# 2006 Grand Prix of Portland

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 |

## Race

| 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 |

## Caution flags

| Laps | Cause |
| 1 | Yellow start |