2006 Grand Prix of Road America

2006 Road America
Race details
Race 12 of 14 in the 2006 Champ Car season
	Road America Track Layout
Date	September 24, 2006
Official name	Grand Prix of Road America
Location	Road America; Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin, United States
Course	Permanent Road Course; 4.048 mi / 6.515 km
Distance	51 laps; 206.448 mi / 332.265 km
Weather	Sunny with temperatures soaring up to 63 °F (17 °C); wind speeds up to 15.9 miles per hour (25.6 km/h)
Pole position
Driver	Dan Clarke (CTE Racing-HVM)
Time	1:55.123
Fastest lap
Driver	Sébastien Bourdais (Newman/Haas Racing)
Time	1:44.133 (on lap 26 of 51)
Podium
First	A. J. Allmendinger (Forsythe Championship Racing)
Second	Bruno Junqueira (Newman/Haas Racing)
Third	Sébastien Bourdais (Newman/Haas Racing)

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 edit

Pos	Name	Team	Qual 1	Qual 2	Best
1	Dan Clarke	CTE Racing-HVM	1:55.123	—	1:55.123
2	Sébastien Bourdais	Newman/Haas Racing	1:58.945	2:06.460	1:58.945
3	Charles Zwolsman Jr.	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	1:55.599	2:11.121	1:55.599
4	Alex Tagliani	Team Australia	1:57.517	2:09.891	1:57.517
5	A. J. Allmendinger	Forsythe Racing	1:58.507	2:07.969	1:58.507
6	Justin Wilson	RuSPORT	1:59.076	2:06.994	1:59.076
7	Will Power	Team Australia	1:59.286	2:07.683	1:59.286
8	Katherine Legge	PKV Racing	1:59.388	2:12.916	1:59.388
9	Andrew Ranger	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	1:59.486	4:09.032	1:59.486
10	Bruno Junqueira	Newman/Haas Racing	1:59.977	—	1:59.977
11	Paul Tracy	Forsythe Racing	2:00.165	2:08.767	2:00.165
12	Jan Heylen	Dale Coyne Racing	2:00.835	2:11.400	2:00.835
13	Oriol Servià	PKV Racing	2:01.082	2:10.782	2:01.082
14	Tõnis Kasemets	Rocketsports Racing	2:01.381	2:10.273	2:01.381
15	Mario Domínguez	Rocketsports Racing	2:01.882	2:11.076	2:01.882
16	Nelson Philippe	CTE Racing-HVM	2:02.273	2:10.028	2:02.273
17	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	A. J. Allmendinger	Forsythe Racing	51	1:54:43.700	5	32
2	2	Bruno Junqueira	Newman/Haas Racing	51	+0.675 secs	10	28
3	1	Sébastien Bourdais	Newman/Haas Racing	51	+0.988 secs	2	28
4	6	Oriol Servià	PKV Racing	51	+2.637 secs	13	24
5	9	Justin Wilson	RuSPORT	51	+3.763 secs	6	21
6	14	Dan Clarke	CTE Racing-HVM	51	+4.746 secs	1	21
7	34	Charles Zwolsman Jr.	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	51	+5.537 secs	3	18
8	27	Andrew Ranger	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	51	+7.359 secs	9	15
9	11	Jan Heylen	Dale Coyne Racing	51	+8.668 secs	12	13
10	3	Paul Tracy	Forsythe Racing	51	+9.018 secs	11	11
11	15	Alex Tagliani	Team Australia	51	+13.172 secs	4	10
12	8	Mario Domínguez	Rocketsports Racing	51	+20.151 secs	15	9
13	5	Will Power	Team Australia	50	+ 1 Lap	7	8
14	4	Nelson Philippe	CTE Racing-HVM	50	+ 1 Lap	16	7
15	19	Juan Cáceres	Dale Coyne Racing	50	+ 1 Lap	17	6
16	20	Katherine Legge	PKV Racing	45	Accident	8	5
17	18	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)

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