2000 Swedish Touring Car Championship Explained

The 2000 Swedish Touring Car Championship season was the fifth Swedish Touring Car Championship (STCC) season. It was contested over eight rounds (comprising sixteen races) at six different circuits.^[1] ^[2]

Norwegian Tommy Rustad won his first championship for the Crawford Nissan Racing team and became the first non-Swedish driver to win the championship.

Entry list

Team	Car		Drivers	Class	Rounds
Volvo S40 Racing Team Sweden	Volvo S40	1	Mattias Ekström	D	All
		5	Jan Nilsson	D	All
		34	Kelvin Burt	D	8
Kristoffersson Motorsport	Audi A4 Quattro	2	Fredrik Ekblom	D	All
		9	Tommy Kristoffersson	D	All
		31	Christian Abt	D	8
		32	Lennart Pehrsson	S	8
Crawford Nissan Racing	Nissan Primera Mk3 GT	3	Tommy Rustad	D	All
Crawford Nissan Racing	Nissan Primera Mk3 GT	6	Carl Rosenblad	D	All
Picko Troberg Racing	Ford Mondeo Zetec	4	Jens Edman	D	1, 3–8
Svenska Honda Bilimport	Honda Accord LS	7	Hubert Bergh	D	1–5, 7
Svenska Honda Bilimport	Honda Accord LS	12	Tomas Nyström	D	All
BMW Dealer Team	BMW 320i	11	Peggen Andersson	S	All
NK Motorsport	Alfa Romeo 156 TS	14	Niklas Karlsson	D	8
Euro Racing		14	Niklas Karlsson	D	1–4
		26	Jocke Mangs	D	8
		28	Kari Mäkinen	D	5
Jan Lindblom Racing	Ford Mondeo Ghia	15	Jan Lindblom	S	1–7
Jan Lindblom Racing	Volvo S40	15	Jan Lindblom	S	8
ETAB Data	Audi A4 Quattro	16	Tobias Johansson	S	All
Chrysler Jeep Sweden	Chrysler Stratus	17	Tomas Engström	D	All
Team Polo Motorsport	BMW 320i	18	Djon Clausen	S	1–4, 7–8
Anders Hammer Racing	Honda Accord	19	Anders Hammer	S	2, 4–5, 7–8
Magnus Krokström	Audi A4 Quattro	20	Magnus Krokström	S	All
Georg Bakajev Motorsport	BMW 318is	21	Anders Svensson	S	All
Georg Bakajev Motorsport	BMW 318is	24	Jarle Gåsland	S	6, 8
Frank Valle Motorsport	BMW 320i	22	Frank Valle	S	2, 4–7
Nordic Radical Motorsport	Opel Vectra GT	23	Rolf Uhr	S	1
Opel Team Sweden	Opel Vectra 16v	25	Pontus Mörth	D	7–8
Tord Linnerud	Opel Vectra 16v	27	Tord Linnerud	D	5–6
Torbjörn Sällfors	BMW 320i	29	Torbjörn Sällfors	S	7–8
AGS Motorsport	Audi A4 Quattro	30	Roberto Colciago	D	7–8
P.R.O. Motorsport	Nissan Primera Mk3 GT	33	David Leslie	D	8
Peter Sundfeldt	Opel Vectra 16v	55	Peter Sundfeldt	D	5, 8

Icon	Class
D	Drivers' Championship
S	Synsam Cup

Race calendar and winners

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team	Winning Privateer
1	R1	Karlskoga-Gelleråsen	7 May	Tommy Rustad	Fredrik Ekblom	Fredrik Ekblom	Kristoffersson Motorsport	Magnus Krokström
1	R2	Karlskoga-Gelleråsen	7 May	Tommy Rustad	Carl Rosenblad	Fredrik Ekblom	Kristoffersson Motorsport	Tobias Johansson
2	R3	Ring Knutstorp	28 May	Fredrik Ekblom	Fredrik Ekblom	Fredrik Ekblom	Kristoffersson Motorsport	Magnus Krokström
2	R4	Ring Knutstorp	28 May	Fredrik Ekblom	Mattias Ekström	Fredrik Ekblom	Kristoffersson Motorsport	Peggen Andersson
3	R5	Mantorp Park	18 June	Hubert Bergh	Tommy Rustad	Tommy Rustad	Crawford Nissan Racing	Magnus Krokström
3	R6	Mantorp Park	18 June	Hubert Bergh	Mattias Ekström	Fredrik Ekblom	Kristoffersson Motorsport	Tobias Johansson
4	R7	Falkenberg	9 July	Jan Nilsson	Jan Nilsson	Mattias Ekström	Volvo S40 Racing Team Sweden	Peggen Andersson
4	R8	Falkenberg	9 July	Tommy Rustad	Tommy Rustad	Tommy Rustad	Crawford Nissan Racing	Magnus Krokström
5	R9	Anderstorp	30 July	Carl Rosenblad	Jens Edman	Jens Edman	Picko Troberg Racing	Peggen Andersson
5	R10	Anderstorp	30 July	Carl Rosenblad	Carl Rosenblad	Carl Rosenblad	Crawford Nissan Racing	Magnus Krokström
6	R11	Arctic Circle Raceway	13 August	Mattias Ekström	Tommy Rustad	Mattias Ekström	Volvo S40 Racing Team Sweden	Magnus Krokström
6	R12	Arctic Circle Raceway	13 August	Jan Nilsson	Mattias Ekström	Mattias Ekström	Volvo S40 Racing Team Sweden	Frank Valle
7	R13	Karlskoga-Gelleråsen	27 August	Fredrik Ekblom	Fredrik Ekblom	Fredrik Ekblom	Kristoffersson Motorsport	Peggen Andersson
7	R14	Karlskoga-Gelleråsen	27 August	Fredrik Ekblom	Roberto Colciago	Fredrik Ekblom	Kristoffersson Motorsport	Peggen Andersson
8	R15	Mantorp Park	10 September	Tommy Rustad	Tommy Rustad	Jens Edman	Picko Troberg Racing	Peggen Andersson
8	R16	Mantorp Park	10 September	Tommy Rustad	Jens Edman	Jens Edman	Picko Troberg Racing	Jan Lindblom

Drivers' Championship

Points system
1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	PP
15	12	10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1	1
Double points in final race at Mantorp

Pos.	Driver	KAR		KNU		MAN		FAL		AND		ARC		KAR		MAN		Pts
1	Tommy Rustad	7	2	5	2	1	4	3	1	3	2	2	2	2	3	20	3	175
2	Fredrik Ekblom	1	1	1	1	2	1	6	3	7	3	5	4	1	1	8	Ret	167
3	Mattias Ekström	2	3	10	9	3	2	1	2	4	6	1	1	4	5	3	2	165
4	Jens Edman	4	8			4	3	Ret	4	1	4	Ret	5	7	11	1	1	115
5	Carl Rosenblad	5	4	DSQ	8	6	6	Ret	DNS	2	1	4	3	3	4	22	9	96
6	Jan Nilsson	DNS	9	2	7	Ret	Ret	2	Ret	5	5	3	Ret	8	8	4	4	84
7	Tomas Nyström	6	6	3	Ret	7	DNS	Ret	Ret	6	7	6	9	Ret	9	2	6	64
8	Tommy Kristoffersson	3	5	4	12	Ret	5	8	5	10	8	8	7	5	Ret	12	7	64
9	Peggen Andersson	11	DNS	8	3	10	Ret	4	Ret	8	13			10	6	6	13	36
10	Tomas Engström	Ret	Ret	7	Ret	Ret	11	5	6	9	10	7	8	9	10	7	10	34
11	Hubert Bergh	Ret	7	9	4	5	9	7	Ret	11	9			DNS	DNS			30
12	Pontus Mörth													6	7	5	5	27
13	Magnus Krokström	9	12	6	5	8	8	10	7	12	11	10	Ret	11	12	17	16	25
14	Roberto Colciago													Ret	2	9	Ret	14
15	Tobias Johansson	10	11	13	6	11	7	14	Ret	15	12	11	13	12	13	13	12	10
16	Niklas Karlsson	8	10	14	Ret	9	10	9	Ret							11	Ret	9
17	Tord Linnerud									13	Ret	9	6					7
18	Christian Abt															Ret	8	6
19	Jan Lindblom	12	13	11	10	Ret	DNS	Ret	8	16	14	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNS	15	11	4
20	Anders Svensson	Ret	DNS	12	13	12	12	11	9	14	19	12	12	DNS	14	DNS	15	2
21	Frank Valle			15	Ret			13	10	Ret	16	Ret	10	Ret	DNS			2
22	Kelvin Burt															10	Ret	1
23	Djon Clausen	14	14	16	11	Ret	Ret	15	11					14	Ret	19	20	0
24	Jarle Gåsland											Ret	11			23	17	0
25	Anders Hammer			DNS	DNS			12	Ret	Ret	15			15	15	16	18	0
26	Rolf Uhr	13	Ret															0
27	Torbjörn Sällfors													13	16	21	21	0
28	Lennart Pehrsson															14	14	0
29	Peter Sundfeldt									17	18					Ret	DNS	0
30	Kari Mäkinen									18	17							0
31	Jocke Mangs															18	19	0
–	David Leslie															Ret	Ret	0
Pos.	Driver	KAR		KNU		MAN		FAL		AND		ARC		KAR		MAN		Pts

Synsam Cup for Privateers

Pos.	Driver	KAR		KNU		MAN		FAL		AND		ARC		KAR		MAN		Pts
1	Magnus Krokström	9	12	6	5	8	8	10	7	12	11	10	Ret	11	12	17	16	196
2	Tobias Johansson	10	11	13	6	11	7	14	Ret	15	12	11	13	12	13	13	12	178
3	Peggen Andersson	11	DNS	8	3	10	Ret	4	Ret	8	13			10	6	6	13	176
4	Anders Svensson	Ret	DNS	12	13	12	12	11	9	14	19	12	12	DNS	14	DNS	15	122
5	Djon Clausen	14	14	16	11	Ret	Ret	15	11					14	Ret	19	20	58
6	Anders Hammer			DNS	DNS			12	Ret	Ret	15			15	15	16	18	41
7	Frank Valle			15	Ret			13	10	Ret	16	Ret	10	Ret	DNS			40
8	Lennart Pehrsson															14	14	30
9	Jarle Gåsland											Ret	11			23	17	26
10	Jan Lindblom	12	13	11	10	Ret	DNS	Ret	8	16	14	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNS	15	11	26
11	Torbjörn Sällfors													13	16	21	21	21
12	Rolf Uhr	13	Ret															8
Pos.	Driver	KAR		KNU		MAN		FAL		AND		ARC		KAR		MAN		Pts

External links

touring-cars.net

Notes and References

Web site: 2000 Swedish Touring Car Championship. Super Touring Register. 2018-12-11.
Web site: STCC-databas. Linander. Johan. STCC-databas. en. 2018-12-11.