The 2006 Lexmark Indy 300 was the thirteenth and penultimate round of the 2006 Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford season, held on 21 October 2006 on the Surfers Paradise Street Circuit in Queensland, Australia. The pole was won by native Queenslander Will Power, the first of his Champ Car career. The race was won by Nelson Philippe, the first and only win of his Champ Car career. By virtue of his eighth-place finish, Sébastien Bourdais clinched his third consecutive Champ Car season title, the first man to achieve this feat since Ted Horn won three consecutive National Championships from 1946 through 1948.

Qualifying results

Pos	Nat	Name	Team	Qual 1	Qual 2	Best
1		Will Power	Team Australia	1:31.403	1:31.839	1:31.403
2		Sébastien Bourdais	Newman/Haas Racing	1:31.774	1:32.212	1:31.774
3		Paul Tracy	Forsythe Racing	—-	1:31.959	1:31.959
4		Bruno Junqueira	Newman/Haas Racing	1:32.265	1:32.809	1:32.265
5		Nelson Philippe	CTE Racing-HVM	1:32.783	1:32.348	1:32.348
6		Oriol Servià	PKV Racing	1:32.371	1:33.674	1:32.371
7		A. J. Allmendinger	Forsythe Racing	1:32.536	1:33.761	1:32.536
8		Dan Clarke	CTE Racing-HVM	1:32.821	1:33.750	1:32.821
9		Alex Tagliani	Team Australia	1:32.933	1:32.845	1:32.845
10		Mario Domínguez	Rocketsports Racing	1:33.267	1:32.974	1:32.974
11		Ryan Briscoe	RuSPORT	—-	1:33.043	1:33.043
12		Andrew Ranger	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	1:34.155	1:33.564	1:33.564
13		Antônio Pizzonia	Rocketsports Racing	1:33.736	—-	1:33.736
14		Jan Heylen	Dale Coyne Racing	1:34.593	1:34.182	1:34.182
15		Charles Zwolsman Jr.	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	1:35.017	1:34.282	1:34.282
16		Katherine Legge	PKV Racing	—-	1:34.634	1:34.634
17		Andreas Wirth	Dale Coyne Racing	1:37.300	1:35.176	1:35.176
-		Justin Wilson	RuSPORT	—-	—-	No time

Justin Wilson fractured the scaphoid bone in his wrist in a crash during practice on Friday and took no further part in the event as a result.

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/retired	Grid	Points
1	4	Nelson Philippe	CTE Racing-HVM	59	1:50:50.985	5	32
2	8	Mario Domínguez	Rocketsports Racing	59	+0.728 secs	10	29
3	15	Alex Tagliani	Team Australia	59	+6.054 secs	9	25
4	3	Paul Tracy	Forsythe Racing	59	+7.238 secs	3	25
5	27	Andrew Ranger	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	59	+9.377 secs	12	21
6	2	Bruno Junqueira	Newman/Haas Racing	59	+10.247 secs	4	19
7	34	Charles Zwolsman Jr.	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	59	+16.849 secs	15	18
8	1	Sébastien Bourdais	Newman/Haas Racing	59	+18.978 secs	2	15
9	19	Andreas Wirth	Dale Coyne Racing	59	+22.195 secs	17	13
10	18	Antônio Pizzonia	Rocketsports Racing	59	+44.086 secs	13	12
11	10	Ryan Briscoe	RuSPORT	58	+ 1 Lap	11	10
12	5	Will Power	Team Australia	58	+ 1 Lap	1	12
13	6	Oriol Servià	PKV Racing	43	Gearbox	6	9
14	11	Jan Heylen	Dale Coyne Racing	42	Contact	14	8
15	20	Katherine Legge	PKV Racing	42	Contact	16	6
16	7	A. J. Allmendinger	Forsythe Racing	18	Contact	7	5
17	14	Dan Clarke	CTE Racing-HVM	12	Contact	8	4
-	9	Justin Wilson	RuSPORT	—-	Withdrawn	—-	0

Caution flags

Laps	Cause
1	Yellow start
14–16	Clarke (14) crash
20–23	Allmendinger (7) crash
29–32	Power (5) stopped on course
44–49	Heylen (11) crash; Legge (20) crash