2000 Swedish Touring Car Championship

The 2000 Swedish Touring Car Championship season was the fifth Swedish Touring Car Championship (STCC) season. It was contested over eight rounds (comprising sixteen races) at six different circuits.^[1][2]

Norwegian Tommy Rustad won his first championship for the Crawford Nissan Racing team and became the first non-Swedish driver to win the championship.

Entry list[]

Team Car No. Drivers Class Rounds Volvo S40 Racing Team Sweden Volvo S40 1 Mattias Ekström D All 5 Jan Nilsson D All 34 Kelvin Burt D 8 Kristoffersson Motorsport Audi A4 Quattro 2 Fredrik Ekblom D All 9 Tommy Kristoffersson D All 31 Christian Abt D 8 32 S 8 Crawford Nissan Racing Nissan Primera Mk3 GT 3 Tommy Rustad D All 6 Carl Rosenblad D All Ford Mondeo Zetec 4 Jens Edman D 1, 3–8 Honda Accord LS 7 D 1–5, 7 12 D All BMW Dealer Team BMW 320i 11 Peggen Andersson S All Alfa Romeo 156 TS 14 D 8 1–4 26 Jocke Mangs D 8 28 D 5 Ford Mondeo Ghia 15 S 1–7 Volvo S40 8 Audi A4 Quattro 16 S All Chrysler Stratus 17 Tomas Engström D All BMW 320i 18 S 1–4, 7–8 Honda Accord 19 S 2, 4–5, 7–8 Audi A4 Quattro 20 S All BMW 318is 21 S All 24 S 6, 8 BMW 320i 22 S 2, 4–7 Opel Vectra GT 23 S 1 Opel Vectra 16v 25 D 7–8 Tord Linnerud Opel Vectra 16v 27 Tord Linnerud D 5–6 BMW 320i 29 S 7–8 Audi A4 Quattro 30 Roberto Colciago D 7–8 Nissan Primera Mk3 GT 33 David Leslie D 8 Opel Vectra 16v 55 D 5, 8

Icon Class D Drivers' Championship S Synsam Cup

Race calendar and winners[]

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team	Winning Privateer
1	R1	Karlskoga-Gelleråsen	7 May	Tommy Rustad	Fredrik Ekblom	Fredrik Ekblom	Kristoffersson Motorsport
	R2			Tommy Rustad	Carl Rosenblad	Fredrik Ekblom	Kristoffersson Motorsport
2	R3	Ring Knutstorp	28 May	Fredrik Ekblom	Fredrik Ekblom	Fredrik Ekblom	Kristoffersson Motorsport
	R4			Fredrik Ekblom	Mattias Ekström	Fredrik Ekblom	Kristoffersson Motorsport	Peggen Andersson
3	R5	Mantorp Park	18 June		Tommy Rustad	Tommy Rustad	Crawford Nissan Racing
	R6				Mattias Ekström	Fredrik Ekblom	Kristoffersson Motorsport
4	R7	Falkenberg	9 July	Jan Nilsson	Jan Nilsson	Mattias Ekström	Volvo S40 Racing Team Sweden	Peggen Andersson
	R8			Tommy Rustad	Tommy Rustad	Tommy Rustad	Crawford Nissan Racing
5	R9	Anderstorp	30 July	Carl Rosenblad	Jens Edman	Jens Edman		Peggen Andersson
	R10			Carl Rosenblad	Carl Rosenblad	Carl Rosenblad	Crawford Nissan Racing
6	R11	Arctic Circle Raceway	13 August	Mattias Ekström	Tommy Rustad	Mattias Ekström	Volvo S40 Racing Team Sweden
	R12			Jan Nilsson	Mattias Ekström	Mattias Ekström	Volvo S40 Racing Team Sweden
7	R13	Karlskoga-Gelleråsen	27 August	Fredrik Ekblom	Fredrik Ekblom	Fredrik Ekblom	Kristoffersson Motorsport	Peggen Andersson
	R14			Fredrik Ekblom	Roberto Colciago	Fredrik Ekblom	Kristoffersson Motorsport	Peggen Andersson
8	R15	Mantorp Park	10 September	Tommy Rustad	Tommy Rustad	Jens Edman		Peggen Andersson
	R16			Tommy Rustad	Jens Edman	Jens Edman

Drivers' Championship[]

Pos. Driver KAR KNU MAN FAL AND ARC KAR MAN Pts 1 Tommy Rustad 7 2 5 2 1 4 3 1 3 2 2 2 2 3 20 3 175 2 Fredrik Ekblom 1 1 1 1 2 1 6 3 7 3 5 4 1 1 8 Ret 167 3 Mattias Ekström 2 3 10 9 3 2 1 2 4 6 1 1 4 5 3 2 165 4 Jens Edman 4 8 4 3 Ret 4 1 4 Ret 5 7 11 1 1 115 5 Carl Rosenblad 5 4 DSQ 8 6 6 Ret DNS 2 1 4 3 3 4 22 9 96 6 Jan Nilsson DNS 9 2 7 Ret Ret 2 Ret 5 5 3 Ret 8 8 4 4 84 7 6 6 3 Ret 7 DNS Ret Ret 6 7 6 9 Ret 9 2 6 64 8 Tommy Kristoffersson 3 5 4 12 Ret 5 8 5 10 8 8 7 5 Ret 12 7 64 9 Peggen Andersson 11 DNS 8 3 10 Ret 4 Ret 8 13 10 6 6 13 36 10 Tomas Engström Ret Ret 7 Ret Ret 11 5 6 9 10 7 8 9 10 7 10 34 11 Ret 7 9 4 5 9 7 Ret 11 9 DNS DNS 30 12 6 7 5 5 27 13 9 12 6 5 8 8 10 7 12 11 10 Ret 11 12 17 16 25 14 Roberto Colciago Ret 2 9 Ret 14 15 10 11 13 6 11 7 14 Ret 15 12 11 13 12 13 13 12 10 16 8 10 14 Ret 9 10 9 Ret 11 Ret 9 17 Tord Linnerud 13 Ret 9 6 7 18 Christian Abt Ret 8 6 19 12 13 11 10 Ret DNS Ret 8 16 14 Ret Ret Ret DNS 15 11 4 20 Ret DNS 12 13 12 12 11 9 14 19 12 12 DNS 14 DNS 15 2 21 15 Ret 13 10 Ret 16 Ret 10 Ret DNS 2 22 Kelvin Burt 10 Ret 1 23 14 14 16 11 Ret Ret 15 11 14 Ret 19 20 0 24 Ret 11 23 17 0 25 DNS DNS 12 Ret Ret 15 15 15 16 18 0 26 13 Ret 0 27 13 16 21 21 0 28 14 14 0 29 17 18 Ret DNS 0 30 18 17 0 31 Jocke Mangs 18 19 0 – David Leslie Ret Ret 0 Pos. Driver KAR KNU MAN FAL AND ARC KAR 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)

Synsam Cup for Privateers[]

Pos.	Driver	KAR		KNU		MAN		FAL		AND		ARC		KAR		MAN		Pts
1		9	12	6	5	8	8	10	7	12	11	10	Ret	11	12	17	16	196
2		10	11	13	6	11	7	14	Ret	15	12	11	13	12	13	13	12	178
3	Peggen Andersson	11	DNS	8	3	10	Ret	4	Ret	8	13			10	6	6	13	176
4		Ret	DNS	12	13	12	12	11	9	14	19	12	12	DNS	14	DNS	15	122
5		14	14	16	11	Ret	Ret	15	11					14	Ret	19	20	58
6				DNS	DNS			12	Ret	Ret	15			15	15	16	18	41
7				15	Ret			13	10	Ret	16	Ret	10	Ret	DNS			40
8																14	14	30
9												Ret	11			23	17	26
10		12	13	11	10	Ret	DNS	Ret	8	16	14	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNS	15	11	26
11														13	16	21	21	21
12		13	Ret															8
Pos.	Driver	KAR		KNU		MAN		FAL		AND		ARC		KAR		MAN		Pts

References[]

External links[]

• touring-cars.net