2006 Betta Electrical 500

The 2006 Betta Electrical 500 was an endurance motor race for V8 Supercars. The race was held on 3 September 2006 at Sandown International Raceway in Victoria, Australia, and was the eighth round of the 2006 V8 Supercar Championship Series. It was the 39th in a sequence of "Sandown long distances races"[1] which are commonly referred to under the Sandown 500 name.

Victoria (state) 2006 Betta Electrical 500
Event Information
Round 8 of 13 in the 2006 V8 Supercar Championship Series
Date1–3 September 2006
LocationMelbourne, Victoria
VenueSandown International Raceway
WeatherFine
Results
Race 1
Distance 161 laps 500 km
Pole position Garth Tander
Holden Racing Team
1:10.6102
Winner Jason Bright
Mark Winterbottom
Ford Performance Racing
3:22:16.2954
Round Results
First 320 pts
Second 310 pts
Third 300 pts

The race was won by Jason Bright and Mark Winterbottom driving a Ford BA Falcon for Ford Performance Racing.

Top ten shootout

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Results as follows:[2]

Pos No Team Driver Car Time
Pole 2 Holden Racing Team   Garth Tander Holden VZ Commodore 1:10.6102
2 888 Team Betta Electrical   Craig Lowndes Ford BA Falcon 1:11.3471
3 6 Ford Performance Racing   Jason Bright Ford BA Falcon 1:11.4215
4 8 WPS Racing   Max Wilson Ford BA Falcon 1:11.4708
5 10 WPS Racing   Jason Bargwanna Ford BA Falcon 1:11.6196
6 4 Stone Brothers Racing   James Courtney Ford BA Falcon 1:11.7777
7 22 Holden Racing Team   Ryan Briscoe Holden VZ Commodore 1:11.7804
8 3 Tasman Motorsport   Jason Richards Holden VZ Commodore 1:11.8630
9 17 Dick Johnson Racing   Steven Johnson Ford BA Falcon 1:11.8683
10 55 Rod Nash Racing   Steve Owen Holden VZ Commodore 1:12.3719

Official results

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Results as follows:[3]

Pos No Team Drivers Car Laps Qual
Pos
Shootout
Pos
Series
Points
1 6 Ford Performance Racing   Jason Bright
  Mark Winterbottom
Ford BA Falcon 161 3 3 320
2 15 Toll HSV Dealer Team   Rick Kelly
  Todd Kelly
Holden VZ Commodore 161 12 310
3 888 Team Betta Electrical   Craig Lowndes
  Jamie Whincup
Ford BA Falcon 161 5 2 300
4 17 Dick Johnson Racing   Steven Johnson
  Will Davison
Ford BA Falcon 161 8 9 290
5 14 Team BOC   John Bowe
  Brad Jones
Ford BA Falcon 161 23 280
6 34 Garry Rogers Motorsport   Dean Canto
  Lee Holdsworth
Holden VZ Commodore 161 11 270
7 10 WPS Racing   Jason Bargwanna
  Craig Baird
Ford BA Falcon 160 10 5 260
8 67 Team Sirromet Wines   Paul Morris
  Steve Ellery
Holden VZ Commodore 160 DSQ 250
9 4 Stone Brothers Racing   James Courtney
  Glenn Seton
Ford BA Falcon 160 9 6 240
10 50 Supercheap Auto Racing   Nathan Pretty
  Paul Weel
Holden VZ Commodore 160 28 230
11 8 WPS Racing   Max Wilson
  David Besnard
Ford BA Falcon 160 6 4 220
12 55 Autobarn Racing   Steve Owen
  Tony Longhurst
Holden VZ Commodore 159 7 10 210
13 021 Team Kiwi Racing   Paul Radisich
  Fabian Coulthard
Holden VZ Commodore 159 26 200
14 18 Dick Johnson Racing   Alex Davison
  Grant Denyer
Ford BA Falcon 159 13 190
15 5 Ford Performance Racing   Matt Halliday
  Cameron McLean
Ford BA Falcon 159 14 180
16 16 Toll HSV Dealer Team   Anthony Tratt
  Tony D'Alberto
Holden VZ Commodore 159 18 170
17 88 Team Betta Electrical   Richard Lyons
  Allan Simonsen
Ford BA Falcon 159 17 160
18 12 Team BOC   Dale Brede
  Mark Porter
Ford BA Falcon 158 25 150
19 39 Team Sirromet Wines   Alan Gurr
  Kayne Scott
Holden VZ Commodore 158 29 140
20 33 Garry Rogers Motorsport   Greg Ritter
  Phillip Scifleet
Holden VZ Commodore 157 19 130
21 22 Holden Racing Team   Jim Richards
  Ryan Briscoe
Holden VZ Commodore 157 1 7 120
22 26 Fujitsu Racing   José Fernández
  Tony Ricciardello
Ford BA Falcon 156 30 110
23 25 Fujitsu Racing   Warren Luff
  Adam Macrow
Ford BA Falcon 155 22 100
24 11 Jack Daniel's Racing   Jack Perkins
  Shane Price
Holden VZ Commodore 154 20 90
25 20 Paul Cruickshank Racing   Marcus Marshall
  Jonathon Webb
Ford BA Falcon 153 27 80
26 2 Holden Racing Team   Mark Skaife
  Garth Tander
Holden VZ Commodore 149 2 1 70
27 1 Stone Brothers Racing   Russell Ingall
  Luke Youlden
Ford BA Falcon 141 15 60
28 7 Jack Daniel's Racing   Steven Richards
  Paul Dumbrell
Holden VZ Commodore 139 16 50
29 51 Supercheap Auto Racing   Greg Murphy
  Cameron McConville
Holden VZ Commodore 139 24 40
30 3 Tasman Motorsport   Jason Richards
  Andrew Jones
Holden VZ Commodore 133 4 8 30
DNF 23 Tasman Motorsport   Owen Kelly
  Mark Noske
Holden VZ Commodore 75 21

References

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  1. ^ CAMS Online Manual of Motor Sport > About CAMS > Titles - Australian Titles Archived 3 May 2009 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 19 April 2012
  2. ^ "Betta Electrical 500 - 2006 V8 Supercar Series, Rd8 Sandown International Motor Raceway V8 Supercars - Top Ten Shootout". National Software. 2 September 2006. Archived from the original on 29 July 2008. Retrieved 3 July 2008.
  3. ^ "Betta Electrical 500 - 2006 V8 Supercar Series, Rd8 Sandown International Motor Raceway V8 Supercars - Betta Electrical 500". National Software. 3 September 2006. Archived from the original on 29 July 2008. Retrieved 3 July 2008.

Statistics

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  • Provisional pole position - #22 Ryan Briscoe - 1:10.8590
  • Pole position - #2 Garth Tander - 1:10.6102
  • Fastest lap - #2 Garth Tander - 1:11.7104
  • Average race speed - 148 km/h
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2005 Betta Electrical 500
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2007 Just Car Insurance 500