2006 West Edmonton Mall Grand Prix of Edmonton

The 2006 West Edmonton Mall Grand Prix of Edmonton was the eighth round of the 2006 Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford season, held on July 23, 2006, at JAGFlo Speedway, a temporary track laid out at City Centre Airport in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Sébastien Bourdais took the pole but the race was won by Justin Wilson.

2006 West Edmonton Mall Grand Prix of Edmonton

Race details
Race 8 of 14 in the 2006 Champ Car season
Date	July 23, 2006
Official name	West Edmonton Mall Grand Prix Presented by The Brick
Location	JAGFlo Speedway Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Course	Temporary Airport Course 1.973 mi / 3.175 km
Distance	85 laps 167.705 mi / 269.875 km
Weather	Sunny with temperatures reaching up to 34.5 °C (94.1 °F); wind speeds remained calm throughout the event
Pole position
Driver	Sébastien Bourdais ( Newman/Haas Racing)
Time	58.560
Fastest lap
Driver	Justin Wilson ( RuSPORT)
Time	59.200 (on lap 82 of 85)
Podium
First	Justin Wilson ( RuSPORT)
Second	Sébastien Bourdais ( Newman/Haas Racing)
Third	A. J. Allmendinger ( Forsythe Championship Racing)

Qualifying results

Pos	Nat	Name	Team	Qual 1	Qual 2	Best
1		Sébastien Bourdais	Newman/Haas Racing	59.895	58.560	58.560
2		Paul Tracy	Forsythe Racing	1:00.067	58.622	58.622
3		Justin Wilson	RuSPORT	1:00.251	58.665	58.665
4		A. J. Allmendinger	Forsythe Racing	1:03.971	58.893	58.893
5		Oriol Servià	PKV Racing	1:01.321	59.324	59.324
6		Nelson Philippe	CTE Racing-HVM	1:00.675	59.510	59.510
7		Will Power (R)	Team Australia	—	59.539	59.539
8		Andrew Ranger	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	1:01.672	1:00.071	1:00.071
9		Bruno Junqueira	Newman/Haas Racing	1:00.085	1:06.279	1:00.085
10		Mario Domínguez	Dale Coyne Racing	1:01.647	1:00.106	1:00.106
11		Alex Tagliani	Team Australia	1:01.461	1:00.110	1:00.110
12		Jan Heylen (R)	Dale Coyne Racing	1:01.603	1:00.199	1:00.199
13		Charles Zwolsman Jr. (R)	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	1:01.393	1:00.291	1:00.291
14		Cristiano da Matta	RuSPORT	1:00.412	1:00.305	1:00.305
15		Katherine Legge (R)	PKV Racing	1:01.417	1:00.358	1:00.358
16		Nicky Pastorelli (R)	Rocketsports Racing	1:01.760	1:00.978	1:00.978
17		Dan Clarke (R)	CTE Racing-HVM	1:01.215	—	1:01.215
18		Tõnis Kasemets (R)	Rocketsports Racing	1:02.755	1:01.704	1:01.704

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	9	Justin Wilson	RuSPORT	85	1:40:30.635	3	33
2	1	Sébastien Bourdais	Newman/Haas Racing	85	+5.319 secs	1	30
3	7	A. J. Allmendinger	Forsythe Racing	85	+9.946 secs	4	25
4	6	Oriol Servià	PKV Racing	85	+12.650 secs	5	23
5	3	Paul Tracy	Forsythe Racing	85	+16.609 secs	2	22
6	5	Will Power (R)	Team Australia	85	+27.803 secs	7	19
7	27	Andrew Ranger	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	84	+ 1 Lap	8	17
8	19	Mario Domínguez	Dale Coyne Racing	84	+ 1 Lap	10	15
9	14	Dan Clarke (R)	CTE Racing-HVM	84	+ 1 Lap	17	14
10	34	Charles Zwolsman Jr. (R)	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	82	+ 3 Laps	13	11
11	18	Tõnis Kasemets (R)	Rocketsports Racing	82	+ 3 Laps	18	10
12	15	Alex Tagliani	Team Australia	78	Contact	11	9
13	20	Katherine Legge (R)	PKV Racing	73	+ 12 Laps	15	8
14	4	Nelson Philippe	CTE Racing-HVM	69	Contact	6	7
15	2	Bruno Junqueira	Newman/Haas Racing	54	Gearbox	9	6
16	11	Jan Heylen (R)	Dale Coyne Racing	10	Contact	12	5
17	8	Nicky Pastorelli (R)	Rocketsports Racing	4	Contact	16	4
18	10	Cristiano da Matta	RuSPORT	0	Contact	14	3

Caution flags

Laps	Cause
1-3	Junqueira (2) & da Matta (10) crash
5-9	Pastorelli (8) crash; Heylen (11) crash
65-69	Tagliani (15) crash
70-72	Philippe (4) crash

Notes

Laps Leader 1-35 Sébastien Bourdais 36-37 Paul Tracy 38-53 Sébastien Bourdais 54-60 Justin Wilson 61-64 Sébastien Bourdais 65-85 Justin Wilson

Driver Laps led Sébastien Bourdais 55 Justin Wilson 28 Paul Tracy 2

• New Track Record Sébastien Bourdais 58.560 (Qualification Session #2)
• New Race Lap Record Justin Wilson 59.200
• New Race Record Justin Wilson 1:40:30.635
• Average Speed 100.112 mph

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

	Pos	Driver	Points
	1	Sébastien Bourdais	221
1	2	Justin Wilson	198
1	3	A. J. Allmendinger	193
2	4	Paul Tracy	130
	5	Andrew Ranger	127

• Note: Only the top five positions are included.

External links

• Friday Qualifying Results
• Saturday Qualifying Results Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
• Race Results
• Weather Information

Previous race: 2006 Molson Grand Prix of Toronto	Champ Car World Series 2006 season	Next race: 2006 Canary Foundation Grand Prix of San Jose
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