2006 Perth V8 400

The 2006 Perth V8 400 was a motor race for V8 Supercars held on the weekend of 12–14 May 2006. The event was held at Barbagallo Raceway in Perth, Western Australia, and consisted of three races culminating in 400 kilometres. It was the third round of thirteen in the 2006 V8 Supercar Championship Series.

2006 Perth V8 400

Event Information
Round 3 of 13 in the 2006 V8 Supercar Championship Series
Date	12–14 May 2006
Location	Perth, Western Australia
Venue	Barbagallo Raceway
Results
Race 1 Distance 50 laps 120.500 km Pole position Mark Skaife Holden Racing Team 55.8667 Winner Mark Skaife Holden Racing Team 49:00.3114
Race 2 Distance 58 laps 139.780 km Winner Dean Canto Garry Rogers Motorsport 57:13.4263
Race 3 Distance 58 laps 139.780 km Winner Mark Skaife Holden Racing Team 58:24.7679
Round Results First Steven Richards Perkins Engineering 290 pts Second Mark Skaife Holden Racing Team 286 pts Third Craig Lowndes Triple Eight Race Engineering 282 pts

Background

Britek Motorsports' second car returned to the track after José Fernández' heavy accident in the Adelaide 500, this time with local Sports Sedan driver Tony Ricciardello behind the wheel. The entry's Pukekohe replacement, Mark Porter and his MSport team, returned to the Fujitsu Series.

The only other change occurred at Paul Morris Motorsport; Alan Gurr was back in the teams' Holden Commodore VZ having been replaced by New Zealander Fabian Coulthard at the preceding round across the Tasman.

Results

Qualifying

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Car	Time
1	16	Garth Tander	HSV Dealer Team	Holden Commodore VZ	56.0401
2	2	Mark Skaife	Holden Racing Team	Holden Commodore VZ	+0.1492
3	22	Todd Kelly	Holden Racing Team	Holden Commodore VZ	+0.1874
4	51	Greg Murphy	Paul Weel Racing	Holden Commodore VZ	+0.3306
5	15	Rick Kelly	HSV Dealer Team	Holden Commodore VZ	+0.3629
6	888	Craig Lowndes	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Ford Falcon BA	+0.4088
7	5	Mark Winterbottom	Ford Performance Racing	Ford Falcon BA	+0.4231
8	7	Steven Richards	Perkins Engineering	Holden Commodore VZ	+0.4348
9	6	Jason Bright	Ford Performance Racing	Ford Falcon BA	+0.4541
10	17	Steven Johnson	Dick Johnson Racing	Ford Falcon BA	+0.4566
11	18	Will Davison	Dick Johnson Racing	Ford Falcon BA	+0.4747
12	11	Paul Dumbrell	Perkins Engineering	Holden Commodore VZ	+0.4756
13	8	Max Wilson	WPS Racing	Ford Falcon BA	+0.5385
14	4	James Courtney	Stone Brothers Racing	Ford Falcon BA	+0.5840
15	50	Cameron McConville	Paul Weel Racing	Holden Commodore VZ	+0.6076
16	67	Paul Morris	Paul Morris Motorsport	Holden Commodore VZ	+0.6509
17	1	Russell Ingall	Stone Brothers Racing	Ford Falcon BA	+0.6886
18	55	Steve Owen	Rod Nash Racing	Holden Commodore VZ	+0.7361
19	021	Paul Radisich	Team Kiwi Racing	Holden Commodore VZ	+0.7633
20	3	Jason Richards	Tasman Motorsport	Holden Commodore VZ	+0.7940
21	88	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Ford Falcon BA	+0.8161
22	34	Dean Canto	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden Commodore VZ	+0.8696
23	23	Andrew Jones	Tasman Motorsport	Holden Commodore VZ	+0.9380
24	12	John Bowe	Brad Jones Racing	Ford Falcon BA	+1.0115
25	10	Jason Bargwanna	WPS Racing	Ford Falcon BA	+1.0478
26	25	Warren Luff	Britek Motorsport	Ford Falcon BA	+1.0560
27	39	Alan Gurr	Paul Morris Motorsport	Holden Commodore VZ	+1.3064
28	33	Lee Holdsworth	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden Commodore VZ	+1.3797
29	14	Brad Jones	Brad Jones Racing	Ford Falcon BA	+1.4689
30	20	Marcus Marshall	Paul Cruickshank Racing	Ford Falcon BA	+1.4793
31	26	Tony Ricciardello	Britek Motorsport	Ford Falcon BA	+1.8126
Source:[1]

Top Ten Shootout

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Car	Time
1	2	Mark Skaife	Holden Racing Team	Holden Commodore VZ	55.8667
2	16	Garth Tander	HSV Dealer Team	Holden Commodore VZ	+0.0604
3	22	Todd Kelly	Holden Racing Team	Holden Commodore VZ	+0.3312
4	15	Rick Kelly	HSV Dealer Team	Holden Commodore VZ	+0.3730
5	888	Craig Lowndes	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Ford Falcon BA	+0.4076
6	7	Steven Richards	Perkins Engineering	Holden Commodore VZ	+0.6484
7	51	Greg Murphy	Paul Weel Racing	Holden Commodore VZ	+0.6874
8	6	Jason Bright	Ford Performance Racing	Ford Falcon BA	+0.7018
9	5	Mark Winterbottom	Ford Performance Racing	Ford Falcon BA	+0.8269
10	17	Steven Johnson	Dick Johnson Racing	Ford Falcon BA	+0.8543
Source:[2]

Race 1

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Car	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Pts.
1	2	Mark Skaife	Holden Racing Team	Holden Commodore VZ	50	49:00.3114	1	128
2	7	Steven Richards	Perkins Engineering	Holden Commodore VZ	50	+0.4609	6	124
3	888	Craig Lowndes	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Ford Falcon BA	50	+0.6810	5	120
4	16	Garth Tander	HSV Dealer Team	Holden Commodore VZ	50	+1.1123	2	116
5	6	Jason Bright	Ford Performance Racing	Ford Falcon BA	50	+1.4786	8	112
6	5	Mark Winterbottom	Ford Performance Racing	Ford Falcon BA	50	+6.2393	9	108
7	15	Rick Kelly	HSV Dealer Team	Holden Commodore VZ	50	+7.4305	4	104
8	8	Max Wilson	WPS Racing	Ford Falcon BA	50	+21.1999	13	100
9	17	Steven Johnson	Dick Johnson Racing	Ford Falcon BA	50	+21.4416	10	96
10	1	Russell Ingall	Stone Brothers Racing	Ford Falcon BA	50	+21.4562	17	92
11	11	Paul Dumbrell	Perkins Engineering	Holden Commodore VZ	50	+21.8253	12	88
12	4	James Courtney	Stone Brothers Racing	Ford Falcon BA	50	+22.5419	14	84
13	50	Cameron McConville	Paul Weel Racing	Holden Commodore VZ	50	+22.6972	15	80
14	51	Greg Murphy	Paul Weel Racing	Holden Commodore VZ	50	+25.4009	7	76
15	10	Jason Bargwanna	WPS Racing	Ford Falcon BA	50	+26.1558	25	72
16	18	Will Davison	Dick Johnson Racing	Ford Falcon BA	50	+26.5473	11	68
17	55	Steve Owen	Rod Nash Racing	Holden Commodore VZ	50	+26.8804	18	64
18	3	Jason Richards	Tasman Motorsport	Holden Commodore VZ	50	+27.5268	20	60
19	67	Paul Morris	Paul Morris Motorsport	Holden Commodore VZ	50	+28.4120	16	56
20	23	Andrew Jones	Tasman Motorsport	Holden Commodore VZ	50	+31.2429	23	52
21	88	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Ford Falcon BA	50	+32.6532	21	48
22	34	Dean Canto	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden Commodore VZ	50	+35.5518	22	44
23	25	Warren Luff	Britek Motorsport	Ford Falcon BA	50	+41.8765	26	40
24	33	Lee Holdsworth	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden Commodore VZ	50	+47.8426	28	36
25	12	John Bowe	Brad Jones Racing	Ford Falcon BA	50	+51.8122	24	32
26	39	Alan Gurr	Paul Morris Motorsport	Holden Commodore VZ	50	+53.7270	27	28
27	14	Brad Jones	Brad Jones Racing	Ford Falcon BA	49	+1 Lap	29	24
28	20	Marcus Marshall	Paul Cruickshank Racing	Ford Falcon BA	49	+1 Lap	30	20
29	26	Tony Ricciardello	Britek Motorsport	Ford Falcon BA	49	+1 Lap	31	16
30	22	Todd Kelly	Holden Racing Team	Holden Commodore VZ	45	+5 Laps	3	12
31	021	Paul Radisich	Team Kiwi Racing	Holden Commodore VZ	45	+5 Laps	19	8
Fastest lap: Todd Kelly (Holden Racing Team), 57.5198
Source:[3][4]

Race 2

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Car	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Pts.
1	34	Dean Canto	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden Commodore VZ	58	57:13.4263	10	64
2	7	Steven Richards	Perkins Engineering	Holden Commodore VZ	58	+1.4663	30	62
3	51	Greg Murphy	Paul Weel Racing	Holden Commodore VZ	58	+2.6490	18	60
4	88	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Ford Falcon BA	58	+2.7649	11	58
5	4	James Courtney	Stone Brothers Racing	Ford Falcon BA	58	+6.1706	20	56
6	021	Paul Radisich	Team Kiwi Racing	Holden Commodore VZ	58	+8.3044	1	54
7	23	Andrew Jones	Tasman Motorsport	Holden Commodore VZ	58	+11.6166	12	52
8	1	Russell Ingall	Stone Brothers Racing	Ford Falcon BA	58	+12.8829	22	50
9	3	Jason Richards	Tasman Motorsport	Holden Commodore VZ	58	+13.6690	14	48
10	16	Garth Tander	HSV Dealer Team	Holden Commodore VZ	58	+14.3248	28	46
11	15	Rick Kelly	HSV Dealer Team	Holden Commodore VZ	58	+14.6516	25	44
12	33	Lee Holdsworth	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden Commodore VZ	58	+16.0840	8	42
13	5	Mark Winterbottom	Ford Performance Racing	Ford Falcon BA	58	+16.1545	26	40
14	888	Craig Lowndes	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Ford Falcon BA	58	+16.5377	29	38
15	55	Steve Owen	Rod Nash Racing	Holden Commodore VZ	58	+20.9543	15	36
16	10	Jason Bargwanna	WPS Racing	Ford Falcon BA	58	+22.6251	17	34
17	17	Steven Johnson	Dick Johnson Racing	Ford Falcon BA	58	+23.2394	23	32
18	2	Mark Skaife	Holden Racing Team	Holden Commodore VZ	58	+23.6195	31	30
19	8	Max Wilson	WPS Racing	Ford Falcon BA	58	+27.8559	24	28
20	11	Paul Dumbrell	Perkins Engineering	Holden Commodore VZ	58	+28.2460	21	26
21	67	Paul Morris	Paul Morris Motorsport	Holden Commodore VZ	58	+28.5144	13	24
22	18	Will Davison	Dick Johnson Racing	Ford Falcon BA	58	+31.6303	16	22
23	39	Alan Gurr	Paul Morris Motorsport	Holden Commodore VZ	58	+34.9483	6	20
24	14	Brad Jones	Brad Jones Racing	Ford Falcon BA	58	+37.2739	5	18
25	50	Cameron McConville	Paul Weel Racing	Holden Commodore VZ	58	+38.6798	19	16
26	25	Warren Luff	Britek Motorsport	Ford Falcon BA	57	+1 Lap	9	14
27	26	Tony Ricciardello	Britek Motorsport	Ford Falcon BA	57	+1 Lap	3	12
28	22	Todd Kelly	Holden Racing Team	Holden Commodore VZ	56	+2 Laps	2	10
Ret	6	Jason Bright	Ford Performance Racing	Ford Falcon BA	52	Crash	27
Ret	12	John Bowe	Brad Jones Racing	Ford Falcon BA	43		7
Ret	20	Marcus Marshall	Paul Cruickshank Racing	Ford Falcon BA	28	Steering	4
Fastest lap: Todd Kelly (Holden Racing Team), 57.4096
Source:[5][6]

Race 3

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Car	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Pts.
1	2	Mark Skaife	Holden Racing Team	Holden Commodore VZ	58	58:24.7679	4	128
2	888	Craig Lowndes	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Ford Falcon BA	58	+0.6652	3	124
3	5	Mark Winterbottom	Ford Performance Racing	Ford Falcon BA	58	+2.7055	6	120
4	22	Todd Kelly	Holden Racing Team	Holden Commodore VZ	58	+3.2827	30	116
5	16	Garth Tander	HSV Dealer Team	Holden Commodore VZ	58	+3.5633	2	112
6	1	Russell Ingall	Stone Brothers Racing	Ford Falcon BA	58	+10.0528	7	108
7	7	Steven Richards	Perkins Engineering	Holden Commodore VZ	58	+10.5181	1	104
8	3	Jason Richards	Tasman Motorsport	Holden Commodore VZ	58	+12.6366	15	100
9	88	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Ford Falcon BA	58	+13.7725	16	96
10	17	Steven Johnson	Dick Johnson Racing	Ford Falcon BA	58	+14.5604	10	92
11	50	Cameron McConville	Paul Weel Racing	Holden Commodore VZ	58	+14.5810	20	88
12	11	Paul Dumbrell	Perkins Engineering	Holden Commodore VZ	58	+16.6426	12	84
13	55	Steve Owen	Rod Nash Racing	Holden Commodore VZ	58	+18.2739	19	80
14	15	Rick Kelly	HSV Dealer Team	Holden Commodore VZ	58	+19.0230	5	76
15	021	Paul Radisich	Team Kiwi Racing	Holden Commodore VZ	58	+22.9977	24	72
16	18	Will Davison	Dick Johnson Racing	Ford Falcon BA	58	+23.2502	21	68
17	39	Alan Gurr	Paul Morris Motorsport	Holden Commodore VZ	58	+26.3637	26	64
18	23	Andrew Jones	Tasman Motorsport	Holden Commodore VZ	58	+27.0892	18	60
19	51	Greg Murphy	Paul Weel Racing	Holden Commodore VZ	58	+30.3115	9	56
20	10	Jason Bargwanna	WPS Racing	Holden Commodore VZ	58	+33.9339	17	52
21	12	John Bowe	Brad Jones Racing	Ford Falcon BA	58	+34.1764	28	48
22	34	Dean Canto	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden Commodore VZ	58	+34.7252	14	44
23	14	Brad Jones	Brad Jones Racing	Ford Falcon BA	58	+52.4033	27	40
24	33	Lee Holdsworth	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden Commodore VZ	57	+1 Lap	23	36
25	67	Paul Morris	Paul Morris Motorsport	Holden Commodore VZ	57	+1 Lap	22	32
26	20	Marcus Marshall	Paul Cruickshank Racing	Ford Falcon BA	57	+1 Lap	31	28
27	25	Warren Luff	Britek Motorsport	Ford Falcon BA	57	+1 Lap	25	24
28	6	Jason Bright	Ford Performance Racing	Ford Falcon BA	55	+3 Laps	13	20
Ret	4	James Courtney	Stone Brothers Racing	Ford Falcon BA	29	Engine	8
Ret	26	Tony Ricciardello	Britek Motorsport	Ford Falcon BA	19		29
Ret	8	Max Wilson	WPS Racing	Ford Falcon BA	18	Suspension	11
Fastest lap: Garth Tander (HSV Dealer Team), 57.2925
Source:[7][8]

Round standings

Pos.	Driver	R1	R2	R3	Total
1	Steven Richards	2	2	7	290
2	Mark Skaife	1	18	1	286
3	Craig Lowndes	3	14	2	282
4	Garth Tander	4	10	5	274
5	Mark Winterbottom	6	13	3	268
6	Russell Ingall	10	8	6	250
7	Rick Kelly	7	11	14	224
8	Steven Johnson	9	17	10	220
9	Jason Richards	18	9	8	208
10	Jamie Whincup	21	4	9	202
11	Paul Dumbrell	11	20	12	198
12	Greg Murphy	14	3	19	192
13	Cameron McConville	13	25	11	184
14	Steve Owen	17	15	13	180
15	Andrew Jones	20	7	18	164
16	Will Davison	16	22	16	158
=	Jason Bargwanna	15	16	20	158
18	Dean Canto	22	1	22	152
19	James Courtney	12	5	Ret	140
20	Todd Kelly	30	28	4	138
21	Paul Radisich	31	6	15	134
22	Jason Bright	5	Ret	28	132
23	Max Wilson	8	19	Ret	128
24	Lee Holdsworth	24	12	24	114
25	Alan Gurr	26	23	17	112
=	Paul Morris	19	21	25	112
27	Brad Jones	27	24	23	82
28	John Bowe	25	Ret	21	80
29	Warren Luff	23	26	27	78
30	Marcus Marshall	28	Ret	26	48
31	Tony Ricciardello	29	27	Ret	28
Source:[9]

Championship standings

Pos.	Driver	Pts	Gap
1	Russell Ingall	780
2	Garth Tander	776	-4
3	Steven Richards	772	-8
4	Rick Kelly	763	-17
5	Craig Lowndes	710	-70