TOR EDM SJO DEN MTL ROA Pts

Color Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green 4th & 5th place Light Blue 6th–10th place Dark Blue Finished (Outside Top 10) Purple Did not finish Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Brown Withdrawn (Wth) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Blank Did not participate (DNP) Not competing In-line notation Bold Pole position (1 point) Italics Ran fastest race lap ↑ Improved the most places  R  Rookie  RY  Rookie of the Year

See also

• 2006 Champ Car season
• 2006 Indianapolis 500
• 2006 IndyCar Series season
• 2006 Indy Pro Series season

External links

• ChampCarStats.com