| Race details | |
|---|---|
| Race 13 of 14 in the 2006 Champ Car season | |
 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.