1998 Swedish Touring Car Championship
The 1998 Swedish Touring Car Championship season was the 3rd Swedish Touring Car Championship (STCC) season. It was decided over six race weekends (comprising twelve races) at five different circuits.
Fredrik Ekblom won his first championship for the BMW Dealer Team.
Entry list[]
Team | Car | No. | Drivers | Class | Rounds |
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Flash Engineering | Volvo S40 | 1 | Jan Nilsson | D | All |
12 | Jens Edman | D | 3–6 | ||
Volvo 850 GLT | 15 | D | 6 | ||
Ford Mondeo Ghia | 2 | Mattias Ekström | D | All | |
Opel Vectra 16v | 3 | D | All | ||
6 | Jan Brunstedt | D | All | ||
37 | S | All | |||
BMW Dealer Team | BMW 320i | 4 | Peggen Andersson | D | All |
11 | Fredrik Ekblom | D | All | ||
Ford Mondeo Ghia | 5 | Stig Blomqvist | D | All | |
38 | D | 1–5 | |||
Elgh Motorsport | Nissan Primera GT | 13 | Carl Rosenblad | D | All |
Honda Accord | 16 | Stefan Lindberg | D | All | |
Nissan Primera eGT | 20 | S | All | ||
BMW 318is | 21 | S | All | ||
BMW 318is | 22 | S | 1–4 | ||
BMW 318is | 23 | S | All | ||
Kristoffersson Motorsport | Audi A4 Quattro | 25 | Tommy Kristoffersson | D | All |
26 | D | All | |||
Blue Jeans Powerdrink | Ford Mondeo Ghia | 27 | Richard Göransson | S | 1–3 |
Ford Mondeo Ghia | 28 | Nettan Lindgren-Jansson | S | 1–4, 6 | |
Opel Vectra GT | 29 | S | All | ||
BMW 318is | 30 | S | All | ||
BMW 318is | 31 | S | All | ||
32 | S | All | |||
BMW 318is | 33 | S | All | ||
BMW 318is | 34 | D | 4 | ||
Tord Linnerud | Opel Vectra GT | 37 | Tord Linnerud | S | 1, 6 |
Icon | Class |
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D | Drivers' Championship |
S | Synsam Cup |
Race calendar and winners[]
All rounds were held in Sweden.
Round | Circuit | Date | Pole Position | Fastest Lap | Winning Driver | Winning Team | Winning Privateer | |
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1 | R1 | Mantorp Park | 10 May | Mattias Ekström | Fredrik Ekblom | Kristoffersson Motorsport | Richard Göransson | |
R2 | Peggen Andersson | Fredrik Ekblom | BMW Dealer Team | |||||
2 | R3 | Karlskoga-Gelleråsen | 31 May | Jan Nilsson | Jan Nilsson | Jan Nilsson | Flash Engineering | |
R4 | Fredrik Ekblom | Peggen Andersson | BMW Dealer Team | |||||
3 | R5 | Anderstorp | 28 June | Mattias Ekström | Fredrik Ekblom | Jan Nilsson | Flash Engineering | |
R6 | Peggen Andersson | Peggen Andersson | BMW Dealer Team | |||||
4 | R7 | Falkenberg | 9 July | Jens Edman | Jens Edman | Jan Nilsson | Flash Engineering | |
R8 | Mattias Ekström | Jens Edman | Flash Engineering | |||||
5 | R9 | Ring Knutstorp | 6 September | Fredrik Ekblom | Fredrik Ekblom | Fredrik Ekblom | BMW Dealer Team | |
R10 | Jan Nilsson | Flash Engineering | ||||||
6 | R11 | Mantorp Park | 27 September | Tommy Kristoffersson | Fredrik Ekblom | Fredrik Ekblom | BMW Dealer Team | |
R12 | Peggen Andersson | Jan Nilsson | Flash Engineering |
Championship standings[]
Drivers' Championship[]
Points were awarded to the top ten drivers in a race as follows: 20, 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 3, 2, 1.
5 points were awarded to any driver who took part in qualifying.
Top 6 finishers in Race 1 were reversed to decide the Race 2 grid.
The final meeting of the year saw double points awarded.
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Bold – Pole |
Synsam Cup for Privateers[]
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References[]
External links[]
Categories:
- Swedish Touring Car Championship seasons
- 1998 in motorsport
- 1998 in Swedish motorsport