2006 Atlantic Championship

2006 Champ Car Atlantic season
Yokohama Presents the Champ Car Atlantic Championship Powered by Mazda
Season
Races12
Start dateApril 9
End dateSeptember 2
Awards
Drivers' champion Simon Pagenaud
Teams' champion Forsythe Championship Racing
Rookie of the Year Simon Pagenaud

The 2006 Champ Car Atlantic season was the 33rd season of the Champ Car Atlantic Championship. It began April 9 at Long Beach and concluded September 24 at Road America. The Yokohama Presents the Champ Car Atlantic Championship Powered by Mazda Drivers' Champion was Simon Pagenaud driving for Team Australia.

Teams and drivers

Team No Drivers Races
Condor Motorsports 1 Danilo Dirani (R) All
Jensen MotorSport 2 Tim Bridgman (R) All
22 Steve Ott (R) 2, 4-6
Ricardo Vassmer (R) 9-10
Forsythe Racing 3 James Hinchcliffe (R) All
7 Leonardo Maia (R) All
33 Richard Philippe (R) All
37 Andreas Wirth All
US RaceTronics 4 David Martínez All
Team Australia 5 James Davison (R) 1-10
Michael Patrizi (R) 11-12
15 Simon Pagenaud (R) All
Sierra Sierra Enterprises 6 Raphael Matos (R) All
Brooks Associates Racing 8 Luis Schiavo (R) 1-3
Carlos Mastretta 3-9
Antoine Bessette 11
10 Norbert Siedler (R) 1-3
Alex Sperafico (R) 4-12
McAtee Motorsports 9 Kyle Kelley 1, 4
19 Brian McAtee 1, 9-10
Brian Thienes 11-12
Polestar Racing Group 12 Alan Sciuto (R) All
21 Alex Barron 1-10
Ronnie Bremer 11
Antoine Bessette 12
Gelles Racing 14 Stephen Simpson (R) 1-3
Antoine Bessette 4
Colin Fleming (R) 9-12
28 Robbie Pecorari (R) All
31 Casey Neal (R) 11
42 Phil Giebler (R) 9
Transnet Racing 16 Charles Hall 1-3
Alex García 4-6
17 Barton Mawer 2-4
Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 18 Graham Rahal (R) All
30 Al Unser III 1-3
Ryan Lewis (R) 4-12
PR1 Motorsports 23 Jonathan Bomarito All
32 Mike Forest (R) 1, 7-8, 10, 12
NCDL Tech 25 Ryan Spencer-Smith (R) 1-2
Mathiasen Motorsports 26 Justin Sofio All
Newman Wachs Racing 34 Joe D'Agostino (R) All
35 Daniel Gaunt (R) 1-6
Steve Ott (R) 7-11
36 J. R. Hildebrand (R) 12
The Room Store 49 Dan Selznick 1-2, 10
Bite Racing 55 Duncan Ende (R) 1, 4-7
56 Chris Souliotis 2-3

Schedule

Rd Date Race name Track Location
1 April 9 2006 Imperial Capital Bank Atlantic Race Streets of Long Beach Long Beach, California
2 May 13 2006 Fast Trac 100 Streets of Houston Houston, Texas
3 May 21 2006 Atlantic Grand Prix of Monterrey Fundidora Park Monterrey, Mexico
4 June 18 2006 Trinity Carpet 100K Portland International Raceway Portland, Oregon
5 June 24 2006 Gehl Atlantic Championship of Cleveland Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport Cleveland, Ohio
6 June 25
7 July 9 2006 Atlantic Grand Prix of Toronto Exhibition Place Toronto, Ontario
8 July 23 2006 Atlantic Grand Prix of Edmonton Edmonton City Centre Airport Edmonton, Alberta
9 July 30 2006 Atlantic Grand Prix of San José Streets of San Jose San Jose, California
10 August 13 2006 Atlantic Grand Prix of Denver Streets of Denver Denver, Colorado
11 August 27 2006 Atlantic Grand Prix of Montréal Circuit Gilles Villeneuve Montreal, Quebec
12 September 24 2006 Gehl Championship Finale Road America Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin

Race results

Rd Race Name Pole position Fastest lap Race winner
Driver Team
1 Streets of Long Beach Andreas Wirth Raphael Matos Andreas Wirth Forsythe Championship Racing
2 Streets of Houston Raphael Matos Jonathan Bomarito Andreas Wirth Forsythe Championship Racing
3 Fundidora Park Graham Rahal Graham Rahal Graham Rahal Mi-Jack Conquest Racing
4 Portland International Raceway Graham Rahal Joe D'Agostino James Hinchcliffe Forsythe Championship Racing
5 Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport Andreas Wirth Graham Rahal Graham Rahal Mi-Jack Conquest Racing
6 Simon Pagenaud Andreas Wirth Graham Rahal Mi-Jack Conquest Racing
7 Exhibition Place Graham Rahal Graham Rahal Robbie Pecorari Gelles Racing
8 Edmonton City Centre Airport Raphael Matos Simon Pagenaud Simon Pagenaud Team Australia
9 Streets of San Jose Raphael Matos Graham Rahal Raphael Matos Sierra Sierra Enterprises
10 Streets of Denver Graham Rahal Graham Rahal Graham Rahal Mi-Jack Conquest Racing
11 Circuit Gilles Villeneuve James Hinchcliffe Antoine Bessette Graham Rahal Mi-Jack Conquest Racing
12 Road America Raphael Matos Raphael Matos Jonathan Bomarito PR1 Motorsports

Championship standings

Drivers' Championship

Scoring system

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th   15th   16th   17th   18th   19th   20th 
Points 31 27 25 23 21 19 17 15 13 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
  • The fastest driver in each qualifying session was awarded one additional point.
  • The driver who set the fastest lap in a race was awarded one additional point
  • The driver that gained the most positions from his starting spot was awarded one additional point.
Pos Driver LBH HOU MTY POR CLE TOR EDM SJO DEN MTL ROA Pts
1 Simon Pagenaud  RY  4 2 2 23 2 5 4 1 9 3 2 17 258
2 Graham Rahal  R  5 15 1 27 1 1 15 2 12 1 1 20 242
3 Andreas Wirth 1 1 6 3 3 18 16 3 18 5 12 3 227
4 Raphael Matos  R  2 11 23 6 5 22 9 20 1 2 7 2 205
5 David Martínez 12 8 3 7↑ 10 10 8 12 6 10 4 9 179
6 Jonathan Bomarito 23 3 4 14 4 8 2 6 16 16 15 1 178
7 Danilo Dirani  R  6 5 14 5 8 23 14 5 3 8 13 6 178
8 Alan Sciuto  R  10 6 7 4 15 9↑ 17 11 15 4 6 8 167
9 Leonardo Maia  R  9 9 10 9 7 6 10 17 5 12 5 12 161
10 James Hinchcliffe  R  3 4 16 1 17 19 6 23 25 7 3 16 160
11 Robbie Pecorari  R  7 18 18 15 24 4 1 10 21 6 11 4 147
12 Joe D'Agostino  R  11↑ 12 9 24 9 7 7 7 22 18 16 7 123
13 Ryan Lewis  R  2 19 15 3↑ 22 2 24 24 5 110
14 Alex Barron 8 22 8 16 14 11 5 15 14 11 96
15 Richard Philippe  R  28 20 17 21 11 2 18 4 17 20 9 23 86
16 Tim Bridgman  R  24 19 24 10 12↑ 20 19 8 4 21 17↑ 18 72
17 James Davison  R  13 10 21 25 13 13 12 13 7 22 69
18 Justin Sofio 27 25 19 17 20 16 13 19 8↑ 13↑ 22 14 54
19 Steve Ott  R  7↑ 20 23 3 21 21 20 23 18 48
20 Colin Fleming  R  9 24 9 10 13 45
21 Carlos Mastretta  R  13 6 24 20 18 10 42
22 Alex Sperafico  R  22 16 12 11 16 23 25 19 11 41
23 Mike Forest  R  DNS DNS 14↑ 14 10↑ 27
24 Daniel Gaunt  R  20 DNS 15 8 22 21 22
25 Stephen Simpson  R  25 27 5 21
26 Michael Patrizi  R  8 15 21
27 Barton Mawer  R  14 20 11 18
28 Luis Schiavo  R  15 26 11 16
29 Norbert Siedler  R  18 21 12↑ 13
30 Charles Hall 22 16 13 13
31 Alex García 18 18 14 13
32 Brian McAtee 21 13 17 12
33 Phil Giebler  R  11 10
34 Antoine Bessette 12 21 21 10
35 Dan Selznick 17 24 15 10
36 Kyle Kelley 14 19 9
37 Duncan Ende  R  16 26 21 17 DNS 9
38 Ryan Spencer-Smith  R  26 13 8
39 Ronnie Bremer 14 7
40 Chris Souliotis 17 22 4
41 Ricardo Vassmer  R  19 19 4
42 J. R. Hildebrand  R  19 2
43 Al Unser III 19 23 Wth 2
44 Brian Thienes  R  20 22 1
Casey Neal  R  23 0
Pos Driver LBH HOU MTY POR CLE TOR EDM SJO DEN MTL ROA Pts
Color Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green 4th & 5th place
Light Blue 6th–10th place
Dark Blue Finished (Outside Top 10)
Purple Did not finish
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Brown Withdrawn (Wth)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Blank Did not

participate (DNP)

Not competing
In-line notation
Bold Pole position (1 point)
Italics Ran fastest race lap
↑ Improved the most places
 R  Rookie
 RY  Rookie of the Year

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