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1997 Swedish Touring Car Championship

The 1997 Swedish Touring Car Championship season was the 2nd season of the championship. It was decided over six race weekends (comprising twelve races) at six different circuits.

Jan Nilsson won the second championship of the STCC.

It was two-time DTM champion Mattias Ekström's touring car debut year driving a black Volvo 850 GLT.

Teams and Drivers edit

Team Car No. Drivers Rounds
Flash Engineering Volvo 850 GLT 1   Jan Nilsson All
Ford Mondeo Ghia 8   Elisabeth Nilsson 1-3, 5-6
18   Fredrik Larsson 5
BMW Mobil 1 Dealer Team BMW 320i 2   Thomas Johansson All
Troberg - Rydell Junior Team Volvo 850 GLT 3   Mattias Ekström All
Opel Super Touring Team Sweden Opel Vectra 16v 4   Jan Brunstedt All
Opel Vectra GT 9   Kari Mäkinen All
Team Becker Schauman Wood BMW 318is 5   Peggen Andersson All
Mobil Ford Motorsport Ford Mondeo Ghia 6   Stig Blomqvist All
7   Anders Söderberg All
Stenlund Motorsport Alfa Romeo 155 TS 10   Ulrik Gustavsson All
Ikegami Motorsport BMW M3 15   Niklas Danielsson 1-4, 6
Thenander Motorsport Volvo 850 GLT 16   Bengt Thenander 2
Team Bilbolaget Renault Laguna 17   Anders Larsson 4
Lennart Lindqvist Racing Ford Sierra 20   Lennart Lindqvist All
Bòrje Gustavsson BMW M3 22   Bòrje Gustavsson 1-2, 4-6
Bakajev Motorsport BMW 318is 55   Georg Bakajev 1-2, 4-5
Tryggve Enger BMW 318is 56   Tryggve Enger 1, 4
Brosson Racing Volvo 850 GLT 99   Jens Edman 6

Race calendar and winners edit

All rounds were held in Sweden.

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team
1 R1 Mantorp Park 5 May   Thomas Johansson   Jan Nilsson   Mattias Ekström Troberg - Rydell Junior Team
R2   Mattias Ekström   Mattias Ekström Troberg - Rydell Junior Team
2 R3 Kinnekulle 25 May   Jan Nilsson   Jan Nilsson   Jan Nilsson Flash Engineering
R4   Mattias Ekström   Jan Nilsson Flash Engineering
3 R5 Anderstorp 8 June   Jan Nilsson   Mattias Ekström   Mattias Ekström Troberg - Rydell Junior Team
R6   Thomas Johansson   Jan Nilsson Flash Engineering
4 R7 Falkenberg 13 July   Mattias Ekström   Jan Nilsson   Jan Nilsson Flash Engineering
R8   Jan Brunstedt   Jan Nilsson Flash Engineering
5 R9 Ring Knutstorp 3 August   Jan Nilsson   Jan Nilsson   Jan Nilsson Flash Engineering
R10   Mattias Ekström   Jan Nilsson Flash Engineering
6 R11 Karlskoga-Gelleråsen 31 August   Jan Nilsson   Jan Nilsson   Jan Nilsson Flash Engineering
R12   Thomas Johansson   Mattias Ekström Troberg - Rydell Junior Team

Drivers Championship edit

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.
Classified 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 KIN AND FAL KNU KAR Pts
1   Jan Nilsson Ret DNS 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 249
2   Mattias Ekström 1 1 Ret 4 1 4 2 Ret Ret 2 6 1 192
3   Thomas Johansson Ret DNS 2 2 3 2 DSQ 3 DNS DNS 2 2 159
4   Peggen Andersson 9 Ret 3 3 4 3 6 2 2 10 4 5 151
5   Stig Blomqvist 3 Ret 4 Ret 5 7 3 4 3 3 3 6 146
6   Kari Mäkinen 4 2 Ret 6 Ret 6 7 6 7 4 7 8 105
7   Jan Brunstedt 2 Ret 7 Ret 8 5 DSQ 5 4 6 Ret 4 104
8   Anders Söderberg 5 DNS 6 7 7 Ret 4 Ret Ret 7 5 9 86
9   Ulrik Gustavsson Ret Ret 5 5 6 Ret 5 7 5 5 9 Ret 84
10   Georg Bakajev 8 3 10 Ret 8 Ret 6 Ret 45
11   Niklas Danielsson Ret 5 9 8 10 10 Ret 10 10 DNS 43
12   Börje Gustavsson 7 Ret 8 10 9 Ret 10 9 NC 10 40
13   Lennart Lindqvist Ret DNS Ret DNS Ret 9 10 9 9 8 NC DNS 40
14   Elisabeth Nilsson Ret 4 Ret DNS 9 8 DNS DNS Ret DNS 40
15   Jens Edman 8 7 19
16   Tryggve Enger 6 Ret Ret 8 19
17   Fredrik Larsson 8 Ret 8
18   Bengt Thenander Ret 9 7
19   Anders Larsson Ret DNS 5
Pos. Driver MAN KIN AND FAL KNU KAR Pts
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third 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

References edit

External links edit

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