2006 Ipswich 400

**2006 Ipswich 400**
Event Information
Round 6 of 13 in the 2006 V8 Supercar Championship Series
Date	21–23 July 2006
Location	Willowbank, Queensland, Australia
Venue	Queensland Raceway
Results
Distance
Race 1
Distance	32 laps
Pole position	Garth Tander; HSV Dealer Team
Winner	Garth Tander; HSV Dealer Team
Distance
Race 2
Distance	45 laps
Winner	Mark Skaife; Holden Racing Team
Distance
Race 3
Distance	45 laps
Winner	Garth Tander; HSV Dealer Team
First
Round Results
First	Garth Tander; HSV Dealer Team;
Second	Jason Bright; Ford Performance Racing;
Third	Craig Lowndes; Triple Eight Race Engineering;

The 2006 Ipswich 400 (commercially titled the 2006 BigPond 400) was a motor race for V8 Supercars held on the weekend of 21–23 July 2006. The event was held at the Queensland Raceway in Willowbank, Queensland, Australia, and consisted of three races culminating in 381 kilometres. It was the sixth round of thirteen in the 2006 V8 Supercar Championship Series.

Quick Facts Event Information, Date ...

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Car	Time
1	2	Mark Skaife	Holden Racing Team	Holden Commodore VZ	1:10.2545
2	16	Garth Tander	HSV Dealer Team	Holden Commodore VZ	+0.3945
3	88	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Ford Falcon BA	+0.4435
4	1	Russell Ingall	Stone Brothers Racing	Ford Falcon BA	+0.4700
5	4	James Courtney	Stone Brothers Racing	Ford Falcon BA	+0.4851
6	5	Mark Winterbottom	Ford Performance Racing	Ford Falcon BA	+0.4926
7	6	Jason Bright	Ford Performance Racing	Ford Falcon BA	+0.5041
8	15	Rick Kelly	HSV Dealer Team	Holden Commodore VZ	+0.5185
9	7	Steven Richards	Perkins Engineering	Holden Commodore VZ	+0.7006
10	8	Max Wilson	WPS Racing	Ford Falcon BA	+0.7214
11	34	Dean Canto	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden Commodore VZ	+0.7866
12	888	Craig Lowndes	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Ford Falcon BA	+0.8042
13	22	Todd Kelly	Holden Racing Team	Holden Commodore VZ	+0.8129
14	50	Cameron McConville	Paul Weel Racing	Holden Commodore VZ	+0.8439
15	11	Paul Dumbrell	Perkins Engineering	Holden Commodore VZ	+0.9230
16	51	Greg Murphy	Paul Weel Racing	Holden Commodore VZ	+0.9742
17	021	Paul Radisich	Team Kiwi Racing	Holden Commodore VZ	+0.9887
18	33	Lee Holdsworth	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden Commodore VZ	+1.0229
19	10	Jason Bargwanna	WPS Racing	Ford Falcon BA	+1.0531
20	17	Steven Johnson	Dick Johnson Racing	Ford Falcon BA	+1.1551
21	12	John Bowe	Brad Jones Racing	Ford Falcon BA	+1.2234
22	25	Warren Luff	Britek Motorsport	Ford Falcon BA	+1.2740
23	3	Jason Richards	Tasman Motorsport	Holden Commodore VZ	+1.2768
24	14	Brad Jones	Brad Jones Racing	Ford Falcon BA	+1.3104
25	67	Paul Morris	Paul Morris Motorsport	Holden Commodore VZ	+1.3397
26	23	Andrew Jones	Tasman Motorsport	Holden Commodore VZ	+1.4477
27	18	Will Davison	Dick Johnson Racing	Ford Falcon BA	+1.4821
28	55	Steve Owen	Rod Nash Racing	Holden Commodore VZ	+1.5964
29	20	Marcus Marshall	Paul Cruickshank Racing	Ford Falcon BA	+1.7362
30	39	Steven Ellery	Paul Morris Motorsport	Holden Commodore VZ	+1.8150
31	26	José Fernández	Britek Motorsport	Ford Falcon BA	+2.3359
Source:^[1]

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Car	Time
1	16	Garth Tander	HSV Dealer Team	Holden Commodore VZ	1:10.3713
2	6	Jason Bright	Ford Performance Racing	Ford Falcon BA	+0.1079
3	4	James Courtney	Stone Brothers Racing	Ford Falcon BA	+0.2387
4	15	Rick Kelly	HSV Dealer Team	Holden Commodore VZ	+0.2802
5	88	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Ford Falcon BA	+0.3889
6	5	Mark Winterbottom	Ford Performance Racing	Ford Falcon BA	+0.4250
7	1	Russell Ingall	Stone Brothers Racing	Ford Falcon BA	+0.5859
8	2	Mark Skaife	Holden Racing Team	Holden Commodore VZ	+0.7039
9	7	Steven Richards	Perkins Engineering	Holden Commodore VZ	+0.8948
EXC	8	Max Wilson	WPS Racing	Ford Falcon BA
Source:^[2]

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Car	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Pts.
1	16	Garth Tander	HSV Dealer Team	Holden Commodore VZ	32	39:57.9354	1	128
2	6	Jason Bright	Ford Performance Racing	Ford Falcon BA	32	+1.6411	2	124
3	4	James Courtney	Stone Brothers Racing	Ford Falcon BA	32	+2.5121	3	120
4	888	Craig Lowndes	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Ford Falcon BA	32	+3.0171	12	116
5	1	Russell Ingall	Stone Brothers Racing	Ford Falcon BA	32	+3.5081	7	112
6	7	Steven Richards	Perkins Engineering	Holden Commodore VZ	32	+5.9840	9	108
7	15	Rick Kelly	HSV Dealer Team	Holden Commodore VZ	32	+7.2932	4	104
8	88	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Ford Falcon BA	32	+7.6697	5	100
9	5	Mark Winterbottom	Ford Performance Racing	Ford Falcon BA	32	+7.9092	6	96
10	8	Max Wilson	WPS Racing	Ford Falcon BA	32	+9.7690	10	92
11	51	Greg Murphy	Paul Weel Racing	Holden Commodore VZ	32	+10.1439	16	88
12	50	Cameron McConville	Paul Weel Racing	Holden Commodore VZ	32	+10.8240	14	84
13	021	Paul Radisich	Team Kiwi Racing	Holden Commodore VZ	32	+11.5178	17	80
14	17	Steven Johnson	Dick Johnson Racing	Ford Falcon BA	32	+12.0667	20	76
15	11	Paul Dumbrell	Perkins Engineering	Holden Commodore VZ	32	+12.8356	15	72
16	34	Dean Canto	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden Commodore VZ	32	+13.4372	11	68
17	3	Jason Richards	Tasman Motorsport	Holden Commodore VZ	32	+14.7220	23	64
18	33	Lee Holdsworth	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden Commodore VZ	32	+16.0789	18	60
19	18	Will Davison	Dick Johnson Racing	Ford Falcon BA	32	+16.2793	27	56
20	14	Brad Jones	Brad Jones Racing	Ford Falcon BA	32	+17.2288	24	52
21	2	Mark Skaife	Holden Racing Team	Holden Commodore VZ	32	+17.6541	8	48
22	23	Andrew Jones	Tasman Motorsport	Holden Commodore VZ	32	+18.6871	26	44
23	25	Warren Luff	Britek Motorsport	Ford Falcon BA	32	+19.3125	22	40
24	55	Steve Owen	Rod Nash Racing	Holden Commodore VZ	32	+20.0305	28	36
25	67	Paul Morris	Paul Morris Motorsport	Holden Commodore VZ	32	+21.2445	25	32
26	26	José Fernández	Britek Motorsport	Ford Falcon BA	32	+22.6555	31	28
27	12	John Bowe	Brad Jones Racing	Ford Falcon BA	32	+23.4826	21	24
28	20	Marcus Marshall	Paul Cruickshank Racing	Ford Falcon BA	32	+25.2901	29	20
29	39	Steven Ellery	Paul Morris Motorsport	Holden Commodore VZ	25	+7 laps	30	16
DNF	10	Jason Bargwanna	WPS Racing	Ford Falcon BA	24	Electrical	19
DNF	22	Todd Kelly	Holden Racing Team	Holden Commodore VZ	3	Gearbox	13
Fastest Lap: Garth Tander (HSV Dealer Team), 1:11.4130
Source:^[3]^[4]

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Car	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Pts.
1	2	Mark Skaife	Holden Racing Team	Holden Commodore VZ	45	57:49.9456	9	64
2	16	Garth Tander	HSV Dealer Team	Holden Commodore VZ	45	+2.6624	29	62
3	4	James Courtney	Stone Brothers Racing	Ford Falcon BA	45	+3.9801	27	60
4	15	Rick Kelly	HSV Dealer Team	Holden Commodore VZ	45	+4.9541	23	58
5	888	Craig Lowndes	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Ford Falcon BA	45	+6.6133	26	56
6	67	Paul Morris	Paul Morris Motorsport	Holden Commodore VZ	45	+8.4535	5	54
7	5	Mark Winterbottom	Ford Performance Racing	Ford Falcon BA	45	+9.4057	21	52
8	6	Jason Bright	Ford Performance Racing	Ford Falcon BA	45	+9.8699	28	50
9	1	Russell Ingall	Stone Brothers Racing	Ford Falcon BA	45	+10.3546	25	48
10	50	Cameron McConville	Paul Weel Racing	Holden Commodore VZ	45	+10.7686	18	46
11	12	John Bowe	Brad Jones Racing	Ford Falcon BA	45	+13.5650	3	44
12	10	Jason Bargwanna	WPS Racing	Ford Falcon BA	45	+14.2457	30	42
13	021	Paul Radisich	Team Kiwi Racing	Holden Commodore VZ	45	+14.3393	17	40
14	7	Steven Richards	Perkins Engineering	Holden Commodore VZ	45	+14.5707	24	38
15	34	Dean Canto	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden Commodore VZ	45	+14.8288	14	36
16	25	Warren Luff	Britek Motorsport	Ford Falcon BA	45	+15.3945	7	34
17	51	Greg Murphy	Paul Weel Racing	Holden Commodore VZ	45	+16.1254	19	32
18	23	Andrew Jones	Tasman Motorsport	Holden Commodore VZ	45	+17.2277	8	30
19	18	Will Davison	Dick Johnson Racing	Ford Falcon BA	45	+18.7826	11	28
20	14	Brad Jones	Brad Jones Racing	Ford Falcon BA	45	+20.9190	10	26
21	22	Todd Kelly	Holden Racing Team	Holden Commodore VZ	45	+32.1500¹	31	24
22	26	José Fernández	Britek Motorsport	Ford Falcon BA	45	+35.4088	4	22
23	17	Steven Johnson	Dick Johnson Racing	Ford Falcon BA	45	+41.9848¹	16	20
24	3	Jason Richards	Tasman Motorsport	Holden Commodore VZ	45	+45.0337¹	13	18
25	55	Steve Owen	Rod Nash Racing	Holden Commodore VZ	44	+1 lap	6	16
26	39	Steven Ellery	Paul Morris Motorsport	Holden Commodore VZ	41	+4 laps	1	14
27	88	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Ford Falcon BA	38	+7 laps¹	22	12
DNF	20	Marcus Marshall	Paul Cruickshank Racing	Ford Falcon BA	18	Gearbox	2
DNF	33	Lee Holdsworth	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden Commodore VZ	11	Crash	12
DNF	11	Paul Dumbrell	Perkins Engineering	Holden Commodore VZ	0	Crash	15
DNF	8	Max Wilson	WPS Racing	Ford Falcon BA	0	Crash	20
Fastest Lap: Garth Tander (HSV Dealer Team), 1:11.9607
Source:^[5]^[6]

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Car	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Pts.
1	16	Garth Tander	HSV Dealer Team	Holden Commodore VZ	45	56:27.2356	1	128
2	15	Rick Kelly	HSV Dealer Team	Holden Commodore VZ	45	+4.7130	5	124
3	6	Jason Bright	Ford Performance Racing	Ford Falcon BA	45	+5.1492	3	120
4	888	Craig Lowndes	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Ford Falcon BA	45	+5.4924	4	116
5	1	Russell Ingall	Stone Brothers Racing	Ford Falcon BA	45	+5.9753	6	112
6	7	Steven Richards	Perkins Engineering	Holden Commodore VZ	45	+11.8451	8	108
7	021	Paul Radisich	Team Kiwi Racing	Holden Commodore VZ	45	+16.6510	10	104
8	88	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Ford Falcon BA	45	+16.9044	13	100
9	5	Mark Winterbottom	Ford Performance Racing	Ford Falcon BA	45	+17.3450	7	96
10	51	Greg Murphy	Paul Weel Racing	Holden Commodore VZ	45	+18.4089	11	92
11	8	Max Wilson	WPS Racing	Ford Falcon BA	45	+24.9786	16	88
12	18	Will Davison	Dick Johnson Racing	Ford Falcon BA	45	+26.3034	18	84
13	34	Dean Canto	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden Commodore VZ	45	+26.7297	14	80
14	67	Paul Morris	Paul Morris Motorsport	Holden Commodore VZ	45	+28.2574	17	76
15	11	Paul Dumbrell	Perkins Engineering	Holden Commodore VZ	45	+28.9427	23	72
16	3	Jason Richards	Tasman Motorsport	Holden Commodore VZ	45	+29.5273	19	68
17	23	Andrew Jones	Tasman Motorsport	Holden Commodore VZ	45	+30.7848	22	64
18	22	Todd Kelly	Holden Racing Team	Holden Commodore VZ	45	+32.7585	30	60
19	14	Brad Jones	Brad Jones Racing	Ford Falcon BA	45	+34.6653	20	56
20	33	Lee Holdsworth	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden Commodore VZ	45	+35.8107	25	52
21	10	Jason Bargwanna	WPS Racing	Ford Falcon BA	45	+37.8432	28	48
22	39	Steven Ellery	Paul Morris Motorsport	Holden Commodore VZ	45	+41.1502	29	44
23	12	John Bowe	Brad Jones Racing	Ford Falcon BA	45	+41.3125	24	40
24	20	Marcus Marshall	Paul Cruickshank Racing	Ford Falcon BA	45	+44.4682	31	36
25	17	Steven Johnson	Dick Johnson Racing	Ford Falcon BA	44	+1 lap	15	32
26	55	Steve Owen	Rod Nash Racing	Holden Commodore VZ	44	+1 lap	26	28
27	2	Mark Skaife	Holden Racing Team	Holden Commodore VZ	39	+6 laps	12	24
28	25	Warren Luff	Britek Motorsport	Ford Falcon BA	38	+7 laps	21	20
DNF	50	Cameron McConville	Paul Weel Racing	Holden Commodore VZ	39	Misfire	9
DNF	4	James Courtney	Stone Brothers Racing	Ford Falcon BA	22	Engine	2
DNF	26	José Fernández	Britek Motorsport	Ford Falcon BA	13		27
Fastest Lap: James Courtney (Stone Brothers Racing), 1:11.7040
Source:^[7]^[8]

2006 Ipswich 400

Background

Results

Qualifying

Top Ten Shootout

Race 1

Race 2

Race 3

Round standings

Championship standings

References

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