2006 Grand Prix of Portland

This article is about the Champ Car World Series race. For the American Le Mans Series race, see 2006 Portland Grand Prix.

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.

2006 Portland

Race details
Race 5 of 14 in the 2006 Champ Car season
Portland International Raceway Track Layout
Date	June 18, 2006
Official name	Grand Prix of Portland Presented by G.I. Joe's
Location	Portland International Raceway Portland, Oregon, United States
Course	Permanent Road Course 1.964 mi / 3.161 km
Distance	105 laps 206.220 mi / 331.905 km
Weather	Temperatures reaching up to 71.1 °F (21.7 °C); wind speeds reaching up to 11.1 miles per hour (17.9 km/h)[1]
Pole position
Driver	Bruno Junqueira (Newman/Haas Racing)
Time	57.631
Fastest lap
Driver	Will Power (Team Australia)
Time	59.259 (on lap 70 of 105)
Podium
First	A. J. Allmendinger (Forsythe Championship Racing)
Second	Justin Wilson (RuSPORT)
Third	Sébastien Bourdais (Newman/Haas Racing)

Qualifying results

Pos	Nat	Name	Team	Qual 1	Qual 2	Best
1		Bruno Junqueira	Newman/Haas Racing	59.576	57.631	57.631
2		A. J. Allmendinger	Forsythe Racing	58.378	57.639	57.639
3		Sébastien Bourdais	Newman/Haas Racing	58.464	57.646	57.646
4		Justin Wilson	RuSPORT	59.283	57.818	57.818
5		Cristiano da Matta	RuSPORT	59.575	58.018	58.018
6		Dan Clarke	CTE Racing-HVM	59.416	58.214	58.214
7		Will Power	Team Australia	59.160	58.244	58.244
8		Nelson Philippe	CTE Racing-HVM	59.354	58.297	58.297
9		Alex Tagliani	Team Australia	59.275	58.328	58.328
10		Paul Tracy	Forsythe Racing	59.121	58.376	58.376
11		Nicky Pastorelli	Rocketsports Racing	1:00.333	58.826	58.826
12		Oriol Servià	PKV Racing	59.485	58.830	58.830
13		Andrew Ranger	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	59.633	58.885	58.885
14		Mario Domínguez	Dale Coyne Racing	1:00.035	59.233	59.233
15		Katherine Legge	PKV Racing	59.903	59.297	59.297
16		Charles Zwolsman Jr.	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	1:00.612	59.315	59.315
17		Jan Heylen	Dale Coyne Racing	59.861	59.589	59.589
18		Tõnis Kasemets	Rocketsports Racing	1:01.089	1:00.607	1:00.607

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	7	A. J. Allmendinger	Forsythe Racing	105	1:48:32.853	2	33
2	9	Justin Wilson	RuSPORT	105	+5.420 secs	4	27
3	1	Sébastien Bourdais	Newman/Haas Racing	105	+6.006 secs	3	26
4	2	Bruno Junqueira	Newman/Haas Racing	105	+36.368 secs	1	24
5	10	Cristiano da Matta	RuSPORT	105	+39.552 secs	5	21
6	14	Dan Clarke	CTE Racing-HVM	105	+50.287 secs	6	19
7	3	Paul Tracy	Forsythe Racing	105	+52.296 secs	10	17
8	4	Nelson Philippe	CTE Racing-HVM	105	+52.677 secs	8	15
9	27	Andrew Ranger	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	104	+ 1 Lap	13	14
10	6	Oriol Servià	PKV Racing	104	+ 1 Lap	12	11
11	15	Alex Tagliani	Team Australia	104	+ 1 Lap	9	10
12	34	Charles Zwolsman Jr.	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	103	+ 2 Laps	16	9
13	20	Katherine Legge	PKV Racing	103	+ 2 Laps	15	8
14	19	Mario Domínguez	Dale Coyne Racing	103	+ 2 Laps	14	7
15	11	Jan Heylen	Dale Coyne Racing	103	+ 2 Laps	17	6
16	18	Tõnis Kasemets	Rocketsports Racing	102	+ 3 Laps	18	5
17	8	Nicky Pastorelli	Rocketsports Racing	101	+ 4 Laps	11	4
18	5	Will Power	Team Australia	92	+ 13 Laps	7	4

Caution flags

Laps	Cause
1	Yellow start

Notes

Laps Leader 1-31 A. J. Allmendinger 32 Sébastien Bourdais 33-62 A. J. Allmendinger 63-65 Sébastien Bourdais 66-84 A. J. Allmendinger 85 Sébastien Bourdais 86-105 A. J. Allmendinger

Driver Laps led A. J. Allmendinger 100 Sébastien Bourdais 5

• New Race Lap Record Will Power 59.259
• New Race Record A. J. Allmendinger 1:48:32.853
• Average Speed 113.989 mph

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

	Pos	Driver	Points
	1	Sébastien Bourdais	162
	2	Justin Wilson	132
2	3	A. J. Allmendinger	102
1	4	Andrew Ranger	89
2	5	Paul Tracy	76

• Note: Only the top five positions are included.