2006 Betta Electrical 500

The 2006 Betta Electrical 500 was an endurance motor race for V8 Supercars. The race was held on 3 September 2006 at Sandown International Raceway in Victoria, Australia, and was the eighth round of the 2006 V8 Supercar Championship Series. It was the 39th in a sequence of "Sandown long distances races"^[1] which are commonly referred to under the Sandown 500 name.

2006 Betta Electrical 500

Event Information
Round 8 of 13 in the 2006 V8 Supercar Championship Series
Date	1–3 September 2006
Location	Melbourne, Victoria
Venue	Sandown International Raceway
Weather	Fine
Results
Race 1 Distance 161 laps 500 km Pole position Garth Tander Holden Racing Team 1:10.6102 Winner Jason Bright Mark Winterbottom Ford Performance Racing 3:22:16.2954
Round Results First Jason Bright Mark Winterbottom Ford Performance Racing 320 pts Second Rick Kelly Todd Kelly HSV Dealer Team 310 pts Third Craig Lowndes Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering 300 pts

The race was won by Jason Bright and Mark Winterbottom driving a Ford BA Falcon for Ford Performance Racing.

Top ten shootout

Results as follows:^[2]

Pos	No	Team	Driver	Car	Time
Pole	2	Holden Racing Team	Garth Tander	Holden VZ Commodore	1:10.6102
2	888	Team Betta Electrical	Craig Lowndes	Ford BA Falcon	1:11.3471
3	6	Ford Performance Racing	Jason Bright	Ford BA Falcon	1:11.4215
4	8	WPS Racing	Max Wilson	Ford BA Falcon	1:11.4708
5	10	WPS Racing	Jason Bargwanna	Ford BA Falcon	1:11.6196
6	4	Stone Brothers Racing	James Courtney	Ford BA Falcon	1:11.7777
7	22	Holden Racing Team	Ryan Briscoe	Holden VZ Commodore	1:11.7804
8	3	Tasman Motorsport	Jason Richards	Holden VZ Commodore	1:11.8630
9	17	Dick Johnson Racing	Steven Johnson	Ford BA Falcon	1:11.8683
10	55	Rod Nash Racing	Steve Owen	Holden VZ Commodore	1:12.3719

Official results

Results as follows:^[3]

Pos	No	Team	Drivers	Car	Laps	Qual Pos	Shootout Pos	Series Points
1	6	Ford Performance Racing	Jason Bright Mark Winterbottom	Ford BA Falcon	161	3	3	320
2	15	Toll HSV Dealer Team	Rick Kelly Todd Kelly	Holden VZ Commodore	161	12		310
3	888	Team Betta Electrical	Craig Lowndes Jamie Whincup	Ford BA Falcon	161	5	2	300
4	17	Dick Johnson Racing	Steven Johnson Will Davison	Ford BA Falcon	161	8	9	290
5	14	Team BOC	John Bowe Brad Jones	Ford BA Falcon	161	23		280
6	34	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Dean Canto Lee Holdsworth	Holden VZ Commodore	161	11		270
7	10	WPS Racing	Jason Bargwanna Craig Baird	Ford BA Falcon	160	10	5	260
8	67	Team Sirromet Wines	Paul Morris Steve Ellery	Holden VZ Commodore	160	DSQ		250
9	4	Stone Brothers Racing	James Courtney Glenn Seton	Ford BA Falcon	160	9	6	240
10	50	Supercheap Auto Racing	Nathan Pretty Paul Weel	Holden VZ Commodore	160	28		230
11	8	WPS Racing	Max Wilson David Besnard	Ford BA Falcon	160	6	4	220
12	55	Autobarn Racing	Steve Owen Tony Longhurst	Holden VZ Commodore	159	7	10	210
13	021	Team Kiwi Racing	Paul Radisich Fabian Coulthard	Holden VZ Commodore	159	26		200
14	18	Dick Johnson Racing	Alex Davison Grant Denyer	Ford BA Falcon	159	13		190
15	5	Ford Performance Racing	Matt Halliday Cameron McLean	Ford BA Falcon	159	14		180
16	16	Toll HSV Dealer Team	Anthony Tratt Tony D'Alberto	Holden VZ Commodore	159	18		170
17	88	Team Betta Electrical	Richard Lyons Allan Simonsen	Ford BA Falcon	159	17		160
18	12	Team BOC	Dale Brede Mark Porter	Ford BA Falcon	158	25		150
19	39	Team Sirromet Wines	Alan Gurr Kayne Scott	Holden VZ Commodore	158	29		140
20	33	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Greg Ritter Phillip Scifleet	Holden VZ Commodore	157	19		130
21	22	Holden Racing Team	Jim Richards Ryan Briscoe	Holden VZ Commodore	157	1	7	120
22	26	Fujitsu Racing	José Fernández Tony Ricciardello	Ford BA Falcon	156	30		110
23	25	Fujitsu Racing	Warren Luff Adam Macrow	Ford BA Falcon	155	22		100
24	11	Jack Daniel's Racing	Jack Perkins Shane Price	Holden VZ Commodore	154	20		90
25	20	Paul Cruickshank Racing	Marcus Marshall Jonathon Webb	Ford BA Falcon	153	27		80
26	2	Holden Racing Team	Mark Skaife Garth Tander	Holden VZ Commodore	149	2	1	70
27	1	Stone Brothers Racing	Russell Ingall Luke Youlden	Ford BA Falcon	141	15		60
28	7	Jack Daniel's Racing	Steven Richards Paul Dumbrell	Holden VZ Commodore	139	16		50
29	51	Supercheap Auto Racing	Greg Murphy Cameron McConville	Holden VZ Commodore	139	24		40
30	3	Tasman Motorsport	Jason Richards Andrew Jones	Holden VZ Commodore	133	4	8	30
DNF	23	Tasman Motorsport	Owen Kelly Mark Noske	Holden VZ Commodore	75	21