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.
| 2006 Rolex Sports Car Series | |||
| Previous: | 2005 | Next: | 2007 |
Schedule
| 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
| 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 |
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| 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 Mario 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 |
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| 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
Source:[1]
Drivers (Top 20)
| 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 |
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| 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 |
Drivers (Top 10)
| 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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