2006 Rolex Sports Car Series Explained

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.

Schedule

RndRaceCircuitDate
1 Rolex 24 at DaytonaDaytona International SpeedwayJanuary 28
January 29
2 Mexico City 400 kmAutódromo Hermanos RodríguezMarch 4
3 Linder-Komatsu Grand Prix of MiamiHomestead-Miami SpeedwayMarch 25
4 Crown Royal Grand American Challenge 1Long Beach Street CircuitApril 8
5 VIRginia 400 kmVirginia International RacewayApril 23
6 U.S. Sportscar InvitationalMazda Raceway Laguna SecaMay 7
7 The GAINSCO Grand PrixPhoenix International RacewayMay 13
8 Rolex GT Series Challenge 2Lime Rock ParkMay 29
9 Sahlen's Six Hours of The GlenWatkins Glen InternationalJune 3
10 EMCO Gears ClassicMid-OhioJune 24
11 Brumos Porsche 250Daytona International SpeedwayJune 29
12 Porsche 250Barber Motorsports ParkJuly 30
13 Crown Royal 200 at The Glen 1Watkins Glen InternationalAugust 11
14 Sonoma 400 kmInfineon RacewayAugust 26
15 Discount Tire Sunchaser (9 Hours)Miller Motorsports ParkSeptember 2

Season results

RndCircuitDP Winning TeamGT Winning TeamResults
DP Winning DriversGT Winning Drivers
1Daytona #02 Chip Ganassi Racing #36 TPC RacingResults
Casey Mears
Dan Wheldon
Scott Dixon
Randy Pobst
Ian Baas
Spencer Pumpelly
Michael Levitas
2Mexico City #01 Chip Ganassi Racing #64 The Racer's GroupResults
Scott Pruett
Luis Diaz
Kelly Collins
Paul Edwards
3Homestead #23 Alex Job Racing #64 The Racer's GroupResults
Mike Rockenfeller
Patrick Long
Kelly Collins
Paul Edwards
4Long Beach #01 Chip Ganassi RacingDid Not ParticipateResults
Scott Pruett
Luis Diaz
5Virginia #23 Alex Job Racing #65 The Racer's GroupResults
Mike Rockenfeller
Patrick Long
Andy Lally
R.J. Valentine
Marc Bunting
6Laguna Seca #10 SunTrust Racing #72 Tafel RacingResults
Max Angelelli
Jan Magnussen
Wayne Taylor
Wolf Henzler
Robin Liddell
7Phoenix #01 Chip Ganassi Racing #64 The Racer's GroupResults
Scott Pruett
Luis Diaz
Kelly Collins
Paul Edwards
8Lime RockDid Not Participate #65 The Racer's GroupResults
Andy Lally
R.J. Valentine
Marc Bunting
9Watkins Glen #76 Krohn Racing #72 Tafel RacingResults
Boris Said
Jörg Bergmeister
Wolf Henzler
Robin Liddell
10Mid-Ohio #12 Fernández Racing #72 Tafel RacingResults
Adrian Fernández
Mário Haberfeld
Wolf Henzler
Robin Liddell
11Daytona #76 Krohn Racing #65 The Racer's GroupResults
Jörg Bergmeister
Colin Braun
Andy Lally
R.J. Valentine
Marc Bunting
12Barber #76 Krohn Racing #65 The Racer's GroupResults
Jörg Bergmeister
Colin Braun
Andy Lally
R.J. Valentine
Marc Bunting
13Watkins Glen #01 Chip Ganassi RacingDid Not ParticipateResults
Scott Pruett
Luis Diaz
14Infineon #01 Chip Ganassi Racing #72 Tafel RacingResults
Scott Pruett
Luis Diaz
Wolf Henzler
Robin Liddell
15Miller #65 The Racer's GroupResults
Mark Patterson
Oswaldo Negri
Scott Pruett
Andy Lally
Marc Bunting
Spencer Pumpelly
Paul Edwards

Championship standings

Source:[1]

Daytona Prototypes

Drivers (Top 20)

PosDriverPoints
1 Jörg Bergmeister462
2 Scott Pruett446
Luis Díaz
3 Max Angelelli431
4 Colin Braun382
5 Mike Rockenfeller380
6 Mark Patterson379
7 Michael McDowell377
8 Oswaldo Negri364
9 Rob Finlay362
Michael Valiante
10 Patrick Long359
11 Alex Gurney355
12 Butch Leitzinger341
Andy Wallace
13 Mario Haberfeld332
14 Darren Law332
David Donohue
15 Adrián Fernández326
16 Ryan Dalziel324
Alex Figge
17 Mike Borkowski318
18 Christian Fittipaldi313
19 Jon Fogarty308
20 Harrison Brix287

Grand Touring

Drivers (Top 10)

PosDriverPoints
1 Andy Lally509
Marc Bunting
2 Wolf Henzler498
Robin Liddell
3 Paul Edwards451
Kelly Collins
4 Eric Lux365
5 Leh Keen363
David Murry
6 Andrew Davis351
7 Robert Nearn335
Steve Johnson
8 Jim Tafel332
9 Peter MacLeod296
Gene Sigal
10 Ian James295

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.grand-am.com/portals/0/images/standings/Rolex/RolexDriverPoints2006.pdf 2006 Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series - Driver Point Standings