2006 Grand Prix of Portland

The 2006 Grand Prix of Portland was the fifth round of the 2006 Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford season, held on June 18, 2006, at the Portland International Raceway in Portland, Oregon. Bruno Junqueira won the pole. Junqueira's Pole Position was ninth and final of his career. A. J. Allmendinger won the race, his first Champ Car victory, in his first race since leaving RuSPORT, the team which brought him to Champ Car, for Forsythe Championship Racing.

Qualifying results

Pos	Nat	Name	Team	Qual 1	Qual 2	Best
1	Template:Flagicon	Bruno Junqueira	Newman/Haas Racing	59.576	57.631	57.631
2	Template:Flagicon	A. J. Allmendinger	Forsythe Racing	58.378	57.639	57.639
3	Template:Flagicon	Sébastien Bourdais	Newman/Haas Racing	58.464	57.646	57.646
4	Template:Flagicon	Justin Wilson	RuSPORT	59.283	57.818	57.818
5	Template:Flagicon	Cristiano da Matta	RuSPORT	59.575	58.018	58.018
6	Template:Flagicon	Dan Clarke	CTE Racing-HVM	59.416	58.214	58.214
7	Template:Flagicon	Will Power	Team Australia	59.160	58.244	58.244
8	Template:Flagicon	Nelson Philippe	CTE Racing-HVM	59.354	58.297	58.297
9	Template:Flagicon	Alex Tagliani	Team Australia	59.275	58.328	58.328
10	Template:Flagicon	Paul Tracy	Forsythe Racing	59.121	58.376	58.376
11	Template:Flagicon	Nicky Pastorelli	Rocketsports Racing	1:00.333	58.826	58.826
12	Template:Flagicon	Oriol Servià	PKV Racing	59.485	58.830	58.830
13	Template:Flagicon	Andrew Ranger	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	59.633	58.885	58.885
14	Template:Flagicon	Mario Domínguez	Dale Coyne Racing	1:00.035	59.233	59.233
15	Template:Flagicon	Katherine Legge	PKV Racing	59.903	59.297	59.297
16	Template:Flagicon	Charles Zwolsman Jr.	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	1:00.612	59.315	59.315
17	Template:Flagicon	Jan Heylen	Dale Coyne Racing	59.861	59.589	59.589
18	Template:Flagicon	Tõnis Kasemets	Rocketsports Racing	1:01.089	1:00.607	1:00.607

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	7	Template:Flagicon A. J. Allmendinger	Forsythe Racing	105	1:48:32.853	2	33
2	9	Template:Flagicon Justin Wilson	RuSPORT	105	+5.420 secs	4	27
3	1	Template:Flagicon Sébastien Bourdais	Newman/Haas Racing	105	+6.006 secs	3	26
4	2	Template:Flagicon Bruno Junqueira	Newman/Haas Racing	105	+36.368 secs	1	24
5	10	Template:Flagicon Cristiano da Matta	RuSPORT	105	+39.552 secs	5	21
6	14	Template:Flagicon Dan Clarke	CTE Racing-HVM	105	+50.287 secs	6	19
7	3	Template:Flagicon Paul Tracy	Forsythe Racing	105	+52.296 secs	10	17
8	4	Template:Flagicon Nelson Philippe	CTE Racing-HVM	105	+52.677 secs	8	15
9	27	Template:Flagicon Andrew Ranger	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	104	+ 1 Lap	13	14
10	6	Template:Flagicon Oriol Servià	PKV Racing	104	+ 1 Lap	12	11
11	15	Template:Flagicon Alex Tagliani	Team Australia	104	+ 1 Lap	9	10
12	34	Template:Flagicon Charles Zwolsman Jr.	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	103	+ 2 Laps	16	9
13	20	Template:Flagicon Katherine Legge	PKV Racing	103	+ 2 Laps	15	8
14	19	Template:Flagicon Mario Domínguez	Dale Coyne Racing	103	+ 2 Laps	14	7
15	11	Template:Flagicon Jan Heylen	Dale Coyne Racing	103	+ 2 Laps	17	6
16	18	Template:Flagicon Tõnis Kasemets	Rocketsports Racing	102	+ 3 Laps	18	5
17	8	Template:Flagicon Nicky Pastorelli	Rocketsports Racing	101	+ 4 Laps	11	4
18	5	Template:Flagicon Will Power	Team Australia	92	+ 13 Laps	7	4

Caution flags

Laps	Cause
1	Yellow start

Notes

Laps Leader 1-31 A. J. Allmendinger 32 Sébastien Bourdais 33-62 A. J. Allmendinger 63-65 Sébastien Bourdais 66-84 A. J. Allmendinger 85 Sébastien Bourdais 86-105 A. J. Allmendinger

Driver Laps led A. J. Allmendinger 100 Sébastien Bourdais 5

• New Race Lap Record Will Power 59.259
• New Race Record A. J. Allmendinger 1:48:32.853
• Average Speed 113.989 mph

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

	Pos	Driver	Points
File:1rightarrow blue.svg	1	Template:Flagicon Sébastien Bourdais	162
File:1rightarrow blue.svg	2	Template:Flagicon Justin Wilson	132
File:1uparrow green.svg 2	3	Template:Flagicon A. J. Allmendinger	102
File:1downarrow red.svg 1	4	Template:Flagicon Andrew Ranger	89
File:1uparrow green.svg 2	5	Template:Flagicon Paul Tracy	76

• Note: Only the top five positions are included.

External links

• Allmendinger Shifts to Forsythe
• Friday Qualifying Results
• Saturday Qualifying Results
• Race Results