| Flag: | Victoria |
| 2006 Betta Electrical 500 | |
| Round No: | 8 |
| Season No: | 13 |
| Year: | 2006 |
| Series: | V8SC |
| Track Map: | Sandown (Australia) track map.svg |
| Date: | 1–3 September |
| Location: | Melbourne, Victoria |
| Circuit: | Sandown International Raceway |
| Weather: | Fine |
| Race1 Laps: | 161 |
| Race1 Dist: | 500 |
| Pole1: | Garth Tander |
| Pole1 Team: | Holden Racing Team |
| Pole1 Time: | 1:10.6102 |
| Winner1: | Jason Bright Mark Winterbottom |
| Winner1 Team: | Ford Performance Racing |
| Winner1 Time: | 3:22:16.2954 |
| First Round: | Jason Bright Mark Winterbottom |
| First Round Team: | Ford Performance Racing |
| First Pts: | 320 |
| Second Round: | Rick Kelly Todd Kelly |
| Second Round Team: | HSV Dealer Team |
| Second Pts: | 310 |
| Third Round: | Craig Lowndes Jamie Whincup |
| Third Round Team: | Triple Eight Race Engineering |
| Third Pts: | 300 |
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"[1] 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.
Results as follows:[2]
| 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 |
Results as follows:[3]
