2006 Rolex Sports Car Series
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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
[edit]| Rnd | Race | Circuit | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Rolex 24 at Daytona
|
Daytona International Speedway | January 28 January 29 |
| 2 |  Mexico City 400 km
|
Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez | March 4 |
| 3 | Linder-Komatsu Grand Prix of Miami
|
Homestead-Miami Speedway | March 25 |
| 4 | Crown Royal Grand American Challenge 1
|
Long Beach Street Circuit | April 8 |
| 5 | VIRginia 400 km
|
Virginia International Raceway | April 23 |
| 6 | U.S. Sportscar Invitational
|
Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca | May 7 |
| 7 | The GAINSCO Grand Prix
|
Phoenix International Raceway | May 13 |
| 8 | Rolex GT Series Challenge 2
|
Lime Rock Park | May 29 |
| 9 | Sahlen's Six Hours of The Glen
|
Watkins Glen International | June 3 |
| 10 | EMCO Gears Classic
|
Mid-Ohio | June 24 |
| 11 | Brumos Porsche 250
|
Daytona International Speedway | June 29 |
| 12 | Porsche 250
|
Barber Motorsports Park | July 30 |
| 13 | Crown Royal 200 at The Glen 1
|
Watkins Glen International | August 11 |
| 14 | Sonoma 400 km
|
Infineon Raceway | August 26 |
| 15 | Discount Tire Sunchaser (9 Hours)
|
Miller Motorsports Park | September 2 |
- 1: Only the DP class participated in this event, no GT class.
- 2: Only the GT class participated in this event, no DP class.
Season results
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Championship standings
[edit]Source:[1]
Daytona Prototypes
[edit]Drivers (Top 20)
[edit]| Pos | Driver | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Jörg Bergmeister
|
462 |
| 2 | Scott Pruett
|
446 |
| Luis Díaz
| ||
| 3 |  Max Angelelli
|
431 |
| 4 | Colin Braun
|
382 |
| 5 | Mike Rockenfeller
|
380 |
| 6 |  Mark Patterson
|
379 |
| 7 | Michael McDowell
|
377 |
| 8 |  Oswaldo Negri
|
364 |
| 9 | Rob Finlay
|
362 |
 Michael Valiante
| ||
| 10 | Patrick Long
|
359 |
| 11 | Alex Gurney
|
355 |
| 12 | Butch Leitzinger
|
341 |
 Andy Wallace
| ||
| 13 | Mario Haberfeld
|
332 |
| 14 | Darren Law
|
332 |
| David Donohue
| ||
| 15 | Adrián Fernández
|
326 |
| 16 | Ryan Dalziel
|
324 |
| Alex Figge
| ||
| 17 | Mike Borkowski
|
318 |
| 18 | Christian Fittipaldi
|
313 |
| 19 | Jon Fogarty
|
308 |
| 20 | Harrison Brix
|
287 |
Grand Touring
[edit]Drivers (Top 10)
[edit]| Pos | Driver | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andy Lally
|
509 |
| Marc Bunting
| ||
| 2 | Wolf Henzler
|
498 |
| Robin Liddell
| ||
| 3 | Paul Edwards
|
451 |
| Kelly Collins
| ||
| 4 | Eric Lux
|
365 |
| 5 | Leh Keen
|
363 |
| David Murry
| ||
| 6 | Andrew Davis
|
351 |
| 7 | Robert Nearn
|
335 |
| Steve Johnson
| ||
| 8 | Jim Tafel
|
332 |
| 9 | Peter MacLeod
|
296 |
| Gene Sigal
| ||
| 10 | Ian James
|
295 |
References
[edit]External links
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