2007 Swedish Touring Car Championship Explained

The 2007 Swedish Touring Car Championship season was the 12th Swedish Touring Car Championship (STCC) season. The championship was won by Fredrik Ekblom, becoming the first ever three-times STCC champion.

Teams and drivers

These were the entries for the 2007 Season.

Team	Car		Drivers	Rounds
Drivers' Championship
Kristoffersson Motorsport	Audi A4	1	Thed Björk	All
		10	Tommy Kristoffersson	All
		55	Frank Stippler	All
Flash Engineering	BMW 320si E90 Ethanol	2	Richard Göransson	All
		9	Jan Nilsson	All
WestCoast Racing	BMW 320si E90	3	Robin Rudholm	All
		4	Fredrik Ekblom	All
Engström Motorsport	Honda Accord	5	Tomas Engström	All
Polestar Racing	Volvo S60 Ethanol	6	Robert Dahlgren	All
		7	Alexander Storckenfeldt	All
Opel Team Sweden	Opel Astra GTC 2000	8	Tommy Rustad	All
Picko Troberg Racing	BMW 320i	11	Roger Eriksson	All
		22	Fredrik Lestrup	All
Crawford Racing	BMW 320si E90	12	Carl Rosenblad	1
PWR Racing Team	Mercedes-Benz C200	14	Hans Simonsson	All
Mercedes-Benz Sport	Mercedes-Benz C200	15	Tobias Johansson	All
Chevrolet Motorsport Sweden	Chevrolet Lacetti	16	Nickas Karlsson	5, 8, 11
Artman Racing	Honda Accord Euro-R	17	Andrey Smetsky	1
MA:GP	Alfa Romeo 156	20	Mattias Andersson	All
IPS Motorsport	Peugeot 407	21	Johan Stureson	All
Team CaWalli	BMW 320i	44	David Björk	All
STCC Challenge
Huggare Racing	BMW 320i	96	Viktor Huggare	2–5, 7–8, 11
Tysslinge Racing	BMW 320i	97	Tobias Tegelby	All
Team Euromaster	Opel Astra Coupe	98	Joakim Fridh	1–5, 7–11
Mälarpower Motorsport	Volvo S60	99	Ronnie Brandt	1, 4, 6–11

Race calendar

Round	Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	Sturup Raceway	22 April	Robert Dahlgren	Jan Nilsson	Robert Dahlgren	Polestar Racing
2	Ring Knutstorp	6 May	Robert Dahlgren	Robin Rudholm	Robert Dahlgren	Polestar Racing
3	Mantorp Park	20 May	Frank Stippler	Richard Göransson	Richard Göransson	Flash Engineering
4	Karlskoga Motorstadion	3 June	Fredrik Ekblom	Richard Göransson	Fredrik Ekblom	WestCoast Racing
5	Anderstorp	17 June	Robin Rudholm	Fredrik Ekblom	Robin Rudholm	WestCoast Racing
6	Vålerbanen	30 June	Robert Dahlgren	Richard Göransson	Richard Göransson	Flash Engineering
7	Falkenbergs Motorbana	15 July	Thed Björk	Fredrik Ekblom	Thed Björk	Kristoffersson Motorsport
8	Karlskoga Motorstadion	19 August	Tomas Engström	Robin Rudholm	Richard Göransson	Flash Engineering
9	Ring Knutstorp	2 September	Robert Dahlgren	Robin Rudholm	Alexander Storckenfeldt	Polestar Racing
10	Sturup Raceway	16 September	Johan Stureson	Johan Stureson	Fredrik Ekblom	WestCoast Racing
11	Mantorp Park	30 September	Jan Nilsson	Tommy Rustad	Tommy Rustad	Opel Team Sweden

Championship standings

Drivers

Pos Driver STU KNU MAN KAR AND VÅL FAL KAR KNU STU MAN Pts 1 Fredrik Ekblom 12 3 2 1 4 5 2 2 6 1 Ret 62 2 Robert Dahlgren 1 1 7 Ret 5 3 6 5 2 5 Ret 51 3 Richard Göransson DNS Ret 1 4 7 1 3 1 9 4 Ret 48 4 Thed Björk 7 Ret 3 3 3 15 1 4 4 Ret 8 41 5 Jan Nilsson 2 5 Ret 5 2 Ret 4 Ret 7 10 6 34 6 Robin Rudholm DNS 2 4 Ret 1 Ret Ret 3 8 6 Ret 33 7 Frank Stippler 5 Ret 6 Ret Ret 2 5 8 10 2 7 30 8 Alexander Storckenfeldt 10 4 Ret Ret 11 4 DNS 11 1 12 11 20 9 Johan Stureson 3 6 Ret 14 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 3 3 19 10 Mattias Andersson 13 9 5 6 Ret 6 Ret 6 3 Ret 10 19 11 Tommy Rustad 9 Ret Ret 12 6 Ret Ret 9 5 9 1 17 12 Tomas Engström 4 7 8 2 9 10 12 Ret DNS Ret Ret 16 13 David Björk 8 10 Ret 7 14 9 Ret 7 Ret 7 2 15 14 Tommy Kristoffersson 6 8 9 10 7 8 8 12 Ret 11 5 12 15 Joakim Fridh 17 15 Ret 13 13 9 18 15 17 4 5 16 Roger Eriksson 14 13 Ret 9 12 7 7 15 14 8 Ret 5 17 Fredrik Lestrup 15 12 Ret 8 Ret 11 Ret 10 13 13 9 1 18 Tobias Tegelby 18 Ret 10 Ret 10 Ret 10 17 12 16 15 0 19 Hans Simonsson Ret 11 Ret Ret 15 12 Ret 16 DNS 15 14 0 20 Tobias Johansson 16 14 Ret 11 DNS 13 DNS 14 11 14 13 0 21 Carl Rosenblad 11 0 22 Nicklas Karlsson DNS WD 13 16 0 23 Ronnie Brandt Ret Ret 14 Ret 20 16 18 17 0 24 Viktor Huggare 16 Ret Ret 17 Ret 19 12 0 25 Andrey Smetsky 19 0

STCC Teams Championship
Position	Make	Points
1	Flash Engineering	75
2	WestCoast Racing	72
3	Kristoffersson Motorsport	68
4	Polestar Racing	60
5	MA:GP	29
6	Engström Motorsport	27
7	Team CaWalli	26
8	Opel Team Sweden	24
9	IPS Motorsport	23
10	Picko Troberg Racing	19
11	Mercedes-Benz Sport/PWR Racing Team	3
11	Chevrolet Motorsport Sweden	0

STCC Manufacturers Championship
Position	Make	Points
1	BMW	93
2	Audi	72
3	Volvo	70
4	Alfa Romeo	38
5	Honda	36
6	Opel	34
7	Peugeot	30
8	Mercedes	23
9	Chevrolet	4

Caran Cup
Position	Driver	Points
1	Joakim Fridh	82
2	Tobias Tegelby	74
3	Viktor Huggare	34
4	Ronnie Brandt	32

External links

• Official site