2006 Betta Electrical 500

The 2006 Betta Electrical 500 was an endurance motor race for V8 Supercars. The race was held on 3 September 2006 at Sandown International Raceway in Victoria, Australia, and was the eighth round of the 2006 V8 Supercar Championship Series. It was the 39th in a sequence of "Sandown long distances races" which are commonly referred to under the Sandown 500 name.

The race was won by Jason Bright and Mark Winterbottom driving a Ford BA Falcon for Ford Performance Racing.

Top ten shootout

Results as follows:

Pos	No	Team	Driver	Car	Time
Pole	2	Holden Racing Team	Template:Flagicon Garth Tander	Holden VZ Commodore	1:10.6102
2	888	Team Betta Electrical	Template:Flagicon Craig Lowndes	Ford BA Falcon	1:11.3471
3	6	Ford Performance Racing	Template:Flagicon Jason Bright	Ford BA Falcon	1:11.4215
4	8	WPS Racing	Template:Flagicon Max Wilson	Ford BA Falcon	1:11.4708
5	10	WPS Racing	Template:Flagicon Jason Bargwanna	Ford BA Falcon	1:11.6196
6	4	Stone Brothers Racing	Template:Flagicon James Courtney	Ford BA Falcon	1:11.7777
7	22	Holden Racing Team	Template:Flagicon Ryan Briscoe	Holden VZ Commodore	1:11.7804
8	3	Tasman Motorsport	Template:Flagicon Jason Richards	Holden VZ Commodore	1:11.8630
9	17	Dick Johnson Racing	Template:Flagicon Steven Johnson	Ford BA Falcon	1:11.8683
10	55	Rod Nash Racing	Template:Flagicon Steve Owen	Holden VZ Commodore	1:12.3719

Official results

Results as follows:

Pos	No	Team	Drivers	Car	Laps	Qual Pos	Shootout Pos	Series Points
1	6	Ford Performance Racing	Template:Flagicon Jason Bright Template:Flagicon Mark Winterbottom	Ford BA Falcon	161	3	3	320
2	15	Toll HSV Dealer Team	Template:Flagicon Rick Kelly Template:Flagicon Todd Kelly	Holden VZ Commodore	161	12		310
3	888	Team Betta Electrical	Template:Flagicon Craig Lowndes Template:Flagicon Jamie Whincup	Ford BA Falcon	161	5	2	300
4	17	Dick Johnson Racing	Template:Flagicon Steven Johnson Template:Flagicon Will Davison	Ford BA Falcon	161	8	9	290
5	14	Team BOC	Template:Flagicon John Bowe Template:Flagicon Brad Jones	Ford BA Falcon	161	23		280
6	34	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Template:Flagicon Dean Canto Template:Flagicon Lee Holdsworth	Holden VZ Commodore	161	11		270
7	10	WPS Racing	Template:Flagicon Jason Bargwanna Template:Flagicon Craig Baird	Ford BA Falcon	160	10	5	260
8	67	Team Sirromet Wines	Template:Flagicon Paul Morris Template:Flagicon Steve Ellery	Holden VZ Commodore	160	DSQ		250
9	4	Stone Brothers Racing	Template:Flagicon James Courtney Template:Flagicon Glenn Seton	Ford BA Falcon	160	9	6	240
10	50	Supercheap Auto Racing	Template:Flagicon Nathan Pretty Template:Flagicon Paul Weel	Holden VZ Commodore	160	28		230
11	8	WPS Racing	Template:Flagicon Max Wilson Template:Flagicon David Besnard	Ford BA Falcon	160	6	4	220
12	55	Autobarn Racing	Template:Flagicon Steve Owen Template:Flagicon Tony Longhurst	Holden VZ Commodore	159	7	10	210
13	021	Team Kiwi Racing	Template:Flagicon Paul Radisich Template:Flagicon Fabian Coulthard	Holden VZ Commodore	159	26		200
14	18	Dick Johnson Racing	Template:Flagicon Alex Davison Template:Flagicon Grant Denyer	Ford BA Falcon	159	13		190
15	5	Ford Performance Racing	Template:Flagicon Matt Halliday Template:Flagicon Cameron McLean	Ford BA Falcon	159	14		180
16	16	Toll HSV Dealer Team	Template:Flagicon Anthony Tratt Template:Flagicon Tony D'Alberto	Holden VZ Commodore	159	18		170
17	88	Team Betta Electrical	Template:Flagicon Richard Lyons Template:Flagicon Allan Simonsen	Ford BA Falcon	159	17		160
18	12	Team BOC	Template:Flagicon Dale Brede Template:Flagicon Mark Porter	Ford BA Falcon	158	25		150
19	39	Team Sirromet Wines	Template:Flagicon Alan Gurr Template:Flagicon Kayne Scott	Holden VZ Commodore	158	29		140
20	33	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Template:Flagicon Greg Ritter Template:Flagicon Phillip Scifleet	Holden VZ Commodore	157	19		130
21	22	Holden Racing Team	Template:Flagicon Jim Richards Template:Flagicon Ryan Briscoe	Holden VZ Commodore	157	1	7	120
22	26	Fujitsu Racing	Template:Flagicon José Fernández Template:Flagicon Tony Ricciardello	Ford BA Falcon	156	30		110
23	25	Fujitsu Racing	Template:Flagicon Warren Luff Template:Flagicon Adam Macrow	Ford BA Falcon	155	22		100
24	11	Jack Daniel's Racing	Template:Flagicon Jack Perkins Template:Flagicon Shane Price	Holden VZ Commodore	154	20		90
25	20	Paul Cruickshank Racing	Template:Flagicon Marcus Marshall Template:Flagicon Jonathon Webb	Ford BA Falcon	153	27		80
26	2	Holden Racing Team	Template:Flagicon Mark Skaife Template:Flagicon Garth Tander	Holden VZ Commodore	149	2	1	70
27	1	Stone Brothers Racing	Template:Flagicon Russell Ingall Template:Flagicon Luke Youlden	Ford BA Falcon	141	15		60
28	7	Jack Daniel's Racing	Template:Flagicon Steven Richards Template:Flagicon Paul Dumbrell	Holden VZ Commodore	139	16		50
29	51	Supercheap Auto Racing	Template:Flagicon Greg Murphy Template:Flagicon Cameron McConville	Holden VZ Commodore	139	24		40
30	3	Tasman Motorsport	Template:Flagicon Jason Richards Template:Flagicon Andrew Jones	Holden VZ Commodore	133	4	8	30
DNF	23	Tasman Motorsport	Template:Flagicon Owen Kelly Template:Flagicon Mark Noske	Holden VZ Commodore	75	21

Statistics

• Provisional pole position - #22 Ryan Briscoe - 1:10.8590
• Pole position - #2 Garth Tander - 1:10.6102
• Fastest lap - #2 Garth Tander - 1:11.7104
• Average race speed - 148 km/h

External links

• Official race results Template:Webarchive
• Official V8 Supercar website