The 2006 Grand Prix of Road America was the twelfth round of the 2006 Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford season, held on September 24, 2006 at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. Dan Clarke took the pole, the first and only of his Champ Car career. A. J. Allmendinger won the race, his fifth and last win of the year and his Champ Car career. The event is most remembered for a horrific crash involving Katherine Legge that resulted a 42-minute red flag. The rear wing on her car failed just before the high speed Turn 11 Kink, the unexpected loss of downforce caused her to crash violently into the catch fence, demolishing the car. Legge was uninjured in the incident.
Qualifying results
Pos Nat Name Team Qual 1 Qual 2 Best 1 Dan Clarke CTE Racing-HVM 1:55.123— 1:55.123 2 Sébastien Bourdais Newman/Haas Racing 1:58.945 2:06.460 1:58.945 3 Charles Zwolsman Jr. Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 1:55.599 2:11.121 1:55.599 4 Alex Tagliani Team Australia 1:57.517 2:09.891 1:57.517 5 A. J. Allmendinger Forsythe Racing 1:58.507 2:07.969 1:58.507 6 Justin Wilson RuSPORT 1:59.076 2:06.994 1:59.076 7 Will Power Team Australia 1:59.286 2:07.683 1:59.286 8 Katherine Legge PKV Racing 1:59.388 2:12.916 1:59.388 9 Andrew Ranger Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 1:59.486 4:09.032 1:59.486 10 Bruno Junqueira Newman/Haas Racing 1:59.977— 1:59.977 11 Paul Tracy Forsythe Racing 2:00.165 2:08.767 2:00.165 12 Jan Heylen Dale Coyne Racing 2:00.835 2:11.400 2:00.835 13 Oriol Servià PKV Racing 2:01.082 2:10.782 2:01.082 14 Tõnis Kasemets Rocketsports Racing 2:01.381 2:10.273 2:01.381 15 Mario Domínguez Rocketsports Racing 2:01.882 2:11.076 2:01.882 16 Nelson Philippe CTE Racing-HVM 2:02.273 2:10.028 2:02.273 17 Juan Cáceres Dale Coyne Racing 2:03.690 2:13.169 2:03.690
Race
Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 7 A. J. Allmendinger Forsythe Racing 51 1:54:43.700 5 32 2 2 Bruno Junqueira Newman/Haas Racing 51 +0.675 secs 10 28 3 1 Sébastien Bourdais Newman/Haas Racing 51 +0.988 secs 2 28 4 6 Oriol Servià PKV Racing 51 +2.637 secs 13 24 5 9 Justin Wilson RuSPORT 51 +3.763 secs 6 21 6 14 Dan Clarke CTE Racing-HVM 51 +4.746 secs 1 21 7 34 Charles Zwolsman Jr. Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 51 +5.537 secs 3 18 8 27 Andrew Ranger Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 51 +7.359 secs 9 15 9 11 Jan Heylen Dale Coyne Racing 51 +8.668 secs 12 13 10 3 Paul Tracy Forsythe Racing 51 +9.018 secs 11 11 11 15 Alex Tagliani Team Australia 51 +13.172 secs 4 10 12 8 Mario Domínguez Rocketsports Racing 51 +20.151 secs 15 9 13 5 Will Power Team Australia 50 + 1 Lap 7 8 14 4 Nelson Philippe CTE Racing-HVM 50 + 1 Lap 16 7 15 19 Juan Cáceres Dale Coyne Racing 50 + 1 Lap 17 6 16 20 Katherine Legge PKV Racing 45 Accident 8 5 17 18 Tõnis Kasemets Rocketsports Racing 14 Gearbox 14 4
Caution flags
Laps Cause1–3 Junqueira (2), Power (5) & Heylen (11) crash18–20 Power (5) off course27–29 Cáceres (19) off course30–31 Junqueira (2) & Ranger (27) crash33–34 Tracy (3) off course46–49 Legge (20) crash (42-minute red flag)
Notes
Laps Leader1–3 Dan Clarke4 Charles Zwolsman Jr.5–28 Sébastien Bourdais29–40 Bruno Junqueira41–44 Sébastien Bourdais45–51 A. J. Allmendinger Driver Laps ledSébastien Bourdais 28Bruno Junqueira 12A. J. Allmendinger 7Dan Clarke 3Charles Zwolsman Jr. 1
New Race Record A. J. Allmendinger 1:54:43.700 Average Speed 107.967 mph
Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Sébastien Bourdais 338 1 2 A. J. Allmendinger 280 1 3 Justin Wilson 269 1 4 Paul Tracy 184 1 5 Nelson Philippe 182
Note: Only the top five positions are included.
External links Friday Qualifying Results Saturday Qualifying Results Race Results Weather Information Katherine Legge crash video