2006 Grand Prix of Portland

United States 2006 Portland
Race details
Race 5 of 14 in the 2006 Champ Car season
Portland International Raceway Track Layout
DateJune 18, 2006
Official nameGrand Prix of Portland Presented by G.I. Joe's
LocationPortland International Raceway
Portland, Oregon, United States
CoursePermanent Road Course
1.964 mi / 3.161 km
Distance105 laps
206.220 mi / 331.905 km
WeatherTemperatures 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
DriverBruno Junqueira (Newman/Haas Racing)
Time57.631
Fastest lap
DriverWill Power (Team Australia)
Time59.259 (on lap 70 of 105)
Podium
FirstA. J. Allmendinger (Forsythe Championship Racing)
SecondJustin Wilson (RuSPORT)
ThirdSébastien Bourdais (Newman/Haas Racing)

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.

  1. ^ "Weather information for the 2006 Grand Prix of Portland". The Old Farmers' Almanac. Retrieved 2013-10-11.