2006 Lexmark Indy 300

The 2006 Lexmark Indy 300 was the thirteenth and penultimate round of the 2006 Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford season, held on 21 October 2006 on the Surfers Paradise Street Circuit in Queensland, Australia. The pole was won by native Queenslander Will Power, the first of his Champ Car career. The race was won by Nelson Philippe, the first and only win of his Champ Car career. By virtue of his eighth-place finish, Sébastien Bourdais clinched his third consecutive Champ Car season title, the first man to achieve this feat since Ted Horn won three consecutive National Championships from 1946 through 1948.

Qualifying results

Pos	Nat	Name	Team	Qual 1	Qual 2	Best
1	Template:Flagicon	Will Power	Team Australia	1:31.403	1:31.839	1:31.403
2	Template:Flagicon	Sébastien Bourdais	Newman/Haas Racing	1:31.774	1:32.212	1:31.774
3	Template:Flagicon	Paul Tracy	Forsythe Racing	—-	1:31.959	1:31.959
4	Template:Flagicon	Bruno Junqueira	Newman/Haas Racing	1:32.265	1:32.809	1:32.265
5	Template:Flagicon	Nelson Philippe	CTE Racing-HVM	1:32.783	1:32.348	1:32.348
6	Template:Flagicon	Oriol Servià	PKV Racing	1:32.371	1:33.674	1:32.371
7	Template:Flagicon	A. J. Allmendinger	Forsythe Racing	1:32.536	1:33.761	1:32.536
8	Template:Flagicon	Dan Clarke	CTE Racing-HVM	1:32.821	1:33.750	1:32.821
9	Template:Flagicon	Alex Tagliani	Team Australia	1:32.933	1:32.845	1:32.845
10	Template:Flagicon	Mario Domínguez	Rocketsports Racing	1:33.267	1:32.974	1:32.974
11	Template:Flagicon	Ryan Briscoe	RuSPORT	—-	1:33.043	1:33.043
12	Template:Flagicon	Andrew Ranger	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	1:34.155	1:33.564	1:33.564
13	Template:Flagicon	Antônio Pizzonia	Rocketsports Racing	1:33.736	—-	1:33.736
14	Template:Flagicon	Jan Heylen	Dale Coyne Racing	1:34.593	1:34.182	1:34.182
15	Template:Flagicon	Charles Zwolsman Jr.	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	1:35.017	1:34.282	1:34.282
16	Template:Flagicon	Katherine Legge	PKV Racing	—-	1:34.634	1:34.634
17	Template:Flagicon	Andreas Wirth	Dale Coyne Racing	1:37.300	1:35.176	1:35.176
-	Template:Flagicon	Justin Wilson	RuSPORT	—-	—-	No time*

^* Justin Wilson fractured the scaphoid bone in his wrist in a crash during practice on Friday and took no further part in the event as a result.

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/retired	Grid	Points
1	4	Template:Flagicon Nelson Philippe	CTE Racing-HVM	59	1:50:50.985	5	32
2	8	Template:Flagicon Mario Domínguez	Rocketsports Racing	59	+0.728 secs	10	29
3	15	Template:Flagicon Alex Tagliani	Team Australia	59	+6.054 secs	9	25
4	3	Template:Flagicon Paul Tracy	Forsythe Racing	59	+7.238 secs	3	25
5	27	Template:Flagicon Andrew Ranger	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	59	+9.377 secs	12	21
6	2	Template:Flagicon Bruno Junqueira	Newman/Haas Racing	59	+10.247 secs	4	19
7	34	Template:Flagicon Charles Zwolsman Jr.	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	59	+16.849 secs	15	18
8	1	Template:Flagicon Sébastien Bourdais	Newman/Haas Racing	59	+18.978 secs	2	15
9	19	Template:Flagicon Andreas Wirth	Dale Coyne Racing	59	+22.195 secs	17	13
10	18	Template:Flagicon Antônio Pizzonia	Rocketsports Racing	59	+44.086 secs	13	12
11	10	Template:Flagicon Ryan Briscoe	RuSPORT	58	+ 1 Lap	11	10
12	5	Template:Flagicon Will Power	Team Australia	58	+ 1 Lap	1	12
13	6	Template:Flagicon Oriol Servià	PKV Racing	43	Gearbox	6	9
14	11	Template:Flagicon Jan Heylen	Dale Coyne Racing	42	Contact	14	8
15	20	Template:Flagicon Katherine Legge	PKV Racing	42	Contact	16	6
16	7	Template:Flagicon A. J. Allmendinger	Forsythe Racing	18	Contact	7	5
17	14	Template:Flagicon Dan Clarke	CTE Racing-HVM	12	Contact	8	4
-	9	Template:Flagicon Justin Wilson	RuSPORT	—-	Withdrawn	—-	0

Caution flags

Laps	Cause
1	Yellow start
14–16	Clarke (14) crash
20–23	Allmendinger (7) crash
29–32	Power (5) stopped on course
44–49	Heylen (11) crash; Legge (20) crash

Notes

Laps Leader 1–13 Will Power 14–20 Jan Heylen 21–30 Charles Zwolsman Jr. 31–34 Oriol Servià 35–39 Nelson Philippe 40–42 Paul Tracy 43 Mario Domínguez 44–51 Antônio Pizzonia 52–59 Nelson Philippe

Driver Laps led Nelson Philippe 13 Will Power 13 Charles Zwolsman Jr. 10 Antônio Pizzonia 8 Jan Heylen 7 Oriol Servià 4 Paul Tracy 3 Mario Domínguez 1

• New Race Record Nelson Philippe 1:50:50.985
• Average Speed 89.259 mph

Championship standings after the race

• Bold indicates the Season Champion.

Drivers' Championship standings

	Pos	Driver	Points
File:1rightarrow blue.svg	1	Template:Flagicon Sébastien Bourdais	353
File:1rightarrow blue.svg	2	Template:Flagicon A. J. Allmendinger	285
File:1rightarrow blue.svg	3	Template:Flagicon Justin Wilson	269
File:1uparrow green.svg 1	4	Template:Flagicon Nelson Philippe	214
File:1downarrow red.svg 1	5	Template:Flagicon Paul Tracy	209

• Note: Only the top five positions are included.

External links

• Friday Qualification Times
• Saturday Qualification Times
• Race Results
• Bourdais secures third straight championship
• Weather information