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Seasons / 2006
Championship season

2006

V8 Supercar Championship Series (VCS)

Champion

Rick Kelly
Holden Commodore VZ · HSV Dealer Team Grade D
general V8 Supercar history; not from the rulebook

Points Grade B

Div D 2006 Schedule D2 (Rule D 14.4.3); drop rule schedule note

PositionPoints
1128
2124
3120
4116
5112
6108
7104
8100
996
1092
1188
1284
1380
1476
1572
1668
1764
1860
1956
2052
2148
2244
2340
2436
2532
2628
2724
2820
2916
3012
318
324

Format

Points structure

New (higher) per-race scales for 2006. Each round's primary race uses the 128/step-4 scale (Clipsal 250 km uses 160/step-5), the secondary race uses the 64/step-2 scale, and the two enduros use a 320/step-10 scale. Positions 1-32.

Qualifying

Qualifying is MANDATORY split into two sessions - an Upper 50% and a Lower 50% - by practice times (D 5.3.1). TOP TEN SHOOTOUT (D 5.6): the ten fastest across the two sessions contest a single-car, single-flying-lap shootout; running order 10th to 1st (slowest of the ten first); each car does one out-lap (green flag at Control Line starts the timed lap), one flying lap (chequered flag), then a cool-down lap. Shootout sets the top-10 grid order. Endurance qualifying separation by the nominated final crew's best practice time (D 5.4.3).

Sprint / race format

Standing starts; typically 2-3 races per round (a main race 100-250 km + a shorter second race ~100-140 km). In-race refuelling prohibited unless specifically authorised in Supp Regs (D 11.1.1.3); Compulsory Pit Stops prescribed by Supp Regs with a lap window - at a Sprint Round a minimum of two wheels/tyres must be replaced (D 11.1.4.2). One driver per car except enduros.

Calendar

RdEventCircuitType
1Clipsal 500 / Adelaide ParklandsAdelaide (Adelaide Street Circuit)sprint
2PukekohePukekohe, New Zealandsprint
3BarbagalloBarbagallo, Perth WAsprint
4Winton Motor RacewayWinton, VICsprint
5Sky City V8 Supercar Triple CrownHidden Valley, Darwin NTsprint
6Queensland RacewayQueensland Raceway, Ipswich QLDsprint
7Oran ParkOran Park, Sydney NSWsprint
8Betta Electrical 500 / SandownSandown, Melbourne VICendurance
9Super Cheap Auto 1000 / Mt. PanoramaMount Panorama, Bathurst NSWendurance
10Gillette V8 Supercar ChallengeSurfers Paradise, QLDsprint
11Ferodo Triple Challenge / Symmons PlainsSymmons Plains, Launceston TASsprint
12BahrainBahrain International Circuit, Bahrainsprint
13Grand Finale / Phillip IslandPhillip Island, VICsprint
Shanghai (listed TBA, no round number assigned in Schedule A1)Shanghai, Chinanon-championship
Australian F1 Grand Prix / Albert Park (support event)Albert Park, Melbourne VICnon-championship