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
Fox Sports
Fox Sports is the brand name for a number of sports channels, broadcast divisions, programming, and other media around the world.
The ''Fox Sports'' name has since been used for other sports media assets. These assets are held mainly by the F ...
; at the conclusion of 2006 the broadcasting rights were handed over to the
Seven Network
The Seven Network (commonly known as Channel Seven or simply Seven) is a major Australian commercial free-to-air television network. It is owned by Seven West Media Limited, and is one of five main free-to-air television networks in Australia ...
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
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 ...
.
Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series
V8 Supercar Championship Series
References
Additional references can be found in linked event/series reports.
External links
Official V8 Supercar site2006 Racing Results Archive
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Supercar seasons