2006 Grand Prix of Portland explained

Country:	United States
Race:	Portland
Date:	June 18
Year:	2006
Official Name:	Grand Prix of Portland Presented by G.I. Joe's
Race No:	5
Season No:	14
Series:	Champ Car
Location:	Portland International Raceway Portland, Oregon, United States
Course:	Permanent Road Course
Course Mi:	1.964
Course Km:	3.161
Distance Laps:	105
Distance Mi:	206.220
Distance Km:	331.905
Weather:	Temperatures reaching up to 71.1F; wind speeds reaching up to 11.1mph^[1]
Pole Driver:	Bruno Junqueira
Pole Team:	Newman/Haas Racing
Pole Time:	57.631
Pole Country:	Brazil
Fast Driver:	Will Power
Fast Team:	Team Australia
Fast Time:	59.259
Fast Lap:	70
Fast Country:	Australia
First Driver:	A. J. Allmendinger
First Team:	Forsythe Championship Racing
First Country:	United States
Second Driver:	Justin Wilson
Second Team:	RuSPORT
Second Country:	United Kingdom
Third Driver:	Sébastien Bourdais
Third Team:	Newman/Haas Racing
Third Country:	France

The 2006 Grand Prix of Portland was the fifth round of the 2006 Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford season, held on June 18, 2006, at the Portland International Raceway in Portland, Oregon. Bruno Junqueira won the pole. Junqueira's Pole Position was ninth and final of his career. A. J. Allmendinger won the race, his first Champ Car victory, in his first race since leaving RuSPORT, the team which brought him to Champ Car, for Forsythe Championship Racing.

Qualifying results

Pos	Name	Team	Qual 1	Qual 2	Best
1	Bruno Junqueira	Newman/Haas Racing	59.576	57.631	57.631
2	A. J. Allmendinger	Forsythe Racing	58.378	57.639	57.639
3	Sébastien Bourdais	Newman/Haas Racing	58.464	57.646	57.646
4	Justin Wilson	RuSPORT	59.283	57.818	57.818
5	Cristiano da Matta	RuSPORT	59.575	58.018	58.018
6	Dan Clarke	CTE Racing-HVM	59.416	58.214	58.214
7	Will Power	Team Australia	59.160	58.244	58.244
8	Nelson Philippe	CTE Racing-HVM	59.354	58.297	58.297
9	Alex Tagliani	Team Australia	59.275	58.328	58.328
10	Paul Tracy	Forsythe Racing	59.121	58.376	58.376
11	Nicky Pastorelli	Rocketsports Racing	1:00.333	58.826	58.826
12	Oriol Servià	PKV Racing	59.485	58.830	58.830
13	Andrew Ranger	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	59.633	58.885	58.885
14	Mario Domínguez	Dale Coyne Racing	1:00.035	59.233	59.233
15	Katherine Legge	PKV Racing	59.903	59.297	59.297
16	Charles Zwolsman Jr.	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	1:00.612	59.315	59.315
17	Jan Heylen	Dale Coyne Racing	59.861	59.589	59.589
18	Tõnis Kasemets	Rocketsports Racing	1:01.089	1:00.607	1:00.607

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	7	A. J. Allmendinger	Forsythe Racing	105	1:48:32.853	2	33
2	9	Justin Wilson	RuSPORT	105	+5.420 secs	4	27
3	1	Sébastien Bourdais	Newman/Haas Racing	105	+6.006 secs	3	26
4	2	Bruno Junqueira	Newman/Haas Racing	105	+36.368 secs	1	24
5	10	Cristiano da Matta	RuSPORT	105	+39.552 secs	5	21
6	14	Dan Clarke	CTE Racing-HVM	105	+50.287 secs	6	19
7	3	Paul Tracy	Forsythe Racing	105	+52.296 secs	10	17
8	4	Nelson Philippe	CTE Racing-HVM	105	+52.677 secs	8	15
9	27	Andrew Ranger	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	104	+ 1 Lap	13	14
10	6	Oriol Servià	PKV Racing	104	+ 1 Lap	12	11
11	15	Alex Tagliani	Team Australia	104	+ 1 Lap	9	10
12	34	Charles Zwolsman Jr.	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	103	+ 2 Laps	16	9
13	20	Katherine Legge	PKV Racing	103	+ 2 Laps	15	8
14	19	Mario Domínguez	Dale Coyne Racing	103	+ 2 Laps	14	7
15	11	Jan Heylen	Dale Coyne Racing	103	+ 2 Laps	17	6
16	18	Tõnis Kasemets	Rocketsports Racing	102	+ 3 Laps	18	5
17	8	Nicky Pastorelli	Rocketsports Racing	101	+ 4 Laps	11	4
18	5	Will Power	Team Australia	92	+ 13 Laps	7	4

Driver	Laps led
	100
	5