Long Beach Grand Prix Long Beach, California, United States
Course
Temporary street circuit 1.968 mi / 3.167 km
Distance
74 laps 145.632 mi / 234.358 km
Weather
Temperatures reaching up to 68 °F (20 °C); wind speeds reaching up to 11.1 miles per hour (17.9 km/h)[1]
Pole position
Driver
Sébastien Bourdais (Newman/Haas Racing)
Time
1:06.886
Fastest lap
Driver
Sébastien Bourdais (Newman/Haas Racing)
Time
1:07.931 (on lap 71 of 74)
Podium
First
Sébastien Bourdais (Newman/Haas Racing)
Second
Justin Wilson (RuSPORT)
Third
Alex Tagliani (Team Australia)
Motor car race
The 2006 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach was the first round of the 2006 Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford season, held on April 9, 2006, on the streets of Long Beach, California. The pole and race win were both captured by the two-time running Champ Car champion, Sébastien Bourdais. The race was billed at the time as Jimmy Vasser's final Champ Car race, ending a 15-year career that featured 10 wins and the series championship in 1996, though he would later make a come out of retirement to drive in the 2008 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach, the final race run under Champ Car sanction.
^"Weather information for the 2006 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach". The Old Farmers' Almanac. Retrieved 2013-10-11.
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