2006 Grand Prix of Denver

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Paul Tracy and Sébastien Bourdais in a confrontation at the 2006 Denver Grand Prix.

The 2006 Grand Prix of Denver was the tenth round of the 2006 Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford season, held on August 13, 2006 on the streets of Denver, Colorado. Sébastien Bourdais took the pole while the race was won by A. J. Allmendinger. Bourdais' race ended when he and Paul Tracy crashed in the final turn of the final lap of the race as Tracy attempted to pass Bourdais to take second place. Tracy and Bourdais got into a confrontation outside their cars (pictured). Tracy was subsequently fined and penalized three championship points for avoidable contact for the incident.

Qualifying results

Pos	Nat	Name	Team	Qual 1	Qual 2	Best
1	Template:Flagicon	Sébastien Bourdais	Newman/Haas Racing	1:00.763	59.096	59.096
2	Template:Flagicon	A. J. Allmendinger	Forsythe Racing	1:00.714	59.350	59.350
3	Template:Flagicon	Justin Wilson	RuSPORT	1:00.991	59.878	59.878
4	Template:Flagicon	Paul Tracy	Forsythe Racing	1:05.531	59.903	59.903
5	Template:Flagicon	Alex Tagliani	Team Australia	1:00.988	59.919	59.919
6	Template:Flagicon	Andrew Ranger	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	1:01.724	1:00.007	1:00.007
7	Template:Flagicon	Bruno Junqueira	Newman/Haas Racing	1:01.141	1:00.029	1:00.029
8	Template:Flagicon	Oriol Servià	PKV Racing	1:01.302	1:00.096	1:00.096
9	Template:Flagicon	Mario Domínguez	Dale Coyne Racing	1:01.304	1:00.147	1:00.147
10	Template:Flagicon	Nelson Philippe	CTE Racing-HVM	1:01.767	1:00.333	1:00.333
11	Template:Flagicon	Will Power	Team Australia	1:01.599	1:00.405	1:00.405
12	Template:Flagicon	Charles Zwolsman Jr.	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	1:01.644	1:00.453	1:00.453
13	Template:Flagicon	Dan Clarke	CTE Racing-HVM	1:02.706	1:00.887	1:00.887
14	Template:Flagicon	Jan Heylen	Dale Coyne Racing	1:02.502	1:01.201	1:01.201
15	Template:Flagicon	Katherine Legge	PKV Racing	1:01.777	1:01.370	1:01.370
16	Template:Flagicon	Nicky Pastorelli	Rocketsports Racing	1:04.251	1:03.472	1:03.472

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	7	Template:Flagicon A. J. Allmendinger	Forsythe Racing	97	1:44:59.557	2	33
2	2	Template:Flagicon Bruno Junqueira	Newman/Haas Racing	97	+20.588 secs	7	28
3	14	Template:Flagicon Dan Clarke	CTE Racing-HVM	97	+50.261 secs	13	26
4	5	Template:Flagicon Will Power	Team Australia	97	+55.915 secs	11	23
5	4	Template:Flagicon Nelson Philippe	CTE Racing-HVM	97	+1:14.187	10	21
6	3	Template:Flagicon Paul Tracy	Forsythe Racing	96	Contact	4	16*
7	1	Template:Flagicon Sébastien Bourdais	Newman/Haas Racing	96	Contact	1	20
8	9	Template:Flagicon Justin Wilson	RuSPORT	96	+ 1 Lap	3	16
9	20	Template:Flagicon Katherine Legge	PKV Racing	96	+ 1 Lap	15	13
10	34	Template:Flagicon Charles Zwolsman Jr.	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	95	+ 2 Laps	12	11
11	11	Template:Flagicon Jan Heylen	Dale Coyne Racing	95	+ 2 Laps	14	10
12	8	Template:Flagicon Nicky Pastorelli	Rocketsports Racing	27	Brakes	16	9
13	19	Template:Flagicon Mario Domínguez	Dale Coyne Racing	21	Suspension	9	8
14	27	Template:Flagicon Andrew Ranger	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	18	Gearbox	6	7
15	6	Template:Flagicon Oriol Servià	PKV Racing	14	Engine	8	6
16	15	Template:Flagicon Alex Tagliani	Team Australia	0	Contact	5	5

^* Paul Tracy, who was already on probation for an incident and fight with Alex Tagliani at the prior race in San Jose, was penalized 3 points and fined $25,000 for avoidable contact for his part in a final lap accident with Sébastien Bourdais. His probation was extended to include the Surfer's Paradise event. Bourdais was not assessed a penalty.

Caution flags

Laps	Cause
1-2	Tracy (3) spin/stall
35-38	Debris

Notes

Laps Leader 1-20 Sébastien Bourdais 21-31 Bruno Junqueira 32-47 Sébastien Bourdais 48-59 A. J. Allmendinger 60-61 Justin Wilson 62-64 Bruno Junqueira 65-97 A. J. Allmendinger

Driver Laps led A. J. Allmendinger 45 Sébastien Bourdais 36 Bruno Junqueira 14 Justin Wilson 2

• New Track Record Sébastien Bourdais 59.096 (Qualification Session #2)
• New Race Lap Record Sébastien Bourdais 1:00.314
• New Race Record A. J. Allmendinger 1:44:59.557
• Average Speed 91.852 mph

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

	Pos	Driver	Points
File:1rightarrow blue.svg	1	Template:Flagicon Sébastien Bourdais	275
File:1uparrow green.svg 1	2	Template:Flagicon A. J. Allmendinger	243
File:1downarrow red.svg 1	3	Template:Flagicon Justin Wilson	240
File:1uparrow green.svg 5	4	Template:Flagicon Nelson Philippe	149
File:1downarrow red.svg 1	5	Template:Flagicon Mario Domínguez	149

• Note: Only the top five positions are included.

External links

• Friday Qualifying Results
• Saturday Qualifying Results
• Race Results
• Tracy Penalized