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

TeamCarDriversRounds
Flash EngineeringVolvo 850 GLT1 Jan NilssonAll
Ford Mondeo Ghia8 Elisabeth Nilsson1-3, 5-6
18 Fredrik Larsson5
BMW Mobil 1 Dealer TeamBMW 320i2 Thomas JohanssonAll
Troberg - Rydell Junior TeamVolvo 850 GLT3 Mattias EkströmAll
Opel Super Touring Team SwedenOpel Vectra 16v4 Jan BrunstedtAll
Opel Vectra GT9 Kari MäkinenAll
Team Becker Schauman WoodBMW 318is5 Peggen AnderssonAll
Mobil Ford MotorsportFord Mondeo Ghia6 Stig BlomqvistAll
7 Anders SöderbergAll
Stenlund MotorsportAlfa Romeo 155 TS10 Ulrik GustavssonAll
Ikegami MotorsportBMW M315 Niklas Danielsson1-4, 6
Thenander MotorsportVolvo 850 GLT16 Bengt Thenander2
Team BilbolagetRenault Laguna17 Anders Larsson4
Lennart Lindqvist RacingFord Sierra20 Lennart LindqvistAll
Bòrje GustavssonBMW M322 Bòrje Gustavsson1-2, 4-6
Bakajev MotorsportBMW 318is55 Georg Bakajev1-2, 4-5
Tryggve EngerBMW 318is56 Tryggve Enger1, 4
Brosson RacingVolvo 850 GLT99 Jens Edman6

Race calendar and winners

All rounds were held in Sweden.

RoundCircuitDatePole PositionFastest LapWinning DriverWinning Team
1R1Mantorp Park5 May Thomas Johansson Jan Nilsson Mattias EkströmTroberg - Rydell Junior Team
R2 Mattias Ekström Mattias EkströmTroberg - Rydell Junior Team
2R3Kinnekulle25 May Jan Nilsson Jan Nilsson Jan NilssonFlash Engineering
R4 Mattias Ekström Jan NilssonFlash Engineering
3R5Anderstorp8 June Jan Nilsson Mattias Ekström Mattias EkströmTroberg - Rydell Junior Team
R6 Thomas Johansson Jan NilssonFlash Engineering
4R7Falkenberg13 July Mattias Ekström Jan Nilsson Jan NilssonFlash Engineering
R8 Jan Brunstedt Jan NilssonFlash Engineering
5R9Ring Knutstorp3 August Jan Nilsson Jan Nilsson Jan NilssonFlash Engineering
R10 Mattias Ekström Jan NilssonFlash Engineering
6R11Karlskoga-Gelleråsen31 August Jan Nilsson Jan Nilsson Jan NilssonFlash Engineering
R12 Thomas Johansson Mattias EkströmTroberg - 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.DriverMANKINANDFALKNUKARPts
1 Jan NilssonRetDNS1121111113249
2 Mattias Ekström11Ret4142RetRet261192
3 Thomas JohanssonRetDNS2232DSQ3DNSDNS22159
4 Peggen Andersson9Ret33436221045151
5 Stig Blomqvist3Ret4Ret57343336146
6 Kari Mäkinen42Ret6Ret6767478105
7 Jan Brunstedt2Ret7Ret85DSQ546Ret4104
8 Anders Söderberg5DNS677Ret4RetRet75986
9 Ulrik GustavssonRetRet556Ret57559Ret84
10 Georg Bakajev8310Ret8Ret6Ret45
11 Niklas DanielssonRet5981010Ret1010DNS43
12 Börje Gustavsson7Ret8109Ret109NC1040
13 Lennart LindqvistRetDNSRetDNSRet910998NCDNS40
14 Elisabeth NilssonRet4RetDNS98DNSDNSRetDNS40
15 Jens Edman8719
16 Tryggve Enger6RetRet819
17 Fredrik Larsson8Ret8
18 Bengt ThenanderRet97
19 Anders LarssonRetDNS5
Pos.DriverMANKINANDFALKNUKARPts
Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

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