# 2006 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series

The 2006 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series was an Australian motor racing series for V8 Supercars. It was the seventh annual V8 Supercar Development Series. It began on 24 March 2006 at Adelaide Street Circuit and finished on 10 December at Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit after seven rounds held across four different states.
The series was dominated by a single driver, with Howard Racing Ford Falcon driver Adam Macrow winning eight of the 18 races and five of the seven rounds. Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon driver Andrew Thompson won the remaining two rounds, including three race wins. An inconsistent start to the series saw him only eighth in the pointscore which placed a heavy emphasis on finishing over winning. Young Perkins Motorsport Holden Commodore drivers Shane Price and Jack Perkins finished second and third in the series, with Price taking two race wins. The only other multiple race winner was Kayne Scott who won two reverse grid races.
The series was marred by a fatal accident at the Mount Panorama round where David Clark crashed into the stationary car of Mark Porter. Clark was seriously injured in the collision while Porter died in the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital two days after the accident.

## Race calendar

| Round | Date | Circuit | Location | Winning driver | Car |
| 1 | 24–25 March | Adelaide Street Circuit | Adelaide, South Australia | Adam Macrow | Ford Falcon (BA) |
| 2 | 27–28 May | Wakefield Park | Goulburn, New South Wales | Adam Macrow | Ford Falcon (BA) |
| 3 | 21–23 July | Queensland Raceway | Ipswich, Queensland | Adam Macrow | Ford Falcon (BA) |
| 4 | 11–13 August | Oran Park Raceway | Sydney, New South Wales | Adam Macrow | Ford Falcon (BA) |
| 5 | 16–17 September | Mallala Motor Sport Park | Mallala, South Australia | Adam Macrow | Ford Falcon (BA) |
| 6 | 5–7 October | Mount Panorama Circuit | Bathurst, New South Wales | Andrew Thompson | Ford Falcon (BA) |
| 7 | 8–10 December | Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit | Phillip Island, Victoria | Andrew Thompson | Ford Falcon (BA) |

## Teams and drivers

A record number of competitors took part in the 2006 series with the Queensland Raceway round over-subscribed with 41 cars entering, forcing the slowest qualifiers to sit out the racing. The following teams and drivers have competed during the 2006 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series:
| Team | Vehicle | No | Driver | Rounds |
| Sieders Racing Team | Ford Falcon (AU) | 13 | Colin Sieders | 2–4, 6-7 |
| Stones Motorsport | Holden Commodore (VX) | 24 | Nigel Stones | 1-4 |
| Howard Racing | Ford Falcon (BA) | 27 | Adam Macrow | All |
| Howard Racing | Ford Falcon (BA) | 37 | Mark Howard | All |
| Project Mu | Holden Commodore (VY) | 28 | Alan Gurr | 3 |
| Project Mu | Holden Commodore (VY) | 57 | Ryan McLeod | 6 |
| Project Mu | Holden Commodore (VX) | 57 | Bruce Williams | 7 |
| Matthew White Racing | Ford Falcon (BA) | 28 | Matthew White | 1–2, 4-7 |
| Matthew White Racing | Ford Falcon (BA) | 29 | Dean Wanless | 1-3 |
| Matthew White Racing | Ford Falcon (BA) | 29 | Wayne Wakefield | 6-7 |
| A.N.T. Racing | Ford Falcon (BA) | 30 | Tony Evangelou | 1-6 |
| McGill Motorsport | Holden Commodore (VX) | 32 | Aaron McGill | 1 |
| McGill Motorsport | Ford Falcon (AU) | 32 | Aaron McGill | 2-7 |
| Gravity Motorsport | Holden Commodore (VX) | 35 | Mark Papendall | 1–3, 5-7 |
| Optima Sport | Ford Falcon (BA) | 36 | David Clark | 1-6 |
| Eggleston Motorsport | Holden Commodore (VX) | 38 | Ben Eggleston | 1–4, 6 |
| Peters Motorsport | Ford Falcon (AU) | 40 | Wayne Wakefield | 1-3 |
| Peters Motorsport | Ford Falcon (AU) | 40 | Luke Youlden | 4-6 |
| Peters Motorsport | Ford Falcon (AU) | 40 | Ben Clucas | 7 |
| Peters Motorsport | Ford Falcon (AU) | 80 | Barry Tanton | 1–4, 6-7 |
| Peters Motorsport | Ford Falcon (BA) | 91 | Gary Deane | All |
| Partington Race Prep | Ford Falcon (AU) | 41 | Chris Pither | All |
| Jay Motorsport | Holden Commodore (VY) | 42 | Jay Verdnik | All |
| Jack Hillerman Racing | Holden Commodore (VZ) | 43 | Chris Alajajian | 3-7 |
| Adam Sharpe Motorsport | Ford Falcon (AU) | 44 | Adam Sharpe | 1–4, 6-7 |
| O’Brien Motorsport | Ford Falcon (BA) | 45 | Shannon O'Brien | All |
| Image Racing | Ford Falcon (AU) | 48 | Dean Neville | 2–3, 6-7 |
| Image Racing | Ford Falcon (AU) | 49 | Terry Wyhoon | 2, 6-7 |
| Image Racing | Ford Falcon (AU) | 49 | Paul Kelly | 3 |
| John Henderson Motorsport | Ford Falcon (AU) | 56 | John Henderson | 2–4, 6 |
| JPS Automotive | Holden Commodore (VX) | 57 | Dean Savage | 1 |
| Speed FX Racing | Ford Falcon (BA) | 60 | Michael Caruso | All |
| Dick Johnson Racing | Ford Falcon (AU) | 61 | Marcus La Delle | 1, 3-7 |
| Dick Johnson Racing | Ford Falcon (BA) | 71 | Andrew Thompson | All |
| Dick Johnson Racing | Ford Falcon (BA) | 81 | Grant Denyer | 1, 3-7 |
| Dick Johnson Racing | Ford Falcon (BA) | 81 | Luke Youlden | 2 |
| Scott Loadsman Racing | Holden Commodore (VY) | 62 | Scott Loadsman | 2-7 |
| Shane Beikoff Racing | Ford Falcon (AU) | 68 | Shane Beikoff | 1, 5, 7 |
| Shane Beikoff Racing | Ford Falcon (AU) | 68 | Jonathan Beikoff | 2–4, 6 |
| CarTrek Racing | Holden Commodore (VX) | 69 | Robert Jones | 5-7 |
| Robert Smith Racing | Holden Commodore (VY) | 70 | Geoff Emery | All |
| Robert Smith Racing | Holden Commodore (VY) | 72 | Nathan Pretty | All |
| Tony D'Alberto Racing | Holden Commodore (VY) | 74 | Mark McNally | 3-7 |
| Tony D'Alberto Racing | Holden Commodore (VZ) | 99 | Tony D'Alberto | All |
| Perkins Motorsport | Holden Commodore (VZ) | 77 | Shane Price | All |
| Perkins Motorsport | Holden Commodore (VZ) | 78 | Jack Perkins | All |
| Greg Smith Racing | Ford Falcon (AU) | 86 | Greg Smith | 1–4, 6 |
| Summertime Pools | Ford Falcon (AU) | 87 | Benjamin Falk | 2, 4-5 |
| Summertime Pools | Ford Falcon (AU) | 87 | John Falk | 3, 6 |
| Clayton Pyne Racing | Holden Commodore (VX) | 90 | Clayton Pyne | 4, 6-7 |
| Sydney Star Racing | Holden Commodore (VY) | 95 | Mathew Hunt | 3-7 |
| Sydney Star Racing | Holden Commodore (VY) | 98 | Tim Monte | 1–2, 4 |
| Sydney Star Racing | Holden Commodore (VY) | 98 | Stephen Voight | 3 |
| Sydney Star Racing | Holden Commodore (VY) | 98 | Derek Hocking | 5 |
| Sydney Star Racing | Ford Falcon (AU) | 98 | Tim Monte | 6 |
| Sydney Star Racing | Ford Falcon (AU) | 333 | Mathew Hunt | 2 |
| United Oil Racing | Ford Falcon (BA) | 96 | Brett Hobson | 3–4, 6-7 |
| Wollongong Performance Racing Mark Petch Motorsport | Holden Commodore (VZ) | 100 | Kayne Scott | 1-5 |
| Wollongong Performance Racing Mark Petch Motorsport | Holden Commodore (VZ) | 100 | Damien White | 7 |
| MSport | Holden Commodore (VZ) | 111 | Mark Porter | 1-6 |

## Points system

The series consisted of seven rounds across four different states. Rounds 2, 3, 4 and 5 consisted of three races each. The second race of each weekend saw the finishing order of race 1 reversed to form the grid for a 'reverse grid' race. Point allocated for the reverse grid race were worth half as much as were the first and third races of these rounds. Rounds 1, 6 and 7 each consisted of two races.
Points were awarded for cars who finished in the top 32 race positions in each race according to finishing order. With cars finishing races as low as 37th, there were numerous occasions during the season were cars did not receive points for finishing races.
| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th | 16th | 17th | 18th | 19th | 20th | 21st | 22nd | 23rd | 24th | 25th | 26th | 27th | 28th | 29th | 30th | 31st | 32nd |
| Rounds 2, 3, 4 & 5 Standard Race Points | 128 | 124 | 120 | 116 | 112 | 108 | 104 | 100 | 96 | 92 | 88 | 84 | 80 | 76 | 72 | 68 | 64 | 60 | 56 | 52 | 48 | 44 | 40 | 36 | 32 | 28 | 24 | 20 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 4 |
| Rounds 2, 3, 4 & 5 Reverse Grid Race Points | 64 | 62 | 60 | 58 | 56 | 54 | 52 | 50 | 48 | 46 | 44 | 42 | 40 | 38 | 36 | 34 | 32 | 30 | 28 | 26 | 24 | 22 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 |
| Rounds 1, 6 & 7 Race Points | 160 | 155 | 150 | 145 | 140 | 135 | 130 | 125 | 120 | 115 | 110 | 105 | 100 | 95 | 90 | 85 | 80 | 75 | 70 | 65 | 60 | 55 | 50 | 45 | 40 | 35 | 30 | 25 | 20 | 15 | 10 | 5 |

## Series standings

Points table referenced, in part, as follows:
| Pos | Driver | Car | Ade | Ade | Wak | Wak | Wak | Que | Que | Que | Ora | Ora | Ora | Mal | Mal | Mal | Bat | Bat | Phi | Phi | Pts |
| 1 | Adam Macrow | Ford Falcon (BA) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 2024 |
| 2 | Shane Price | Holden Commodore (VZ) | 10 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1984 |
| 3 | Jack Perkins | Holden Commodore (VZ) | 27 | 10 | 4 | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 9 | Ret | 10 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 1597 |
| 4 | Michael Caruso | Ford Falcon (BA) | 2 | 2 | 19 | 25 | Ret | 3 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 23 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 1567 |
| 5 | Nathan Pretty | Holden Commodore (VY) | 6 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 3 | Ret | 13 | 10 | 3 | 27 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 5 | Ret | DNS | 8 | 7 | 1455 |
| 6 | Tony D'Alberto | Holden Commodore (VZ) | 5 | 25 | 33 | 29 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 33 | 7 | 17 | 22 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 1443 |
| 7 | Mark Porter | Holden Commodore (VZ) | 9 | 3 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 1 | Ret | 3 | 9 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 6 | DNS | | | 1423 |
| 8 | Andrew Thompson | Ford Falcon (BA) | 12 | Ret | 10 | Ret | DNS | 7 | 22 | 9 | 33 | 2 | 26 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1376 |
| 9 | Grant Denyer | Ford Falcon (BA) | 3 | 12 | | | | 4 | 18 | 4 | 7 | 14 | Ret | 8 | 14 | 19 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 1313 |
| 10 | Matthew White | Ford Falcon (BA) | 26 | 24 | 9 | 17 | 12 | | | | 5 | 16 | 5 | 15 | 24 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1272 |
| 11 | Chris Pither | Ford Falcon (AU) | 13 | 9 | 7 | Ret | DNS | 11 | 4 | 26 | 21 | Ret | DNS | 21 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 13 | 1131 |
| 12 | Wayne Wakefield | Ford Falcon (AU) | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 7 | 12 | 35 | 11 | | | | | | | 4 | 7 | 10 | Ret | 1101 |
| 13 | Kayne Scott | Holden Commodore (VZ) | 8 | 8 | 6 | 19 | Ret | 18 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 19 | 1 | 8 | | | | | 1030 |
| 14 | Tony Evangelou | Ford Falcon (BA) | 7 | 7 | 17 | 3 | Ret | 15 | 7 | 28 | 28 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 15 | 14 | 32 | 9 | | | 1005 |
| 15 | Aaron McGill | Holden Commodore (VX) | 15 | 16 | 23 | 4 | 10 | 21 | 26 | 15 | 18 | 9 | 12 | DNS | DNS | DNS | 25 | 23 | 30 | 20 | 861 |
| 16 | Mark Howard | Ford Falcon (BA) | 14 | 15 | 22 | 16 | 13 | 36 | 33 | 20 | 26 | Ret | 29 | 13 | 18 | 12 | 22 | DSQ | 17 | 16 | 853 |
| 17 | Jay Verdnik | Holden Commodore (VY) | 22 | 11 | Ret | DNS | DNS | 38 | 30 | 14 | 29 | 26 | Ret | 20 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 851 |
| 18 | Marcus La Delle | Ford Falcon (AU) | Ret | DNS | | | | 8 | 12 | Ret | 19 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 17 | 33 | 14 | 12 | 23 | 806 |
| 19 | David Clark | Ford Falcon (BA) | 21 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 30 | Ret | 27 | 34 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 6 | Ret | 11 | DNS | | | 784 |
| 20 | Brett Hobson | Ford Falcon (BA) | | | | | | 16 | 15 | 13 | 23 | 6 | 6 | | | | 16 | 11 | 18 | 12 | 761 |
| 21 | Matthew Hunt | Ford Falcon (AU) | | | 18 | Ret | DNS | 20 | 16 | 17 | 32 | 7 | 11 | 17 | 21 | 13 | 15 | Ret | 20 | 25 | 717 |
| 22 | Luke Youlden | Ford Falcon (BA) | | | 2 | 5 | 4 | | | | 10 | Ret | 17 | 27 | 2 | Ret | 9 | 24 | | | 703 |
| 23 | Mark McNally | Holden Commodore (VY) | | | | | | 22 | 3 | 22 | 20 | 8 | 32 | 14 | 12 | 9 | Ret | DNS | 13 | 11 | 678 |
| 24 | Geoff Emery | Holden Commodore (VY) | Ret | 14 | 12 | 21 | 21 | 19 | Ret | 18 | Ret | 23 | 23 | 18 | 26 | Ret | 27 | Ret | 11 | 27 | 671 |
| 25 | Chris Alajajian | Holden Commodore (VZ) | | | | | | 28 | 2 | Ret | 11 | 24 | 7 | 4 | 19 | 11 | 30 | Ret | Ret | 14 | 634 |
| 26 | Shannon O'Brien | Ford Falcon (BA) | 20 | Ret | 24 | 12 | 27 | 9 | 9 | 21 | DNS | 31 | 16 | DNS | DNS | DNS | 13 | Ret | 27 | 19 | 631 |
| 27 | Adam Sharpe | Ford Falcon (AU) | 19 | Ret | 13 | 32 | 26 | 17 | 10 | Ret | 17 | 11 | 22 | | | | 20 | 16 | 26 | Ret | 627 |
| 28 | Dean Wanless | Ford Falcon (AU) | 11 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 14 | 20 | 16 | | | | | | | | | | | 576 |
| 29 | Scott Loadsman | Holden Commodore (VY) | | | 29 | 11 | Ret | 26 | 34 | 30 | 22 | 22 | Ret | 22 | 22 | 18 | 26 | 20 | 25 | 22 | 487 |
| 30 | Colin Sieders | Ford Falcon (AU) | | | 21 | 20 | 18 | 23 | 19 | 29 | 14 | 20 | 28 | | | | 19 | Ret | 28 | 26 | 470 |
| 31 | Gary Deane | Ford Falcon (BA) | 16 | 26 | Ret | 31 | 22 | Ret | 28 | 19 | 25 | 28 | 27 | 23 | Ret | DNS | 29 | 21 | 32 | 29 | 445 |
| 32 | Greg Smith | Ford Falcon (AU) | 25 | 21 | 26 | 28 | 24 | 35 | 17 | 24 | 27 | 4 | 18 | | | | Ret | 22 | | | 439 |
| 33 | Dean Neville | Ford Falcon (AU) | | | 30 | 6 | 15 | 31 | 23 | 25 | | | | | | | 28 | 19 | 22 | 18 | 423 |
| 34 | Ben Eggleston | Holden Commodore (VX) | Ret | DNS | 20 | 18 | 14 | 32 | 24 | Ret | 16 | 21 | 19 | | | | 21 | Ret | | | 388 |
| 35 | Shane Beikoff | Ford Falcon (AU) | 17 | 17 | | | | | | | | | | 24 | 20 | 20 | | | 24 | 24 | 364 |
| 36 | Jonathan Beikoff | Ford Falcon (AU) | | | 16 | 23 | 16 | 25 | 25 | 23 | 15 | Ret | 24 | | | | DNS | DNS | | | 352 |
| 37 | Clayton Pyne | Holden Commodore (VX) | | | | | | | | | 13 | Ret | 15 | | | | Ret | 18 | 23 | 21 | 337 |
| 38 | John Henderson | Ford Falcon (AU) | | | Ret | 24 | 19 | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | 24 | Ret | 20 | | | | 18 | 17 | | | 317 |
| 39 | Terry Wyhoon | Ford Falcon (AU) | | | 31 | 1 | 25 | | | | | | | | | | 24 | 15 | 19 | Ret | 314 |
| 40 | Damien White | Holden Commodore (VZ) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | 4 | 285 |
| 41 | Nigel Stones | Holden Commodore (VX) | 18 | 20 | 27 | 30 | 20 | 37 | 32 | 32 | 31 | 25 | 25 | | | | | | | | 280 |
| 42 | Robert Jones | Holden Commodore (VX) | | | | | | | | | | | | 26 | 16 | 16 | Ret | Ret | 21 | 17 | 270 |
| 43 | Alan Gurr | Holden Commodore (VY) | | | | | | 10 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 254 |
| 44 | Tim Monte | Holden Commodore (VX) | Ret | 18 | 25 | 10 | 17 | | | | Ret | Ret | Ret | | | | 31 | DSQ | | | 227 |
| 45 | Mark Papendall | Holden Commodore (VX) | Ret | DNS | 28 | Ret | DNS | 24 | 21 | Ret | | | | 25 | Ret | 21 | 23 | Ret | 29 | Ret | 225 |
| 46 | Barry Tanton | Ford Falcon (AU) | 24 | 22 | DNQ | 27 | Ret | 34 | Ret | Ret | 30 | 29 | 31 | | | | Ret | Ret | 31 | 31 | 165 |
| 47 | Dean Savage | Holden Commodore (VX) | 23 | 23 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 100 |
| 48 | Derek Hocking | Holden Commodore (VY) | | | | | | | | | | | | 28 | 25 | 23 | | | | | 76 |
| 49 | Benjamin Falk | Ford Falcon (AU) | | | 32 | 26 | 23 | | | | Ret | 30 | 30 | DNS | DNS | DNS | | | | | 76 |
| 50 | John Falk | Ford Falcon (AU) | | | | | | 29 | 27 | 31 | | | | | | | Ret | DNS | | | 36 |
| 51 | Bruce Williams | Holden Commodore (VY) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Ret | 28 | 25 |
| 52 | Stephen Voight | Holden Commodore (VY) | | | | | | 27 | 36 | Ret | | | | | | | | | | | 24 |
| 53 | Paul Kelly | Ford Falcon (AU) | | | | | | 33 | 31 | Ret | | | | | | | | | | | 4 |
| | Ryan McLeod | Holden Commodore (VY) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | DNS | DNS | | | |
| | Ben Clucas | Ford Falcon (AU) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | DNS | DNS | |
| Colour | Result |
| Gold | Winner |
| Silver | Second place |
| Bronze | Third place |
| Green | Points finish |
| Blue | Non-points finish |
| Blue | Non-classified finish (NC) |
| Purple | Retired (Ret) |
| Red | Did not qualify (DNQ) |
| Red | Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) |
| Black | Disqualified (DSQ) |
| White | Did not start (DNS) |
| White | Withdrew (WD) |
| White | Race cancelled (C) |
| Blank | Did not practice (DNP) |
| Blank | Did not arrive (DNA) |
| Blank | Excluded (EX) |