2006 Grand Prix of Denver
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| Race 10 of 14 in the 2006 Champ Car season | |
Paul Tracy and Sébastien Bourdais in a confrontation at the 2006 Denver Grand Prix.
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| Date | August 13, 2006 |
| Official name | 2006 Grand Prix of Denver |
| Location | The Streets of Denver, Colorado, United States |
| Course | Temporary street circuit 1.657 mi / 2.667 km |
| Distance | 97 laps 160.729 mi / 258.699 km |
| Weather | Sunny with temperatures reaching up to 80.1 °F (26.7 °C); wind speeds approaching 11.1 miles per hour (17.9 km/h) |
| Pole position | |
| Driver | Sébastien Bourdais (Newman/Haas Racing) |
| Time | 59.096 |
| Fastest lap | |
| Driver | Sébastien Bourdais (Newman/Haas Racing) |
| Time | 1:00.314 (on lap 90 of 97) |
| Podium | |
| First | A. J. Allmendinger (Forsythe Championship Racing) |
| Second | Bruno Junqueira (Newman/Haas Racing) |
| Third | Dan Clarke (CTE Racing-HVM) |
The 2006 Grand Prix of Denver was the tenth round of the 2006 Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford season, held on August 13, 2006 on the streets of Denver, Colorado. Sébastien Bourdais took the pole while the race was won by A. J. Allmendinger. Bourdais' race ended when he and Paul Tracy crashed in the final turn of the final lap of the race as Tracy attempted to pass Bourdais to take second place. Tracy and Bourdais got into a confrontation outside their cars (pictured). Tracy was subsequently fined and penalized three championship points for avoidable contact for the incident.
*Paul Tracy, who was already on probation for an incident and fight with Alex Tagliani at the prior race in San Jose, was penalized 3 points and fined $25,000 for avoidable contact for his part in a final lap accident with Sébastien Bourdais. His probation was extended to include the Surfer's Paradise event. Bourdais was not assessed a penalty.
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