2006 Grand Prix of Portland
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This article is about the Champ Car World Series race. For the American Le Mans Series race, see 2006 Portland Grand Prix.
The 2006 Grand Prix of Portland was the fifth round of the 2006 Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford season, held on June 18, 2006, at the Portland International Raceway in Portland, Oregon. Bruno Junqueira won the pole. Junqueira's Pole Position was ninth and final of his career. A. J. Allmendinger won the race, his first Champ Car victory, in his first race since leaving RuSPORT, the team which brought him to Champ Car, for Forsythe Championship Racing.
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Race details | |
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Race 5 of 14 in the 2006 Champ Car season | |
Date | June 18, 2006 |
Official name | Grand Prix of Portland Presented by G.I. Joe's |
Location | Portland International Raceway Portland, Oregon, United States |
Course | Permanent Road Course 1.964 mi / 3.161 km |
Distance | 105 laps 206.220 mi / 331.905 km |
Weather | Temperatures reaching up to 71.1 °F (21.7 °C); wind speeds reaching up to 11.1 miles per hour (17.9 km/h)[1] |
Pole position | |
Driver | Bruno Junqueira (Newman/Haas Racing) |
Time | 57.631 |
Fastest lap | |
Driver | Will Power (Team Australia) |
Time | 59.259 (on lap 70 of 105) |
Podium | |
First | A. J. Allmendinger (Forsythe Championship Racing) |
Second | Justin Wilson (RuSPORT) |
Third | Sébastien Bourdais (Newman/Haas Racing) |
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