2006 Grand Prix of Cleveland

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Logo for the 2006 Grand Prix of Cleveland

The 2006 Grand Prix of Cleveland was the sixth round of the 2006 Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford season, held on June 25, 2006 at Burke Lakefront Airport in Cleveland, Ohio. It was the 25th anniversary edition of the event. A. J. Allmendinger took the pole and the win, his second consecutive victory.

Qualifying results

Pos	Nat	Name	Team	Qual 1	Qual 2	Best
1	Template:Flagicon	A. J. Allmendinger	Forsythe Racing	56.965	56.283	56.283
2	Template:Flagicon	Sébastien Bourdais	Newman/Haas Racing	56.851	56.638	56.638
3	Template:Flagicon	Justin Wilson	RuSPORT	57.312	56.651	56.651
4	Template:Flagicon	Oriol Servià	PKV Racing	57.782	56.855	56.855
5	Template:Flagicon	Paul Tracy	Forsythe Racing	57.011	57.604	57.011
6	Template:Flagicon	Nelson Philippe	CTE Racing-HVM	57.779	57.162	57.162
7	Template:Flagicon	Bruno Junqueira	Newman/Haas Racing	57.564	57.178	57.178
8	Template:Flagicon	Alex Tagliani	Team Australia	57.931	57.401	57.401
9	Template:Flagicon	Will Power	Team Australia	58.115	57.538	57.538
10	Template:Flagicon	Cristiano da Matta	RuSPORT	58.499	57.570	57.570
11	Template:Flagicon	Dan Clarke	CTE Racing-HVM	59.372	57.619	57.619
12	Template:Flagicon	Andrew Ranger	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	58.585	57.772	57.772
13	Template:Flagicon	Charles Zwolsman Jr.	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	58.859	58.023	58.023
14	Template:Flagicon	Katherine Legge	PKV Racing	58.722	58.048	58.048
15	Template:Flagicon	Nicky Pastorelli	Rocketsports Racing	59.410	58.179	58.179
16	Template:Flagicon	Jan Heylen	Dale Coyne Racing	58.532	58.261	58.261
17	Template:Flagicon	Mario Domínguez	Dale Coyne Racing	58.801	—	58.801
18	Template:Flagicon	Tõnis Kasemets	Rocketsports Racing	1:00.530	59.549	59.549

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	7	Template:Flagicon A. J. Allmendinger	Forsythe Racing	95	2:00:22.619	1	33
2	2	Template:Flagicon Bruno Junqueira	Newman/Haas Racing	95	+3.279 secs	7	28
3	6	Template:Flagicon Oriol Servià	PKV Racing	95	+3.505 secs	4	26
4	15	Template:Flagicon Alex Tagliani	Team Australia	95	+6.708 secs	8	24
5	11	Template:Flagicon Jan Heylen	Dale Coyne Racing	95	+11.031 secs	16	22
6	19	Template:Flagicon Mario Domínguez	Dale Coyne Racing	94	Contact	17	19
7	14	Template:Flagicon Dan Clarke	CTE Racing-HVM	94	Contact	11	17
8	20	Template:Flagicon Katherine Legge	PKV Racing	94	+ 1 Lap	14	15
9	5	Template:Flagicon Will Power	Team Australia	94	+ 1 Lap	9	13
10	4	Template:Flagicon Nelson Philippe	CTE Racing-HVM	93	+ 2 Laps	6	13
11	27	Template:Flagicon Andrew Ranger	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	92	+ 3 Laps	12	10
12	18	Template:Flagicon Tõnis Kasemets	Rocketsports Racing	91	+ 4 Laps	18	9
13	9	Template:Flagicon Justin Wilson	RuSPORT	77	Contact	3	8
14	10	Template:Flagicon Cristiano da Matta	RuSPORT	75	+ 20 Laps	10	7
15	34	Template:Flagicon Charles Zwolsman Jr.	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	68	Steering	13	6
16	3	Template:Flagicon Paul Tracy	Forsythe Racing	41	Contact	5	5
17	8	Template:Flagicon Nicky Pastorelli	Rocketsports Racing	22	Contact	15	4
18	1	Template:Flagicon Sébastien Bourdais	Newman/Haas Racing	0	Contact	2	4

Caution flags

Laps	Cause
1-10	Bourdais (1), Tracy (3) & Ranger (27) crash
11-12	Zwolsman (34) spin, stall
23-26	Tracy (3) & Pastorelli (8) crash
38-40	Kasemets (18) spin, stall
43-47	Tracy (3) crash
48	Yellow restart
63-65	Ranger (27) spin, stall
66	Yellow restart
78-83	Wilson (9) crash; Philippe (4) off course

Notes

Laps Leader 1-23 Oriol Servià 24-26 Bruno Junqueira 27-38 A. J. Allmendinger 39-54 Alex Tagliani 55 Nelson Philippe 56-63 A. J. Allmendinger 64-71 Bruno Junqueira 72-77 Nelson Philippe 78-79 Alex Tagliani 80-95 A. J. Allmendinger

Driver Laps led A. J. Allmendinger 36 Oriol Servià 23 Alex Tagliani 18 Bruno Junqueira 11 Nelson Philippe 7

• New Track Record A. J. Allmendinger 56.283 (Qualification Session #2)
• New Race Lap Record Nelson Philippe 57.508
• New Race Record A. J. Allmendinger 2:00:22.619
• Average Speed 99.722 mph

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

	Pos	Driver	Points
File:1rightarrow blue.svg	1	Template:Flagicon Sébastien Bourdais	166
File:1rightarrow blue.svg	2	Template:Flagicon Justin Wilson	140
File:1rightarrow blue.svg	3	Template:Flagicon A. J. Allmendinger	135
File:1rightarrow blue.svg	4	Template:Flagicon Andrew Ranger	99
File:1uparrow green.svg 1	5	Template:Flagicon Mario Domínguez	95

• Note: Only the top five positions are included.

External links

• Friday Qualifying Results
• Saturday Qualifying Results
• Race Results