# 2006 Atlantic Championship

The 2006 Champ Car Atlantic season was the 33rd season of the Champ Car Atlantic Championship. It began April 9 at Long Beach and concluded September 24 at Road America. The Yokohama Presents the Champ Car Atlantic Championship Powered by Mazda Drivers' Champion was Simon Pagenaud driving for Team Australia.

## Teams and drivers

| Team | No | Drivers | Races |
| Condor Motorsports | 1 | Danilo Dirani (R) | All |
| Jensen MotorSport | 2 | Tim Bridgman (R) | All |
| Jensen MotorSport | 22 | Steve Ott (R) | 2, 4-6 |
| Jensen MotorSport | 22 | Ricardo Vassmer (R) | 9-10 |
| Forsythe Racing | 3 | James Hinchcliffe (R) | All |
| Forsythe Racing | 7 | Leonardo Maia (R) | All |
| Forsythe Racing | 33 | Richard Philippe (R) | All |
| Forsythe Racing | 37 | Andreas Wirth | All |
| US RaceTronics | 4 | David Martínez | All |
| Team Australia | 5 | James Davison (R) | 1-10 |
| Team Australia | 5 | Michael Patrizi (R) | 11-12 |
| Team Australia | 15 | Simon Pagenaud (R) | All |
| Sierra Sierra Enterprises | 6 | Raphael Matos (R) | All |
| Brooks Associates Racing | 8 | Luis Schiavo (R) | 1-3 |
| Brooks Associates Racing | 8 | Carlos Mastretta | 3-9 |
| Brooks Associates Racing | 8 | Antoine Bessette | 11 |
| Brooks Associates Racing | 10 | Norbert Siedler (R) | 1-3 |
| Brooks Associates Racing | 10 | Alex Sperafico (R) | 4-12 |
| McAtee Motorsports | 9 | Kyle Kelley | 1, 4 |
| McAtee Motorsports | 19 | Brian McAtee | 1, 9-10 |
| McAtee Motorsports | 19 | Brian Thienes | 11-12 |
| Polestar Racing Group | 12 | Alan Sciuto (R) | All |
| Polestar Racing Group | 21 | Alex Barron | 1-10 |
| Polestar Racing Group | 21 | Ronnie Bremer | 11 |
| Polestar Racing Group | 21 | Antoine Bessette | 12 |
| Gelles Racing | 14 | Stephen Simpson (R) | 1-3 |
| Gelles Racing | 14 | Antoine Bessette | 4 |
| Gelles Racing | 14 | Colin Fleming (R) | 9-12 |
| Gelles Racing | 28 | Robbie Pecorari (R) | All |
| Gelles Racing | 31 | Casey Neal (R) | 11 |
| Gelles Racing | 42 | Phil Giebler (R) | 9 |
| Transnet Racing | 16 | Charles Hall | 1-3 |
| Transnet Racing | 16 | Alex García | 4-6 |
| Transnet Racing | 17 | Barton Mawer | 2-4 |
| Mi-Jack Conquest Racing | 18 | Graham Rahal (R) | All |
| Mi-Jack Conquest Racing | 30 | Al Unser III | 1-3 |
| Mi-Jack Conquest Racing | 30 | Ryan Lewis (R) | 4-12 |
| PR1 Motorsports | 23 | Jonathan Bomarito | All |
| PR1 Motorsports | 32 | Mike Forest (R) | 1, 7-8, 10, 12 |
| NCDL Tech | 25 | Ryan Spencer-Smith (R) | 1-2 |
| Mathiasen Motorsports | 26 | Justin Sofio | All |
| Newman Wachs Racing | 34 | Joe D'Agostino (R) | All |
| Newman Wachs Racing | 35 | Daniel Gaunt (R) | 1-6 |
| Newman Wachs Racing | 35 | Steve Ott (R) | 7-11 |
| Newman Wachs Racing | 36 | J. R. Hildebrand (R) | 12 |
| The Room Store | 49 | Dan Selznick | 1-2, 10 |
| Bite Racing | 55 | Duncan Ende (R) | 1, 4-7 |
| Bite Racing | 56 | Chris Souliotis | 2-3 |

## Schedule

| Rd | Date | Race name | Track | Location |
| 1 | April 9 | 2006 Imperial Capital Bank Atlantic Race | Streets of Long Beach | Long Beach, California |
| 2 | May 13 | 2006 Fast Trac 100 | Streets of Houston | Houston, Texas |
| 3 | May 21 | 2006 Atlantic Grand Prix of Monterrey | Fundidora Park | Monterrey, Mexico |
| 4 | June 18 | 2006 Trinity Carpet 100K | Portland International Raceway | Portland, Oregon |
| 5 | June 24 | 2006 Gehl Atlantic Championship of Cleveland | Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport | Cleveland, Ohio |
| 6 | June 25 | 2006 Gehl Atlantic Championship of Cleveland | Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport | Cleveland, Ohio |
| 7 | July 9 | 2006 Atlantic Grand Prix of Toronto | Exhibition Place | Toronto, Ontario |
| 8 | July 23 | 2006 Atlantic Grand Prix of Edmonton | Edmonton City Centre Airport | Edmonton, Alberta |
| 9 | July 30 | 2006 Atlantic Grand Prix of San José | Streets of San Jose | San Jose, California |
| 10 | August 13 | 2006 Atlantic Grand Prix of Denver | Streets of Denver | Denver, Colorado |
| 11 | August 27 | 2006 Atlantic Grand Prix of Montréal | Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | Montreal, Quebec |
| 12 | September 24 | 2006 Gehl Championship Finale | Road America | Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin |

## Race results

| Rd | Race Name | Pole position | Fastest lap | Race winner | Race winner |
| Rd | Race Name | Pole position | Fastest lap | Driver | Team |
| 1 | Streets of Long Beach | Andreas Wirth | Raphael Matos | Andreas Wirth | Forsythe Championship Racing |
| 2 | Streets of Houston | Raphael Matos | Jonathan Bomarito | Andreas Wirth | Forsythe Championship Racing |
| 3 | Fundidora Park | Graham Rahal | Graham Rahal | Graham Rahal | Mi-Jack Conquest Racing |
| 4 | Portland International Raceway | Graham Rahal | Joe D'Agostino | James Hinchcliffe | Forsythe Championship Racing |
| 5 | Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport | Andreas Wirth | Graham Rahal | Graham Rahal | Mi-Jack Conquest Racing |
| 6 | Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport | Simon Pagenaud | Andreas Wirth | Graham Rahal | Mi-Jack Conquest Racing |
| 7 | Exhibition Place | Graham Rahal | Graham Rahal | Robbie Pecorari | Gelles Racing |
| 8 | Edmonton City Centre Airport | Raphael Matos | Simon Pagenaud | Simon Pagenaud | Team Australia |
| 9 | Streets of San Jose | Raphael Matos | Graham Rahal | Raphael Matos | Sierra Sierra Enterprises |
| 10 | Streets of Denver | Graham Rahal | Graham Rahal | Graham Rahal | Mi-Jack Conquest Racing |
| 11 | Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | James Hinchcliffe | Antoine Bessette | Graham Rahal | Mi-Jack Conquest Racing |
| 12 | Road America | Raphael Matos | Raphael Matos | Jonathan Bomarito | PR1 Motorsports |

## Championship standings
### Drivers' Championship

Scoring system
| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th | 16th | 17th | 18th | 19th | 20th |
| Points | 31 | 27 | 25 | 23 | 21 | 19 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
* The fastest driver in each qualifying session was awarded one additional point.
* The driver who set the fastest lap in a race was awarded one additional point
* The driver that gained the most positions from his starting spot was awarded one additional point.
| Pos | Driver | LBH | HOU | MTY | POR | CLE | CLE | TOR | EDM | SJO | DEN | MTL | ROA | Pts |
| 1 | Simon Pagenaud RY | 4 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 258 |
| 2 | Graham Rahal R | 5 | 15 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 242 |
| 3 | Andreas Wirth | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 3 | 18 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 227 |
| 4 | Raphael Matos R | 2 | 11 | 23 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 9 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 205 |
| 5 | David Martínez | 12 | 8 | 3 | 7↑ | 10 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 179 |
| 6 | Jonathan Bomarito | 23 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 178 |
| 7 | Danilo Dirani R | 6 | 5 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 178 |
| 8 | Alan Sciuto R | 10 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 9↑ | 17 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 167 |
| 9 | Leonardo Maia R | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 12 | 161 |
| 10 | James Hinchcliffe R | 3 | 4 | 16 | 1 | 17 | 19 | 6 | 23 | 25 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 160 |
| 11 | Robbie Pecorari R | 7 | 18 | 18 | 15 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 21 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 147 |
| 12 | Joe D'Agostino R | 11↑ | 12 | 9 | 24 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 22 | 18 | 16 | 7 | 123 |
| 13 | Ryan Lewis R | | | | 2 | 19 | 15 | 3↑ | 22 | 2 | 24 | 24 | 5 | 110 |
| 14 | Alex Barron | 8 | 22 | 8 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 11 | | | 96 |
| 15 | Richard Philippe R | 28 | 20 | 17 | 21 | 11 | 2 | 18 | 4 | 17 | 20 | 9 | 23 | 86 |
| 16 | Tim Bridgman R | 24 | 19 | 24 | 10 | 12↑ | 20 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 21 | 17↑ | 18 | 72 |
| 17 | James Davison R | 13 | 10 | 21 | 25 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 22 | | | 69 |
| 18 | Justin Sofio | 27 | 25 | 19 | 17 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 19 | 8↑ | 13↑ | 22 | 14 | 54 |
| 19 | Steve Ott R | | 7↑ | | 20 | 23 | 3 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 23 | 18 | | 48 |
| 20 | Colin Fleming R | | | | | | | | 9 | 24 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 45 |
| 21 | Carlos Mastretta R | | | | 13 | 6 | 24 | 20 | 18 | 10 | | | | 42 |
| 22 | Alex Sperafico R | | | | 22 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 16 | 23 | 25 | 19 | 11 | 41 |
| 23 | Mike Forest R | DNS | | | | | | DNS | 14↑ | | 14 | | 10↑ | 27 |
| 24 | Daniel Gaunt R | 20 | DNS | 15 | 8 | 22 | 21 | | | | | | | 22 |
| 25 | Stephen Simpson R | 25 | 27 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | 21 |
| 26 | Michael Patrizi R | | | | | | | | | | | 8 | 15 | 21 |
| 27 | Barton Mawer R | | 14 | 20 | 11 | | | | | | | | | 18 |
| 28 | Luis Schiavo R | 15 | 26 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | 16 |
| 29 | Norbert Siedler R | 18 | 21 | 12↑ | | | | | | | | | | 13 |
| 30 | Charles Hall | 22 | 16 | 13 | | | | | | | | | | 13 |
| 31 | Alex García | | | | 18 | 18 | 14 | | | | | | | 13 |
| 32 | Brian McAtee | 21 | | | | | | | | 13 | 17 | | | 12 |
| 33 | Phil Giebler R | | | | | | | | | 11 | | | | 10 |
| 34 | Antoine Bessette | | | | 12 | | | | | | | 21 | 21 | 10 |
| 35 | Dan Selznick | 17 | 24 | | | | | | | | 15 | | | 10 |
| 36 | Kyle Kelley | 14 | | | 19 | | | | | | | | | 9 |
| 37 | Duncan Ende R | 16 | | | 26 | 21 | 17 | DNS | | | | | | 9 |
| 38 | Ryan Spencer-Smith R | 26 | 13 | | | | | | | | | | | 8 |
| 39 | Ronnie Bremer | | | | | | | | | | | 14 | | 7 |
| 40 | Chris Souliotis | | 17 | 22 | | | | | | | | | | 4 |
| 41 | Ricardo Vassmer R | | | | | | | | | 19 | 19 | | | 4 |
| 42 | J. R. Hildebrand R | | | | | | | | | | | | 19 | 2 |
| 43 | Al Unser III | 19 | 23 | Wth | | | | | | | | | | 2 |
| 44 | Brian Thienes R | | | | | | | | | | | 20 | 22 | 1 |
| | Casey Neal R | | | | | | | | | | | 23 | | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | LBH | HOU | MTY | POR | CLE | CLE | TOR | EDM | SJO | DEN | MTL | ROA | Pts |
| Color | Result |
| Gold | Winner |
| Silver | 2nd place |
| Bronze | 3rd place |
| Green | 4th & 5th place |
| Light Blue | 6th–10th place |
| Dark Blue | Finished (Outside Top 10) |
| Purple | Did not finish |
| Red | Did not qualify (DNQ) |
| Brown | Withdrawn (Wth) |
| Black | Disqualified (DSQ) |
| White | Did not start (DNS) |
| Blank | Did not participate (DNP) |
| Blank | Not competing |
In-line notation :
| Bold | Pole position (1 point) |
| Italics | Ran fastest race lap |
| ↑ | Improved the most places |
| R | Rookie |
| RY | Rookie of the Year |