2006 Betta Electrical 500

The 2006 Betta Electrical 500 was an endurance motor race for V8 Supercars. The race was held on 3 September 2006 at Sandown International Raceway in Victoria, Australia, and was the eighth round of the 2006 V8 Supercar Championship Series. It was the 39th in a sequence of "Sandown long distances races"^[1] which are commonly referred to under the Sandown 500 name.

2006 Betta Electrical 500

Event Information
Round 8 of 13 in the 2006 V8 Supercar Championship Series
Date	1–3 September 2006
Location	Melbourne, Victoria
Venue	Sandown International Raceway
Weather	Fine
Results
Race 1 Distance 161 laps 500 km Pole position Garth Tander Holden Racing Team 1:10.6102 Winner Jason Bright Mark Winterbottom Ford Performance Racing 3:22:16.2954
Round Results First Jason Bright Mark Winterbottom Ford Performance Racing 320 pts Second Rick Kelly Todd Kelly HSV Dealer Team 310 pts Third Craig Lowndes Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering 300 pts

The race was won by Jason Bright and Mark Winterbottom driving a Ford BA Falcon for Ford Performance Racing.

Top ten shootout

Results as follows:^[2]

Pos	No	Team	Driver	Car	Time
Pole	2	Holden Racing Team	Garth Tander	Holden VZ Commodore	1:10.6102
2	888	Team Betta Electrical	Craig Lowndes	Ford BA Falcon	1:11.3471
3	6	Ford Performance Racing	Jason Bright	Ford BA Falcon	1:11.4215
4	8	WPS Racing	Max Wilson	Ford BA Falcon	1:11.4708
5	10	WPS Racing	Jason Bargwanna	Ford BA Falcon	1:11.6196
6	4	Stone Brothers Racing	James Courtney	Ford BA Falcon	1:11.7777
7	22	Holden Racing Team	Ryan Briscoe	Holden VZ Commodore	1:11.7804
8	3	Tasman Motorsport	Jason Richards	Holden VZ Commodore	1:11.8630
9	17	Dick Johnson Racing	Steven Johnson	Ford BA Falcon	1:11.8683
10	55	Rod Nash Racing	Steve Owen	Holden VZ Commodore	1:12.3719

Official results

Results as follows:^[3]

Pos	No	Team	Drivers	Car	Laps	Qual Pos	Shootout Pos	Series Points
1	6	Ford Performance Racing	Jason Bright   Mark Winterbottom	Ford BA Falcon	161	3	3	320
2	15	Toll HSV Dealer Team	Rick Kelly   Todd Kelly	Holden VZ Commodore	161	12		310
3	888	Team Betta Electrical	Craig Lowndes   Jamie Whincup	Ford BA Falcon	161	5	2	300
4	17	Dick Johnson Racing	Steven Johnson   Will Davison	Ford BA Falcon	161	8	9	290
5	14	Team BOC	John Bowe   Brad Jones	Ford BA Falcon	161	23		280
6	34	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Dean Canto   Lee Holdsworth	Holden VZ Commodore	161	11		270
7	10	WPS Racing	Jason Bargwanna   Craig Baird	Ford BA Falcon	160	10	5	260
8	67	Team Sirromet Wines	Paul Morris   Steve Ellery	Holden VZ Commodore	160	DSQ		250
9	4	Stone Brothers Racing	James Courtney   Glenn Seton	Ford BA Falcon	160	9	6	240
10	50	Supercheap Auto Racing	Nathan Pretty   Paul Weel	Holden VZ Commodore	160	28		230
11	8	WPS Racing	Max Wilson   David Besnard	Ford BA Falcon	160	6	4	220
12	55	Autobarn Racing	Steve Owen   Tony Longhurst	Holden VZ Commodore	159	7	10	210
13	021	Team Kiwi Racing	Paul Radisich   Fabian Coulthard	Holden VZ Commodore	159	26		200
14	18	Dick Johnson Racing	Alex Davison   Grant Denyer	Ford BA Falcon	159	13		190
15	5	Ford Performance Racing	Matt Halliday   Cameron McLean	Ford BA Falcon	159	14		180
16	16	Toll HSV Dealer Team	Anthony Tratt   Tony D'Alberto	Holden VZ Commodore	159	18		170
17	88	Team Betta Electrical	Richard Lyons   Allan Simonsen	Ford BA Falcon	159	17		160
18	12	Team BOC	Dale Brede   Mark Porter	Ford BA Falcon	158	25		150
19	39	Team Sirromet Wines	Alan Gurr   Kayne Scott	Holden VZ Commodore	158	29		140
20	33	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Greg Ritter   Phillip Scifleet	Holden VZ Commodore	157	19		130
21	22	Holden Racing Team	Jim Richards   Ryan Briscoe	Holden VZ Commodore	157	1	7	120
22	26	Fujitsu Racing	José Fernández   Tony Ricciardello	Ford BA Falcon	156	30		110
23	25	Fujitsu Racing	Warren Luff   Adam Macrow	Ford BA Falcon	155	22		100
24	11	Jack Daniel's Racing	Jack Perkins   Shane Price	Holden VZ Commodore	154	20		90
25	20	Paul Cruickshank Racing	Marcus Marshall   Jonathon Webb	Ford BA Falcon	153	27		80
26	2	Holden Racing Team	Mark Skaife   Garth Tander	Holden VZ Commodore	149	2	1	70
27	1	Stone Brothers Racing	Russell Ingall   Luke Youlden	Ford BA Falcon	141	15		60
28	7	Jack Daniel's Racing	Steven Richards   Paul Dumbrell	Holden VZ Commodore	139	16		50
29	51	Supercheap Auto Racing	Greg Murphy   Cameron McConville	Holden VZ Commodore	139	24		40
30	3	Tasman Motorsport	Jason Richards   Andrew Jones	Holden VZ Commodore	133	4	8	30
DNF	23	Tasman Motorsport	Owen Kelly   Mark Noske	Holden VZ Commodore	75	21

References

1. CAMS Online Manual of Motor Sport > About CAMS > Titles - Australian Titles 3 May 2009 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 19 April 2012
2. "Betta Electrical 500 - 2006 V8 Supercar Series, Rd8 Sandown International Motor Raceway V8 Supercars - Top Ten Shootout". National Software. 2 September 2006. from the original on 29 July 2008. Retrieved 3 July 2008.
3. . National Software. 3 September 2006. Archived from the original on 29 July 2008. Retrieved 3 July 2008.

Statistics

• Provisional pole position - #22 Ryan Briscoe - 1:10.8590
• Pole position - #2 Garth Tander - 1:10.6102
• Fastest lap - #2 Garth Tander - 1:11.7104
• Average race speed - 148 km/h

External links

• Official race results 21 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine

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