2006 Time Warner Cable Road Runner 225

2006 Milwaukee

Race details
Race 4 of 14 in the 2006 Champ Car season
Milwaukee Mile Track Layout
Date	June 4, 2006
Official name	Time Warner Cable Road Runner 225
Location	Milwaukee Mile West Allis, Wisconsin, United States
Course	1-Mile Oval 1.000 mi / 1.609 km
Distance	197 laps 197 mi / 317.04 km
Weather	Partly cloudy with temperatures reaching a high of 75.2 °F (24.0 °C); wind speeds reaching up to 9.9 miles per hour (15.9 km/h)[1]
Pole position
Driver	Sébastien Bourdais (Newman/Haas Racing)
Time	21.182
Fastest lap
Driver	Sébastien Bourdais (Newman/Haas Racing)
Time	22.285 (on lap 168 of 197)
Podium
First	Sébastien Bourdais (Newman/Haas Racing)
Second	Justin Wilson (RuSPORT)
Third	Nelson Philippe (CTE Racing-HVM)

The 2006 Time Warner Cable Road Runner 225 was the fourth round of the 2006 Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford season, held on June 4, 2006, on the Milwaukee Mile oval in West Allis, Wisconsin. Sébastien Bourdais took the pole and the win, his fourth consecutive victory to open the year. It was the final CART/Champ Car event to take place on an oval.

Pos	Nat	Name	Team	Best Lap	Qual Time
1		Sébastien Bourdais	Newman/Haas Racing	1	21.182
2		Bruno Junqueira	Newman/Haas Racing	1	21.275
3		A. J. Allmendinger	RuSPORT	2	21.398
4		Justin Wilson	RuSPORT	1	21.420
5		Will Power	Team Australia	2	21.438
6		Mario Domínguez	Forsythe Racing	2	21.463
7		Oriol Servià	PKV Racing	1	21.479
8		Katherine Legge	PKV Racing	2	21.578
9		Nelson Philippe	CTE Racing-HVM	2	21.594
10		Paul Tracy	Forsythe Racing	2	21.647
11		Dan Clarke	CTE Racing-HVM	2	21.980
12		Andrew Ranger	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	2	22.194
13		Charles Zwolsman Jr.	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	2	22.237
14		Jan Heylen	Dale Coyne Racing	2	22.417
15		Nicky Pastorelli	Rocketsports Racing	2	23.522
16		Alex Tagliani	Team Australia	-	No time
17		Cristiano da Matta	Dale Coyne Racing	-	No time

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1	Sébastien Bourdais	Newman/Haas Racing	197	1:45:03.946	1	34
2	9	Justin Wilson	RuSPORT	197	+3.613 secs	4	28
3	4	Nelson Philippe	CTE Racing-HVM	197	+5.641 secs	9	26
4	10	A. J. Allmendinger	RuSPORT	197	+18.504 secs	3	24
5	6	Oriol Servià	PKV Racing	196	+ 1 Lap	7	21
6	20	Katherine Legge	PKV Racing	195	+ 2 Laps	8	20
7	27	Andrew Ranger	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	194	+ 3 Laps	12	17
8	14	Dan Clarke	CTE Racing-HVM	191	+ 6 Laps	11	15
9	34	Charles Zwolsman Jr.	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	191	+ 6 Laps	13	13
10	8	Nicky Pastorelli	Rocketsports Racing	183	+ 14 Laps	15	11
11	5	Will Power	Team Australia	155	CV joint	5	10
12	11	Jan Heylen	Dale Coyne Racing	67	Electrical	14	9
13	19	Cristiano da Matta	Dale Coyne Racing	31	Oil leak	17	8
14	7	Mario Domínguez	Forsythe Racing	4	Suspension	6	0*
15	2	Bruno Junqueira	Newman/Haas Racing	1	Contact	2	6
16	3	Paul Tracy	Forsythe Racing	1	Contact	10	5
-	15	Alex Tagliani	Team Australia	0	Withdrawn	16	0†

^* Mario Domínguez was stripped of his points for this race for avoidable contact during the first lap of the race. He was also put on probation for the next three events.
† The car of Alex Tagliani was withdrawn from the event after heavy contact with the wall damaged his car beyond repair during the first practice period.

• New Race Record Sébastien Bourdais 1:45:03.946
• Average Speed 116.101 mph
• This was the final time that powerhouse team Newman/Haas Racing locked out the front row in Champ Car competition. However, both cars would brace the front row for the IRL-sanctioned 2009 RoadRunner Turbo Indy 300.

Drivers' Championship standings

	Pos	Driver	Points
	1	Sébastien Bourdais	136
	2	Justin Wilson	105
1	3	Andrew Ranger	75
1	4	Mario Domínguez	69
3	5	A. J. Allmendinger	69

• Note: Only the top five positions are included.

• Qualifying Results Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
• Team Australia withdraws Tagliani Archived 2014-02-03 at the Wayback Machine
• Race Results
• Milwaukee Race Penalties Announced Archived 2014-02-03 at the Wayback Machine