2006 Grand Prix of Road America

The 2006 Grand Prix of Road America was the twelfth round of the 2006 Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford season, held on September 24, 2006 at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. Dan Clarke took the pole, the first and only of his Champ Car career. A. J. Allmendinger won the race, his fifth and last win of the year and his Champ Car career. The event is most remembered for a horrific crash involving Katherine Legge that resulted a 42-minute red flag. The rear wing on her car failed just before the high speed Turn 11 Kink, the unexpected loss of downforce caused her to crash violently into the catch fence, demolishing the car. Legge was uninjured in the incident.

Qualifying results

Pos	Nat	Name	Team	Qual 1	Qual 2	Best
1	Template:Flagicon	Dan Clarke	CTE Racing-HVM	1:55.123	—	1:55.123
2	Template:Flagicon	Sébastien Bourdais	Newman/Haas Racing	1:58.945	2:06.460	1:58.945
3	Template:Flagicon	Charles Zwolsman Jr.	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	1:55.599	2:11.121	1:55.599
4	Template:Flagicon	Alex Tagliani	Team Australia	1:57.517	2:09.891	1:57.517
5	Template:Flagicon	A. J. Allmendinger	Forsythe Racing	1:58.507	2:07.969	1:58.507
6	Template:Flagicon	Justin Wilson	RuSPORT	1:59.076	2:06.994	1:59.076
7	Template:Flagicon	Will Power	Team Australia	1:59.286	2:07.683	1:59.286
8	Template:Flagicon	Katherine Legge	PKV Racing	1:59.388	2:12.916	1:59.388
9	Template:Flagicon	Andrew Ranger	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	1:59.486	4:09.032	1:59.486
10	Template:Flagicon	Bruno Junqueira	Newman/Haas Racing	1:59.977	—	1:59.977
11	Template:Flagicon	Paul Tracy	Forsythe Racing	2:00.165	2:08.767	2:00.165
12	Template:Flagicon	Jan Heylen	Dale Coyne Racing	2:00.835	2:11.400	2:00.835
13	Template:Flagicon	Oriol Servià	PKV Racing	2:01.082	2:10.782	2:01.082
14	Template:Flagicon	Tõnis Kasemets	Rocketsports Racing	2:01.381	2:10.273	2:01.381
15	Template:Flagicon	Mario Domínguez	Rocketsports Racing	2:01.882	2:11.076	2:01.882
16	Template:Flagicon	Nelson Philippe	CTE Racing-HVM	2:02.273	2:10.028	2:02.273
17	Template:Flagicon	Juan Cáceres	Dale Coyne Racing	2:03.690	2:13.169	2:03.690

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	7	Template:Flagicon A. J. Allmendinger	Forsythe Racing	51	1:54:43.700	5	32
2	2	Template:Flagicon Bruno Junqueira	Newman/Haas Racing	51	+0.675 secs	10	28
3	1	Template:Flagicon Sébastien Bourdais	Newman/Haas Racing	51	+0.988 secs	2	28
4	6	Template:Flagicon Oriol Servià	PKV Racing	51	+2.637 secs	13	24
5	9	Template:Flagicon Justin Wilson	RuSPORT	51	+3.763 secs	6	21
6	14	Template:Flagicon Dan Clarke	CTE Racing-HVM	51	+4.746 secs	1	21
7	34	Template:Flagicon Charles Zwolsman Jr.	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	51	+5.537 secs	3	18
8	27	Template:Flagicon Andrew Ranger	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	51	+7.359 secs	9	15
9	11	Template:Flagicon Jan Heylen	Dale Coyne Racing	51	+8.668 secs	12	13
10	3	Template:Flagicon Paul Tracy	Forsythe Racing	51	+9.018 secs	11	11
11	15	Template:Flagicon Alex Tagliani	Team Australia	51	+13.172 secs	4	10
12	8	Template:Flagicon Mario Domínguez	Rocketsports Racing	51	+20.151 secs	15	9
13	5	Template:Flagicon Will Power	Team Australia	50	+ 1 Lap	7	8
14	4	Template:Flagicon Nelson Philippe	CTE Racing-HVM	50	+ 1 Lap	16	7
15	19	Template:Flagicon Juan Cáceres	Dale Coyne Racing	50	+ 1 Lap	17	6
16	20	Template:Flagicon Katherine Legge	PKV Racing	45	Accident	8	5
17	18	Template:Flagicon Tõnis Kasemets	Rocketsports Racing	14	Gearbox	14	4

Laps	Cause
1–3	Junqueira (2), Power (5) & Heylen (11) crash
18–20	Power (5) off course
27–29	Cáceres (19) off course
30–31	Junqueira (2) & Ranger (27) crash
33–34	Tracy (3) off course
46–49	Legge (20) crash (42-minute red flag)

	Pos	Driver	Points
File:1rightarrow blue.svg	1	Template:Flagicon Sébastien Bourdais	338
File:1uparrow green.svg 1	2	Template:Flagicon A. J. Allmendinger	280
File:1downarrow red.svg 1	3	Template:Flagicon Justin Wilson	269
File:1uparrow green.svg 1	4	Template:Flagicon Paul Tracy	184
File:1downarrow red.svg 1	5	Template:Flagicon Nelson Philippe	182

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