2006 Rolex Sports Car Series

7th season of the racing series organized by Grand-Am

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

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Rnd  | Race  | Circuit  | Date

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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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Rnd  | Circuit  | DP Winning Team  | GT Winning Team  | Results

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DP Winning Drivers  | GT Winning Drivers
1  | Daytona |  #02 Chip Ganassi Racing |  #36 TPC Racing  | Results
Casey Mears
Dan Wheldon
Scott Dixon |  Randy Pobst
Ian Baas
Spencer Pumpelly
Michael Levitas
2  | Mexico City |  #01 Chip Ganassi Racing |  #64 The Racer's Group | Results
Scott Pruett
Luis Diaz |  Kelly Collins
Paul Edwards
3  | Homestead |  #23 Alex Job Racing |  #64 The Racer's Group | Results
Mike Rockenfeller
Patrick Long |  Kelly Collins
Paul Edwards
4  | Long Beach |  #01 Chip Ganassi Racing | Did Not Participate | Results
Scott Pruett
Luis Diaz |
5  | Virginia |  #23 Alex Job Racing |  #65 The Racer's Group | Results
Mike Rockenfeller
Patrick Long |  Andy Lally
R.J. Valentine
Marc Bunting
6  | Laguna Seca |  #10 SunTrust Racing |  #72 Tafel Racing  | Results
Max Angelelli
Jan Magnussen
Wayne Taylor |  Wolf Henzler
Robin Liddell
7  | Phoenix |  #01 Chip Ganassi Racing |  #64 The Racer's Group | Results
Scott Pruett
Luis Diaz |  Kelly Collins
Paul Edwards
8  | Lime Rock | Did Not Participate |  #65 The Racer's Group | Results
|  Andy Lally
R.J. Valentine
Marc Bunting
9  | Watkins Glen |  #76 Krohn Racing |  #72 Tafel Racing  | Results
Boris Said
Jörg Bergmeister |  Wolf Henzler
Robin Liddell
10  | Mid-Ohio |  #12 Fernández Racing |  #72 Tafel Racing  | Results
Adrian Fernández
Mário Haberfeld |  Wolf Henzler
Robin Liddell
11  | Daytona |  #76 Krohn Racing |  #65 The Racer's Group | Results
Jörg Bergmeister
Colin Braun |  Andy Lally
R.J. Valentine
Marc Bunting
12  | Barber |  #76 Krohn Racing |  #65 The Racer's Group | Results
Jörg Bergmeister
Colin Braun |  Andy Lally
R.J. Valentine
Marc Bunting
13  | Watkins Glen |  #01 Chip Ganassi Racing | Did Not Participate | Results
Scott Pruett
Luis Diaz |
14  | Infineon |  #01 Chip Ganassi Racing |  #72 Tafel Racing  | Results
Scott Pruett
Luis Diaz |  Wolf Henzler
Robin Liddell
15  | Miller |  #60 Michael Shank Racing |  #65 The Racer's Group | Results
Mark Patterson
Oswaldo Negri
Scott Pruett |  Andy Lally
Marc Bunting
Spencer Pumpelly
Paul Edwards

## Championship standings

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Source:[1]

### Daytona Prototypes

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#### Drivers (Top 20)

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Pos  | Driver  | Points

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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

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#### Drivers (Top 10)

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Pos  | Driver  | Points

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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

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1. ^ 2006 Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series - Driver Point Standings Archived 2012-06-17 at the Wayback Machine

## External links

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* The official website of Grand-Am

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