1997 Swedish Touring Car Championship Explained

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

Team	Car		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

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

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

Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

External links

• Touring-cars.net
• 1997 Entry List