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"CAMS Online Manual of Motor Sport > About CAMS > Titles - Australian Titles Retrieved on 19 April 2012 which are commonly referred to under the Sandown 500 name.

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:

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:

Pos No Team Drivers Car Laps QualPos ShootoutPos SeriesPoints 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

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 Official V8 Supercar website