The 2006 V8 Supercar season was the 47th year of touring car racing in Australia since the first runnings of the

Australian Touring Car Championship The Australian Touring Car Championship (ATCC) is a touring car racing award held in Australia since 1960. The series itself is no longer contested, but the title lives on, with the winner of the Repco Supercars Championship awarded the trophy ...

and the fore-runner of the present day

Bathurst 1000 The Bathurst 1000 (formally known as the Repco Bathurst 1000) is a touring car race held annually on the Mount Panorama Circuit in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia. It is currently run as part of the Supercars Championship, the most rece ...

, the Armstrong 500. There were 21 V8 Supercar meetings held during 2006; a thirteen-round series for V8 Supercars, the 2006 V8 Supercar Championship Series (VCS), two of them endurance races; a seven-round second tier V8 Supercar series 2006 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series (FVS) and a V8 Supercar support programme event at the

2006 Australian Grand Prix The 2006 Australian Grand Prix (officially the 2006 Formula 1 Foster's Australian Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held at the Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit in Albert Park, Melbourne on 2 April 2006. The 57-lap race was the 22nd Australia ...

. This was the last season of V8 Supercars broadcast by Network Ten and

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; at the conclusion of 2006 the broadcasting rights were handed over to the

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from 2007 to 2014. However, since 2015 Network Ten and Fox Sports are still permitted to revive their V8 Supercars rights with Ten shows seven events live plus highlights and Fox Sports shows every practice, qualifying and race live.

Season review

Rick Kelly won the championship. It came down to the last race, where Rick Kelly narrowly beat Craig Lowndes for the championship.

Results and standings

Race calendar

The 2006 V8 Supercar season consisted of 21 events.

Panasonic V8 Supercars GP 100

This meeting was a support event of the

Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series

V8 Supercar Championship Series

References

Additional references can be found in linked event/series reports.

External links

Official V8 Supercar site

2006 Racing Results Archive
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