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

PosNatNameTeamQual 1Qual 2Best
1Bruno JunqueiraNewman/Haas Racing59.57657.63157.631
2A. J. AllmendingerForsythe Racing58.37857.63957.639
3Sébastien BourdaisNewman/Haas Racing58.46457.64657.646
4Justin WilsonRuSPORT59.28357.81857.818
5Cristiano da MattaRuSPORT59.57558.01858.018
6Dan ClarkeCTE Racing-HVM59.41658.21458.214
7Will PowerTeam Australia59.16058.24458.244
8Nelson PhilippeCTE Racing-HVM59.35458.29758.297
9Alex TaglianiTeam Australia59.27558.32858.328
10Paul TracyForsythe Racing59.12158.37658.376
11Nicky PastorelliRocketsports Racing1:00.33358.82658.826
12Oriol ServiàPKV Racing59.48558.83058.830
13Andrew RangerMi-Jack Conquest Racing59.63358.88558.885
14Mario DomínguezDale Coyne Racing1:00.03559.23359.233
15Katherine LeggePKV Racing59.90359.29759.297
16Charles ZwolsmanMi-Jack Conquest Racing1:00.61259.31559.315
17Jan HeylenDale Coyne Racing59.86159.58959.589
18Tõnis KasemetsRocketsports Racing1:01.0891:00.6071:00.607

Race

PosNoDriverTeamLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
17 A. J. AllmendingerForsythe Racing1051:48:32.853233
29 Justin WilsonRuSPORT105+5.420 secs427
31 Sébastien BourdaisNewman/Haas Racing105+6.006 secs326
42 Bruno JunqueiraNewman/Haas Racing105+36.368 secs124
510 Cristiano da MattaRuSPORT105+39.552 secs521
614 Dan ClarkeCTE Racing-HVM105+50.287 secs619
73 Paul TracyForsythe Racing105+52.296 secs1017
84 Nelson PhilippeCTE Racing-HVM105+52.677 secs815
927 Andrew RangerMi-Jack Conquest Racing104+ 1 Lap1314
106 Oriol ServiàPKV Racing104+ 1 Lap1211
1115 Alex TaglianiTeam Australia104+ 1 Lap910
1234 Charles ZwolsmanMi-Jack Conquest Racing103+ 2 Laps169
1320 Katherine LeggePKV Racing103+ 2 Laps158
1419 Mario DomínguezDale Coyne Racing103+ 2 Laps147
1511 Jan HeylenDale Coyne Racing103+ 2 Laps176
1618 Tõnis KasemetsRocketsports Racing102+ 3 Laps185
178 Nicky PastorelliRocketsports Racing101+ 4 Laps114
185 Will PowerTeam Australia92+ 13 Laps74

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Championship standings after the race

;Drivers' Championship standings
PosDriverPoints
1 Sébastien Bourdais162
2 Justin Wilson132
23 A. J. Allmendinger102
14 Andrew Ranger89
25 Paul Tracy76