The 2006 Betta Electrical 500 was an endurance motor race for V8 Supercars. The race was held on 3 September 2006 at Sandown International Raceway in Victoria, Australia, and was the eighth round of the 2006 V8 Supercar Championship Series. It was the 39th in a sequence of "Sandown long distances races"[1] which are commonly referred to under the Sandown 500 name.
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| Round 8 of 13 in the 2006 V8 Supercar Championship Series | ||||||||||||||
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| Date | 1–3 September 2006 | |||||||||||||
| Location | Melbourne, Victoria | |||||||||||||
| Venue | Sandown International Raceway | |||||||||||||
| Weather | Fine | |||||||||||||
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The race was won by Jason Bright and Mark Winterbottom driving a Ford BA Falcon for Ford Performance Racing.
Top ten shootout
editResults as follows:[2]
| Pos | No | Team | Driver | Car | Time |
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| Pole | 2 | Holden Racing Team |  Garth Tander
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Holden VZ Commodore | 1:10.6102 |
| 2 | 888 | Team Betta Electrical | Craig Lowndes
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Ford BA Falcon | 1:11.3471 |
| 3 | 6 | Ford Performance Racing | Jason Bright
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Ford BA Falcon | 1:11.4215 |
| 4 | 8 | WPS Racing |  Max Wilson
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Ford BA Falcon | 1:11.4708 |
| 5 | 10 | WPS Racing | Jason Bargwanna
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Ford BA Falcon | 1:11.6196 |
| 6 | 4 | Stone Brothers Racing | James Courtney
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Ford BA Falcon | 1:11.7777 |
| 7 | 22 | Holden Racing Team | Ryan Briscoe
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Holden VZ Commodore | 1:11.7804 |
| 8 | 3 | Tasman Motorsport |  Jason Richards
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Holden VZ Commodore | 1:11.8630 |
| 9 | 17 | Dick Johnson Racing | Steven Johnson
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Ford BA Falcon | 1:11.8683 |
| 10 | 55 | Rod Nash Racing | Steve Owen
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Holden VZ Commodore | 1:12.3719 |
Official results
editResults as follows:[3]
References
edit- ^ CAMS Online Manual of Motor Sport > About CAMS > Titles - Australian Titles Archived 3 May 2009 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 19 April 2012
- ^ "Betta Electrical 500 - 2006 V8 Supercar Series, Rd8 Sandown International Motor Raceway V8 Supercars - Top Ten Shootout". National Software. 2 September 2006. Archived from the original on 29 July 2008. Retrieved 3 July 2008.
- ^ "Betta Electrical 500 - 2006 V8 Supercar Series, Rd8 Sandown International Motor Raceway V8 Supercars - Betta Electrical 500". National Software. 3 September 2006. Archived from the original on 29 July 2008. Retrieved 3 July 2008.
Statistics
edit- Provisional pole position - #22 Ryan Briscoe - 1:10.8590
- Pole position - #2 Garth Tander - 1:10.6102
- Fastest lap - #2 Garth Tander - 1:11.7104
- Average race speed - 148 km/h
External links
edit- Official race results Archived 21 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- Official V8 Supercar website
| Supercars Championship | ||
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| Previous race: 2006 Oran Park round of the V8 Supercar Championship |
2006 Supercars Championship | Next race: 2006 Supercheap Auto 1000 |
| Previous year: 2005 Betta Electrical 500 |
Sandown 500 | Next year: 2007 Just Car Insurance 500 |