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)
Motor car race
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.
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