1998 Swedish Touring Car Championship Explained

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

Team	Car		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

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

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.
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

Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

Synsam Cup for Privateers

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

External links

• STCC 1998 Entry List
• Touring-cars.net