2006 Rolex Sports Car Series

2006 Rolex Sports Car Series

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The 2006 Rolex Sports Car Series season was the seventh season of the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series presented by Crown Royal Special Reserve. The 15-race championship was competed with Daytona Prototype (DP) and Grand Touring (GT) class cars. It began January 28, 2006 and ended September 2, 2006. Infineon Raceway was added, breaking the record for most races. Mont Tremblant was dropped for Miller Motorsports Park, leaving Hermanos Rodríguez as the only race outside the US. Long Beach Street Circuit was added.

Schedule

Rnd	Race	Circuit	Date
1	Template:Flagicon Rolex 24 at Daytona	Daytona International Speedway	January 28 January 29
2	Template:Flagicon Mexico City 400 km	Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez	March 4
3	Template:Flagicon Linder-Komatsu Grand Prix of Miami	Homestead-Miami Speedway	March 25
4	Template:Flagicon Crown Royal Grand American Challenge 1	Long Beach Street Circuit	April 8
5	Template:Flagicon VIRginia 400 km	Virginia International Raceway	April 23
6	Template:Flagicon U.S. Sportscar Invitational	Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca	May 7
7	Template:Flagicon The GAINSCO Grand Prix	Phoenix International Raceway	May 13
8	Template:Flagicon Rolex GT Series Challenge 2	Lime Rock Park	May 29
9	Template:Flagicon Sahlen's Six Hours of The Glen	Watkins Glen International	June 3
10	Template:Flagicon EMCO Gears Classic	Mid-Ohio	June 24
11	Template:Flagicon Brumos Porsche 250	Daytona International Speedway	June 29
12	Template:Flagicon Porsche 250	Barber Motorsports Park	July 30
13	Template:Flagicon Crown Royal 200 at The Glen 1	Watkins Glen International	August 11
14	Template:Flagicon Sonoma 400 km	Infineon Raceway	August 26
15	Template:Flagicon Discount Tire Sunchaser (9 Hours)	Miller Motorsports Park	September 2

• ¹: Only the DP class participated in this event, no GT class.
• ²: Only the GT class participated in this event, no DP class.

Season results

Rnd	Circuit	DP Winning Team	GT Winning Team	Results
		DP Winning Drivers	GT Winning Drivers
1	Daytona	Template:Flagicon #02 Chip Ganassi Racing	Template:Flagicon #36 TPC Racing	Results
		Template:Flagicon Casey Mears Template:Flagicon Dan Wheldon Template:Flagicon Scott Dixon	Template:Flagicon Randy Pobst Template:Flagicon Ian Baas Template:Flagicon Spencer Pumpelly Template:Flagicon Michael Levitas
2	Mexico City	Template:Flagicon #01 Chip Ganassi Racing	Template:Flagicon #64 The Racer's Group	Results
		Template:Flagicon Scott Pruett Template:Flagicon Luis Diaz	Template:Flagicon Kelly Collins Template:Flagicon Paul Edwards
3	Homestead	Template:Flagicon #23 Alex Job Racing	Template:Flagicon #64 The Racer's Group	Results
		Template:Flagicon Mike Rockenfeller Template:Flagicon Patrick Long	Template:Flagicon Kelly Collins Template:Flagicon Paul Edwards
4	Long Beach	Template:Flagicon #01 Chip Ganassi Racing	Did Not Participate	Results
		Template:Flagicon Scott Pruett Template:Flagicon Luis Diaz
5	Virginia	Template:Flagicon #23 Alex Job Racing	Template:Flagicon #65 The Racer's Group	Results
		Template:Flagicon Mike Rockenfeller Template:Flagicon Patrick Long	Template:Flagicon Andy Lally Template:Flagicon R.J. Valentine Template:Flagicon Marc Bunting
6	Laguna Seca	Template:Flagicon #10 SunTrust Racing	Template:Flagicon #72 Tafel Racing	Results
		Template:Flagicon Max Angelelli Template:Flagicon Jan Magnussen Template:Flagicon Wayne Taylor	Template:Flagicon Wolf Henzler Template:Flagicon Robin Liddell
7	Phoenix	Template:Flagicon #01 Chip Ganassi Racing	Template:Flagicon #64 The Racer's Group	Results
		Template:Flagicon Scott Pruett Template:Flagicon Luis Diaz	Template:Flagicon Kelly Collins Template:Flagicon Paul Edwards
8	Lime Rock	Did Not Participate	Template:Flagicon #65 The Racer's Group	Results
			Template:Flagicon Andy Lally Template:Flagicon R.J. Valentine Template:Flagicon Marc Bunting
9	Watkins Glen	Template:Flagicon #76 Krohn Racing	Template:Flagicon #72 Tafel Racing	Results
		Template:Flagicon Boris Said Template:Flagicon Jörg Bergmeister	Template:Flagicon Wolf Henzler Template:Flagicon Robin Liddell
10	Mid-Ohio	Template:Flagicon #12 Fernández Racing	Template:Flagicon #72 Tafel Racing	Results
		Template:Flagicon Adrian Fernández Template:Flagicon Mário Haberfeld	Template:Flagicon Wolf Henzler Template:Flagicon Robin Liddell
11	Daytona	Template:Flagicon #76 Krohn Racing	Template:Flagicon #65 The Racer's Group	Results
		Template:Flagicon Jörg Bergmeister Template:Flagicon Colin Braun	Template:Flagicon Andy Lally Template:Flagicon R.J. Valentine Template:Flagicon Marc Bunting
12	Barber	Template:Flagicon #76 Krohn Racing	Template:Flagicon #65 The Racer's Group	Results
		Template:Flagicon Jörg Bergmeister Template:Flagicon Colin Braun	Template:Flagicon Andy Lally Template:Flagicon R.J. Valentine Template:Flagicon Marc Bunting
13	Watkins Glen	Template:Flagicon #01 Chip Ganassi Racing	Did Not Participate	Results
		Template:Flagicon Scott Pruett Template:Flagicon Luis Diaz
14	Infineon	Template:Flagicon #01 Chip Ganassi Racing	Template:Flagicon #72 Tafel Racing	Results
		Template:Flagicon Scott Pruett Template:Flagicon Luis Diaz	Template:Flagicon Wolf Henzler Template:Flagicon Robin Liddell
15	Miller	Template:Flagicon #60 Michael Shank Racing	Template:Flagicon #65 The Racer's Group	Results
		Template:Flagicon Mark Patterson Template:Flagicon Oswaldo Negri Template:Flagicon Scott Pruett	Template:Flagicon Andy Lally Template:Flagicon Marc Bunting Template:Flagicon Spencer Pumpelly Template:Flagicon Paul Edwards

Championship standings

Source:

Daytona Prototypes

Drivers (Top 20)

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Template:Flagicon Jörg Bergmeister	462
2	Template:Flagicon Scott Pruett	446
	Template:Flagicon Luis Díaz
3	Template:Flagicon Max Angelelli	431
4	Template:Flagicon Colin Braun	382
5	Template:Flagicon Mike Rockenfeller	380
6	Template:Flagicon Mark Patterson	379
7	Template:Flagicon Michael McDowell	377
8	Template:Flagicon Oswaldo Negri	364
9	Template:Flagicon Rob Finlay	362
	Template:Flagicon Michael Valiante
10	Template:Flagicon Patrick Long	359
11	Template:Flagicon Alex Gurney	355
12	Template:Flagicon Butch Leitzinger	341
	Template:Flagicon Andy Wallace
13	Template:Flagicon Mario Haberfeld	332
14	Template:Flagicon Darren Law	332
	Template:Flagicon David Donohue
15	Template:Flagicon Adrián Fernández	326
16	Template:Flagicon Ryan Dalziel	324
	Template:Flagicon Alex Figge
17	Template:Flagicon Mike Borkowski	318
18	Template:Flagicon Christian Fittipaldi	313
19	Template:Flagicon Jon Fogarty	308
20	Template:Flagicon Harrison Brix	287

Grand Touring

Drivers (Top 10)

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Template:Flagicon Andy Lally	509
	Template:Flagicon Marc Bunting
2	Template:Flagicon Wolf Henzler	498
	Template:Flagicon Robin Liddell
3	Template:Flagicon Paul Edwards	451
	Template:Flagicon Kelly Collins
4	Template:Flagicon Eric Lux	365
5	Template:Flagicon Leh Keen	363
	Template:Flagicon David Murry
6	Template:Flagicon Andrew Davis	351
7	Template:Flagicon Robert Nearn	335
	Template:Flagicon Steve Johnson
8	Template:Flagicon Jim Tafel	332
9	Template:Flagicon Peter MacLeod	296
	Template:Flagicon Gene Sigal
10	Template:Flagicon Ian James	295

External links

• The official website of Grand-Am