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" events for

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to be held at the Adelaide Parklands Circuit in

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Qualifying

The qualifying for the

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took place on Friday, 24 March 2006. As in the case of most V8 Supercar races, there was a Top Ten Shootout which could make the person that qualified first drop to tenth and vice versa. Kiwi

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, in his Tasman Motorsport Holden qualified first.

Top Ten Shootout

The official name for the winner of the top team shootout winner is the Armor-All Pole Position Award. The Top Ten Shootout also took place on the Friday. The person who finished tenth in qualifying goes first, and First goes last. The drivers get only one lap to record their best time. The

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got a one-two result in this, with

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finishing first and

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finishing second. The Lion (Holden) dominated the top ten shootout with 8 of the 10 drivers driving a VZ Commodore. There were only two Ford's in the Top Ten, Team Triple 888's

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and

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Qualifying

Qualifying

Top Ten Shootout

Qualifying results

Top Ten Shootout results

Race results

Race 1

Race 2

References

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