2006 Rolex Sports Car Series

The 2006 Rolex Sports Car Series season was the seventh season of the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series presented by Crown Royal Special Reserve. The 15-race championship was competed with Daytona Prototype (DP) and Grand Touring (GT) class cars. It began January 28, 2006 and ended September 2, 2006. Infineon Raceway was added, breaking the record for most races. Mont Tremblant was dropped for Miller Motorsports Park, leaving Hermanos Rodríguez as the only race outside the US. Long Beach Street Circuit was added.

Schedule

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Rnd Race Circuit Date
1   Rolex 24 at Daytona Daytona International Speedway January 28
January 29
2   Mexico City 400 km Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez March 4
3   Linder-Komatsu Grand Prix of Miami Homestead-Miami Speedway March 25
4   Crown Royal Grand American Challenge 1 Long Beach Street Circuit April 8
5   VIRginia 400 km Virginia International Raceway April 23
6   U.S. Sportscar Invitational Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca May 7
7   The GAINSCO Grand Prix Phoenix International Raceway May 13
8   Rolex GT Series Challenge 2 Lime Rock Park May 29
9   Sahlen's Six Hours of The Glen Watkins Glen International June 3
10   EMCO Gears Classic Mid-Ohio June 24
11   Brumos Porsche 250 Daytona International Speedway June 29
12   Porsche 250 Barber Motorsports Park July 30
13   Crown Royal 200 at The Glen 1 Watkins Glen International August 11
14   Sonoma 400 km Infineon Raceway August 26
15   Discount Tire Sunchaser (9 Hours) Miller Motorsports Park September 2
  • 1: Only the DP class participated in this event, no GT class.
  • 2: Only the GT class participated in this event, no DP class.

Season results

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Rnd Circuit DP Winning Team GT Winning Team Results
DP Winning Drivers GT Winning Drivers
1 Daytona   #02 Chip Ganassi Racing   #36 TPC Racing Results
  Casey Mears
  Dan Wheldon
  Scott Dixon
  Randy Pobst
  Ian Baas
  Spencer Pumpelly
  Michael Levitas
2 Mexico City   #01 Chip Ganassi Racing   #64 The Racer's Group Results
  Scott Pruett
  Luis Diaz
  Kelly Collins
  Paul Edwards
3 Homestead   #23 Alex Job Racing   #64 The Racer's Group Results
  Mike Rockenfeller
  Patrick Long
  Kelly Collins
  Paul Edwards
4 Long Beach   #01 Chip Ganassi Racing Did Not Participate Results
  Scott Pruett
  Luis Diaz
5 Virginia   #23 Alex Job Racing   #65 The Racer's Group Results
  Mike Rockenfeller
  Patrick Long
  Andy Lally
  R.J. Valentine
  Marc Bunting
6 Laguna Seca   #10 SunTrust Racing   #72 Tafel Racing Results
  Max Angelelli
  Jan Magnussen
  Wayne Taylor
  Wolf Henzler
  Robin Liddell
7 Phoenix   #01 Chip Ganassi Racing   #64 The Racer's Group Results
  Scott Pruett
  Luis Diaz
  Kelly Collins
  Paul Edwards
8 Lime Rock Did Not Participate   #65 The Racer's Group Results
  Andy Lally
  R.J. Valentine
  Marc Bunting
9 Watkins Glen   #76 Krohn Racing   #72 Tafel Racing Results
  Boris Said
  Jörg Bergmeister
  Wolf Henzler
  Robin Liddell
10 Mid-Ohio   #12 Fernández Racing   #72 Tafel Racing Results
  Adrian Fernández
  Mário Haberfeld
  Wolf Henzler
  Robin Liddell
11 Daytona   #76 Krohn Racing   #65 The Racer's Group Results
  Jörg Bergmeister
  Colin Braun
  Andy Lally
  R.J. Valentine
  Marc Bunting
12 Barber   #76 Krohn Racing   #65 The Racer's Group Results
  Jörg Bergmeister
  Colin Braun
  Andy Lally
  R.J. Valentine
  Marc Bunting
13 Watkins Glen   #01 Chip Ganassi Racing Did Not Participate Results
  Scott Pruett
  Luis Diaz
14 Infineon   #01 Chip Ganassi Racing   #72 Tafel Racing Results
  Scott Pruett
  Luis Diaz
  Wolf Henzler
  Robin Liddell
15 Miller   #60 Michael Shank Racing   #65 The Racer's Group Results
  Mark Patterson
  Oswaldo Negri
  Scott Pruett
  Andy Lally
  Marc Bunting
  Spencer Pumpelly
  Paul Edwards

Championship standings

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Source:[1]

Daytona Prototypes

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Drivers (Top 20)

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Pos Driver Points
1   Jörg Bergmeister 462
2   Scott Pruett 446
  Luis Díaz
3   Max Angelelli 431
4   Colin Braun 382
5   Mike Rockenfeller 380
6   Mark Patterson 379
7   Michael McDowell 377
8   Oswaldo Negri 364
9   Rob Finlay 362
  Michael Valiante
10   Patrick Long 359
11   Alex Gurney 355
12   Butch Leitzinger 341
  Andy Wallace
13   Mario Haberfeld 332
14   Darren Law 332
  David Donohue
15   Adrián Fernández 326
16   Ryan Dalziel 324
  Alex Figge
17   Mike Borkowski 318
18   Christian Fittipaldi 313
19   Jon Fogarty 308
20   Harrison Brix 287

Grand Touring

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Drivers (Top 10)

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Pos Driver Points
1   Andy Lally 509
  Marc Bunting
2   Wolf Henzler 498
  Robin Liddell
3   Paul Edwards 451
  Kelly Collins
4   Eric Lux 365
5   Leh Keen 363
  David Murry
6   Andrew Davis 351
7   Robert Nearn 335
  Steve Johnson
8   Jim Tafel 332
9   Peter MacLeod 296
  Gene Sigal
10   Ian James 295

References

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