2006 Lexmark Indy 300

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The 2006 Lexmark Indy 300 was a Champ Car World Series motor race that was held on 21 October 2006, at the Surfers Paradise Street Circuit in Queensland, Australia in front of 101,066 spectators. It was the 13th and penultimate round of the 2006 Champ Car World Series and the 16th running of the event. Nelson Philippe of CTE Racing - HVM won the 59-lap race from the fifth position. Rocketsports Racing driver Mario Domínguez finished second and Team Australia's Alex Tagliani took third.

Will Power posted the fastest timed laps of both qualifying sessions on Friday and Saturday and earned his first career pole position; it was the first pole for an Australian driver in the series since 1981. He pulled away from the other drivers and led the first 13 laps before making a pit stop. His performance was later hindered because of a lap-28 collision with Sébastien Bourdais. With varying pit stop strategies between teams, Jan Heylen, Charles Zwolsman Jr., Oriol Servià, Philippe, Paul Tracy, Domínguez, and Antônio Pizzonia all inherited the lead for at least one lap. After Pizzonia's stop, Philippe held off a hard charge from Domínguez to take his first (and only) career victory, becoming the youngest winner in Champ Car World Series history at 20 years, two months, and 29 days old. There were five caution flags and eight lead changes during the race.