1997 Swedish Touring Car Championship

1997 Swedish Touring Car Championship season
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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 twice DTM champion Mattias Ekström's touring car debut year driving a black Volvo 850 GLT.

Teams and Drivers

Team	Car	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Flash Engineering	Volvo 850 GLT	1	Jan Nilsson	All
	Ford Mondeo Ghia	8	Elisabeth Nilsson	1-3, 5-6
	Ford Mondeo Ghia	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 Super Touring Team Sweden	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
Mobil Ford Motorsport	Ford Mondeo Ghia	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
1	R2	Mantorp Park	5 May		Mattias Ekström	Mattias Ekström	Troberg - Rydell Junior Team
2	R3	Kinnekulle	25 May	Jan Nilsson	Jan Nilsson	Jan Nilsson	Flash Engineering
2	R4	Kinnekulle	25 May		Mattias Ekström	Jan Nilsson	Flash Engineering
3	R5	Anderstorp	8 June	Jan Nilsson	Mattias Ekström	Mattias Ekström	Troberg - Rydell Junior Team
3	R6	Anderstorp	8 June		Thomas Johansson	Jan Nilsson	Flash Engineering
4	R7	Falkenberg	13 July	Mattias Ekström	Jan Nilsson	Jan Nilsson	Flash Engineering
4	R8	Falkenberg	13 July		Jan Brunstedt	Jan Nilsson	Flash Engineering
5	R9	Ring Knutstorp	3 August	Jan Nilsson	Jan Nilsson	Jan Nilsson	Flash Engineering
5	R10	Ring Knutstorp	3 August		Mattias Ekström	Jan Nilsson	Flash Engineering
6	R11	Karlskoga-Gelleråsen	31 August	Jan Nilsson	Jan Nilsson	Jan Nilsson	Flash Engineering
6	R12	Karlskoga-Gelleråsen	31 August		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

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not participate (DNP)
Blank	Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

References

External links

Swedish Touring Car Championship

1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

Scandinavian Touring Car Championship: 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

TTA – Racing Elite League: 2012

Super Touring championships

British Touring Car Championship	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000

French Supertouring Championship	1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

Italian Superturismo Championship	1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

Touring Car World Cup	1993 1994 1995

South American Super Touring Car Championship	1997 1998 1999 2000

Japanese Touring Car Championship	1994 1995 1996 1997 1998

Super Tourenwagen Cup	1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

Belgian Procar Championship	1994 1995 1996 1997

Swedish Touring Car Championship	1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002

Campeonato de España de Turismos	1994 1995 1996 1997

Portuguese Touring Car Championship	1993 1994

Central European Supertouring Car Championship	1994 1995 1996

South African Touring Car Championship	1994 1995 1996

Asia-Pacific Touring Car Championship	1994 1996 1997 1998 1999

Australian Super Touring Championship	1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000–01 2002

North American Touring Car Championship	1996 1997

European Touring Car Championship	2000 2001

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