2006 Stock Car Brasil season

The 2006 Stock Car Brasil season (known for commercial reasons as the 2006 Copa Nextel Stock Car season) was the 28th edition of the Stock Car Brasil Championship. The season began at the Interlagos Circuit on April 9 and concluded at the same circuit on December 10. The season was won by Cacá Bueno; winning his first of five Stock Car Brasil championships.^[1]

The season was notable for the arrival of Volkswagen as one of the series' manufacturers, alongside Mitsubishi and Chevrolet.^[2] The series also introduced a new point system dubbed the Super Final, similar to NASCAR's Chase for the Cup. At the conclusion of the eighth round in Brasília, the top ten placed drivers would be locked in and would compete for the championship across the remaining four rounds. The system would remain in place until the conclusion of the 2011 season.

Teams and drivers

All drivers were Brazilian-registered.

Manufacturer	Vehicle	Team	No.	Driver	Rounds
Chevrolet	Astra	M4T Motorsport	2	Paulo Salustiano	All
		A. Jardim Competições	5	Adalberto Jardim	1–2
		Boettger Competições	6	Alceu Feldmann	All
		Boettger Competições	18	Allam Khodair	All
		Medley-A.Mattheis	9	Giuliano Losacco	All
		Medley-A.Mattheis	27	Guto Negãro	All
		Scuderia 111	11	Nonô Figueiredo	All
		Scuderia 111	65	Felipe Gama	All
		L&M Racing	16	Wagner Ebrahim	1–2
			26	Wellington Justino	7, 11–12
			77	Valdeno Brito	All
		JF Racing	19	Rodrigo Sperafico	All
		JF Racing	87	Ruben Fontes	All
		Vogel Motorsport	21	Thiago Camilo	All
		Vogel Motorsport	99	Gualter Salles	All
		RC3 Bassani	25	Renato Jader David	1–4, 7–12
			26	Wellington Justino	5, 7–8
			26	Giuliano Piagallo	9
			34	Matheus Greipel	All
			55	Christian Fittipaldi	8–12
		Carreira Racing	40	Fábio Carreira	1–4, 7–12
			79	Marcelo Siqueira	3–4
			80	Luis Carreira, Jr.	1–5
		PowerTech	41	Hybernon Cysne	All
		PowerTech	44	Diogo Pachenki	All
		MT Racing	45	Wanderley Reck, Jr.	1–2
		Hot Car Competições	47	Geraldo Rola	All
		Hot Car Competições	74	Popó Bueno	All
Mitsubishi	Lancer Evolution	Eurofarma RC	0	Cacá Bueno	All
		Eurofarma RC	15	Antonio Jorge Neto	All
		Katalogo Racing	10	Ruben Carrapatoso	1–9, 11–12
			63	Lico Kaesemodel	10
			90	Ricardo Maurício	All
		AMG-Filipaper Racing	17	Ingo Hoffmann	All
		Officer ProGP	23	Duda Pamplona	All
		Nascar Motorsport	28	Juliano Moro	3–12
			36	Ricardo Etchenique	1–3
			38	Christian Conde	All
		Terra Avallone	33	Felipe Maluhy	All
			55	Christian Fittipaldi	2–5
			70	Tarso Marques	1, 6–12
		Tatu Motorsport	37	Alan Chanoski	12
Volkswagen	Bora	WB Motosport	1	Raul Boesel	9–12
		WB Motosport	3	Chico Serra	All
		Petrobras-Action Power	7	Thiago Marques	All
		Petrobras-Action Power	14	Luciano Burti	All
		Carlos Alves Competições	8	Carlos Alves	All
		NasrCastroneves	12	Hoover Orsi	1–6, 8–12
		NasrCastroneves	35	David Muffato	All
		Sama-GomeSports	22	Marcos Gomes	11
		Sama-GomeSports	25	Pedro Gomes	All
		P&B Racing	25	Renato Jader David	6–7
		P&B Racing	40	Fabio Carreira	6–7
		RS Competições	46	Rogério Santos	1–2
			50	Cláudio Ricci	7, 9
			51	Átila Abreu	10–12
			72	Júlio Campos	1–3, 8
		Equipe TekProm	46	Nelson Silva, Jr.	11
		Equipe TekProm	71	Claudio Capparelli	11–12

Calendar

The following circuits hosted at least one round of the 2006 championship.^[3]

Round	Circuit (Event)	Dates	Map
1	Autódromo José Carlos Pace São Paulo, São Paulo	7–9 April	Interlagos Buenos Aires Curitiba Campo Grande Londrina Tarumã Santa Cruz do Sul Jacarepaguá Brasília
2	Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba Curitiba, Paraná	28–30 April
3	Autódromo Internacional Orlando Moura Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul	19–21 May
4	Autódromo José Carlos Pace São Paulo, São Paulo	1–2 July
5	Autódromo Internacional Ayrton Senna Londrina, Paraná	21–23 July
6	Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba Curitiba, Paraná	11–13 August
7	Autódromo Internacional de Santa Cruz do Sul Santa Cruz do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul	1–3 September
8	Autódromo Internacional de Brasília Brasília, Distrito Federal	22–24 September
9	Autódromo Internacional de Tarumã Viamão, Rio Grande do Sul	13–15 October
10	Autódromo Oscar y Juan Gálvez Buenos Aires, Argentina	27–29 October
11	Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet Jacarepaguá, Rio de Janeiro	17–19 November
12	Autódromo José Carlos Pace São Paulo, São Paulo	8–10 December

Results and standings

Season summary

All races were held in Brazil, with the exception of the round at Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez, which was held in Argentina.^[4]

Round	Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	Interlagos	9 April	Felipe Maluhy	Antonio Jorge Neto	Cacá Bueno	Eurofarma RC
2	Curitiba	30 April	Luciano Burti	Felipe Maluhy	Antonio Jorge Neto	Eurofarma RC
3	Campo Grande	21 May	Cacá Bueno	Hoover Orsi	Cacá Bueno	Eurofarma RC
4	Interlagos	2 July	David Muffato	Cacá Bueno	Cacá Bueno	Eurofarma RC
5	Londrina	23 July	Cacá Bueno	Antonio Jorge Neto	Cacá Bueno	Eurofarma RC
6	Curitiba	16 August	Thiago Camilo	Juliano Moro	Thiago Camilo	Texaco Vogel
7	Santa Cruz do Sul	3 September	Luciano Burti	Luciano Burti	Ruben Fontes	JF Racing
8	Brasília	24 September	Giuliano Losacco	Giuliano Losacco	Chico Serra	WB Motorsport
Super Final
9	Tarumã	15 October	Giuliano Losacco	Giuliano Losacco	Giuliano Losacco	Medley-A.Mattheis
10	Buenos Aires	29 October	Felipe Maluhy	Mateus Greipel	Ingo Hoffmann	AMG-Filipaper Racing
11	Jacarepaguá	19 November	Ricardo Maurício	Valdeno Brito	Tarso Marques	Terra Avallone
12	Interlagos	10 December	Felipe Maluhy	Gualter Salles	Ingo Hoffmann	AMG-Filipaper Racing

Drivers' championship

Pos	Driver	INT1	CUR1	CAM	INT2	LON	CUR2	SCS	BRA	TAR	BUE	RIO	INT3	Pts
Super Final
1	Cacá Bueno	1	Ret	1	1	1	16	3	Ret	5	6	14	8	257
2	Antonio Jorge Neto	9	1	7	DSQ	4	Ret	Ret	Ret	13	Ret	2	2	251
3	Hoover Orsi	2	2	3	4	10	7		3	21	5	3	Ret	248
4	Felipe Maluhy	4	18	14	8	8	6	5	8	8	2	10	13	247
5	Giuliano Losacco	6	3	Ret	24	3	3	8	22	1	Ret	9	Ret	244
6	Thiago Camilo	8	4	Ret	2	25	1	5	4	Ret	7	5	Ret	237
7	Alceu Feldmann	7	7	4	12	11	11	7	13	11	17	9	5	235
8	Guto Negrão	14	10	5	9	12	8	10	Ret	7	22	Ret	3	231
9	Rodrigo Sperafico	3	19	17	23	21	2	2	6	12	32	11	17	223
10	Ricardo Maurício	10	Ret	8	11	6	Ret	6	5	Ret	Ret	13	10	216
Super Final cutoff
11	Ingo Hoffmann	5	8	Ret	Ret	22	Ret	14	29	9	1	4	1	93
12	David Muffato	Ret	Ret	2	Ret	Ret	10	13	27	3	8	Ret	11	58
=	Pedro Gomes													58
14	Ruben Fontes	Ret	11	18	Ret	18	12	1	9	14	Ret	11	Ret	55
=	Popó Bueno													55
16	Chico Serra	15	Ret	Ret	10	Ret	DNS	9	1	15	9	DSQ	Ret	47
17	Valdeno Brito													45
18	Flavio Figueiredo													43
19	Duda Pamplona													40
20	Allam Khodair	Ret	Ret	Ret	7	Ret	9	23	10	Ret	28	Ret	6	32
21	Tarso Marques													30
=	Thiago Marques													30
=	Matheus Greipel													30
24	Paulo Salustiano	DNS	Ret	10	5	Ret	13	DNS	Ret	Ret	14	19	Ret	12
25	Luciano Burti													18
26	Diogo Pachenki													10
27	Christian Fittipaldi													9
=	Felipe Gama													9
29	Christian Conde	18	Ret	DNS	15	23	Ret	17	Ret	Ret	10	18	Ret	7
30	Renato David													6
=	Gualter Salles													6
32	Fabio Carreira													5
33	Wanderley Reck Jr.													4
=	Luis Carreira Jr.													4
35	Ricardo Etchenique	13	19	Ret										3
=	Juliano Moro			Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	22	Ret	14	Ret	23	15	3
=	Mano Rola													3
38	Claudio Capparelli													1
-	Raul Boesel									17	19	20	16	0
-	Alan Chanoski												21	0
Pos	Driver	INT1	CUR1	CAM	INT2	LON	CUR2	SCS	BRA	TAR	BUE	RIO	INT3	Pts

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points classification
Blue	Non-points classification
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired, not classified (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

References

↑ Administrador (2006-12-11). "Cacá Bueno é o campeão da Stock Car em 2006 | De Letra". Tribuna do Paraná (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-12-08.
↑ Mecânico, Revista O. (2005-12-21). "Volkswagen entra na Stock Car 2006". Revista O Mecânico (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-12-08.
↑ "2006 Stock Car Brasil". racingcalendar.net. 2023-08-21. Retrieved 2026-03-16.
↑ "Stock Car Brasil define calendário para a temporada 2006". www.douradosnews.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2006-03-11. Retrieved 2023-12-08.

[1] Administrador (2006-12-11). "Cacá Bueno é o campeão da Stock Car em 2006 | De Letra". Tribuna do Paraná (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-12-08.

[2] Mecânico, Revista O. (2005-12-21). "Volkswagen entra na Stock Car 2006". Revista O Mecânico (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-12-08.

[3] "2006 Stock Car Brasil". racingcalendar.net. 2023-08-21. Retrieved 2026-03-16.

[4] "Stock Car Brasil define calendário para a temporada 2006". www.douradosnews.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2006-03-11. Retrieved 2023-12-08.

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