2006 Clipsal 500 Adelaide
The 2006 Clipsal 500 Adelaide was the first round of the 2006 V8 Supercar Championship Series. It took place from 23 to 26 March 2006 and was the eighth in a sequence of "Adelaide 500" events for V8 Supercars to be held at the Adelaide Parklands Circuit in Adelaide, South Australia.
Qualifying
Qualifying
The qualifying for the Clipsal 500 Adelaide took place on Friday, 24 March 2006. As in the case of most V8 Supercar races, there was a Top Ten Shootout which could make the person that qualified first drop to tenth and vice versa. Kiwi Jason Richards, in his Tasman Motorsport Holden qualified first.Top Ten Shootout
The official name for the winner of the top team shootout winner is the Armor-All Pole Position Award.The Top Ten Shootout also took place on the Friday. The person who finished tenth in qualifying goes first, and First goes last. The drivers get only one lap to record their best time.
The Holden Racing Team got a one-two result in this, with Mark Skaife finishing first and Todd Kelly finishing second. The Lion dominated the top ten shootout with 8 of the 10 drivers driving a VZ Commodore. There were only two Ford's in the Top Ten, Team Triple 888's Jamie Whincup and Craig Lowndes.
Qualifying Results
Top Ten Shootout Results
| Pos | No | Name | Team | Time | Gap |
| 1 | 2 |  Mark Skaife | Holden Racing Team | 1:21.6102 | |
| 2 | 22 | Todd Kelly | Holden Racing Team | 1:22.0198 | + 0.4096s |
| 3 | 16 | Garth Tander | HSV Dealer Team | 1:22.2222 | + 0.6120s |
| 4 | 3 |  Jason Richards | Tasman Motorsport | 1:22.2318 | + 0.6216s |
| 5 | 11 | Paul Dumbrell | Perkins Engineering | 1:22.2323 | + 0.6221s |
| 6 | 88 | Jamie Whincup | Triple Eight Race Engineering | 1:22.2405 | + 0.6303s |
| 7 | 888 | Craig Lowndes | Triple Eight Race Engineering | 1:22.5121 | + 0.9019s |
| 8 | 15 | Rick Kelly | HSV Dealer Team | 1:22.5367 | + 0.9265s |
| 9 | 021 | Paul Radisich | Team Kiwi Racing | 1:22.5690 | + 0.9588s |
| 10 | 51 | Greg Murphy | Paul Weel Racing | 1:23.1496 | + 1.5394s |
Race Results
Race 1
| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Laps | Time | Grid |
| 1 | 888 | Craig Lowndes | Triple Eight Race Engineering | 78 | 2:04:18.5229 | 7 |
| 2 | 15 | Rick Kelly | HSV Dealer Team | 78 | 2:04:19.7823 | 8 |
| 3 | 88 | Jamie Whincup | Triple Eight Race Engineering | 78 | 2:04:20.1415 | 6 |
| 4 | 50 | Cameron McConville | Paul Weel Racing | 78 | 2:04:21.2972 | 22 |
| 5 | 51 | Greg Murphy | Paul Weel Racing | 78 | 2:04:23.8766 | 17 |
| 6 | 22 | Todd Kelly | Holden Racing Team | 78 | 2:04:25.2578 | 2 |
| 7 | 7 | Steven Richards | Perkins Engineering | 78 | 2:04:26.9040 | 26 |
| 8 | 16 | Garth Tander | HSV Dealer Team | 78 | 2:04:27.9997 | 3 |
| 9 | 1 | Russell Ingall | Stone Brothers Racing | 78 | 2:04:32.5528 | 15 |
| 10 | 17 | Steven Johnson | Dick Johnson Racing | 78 | 2:04:37.6592 | 13 |
| 11 | 67 | Paul Morris | Paul Morris Motorsport | 78 | 2:04:43.9176 | 14 |
| 12 | 11 | Paul Dumbrell | Perkins Engineering | 78 | 2:04:47.0540 | 5 |
| 13 | 26 | José Fernández | Britek Motorsport | 78 | 2:05:23.9995 | 31 |
| 14 | 18 | Will Davison | Dick Johnson Racing | 77 | 2:04:33.2334 | 18 |
| 15 | 23 | Andrew Jones | Tasman Motorsport | 77 | 2:04:38.1095 | 23 |
| 16 | 8 |  Max Wilson | WPS Racing | 77 | 2:04:40.6557 | 11 |
| 17 | 25 | Warren Luff | Britek Motorsport | 77 | 2:04:45.5730 | 28 |
| 18 | 33 | Lee Holdsworth | Garry Rogers Motorsport | 77 | 2:04:46.2466 | 27 |
| 19 | 12 | John Bowe | Brad Jones Racing | 77 | 2:04:47.6441 | 19 |
| 20 | 34 | Dean Canto | Garry Rogers Motorsport | 77 | 2:04:58.1453 | 20 |
| 21 | 39 | Alan Gurr | Paul Morris Motorsport | 77 | 2:05:26.5529 | 25 |
| 22 | 5 | Mark Winterbottom | Ford Performance Racing | 74 | 2:04:46.7748 | 7 |
| 23 | 021 | Paul Radisich | Team Kiwi Racing | 67 | 2:04:52.8263 | 9 |
| 24 | 20 | Marcus Marshall | Paul Cruickshank Racing | 64 | 2:05:05.6860 | 30 |
| 25 | 6 | Jason Bright | Ford Performance Racing | 60 | 2:04:57.7336 | 24 |
| DNF | 14 | Brad Jones | Brad Jones Racing | 73 | 1:57:38.3104 | 21 |
| DNF | 55 | Steve Owen | Rod Nash Racing | 57 | 1:31:47.2884 | 16 |
| DNF | 10 | Jason Bargwanna | WPS Racing | 50 | 1:18:33.5801 | 28 |
| DNF | 4 | James Courtney | Stone Brothers Racing | 42 | 1:04:14.4473 | 8 |
| DNF | 2 | Mark Skaife | Holden Racing Team | 34 | 0:48:57.2431 | 1 |
| DNF | 3 | Jason Richards | Tasman Motorsport | 5 | 0:07:13.6780 | 4 |