| Race details | |
|---|---|
| Race 2 of 14 in the 2006 Champ Car season | |
 Reliant Park Track Layout | |
| Date | May 13, 2006 |
| Official name | Grand Prix of Houston |
| Location | Reliant Park Street Course Houston, Texas, United States |
| Course | Temporary street circuit 1.690 mi / 2.720 km |
| Distance | 96 laps 162.240 mi / 261.099 km |
| Weather | Partly cloudy with temperatures hovering around 72.3 °F (22.4 °C); wind speeds reaching up to 12 miles per hour (19 km/h)[1] |
| Pole position | |
| Driver | Mario Domínguez (Forsythe Championship Racing) |
| Time | 58.026 |
| Fastest lap | |
| Driver | Sébastien Bourdais (Newman/Haas Racing) |
| Time | 1:00.176 (on lap 25 of 96) |
| Podium | |
| First | Sébastien Bourdais (Newman/Haas Racing) |
| Second | Paul Tracy (Forsythe Championship Racing) |
| Third | Mario Domínguez (Forsythe Championship Racing) |
The 2006 Grand Prix of Houston was the second round of the 2006 Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford season, held on May 13, 2006, on the streets around Reliant Park in Houston, Texas. It was the first event in Houston since a race on a downtown circuit in 2001. Mario Domínguez won the pole, his first and only of his career, but Sébastien Bourdais came from fifth on the grid to win his second consecutive race of the season.
- ^ "Weather information for the 2006 Grand Prix of Houston". The Old Farmers' Almanac. Retrieved 2013-10-11.