2006 Grand Prix of Cleveland

The 2006 Grand Prix of Cleveland was the sixth round of the 2006 Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford season, held on June 25, 2006 at Burke Lakefront Airport in Cleveland, Ohio. It was the 25th anniversary edition of the event. A. J. Allmendinger took the pole and the win, his second consecutive victory.

2006 Cleveland

Race details
Race 6 of 14 in the 2006 Champ Car season
Date	June 25, 2006
Official name	Grand Prix of Cleveland presented by U.S. Bank
Location	Burke Lakefront Airport Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Course	Temporary Airport Course 2.106 mi / 3.389 km
Distance	95 laps 200.070 mi / 321.955 km
Weather	Temperatures reaching up to 73.9 °F (23.3 °C); wind speeds reaching up to 8.9 miles per hour (14.3 km/h)
Pole position
Driver	A. J. Allmendinger (Forsythe Championship Racing)
Time	56.283
Fastest lap
Driver	Nelson Philippe (CTE Racing-HVM)
Time	57.508 (on lap 91 of 95)
Podium
First	A. J. Allmendinger (Forsythe Championship Racing)
Second	Bruno Junqueira (Newman/Haas Racing)
Third	Oriol Servià (PKV Racing)

Logo for the 2006 Grand Prix of Cleveland

Qualifying results

Pos	Nat	Name	Team	Qual 1	Qual 2	Best
1		A. J. Allmendinger	Forsythe Racing	56.965	56.283	56.283
2		Sébastien Bourdais	Newman/Haas Racing	56.851	56.638	56.638
3		Justin Wilson	RuSPORT	57.312	56.651	56.651
4		Oriol Servià	PKV Racing	57.782	56.855	56.855
5		Paul Tracy	Forsythe Racing	57.011	57.604	57.011
6		Nelson Philippe	CTE Racing-HVM	57.779	57.162	57.162
7		Bruno Junqueira	Newman/Haas Racing	57.564	57.178	57.178
8		Alex Tagliani	Team Australia	57.931	57.401	57.401
9		Will Power	Team Australia	58.115	57.538	57.538
10		Cristiano da Matta	RuSPORT	58.499	57.570	57.570
11		Dan Clarke	CTE Racing-HVM	59.372	57.619	57.619
12		Andrew Ranger	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	58.585	57.772	57.772
13		Charles Zwolsman Jr.	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	58.859	58.023	58.023
14		Katherine Legge	PKV Racing	58.722	58.048	58.048
15		Nicky Pastorelli	Rocketsports Racing	59.410	58.179	58.179
16		Jan Heylen	Dale Coyne Racing	58.532	58.261	58.261
17		Mario Domínguez	Dale Coyne Racing	58.801	—	58.801
18		Tõnis Kasemets	Rocketsports Racing	1:00.530	59.549	59.549

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	7	A. J. Allmendinger	Forsythe Racing	95	2:00:22.619	1	33
2	2	Bruno Junqueira	Newman/Haas Racing	95	+3.279 secs	7	28
3	6	Oriol Servià	PKV Racing	95	+3.505 secs	4	26
4	15	Alex Tagliani	Team Australia	95	+6.708 secs	8	24
5	11	Jan Heylen	Dale Coyne Racing	95	+11.031 secs	16	22
6	19	Mario Domínguez	Dale Coyne Racing	94	Contact	17	19
7	14	Dan Clarke	CTE Racing-HVM	94	Contact	11	17
8	20	Katherine Legge	PKV Racing	94	+ 1 Lap	14	15
9	5	Will Power	Team Australia	94	+ 1 Lap	9	13
10	4	Nelson Philippe	CTE Racing-HVM	93	+ 2 Laps	6	13
11	27	Andrew Ranger	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	92	+ 3 Laps	12	10
12	18	Tõnis Kasemets	Rocketsports Racing	91	+ 4 Laps	18	9
13	9	Justin Wilson	RuSPORT	77	Contact	3	8
14	10	Cristiano da Matta	RuSPORT	75	+ 20 Laps	10	7
15	34	Charles Zwolsman Jr.	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	68	Steering	13	6
16	3	Paul Tracy	Forsythe Racing	41	Contact	5	5
17	8	Nicky Pastorelli	Rocketsports Racing	22	Contact	15	4
18	1	Sébastien Bourdais	Newman/Haas Racing	0	Contact	2	4

Caution flags

Laps	Cause
1-10	Bourdais (1), Tracy (3) & Ranger (27) crash
11-12	Zwolsman (34) spin, stall
23-26	Tracy (3) & Pastorelli (8) crash
38-40	Kasemets (18) spin, stall
43-47	Tracy (3) crash
48	Yellow restart
63-65	Ranger (27) spin, stall
66	Yellow restart
78-83	Wilson (9) crash; Philippe (4) off course

Notes

Laps Leader 1-23 Oriol Servià 24-26 Bruno Junqueira 27-38 A. J. Allmendinger 39-54 Alex Tagliani 55 Nelson Philippe 56-63 A. J. Allmendinger 64-71 Bruno Junqueira 72-77 Nelson Philippe 78-79 Alex Tagliani 80-95 A. J. Allmendinger

Driver Laps led A. J. Allmendinger 36 Oriol Servià 23 Alex Tagliani 18 Bruno Junqueira 11 Nelson Philippe 7

• New Track Record A. J. Allmendinger 56.283 (Qualification Session #2)
• New Race Lap Record Nelson Philippe 57.508
• New Race Record A. J. Allmendinger 2:00:22.619
• Average Speed 99.722 mph

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

	Pos	Driver	Points
	1	Sébastien Bourdais	166
	2	Justin Wilson	140
	3	A. J. Allmendinger	135
	4	Andrew Ranger	99
1	5	Mario Domínguez	95

• Note: Only the top five positions are included.

External links

• Friday Qualifying Results Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
• Saturday Qualifying Results Archived 2016-03-05 at the Wayback Machine
• Race Results