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1998 Swedish Touring Car Championship

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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 edit

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   Patrick Ernstson D 6
Troberg-Rydell Junior Team Ford Mondeo Ghia 2   Mattias Ekström D All
Opel Motorsport Opel Vectra 16v 3   Thomas Johansson D All
6   Jan Brunstedt D All
37   Pontus Mörth S All
BMW Dealer Team BMW 320i 4   Peggen Andersson D All
11   Fredrik Ekblom D All
Mobil Ford Motorsport Ford Mondeo Ghia 5   Stig Blomqvist D All
38   Anders Söderberg D 1–5
Elgh Motorsport Nissan Primera GT 13   Carl Rosenblad D All
Team 13 Honda Accord 16   Stefan Lindberg D All
Euroracing AB Nissan Primera eGT 20   Kari Makinen S All
Bakajev Motorsport BMW 318is 21   Georg Bakajev S All
Ikegami Motorsport BMW 318is 22   Niklas Danielsson S 1–4
Lennart Lindqvist Racing BMW 318is 23   Lennart Lindqvist S All
Kristoffersson Motorsport Audi A4 Quattro 25   Tommy Kristoffersson D All
26   Mats Lindén D All
Blue Jeans Powerdrink Ford Mondeo Ghia 27   Richard Göransson S 1–3
Ross Racing Ford Mondeo Ghia 28   Nettan Lindgren-Jansson S 1–4, 6
Nordic Miltronic Motorsport Opel Vectra GT 29   Rolf Uhr S All
Anders Svensson BMW 318is 30   Anders Svensson S All
Polaris Auto BMW 318is 31   Tönu Soomer S All
32   Anders Bergman S All
Kim Esbjug BMW 318is 33   Kim Esbjug S All
Östfold Fina Olje BMW 318is 34   Simen Tvete D 4
Tord Linnerud Opel Vectra GT 37   Tord Linnerud S 1, 6
Icon Class
D Drivers' Championship
S Synsam Cup

Race calendar and winners edit

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   Mats Lindén Kristoffersson Motorsport   Richard Göransson
R2   Peggen Andersson   Fredrik Ekblom BMW Dealer Team   Pontus Mörth
2 R3 Karlskoga-Gelleråsen 31 May   Jan Nilsson   Jan Nilsson   Jan Nilsson Flash Engineering   Pontus Mörth
R4   Fredrik Ekblom   Peggen Andersson BMW Dealer Team   Pontus Mörth
3 R5 Anderstorp 28 June   Mattias Ekström   Fredrik Ekblom   Jan Nilsson Flash Engineering   Pontus Mörth
R6   Peggen Andersson   Peggen Andersson BMW Dealer Team   Georg Bakajev
4 R7 Falkenberg 9 July   Jens Edman   Jens Edman   Jan Nilsson Flash Engineering   Pontus Mörth
R8   Mattias Ekström   Jens Edman Flash Engineering   Pontus Mörth
5 R9 Ring Knutstorp 6 September   Fredrik Ekblom   Fredrik Ekblom   Fredrik Ekblom BMW Dealer Team   Pontus Mörth
R10   Mats Lindén   Jan Nilsson Flash Engineering   Georg Bakajev
6 R11 Mantorp Park 27 September   Tommy Kristoffersson   Fredrik Ekblom   Fredrik Ekblom BMW Dealer Team   Pontus Mörth
R12   Peggen Andersson   Jan Nilsson Flash Engineering   Pontus Mörth

Championship standings edit

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.
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   Mats Lindén 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   Pontus Mörth 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   Thomas Johansson 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   Kari Mäkinen 7 9 12 DNS 13 9 6 6 17 Ret Ret Ret 50
15   Georg Bakajev 8 10 Ret 15 17 8 7 Ret 16 9 10 10 47
16   Tönu Soomer 11 13 17 Ret 11 21 12 8 Ret 11 Ret Ret 33
17   Rolf Uhr 15 15 16 17 14 16 11 9 14 10 12 11 33
18   Anders Svensson 13 11 13 DNS Ret 13 Ret 10 12 14 15 12 31
19   Kim Esbjug 12 Ret Ret 13 DNS 15 15 Ret 11 13 17 14 30
20   Anders Bergman 14 14 14 16 Ret 20 14 14 18 Ret 18 15 30
21   Lennart Lindqvist Ret DNS 15 DNS 16 18 13 13 15 15 16 13 30
22   Niklas Danielsson 10 Ret 9 Ret 9 12 9 Ret 27
23   Anders Söderberg 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   Simen Tvete Ret Ret 5
28   Patrick Ernstson Ret DNS 5
Pos. Driver MAN KAR AND FAL KNU MAN 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

Synsam Cup for Privateers edit

Pos. Driver MAN KAR AND FAL KNU MAN Pts
1   Pontus Mörth 9 7 5 5 6 11 4 3 9 17 7 7 247
2   Georg Bakajev 8 10 Ret 15 17 8 7 Ret 16 9 10 10 157
3   Rolf Uhr 15 15 16 17 14 16 11 9 14 10 12 11 110
4   Anders Svensson 13 11 13 DNS Ret 13 Ret 10 12 14 15 12 92
5   Kari Mäkinen 7 9 12 DNS 13 9 6 6 17 Ret Ret Ret 71
6   Kim Esbjug 12 Ret Ret 13 DNS 15 15 Ret 11 13 17 14 67
7   Niklas Danielsson 10 Ret 9 Ret 9 12 9 Ret 63
8   Tönu Soomer 11 13 17 Ret 11 21 12 8 Ret 11 Ret Ret 61
9   Anders Söderberg 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   Lennart Lindqvist Ret DNS 15 DNS 16 18 13 13 15 15 16 13 52
12   Anders Bergman 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 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)

References edit

External links edit

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