| Flag: | South Australia |
| 2006 Clipsal 500 Adelaide | |
| Round No: | 1 |
| Season No: | 13 |
| Year: | 2006 |
| Series: | V8SC |
| Track Map: | Adelaide (short route).svg |
| Date: | 23–26 March |
| Location: | Adelaide, South Australia |
| Circuit: | Adelaide Street Circuit |
| Weather: | Fine |
| Race1 Laps: | 78 |
| Race1 Dist: | 250 |
| Pole1: | Mark Skaife |
| Pole1 Team: | Holden Racing Team |
| Pole1 Time: | 1:21.6102 |
| Winner1: | Craig Lowndes |
| Winner1 Team: | Triple Eight Race Engineering |
| Winner1 Time: | 2:04:18.5229 |
| Race2 Laps: | 78 |
| Race2 Dist: | 250 |
| Winner2: | Jamie Whincup |
| Winner2 Team: | Triple Eight Race Engineering |
| Winner2 Time: | 2:01:28.4014 |
| First Round: | Jamie Whincup |
| First Round Team: | Triple Eight Race Engineering |
| First Pts: | 310 |
| Second Round: | Rick Kelly |
| Second Round Team: | HSV Dealer Team |
| Second Pts: | 305 |
| Third Round: | Todd Kelly |
| Third Round Team: | Holden Racing Team |
| Third Pts: | 290 |
The 2006 Clipsal 500 Adelaide was the first round of the 2006 V8 Supercar Championship Series. It took place from 23 to 26 March 2006 and was eighth in a sequence of "Adelaide 500" events for V8 Supercars to be held at the Adelaide Parklands Circuit in Adelaide, South Australia.
The qualifying for the Clipsal 500 Adelaide took place on Friday, 24 March 2006. As in the case of most V8 Supercar races, there was a Top Ten Shootout which could make the person that qualified first drop to tenth and vice versa. Kiwi Jason Richards, in his Tasman Motorsport Holden qualified first.
The official name for the winner of the top team shootout winner is the Armor-All Pole Position Award.The Top Ten Shootout also took place on the Friday. The person who finished tenth in qualifying goes first, and First goes last. The drivers get only one lap to record their best time.
The Holden Racing Team got a one-two result in this, with Mark Skaife finishing first and Todd Kelly finishing second. The Lion (Holden) dominated the top ten shootout with 8 of the 10 drivers driving a VZ Commodore. There were only two Ford's in the Top Ten, Team Triple 888's Jamie Whincup and Craig Lowndes.
| Pos | No | Name | Team | Time | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 |  Mark Skaife | Holden Racing Team | 1:21.6102 | |
| 2 | 22 | Todd Kelly | Holden Racing Team | 1:22.0198 | + 0.4096s |
| 3 | 16 | Garth Tander | HSV Dealer Team | 1:22.2222 | + 0.6120s |
| 4 | 3 |  Jason Richards | Tasman Motorsport | 1:22.2318 | + 0.6216s |
| 5 | 11 | Paul Dumbrell | Perkins Engineering | 1:22.2323 | + 0.6221s |
| 6 | 88 | Jamie Whincup | Triple Eight Race Engineering | 1:22.2405 | + 0.6303s |
| 7 | 888 | Craig Lowndes | Triple Eight Race Engineering | 1:22.5121 | + 0.9019s |
| 8 | 15 | Rick Kelly | HSV Dealer Team | 1:22.5367 | + 0.9265s |
| 9 | 021 | Paul Radisich | Team Kiwi Racing | 1:22.5690 | + 0.9588s |
| 10 | 51 | Greg Murphy | Paul Weel Racing | 1:23.1496 | + 1.5394s |
