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
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

Race calendar and winners[]

All rounds were held in Sweden.

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team	Winning Privateer
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.

Pos. Driver MAN KAR AND FAL KNU MAN Pts 1 Fredrik Ekblom 4 1 2 2 3 4 Ret 2 1 3 1 2 229 2 Jan Nilsson Ret Ret 1 4 1 2 1 Ret 5 1 3 1 207 3 Peggen Andersson Ret 4 4 1 Ret 1 Ret Ret 2 5 4 9 137 4 Tommy Kristoffersson 5 3 6 10 7 6 10 11 Ret 6 2 3 128 5 1 2 7 3 4 10 Ret 5 3 8 13 Ret 115 6 Jan Brunstedt 2 6 8 6 Ret Ret 3 4 7 16 6 5 114 7 9 7 5 5 6 11 4 3 9 17 7 7 98 8 Mattias Ekström Ret 8 3 Ret 2 3 Ret Ret 4 2 Ret DNS 97 9 Jens Edman Ret 7 2 1 6 7 5 Ret 85 10 Carl Rosenblad 3 5 11 9 Ret 5 5 Ret Ret Ret Ret 6 80 11 Stefan Lindberg Ret Ret 18 11 12 19 8 Ret 10 Ret 8 4 60 12 Ret Ret Ret 7 5 Ret Ret Ret 8 4 DNS DNS 55 13 Stig Blomqvist Ret DNS 10 8 8 Ret DNS 7 Ret Ret 9 8 51 14 7 9 12 DNS 13 9 6 6 17 Ret Ret Ret 50 15 8 10 Ret 15 17 8 7 Ret 16 9 10 10 47 16 11 13 17 Ret 11 21 12 8 Ret 11 Ret Ret 33 17 15 15 16 17 14 16 11 9 14 10 12 11 33 18 13 11 13 DNS Ret 13 Ret 10 12 14 15 12 31 19 12 Ret Ret 13 DNS 15 15 Ret 11 13 17 14 30 20 14 14 14 16 Ret 20 14 14 18 Ret 18 15 30 21 Ret DNS 15 DNS 16 18 13 13 15 15 16 13 30 22 10 Ret 9 Ret 9 12 9 Ret 27 23 Ret Ret Ret 14 10 14 Ret 12 13 12 26 24 Nettan Lindgren-Jansson Ret 12 Ret 12 15 17 DNS DNS 14 Ret 25 25 Richard Göransson 6 16 Ret Ret DNS DNS 21 26 Tord Linnerud DNS DNS 11 Ret 5 27 Ret Ret 5 28 Ret DNS 5 Pos. Driver MAN KAR AND FAL KNU MAN Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

Synsam Cup for Privateers[]

Pos. Driver MAN KAR AND FAL KNU MAN Pts 1 9 7 5 5 6 11 4 3 9 17 7 7 247 2 8 10 Ret 15 17 8 7 Ret 16 9 10 10 157 3 15 15 16 17 14 16 11 9 14 10 12 11 110 4 13 11 13 DNS Ret 13 Ret 10 12 14 15 12 92 5 7 9 12 DNS 13 9 6 6 17 Ret Ret Ret 71 6 12 Ret Ret 13 DNS 15 15 Ret 11 13 17 14 67 7 10 Ret 9 Ret 9 12 9 Ret 63 8 11 13 17 Ret 11 21 12 8 Ret 11 Ret Ret 61 9 Ret Ret Ret 14 10 14 Ret 12 13 12 58 10 Nettan Lindgren-Jansson Ret 12 Ret 12 15 17 DNS DNS 14 Ret 57 11 Ret DNS 15 DNS 16 18 13 13 15 15 16 13 52 12 14 14 14 16 Ret 20 14 14 18 Ret 18 15 46 13 Tord Linnerud 11 Ret 28 14 Richard Göransson 6 16 Ret Ret DNS DNS 25 Pos. Driver MAN KAR AND FAL KNU MAN Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX)

References[]

External links[]

• STCC 1998 Entry List
• Touring-cars.net