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2006 Lexmark Indy 300

2006 Surfers Paradise
Race details
Race 13 of 14 in the 2006 Champ Car season
Surfers Paradise Street Circuit.svg
Track map of the Surfers Paradise street circuit at Surfers Paradise, Australia.
Date 21 October, 2006
Official name Lexmark Indy 300
Location Surfers Paradise Street Circuit
Queensland, Australia
Course Temporary Street Circuit
2.795 mi / 4.498 km
Distance 59 laps
164.905 mi / 265.382 km
Weather Sunny with temperatures rising up to 28.3 °C (82.9 °F)
Pole position
Driver Will Power (Team Australia)
Time 1:31.403
Fastest lap
Driver Paul Tracy (Forsythe Championship Racing)
Time 1:33.776 (on lap 39 of 59)
Podium
First Nelson Philippe (CTE Racing-HVM)
Second Mario Domínguez (Rocketsports Racing)
Third Alex Tagliani (Team Australia)

The 2006 Lexmark Indy 300 was the thirteenth and penultimate round of the 2006 Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford season, held on 21 October 2006 on the Surfers Paradise Street Circuit in Queensland, Australia. The pole was won by native Queenslander Will Power, the first of his Champ Car career. The race was won by Nelson Philippe, the first and only win of his Champ Car career. By virtue of his eighth-place finish, Sébastien Bourdais clinched his third consecutive Champ Car season title, the first man to achieve this feat since Ted Horn won three consecutive National Championships from 1946 through 1948.

*Justin Wilson fractured the scaphoid bone in his wrist in a crash during practice on Friday and took no further part in the event as a result.

Coordinates: 27°59′17.9″S 153°25′42.1″E / 27.988306°S 153.428361°E / -27.988306; 153.428361


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