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2006 West Edmonton Mall Grand Prix
Racing action at the 2006
West Edmonton Mall Grand Prix was a record breaking day--in more ways than one! Temperatures
soared to the highest mark in 104 years, making the misting station one of the most popular
spots for Edmonton's enthusiastic crowd.
Drivers describe the Edmonton 1.973 mile temporary
street course as
an awesome track, with a lot of extremely fast flowing corners.
The Edmonton track suited Justin Wilson, who took his first win of the
Champ Car
2006
World series,
and third Champ Car career win.
Cristiano da Matta crashed in corner one (picture above) of the first lap of the West Edmonton Mall Grand Prix,
taking his car out of the
West Edmonton Mall Grand Prix Champ car race. Da Matta, currently driving for Team RuSport, had his best Champ car season in 2002,
when he
won the champ car championship with 7 wins and 13 top ten finishes. Two weeks after the Edmonton race, Da Matta
suffered a head injury during practice
at the Road America event in
Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin, that put him into intensive care.
The freak accident occured when a deer ran out onto the track in front of da Matta.
Champ Car drivers in the Edmonton Grand Prix came from around the world: Belgium, Latvia,
Great Britain are just a few, with Team Australia's champ car shown on the left.
Step into the pit area of the Edmonton Grand Prix to see the champ cars up close. The banner
shown on the left is for Katherine Legge's champ car. Legge, from Northhampton, England,
finished 13th in the Edmonton Grand Prix, after winning it in 2005.
The Edmonton Grand Prix also featured
Cascar racing action and
Champ Car Atlantic racing.
In Edmonton, Jeff Lapcevich from Ontario took first in the 38-car field
Cascar final and
never looked back.
Simon Pagenaud's
Champ Car Atlantic top lap speed of 1:05.935 topped the 1:07.628 set in Edmonton
at the 2005 West Edmonton Mall event, by Atlantic Champ Charles Zwolsman. French-born
Pagenaud, who races with Team Australia, took
the Champ Car Atlantic win in 2006.
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