# 2006 West Edmonton Mall Grand Prix of Edmonton

The 2006 West Edmonton Mall Grand Prix of Edmonton was the eighth round of the 2006 Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford season, held on July 23, 2006, at JAGFlo Speedway, a temporary track laid out at City Centre Airport in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Sébastien Bourdais took the pole but the race was won by Justin Wilson.

## Qualifying results

| Pos | Name | Team | Qual 1 | Qual 2 | Best |
| 1 | Sébastien Bourdais | Newman/Haas Racing | 59.895 | 58.560 | 58.560 |
| 2 | Paul Tracy | Forsythe Racing | 1:00.067 | 58.622 | 58.622 |
| 3 | Justin Wilson | RuSPORT | 1:00.251 | 58.665 | 58.665 |
| 4 | A. J. Allmendinger | Forsythe Racing | 1:03.971 | 58.893 | 58.893 |
| 5 | Oriol Servià | PKV Racing | 1:01.321 | 59.324 | 59.324 |
| 6 | Nelson Philippe | CTE Racing-HVM | 1:00.675 | 59.510 | 59.510 |
| 7 | Will Power (R) | Team Australia | — | 59.539 | 59.539 |
| 8 | Andrew Ranger | Mi-Jack Conquest Racing | 1:01.672 | 1:00.071 | 1:00.071 |
| 9 | Bruno Junqueira | Newman/Haas Racing | 1:00.085 | 1:06.279 | 1:00.085 |
| 10 | Mario Domínguez | Dale Coyne Racing | 1:01.647 | 1:00.106 | 1:00.106 |
| 11 | Alex Tagliani | Team Australia | 1:01.461 | 1:00.110 | 1:00.110 |
| 12 | Jan Heylen (R) | Dale Coyne Racing | 1:01.603 | 1:00.199 | 1:00.199 |
| 13 | Charles Zwolsman Jr. (R) | Mi-Jack Conquest Racing | 1:01.393 | 1:00.291 | 1:00.291 |
| 14 | Cristiano da Matta | RuSPORT | 1:00.412 | 1:00.305 | 1:00.305 |
| 15 | Katherine Legge (R) | PKV Racing | 1:01.417 | 1:00.358 | 1:00.358 |
| 16 | Nicky Pastorelli (R) | Rocketsports Racing | 1:01.760 | 1:00.978 | 1:00.978 |
| 17 | Dan Clarke (R) | CTE Racing-HVM | 1:01.215 | — | 1:01.215 |
| 18 | Tõnis Kasemets (R) | Rocketsports Racing | 1:02.755 | 1:01.704 | 1:01.704 |

## Race

| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 9 | Justin Wilson | RuSPORT | 85 | 1:40:30.635 | 3 | 33 |
| 2 | 1 | Sébastien Bourdais | Newman/Haas Racing | 85 | +5.319 secs | 1 | 30 |
| 3 | 7 | A. J. Allmendinger | Forsythe Racing | 85 | +9.946 secs | 4 | 25 |
| 4 | 6 | Oriol Servià | PKV Racing | 85 | +12.650 secs | 5 | 23 |
| 5 | 3 | Paul Tracy | Forsythe Racing | 85 | +16.609 secs | 2 | 22 |
| 6 | 5 | Will Power (R) | Team Australia | 85 | +27.803 secs | 7 | 19 |
| 7 | 27 | Andrew Ranger | Mi-Jack Conquest Racing | 84 | + 1 Lap | 8 | 17 |
| 8 | 19 | Mario Domínguez | Dale Coyne Racing | 84 | + 1 Lap | 10 | 15 |
| 9 | 14 | Dan Clarke (R) | CTE Racing-HVM | 84 | + 1 Lap | 17 | 14 |
| 10 | 34 | Charles Zwolsman Jr. (R) | Mi-Jack Conquest Racing | 82 | + 3 Laps | 13 | 11 |
| 11 | 18 | Tõnis Kasemets (R) | Rocketsports Racing | 82 | + 3 Laps | 18 | 10 |
| 12 | 15 | Alex Tagliani | Team Australia | 78 | Contact | 11 | 9 |
| 13 | 20 | Katherine Legge (R) | PKV Racing | 73 | + 12 Laps | 15 | 8 |
| 14 | 4 | Nelson Philippe | CTE Racing-HVM | 69 | Contact | 6 | 7 |
| 15 | 2 | Bruno Junqueira | Newman/Haas Racing | 54 | Gearbox | 9 | 6 |
| 16 | 11 | Jan Heylen (R) | Dale Coyne Racing | 10 | Contact | 12 | 5 |
| 17 | 8 | Nicky Pastorelli (R) | Rocketsports Racing | 4 | Contact | 16 | 4 |
| 18 | 10 | Cristiano da Matta | RuSPORT | 0 | Contact | 14 | 3 |

## Caution flags

| Laps | Cause |
| 1-3 | Junqueira (2) & da Matta (10) crash |
| 5-9 | Pastorelli (8) crash; Heylen (11) crash |
| 65-69 | Tagliani (15) crash |
| 70-72 | Philippe (4) crash |