The 2006 Canary Foundation Grand Prix of San Jose was the ninth round of the 2006 Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford season, held on July 30, 2006 on the streets of

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Sébastien Bourdais Sébastien Olivier Bourdais (born 28 February 1979) is a French professional racing driver. He is one of the most successful drivers in the history of American open-wheel car racing, having won 37 races. He won four successive championships u ...

dominated the weekend, taking the pole, fastest lap and race win. Finishing second was 2002 CART champion

Cristiano da Matta Cristiano Monteiro da Matta (born 19 September 1973) is a Brazilian former professional racing driver. He won the CART Championship in 2002, and drove in Formula One with the Toyota team from 2003 to 2004. Career biography Origins and early car ...

in what turned out to be his final

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event. On August 3 da Matta was severely injured while testing at Road America in

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when he collided with a deer on the track. While da Matta recovered to return to racing in 2008, competing in the

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, he has not competed in open wheel racing since. The race is also notable for a shoving match between Canadians

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and

Alex Tagliani Alexandre Tagliani (; born October 18, 1973), nicknamed "Tag", is a Canadian professional racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Pinty’s Series, driving the No. 18 Chevrolet Camaro for 22 Racing. Tagliani has competed in a variety ...

in the pits after Tracy crashed into Tagliani while trying to return to the race course from an escape road, ending both their races.

Qualifying results

Race

was penalized 7 points and fined an undisclosed amount for causing avoidable contact and bringing the sport into disrepute for his part in the accident and subsequent shoving match with

. He was also placed on probation for the following 3 races (

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and Road America). Tagliani was also fined an undisclosed amount.

Caution flags

Notes

* New Track Record

48.989 (Qualification Session #2) * New Race Lap Record

49.678 * New Race Record

1:38:00.168 * Average Speed 85.694 mph

Championship standings after the race

;Drivers' Championship standings * Note: Only the top five positions are included.

References

External links

Friday Qualifying Results

Saturday Qualifying Results

Da Matta Injured in Collision With Deer

Post Race Penalties
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