2004 Swedish Touring Car Championship

2004 Swedish Touring Car Championship season
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The 2004 Swedish Touring Car Championship season was the 9th Swedish Touring Car Championship (STCC) season. In total nine racing weekends at five different circuits were held; each round comprising two races, making an eighteen-round competition in total.

Teams and drivers

Team	Car	No.	Drivers
Drivers' Championship
Kristoffersson Motorsport	Audi A4	1	Fredrik Ekblom
		6	Tommy Kristoffersson
Flash Engineering	Volvo S60	2	Jan Nilsson
		7	Robert Dahlgren
Engström Motorsport	Honda Civic Type-R	3	Tomas Engström
		8	Jens Hellström
Opel Team Sweden	Opel Astra	4	Tommy Rustad
West Coast Racing	BMW 320i	5	Richard Göransson
		9	Thed Björk
		11	Niklas Lovén
SEAT Sport	SEAT Toledo	10	Rickard Rydell
LMS Racing	Audi A4	12	Olli Haapalainen
Team Italienska Bil	Alfa Romeo 156	20	Mattias Andersson
IPS Motorsport	Peugeot 307	21	Johan Stureson
Peugeot Statoil Motorsport	Peugeot 307	23	Jan Magnussen
STCC Challenge
Rosén Racing	Volvo S60	92	Tobbe Rosén
Landegren Motorsport	Volvo S60	93	Johan Landegren
Gellerstedt Motorsport	BMW 320i	94	Christer Gellerstedt
Lindblom Motorsport	Volvo S60	95	Jan Lindblom
Norén Racing	BMW 320i	96	Peo Norén
JN Racing	BMW 320i	97	Johan Nilsson
Team Gustavsson	Volvo S60	98	Joakim Gustavsson
Mälarpower	Volvo S40 Evo 5	99	Ronnie Brandt

Race calendar and winners

Round	Circuit	Date	Winning driver	Winning team
1 2	Ring Knutstorp	2 April	Robert Dahlgren Richard Göransson	Flash Engineering West Coast Racing
3 4	Falkenbergs Motorbana	16 May	Jan Nilsson Fredrik Ekblom	Flash Engineering Kristoffersson Motorsport
5 6	Karlskoga Motorstadion	31 May	Richard Göransson Richard Göransson	West Coast Racing West Coast Racing
7 8	Mantorp Park	20 June	Robert Dahlgren Rickard Rydell	Polestar Racing SEAT Sport
9 10	Ring Knutstorp	4 July	Richard Göransson Richard Göransson	West Coast Racing West Coast Racing
11 12	Ring Knutstorp	18 July	Richard Göransson Tommy Rustad	West Coast Racing Opel Team Sweden
13 14	Arctic Circle Raceway	31 July	Richard Göransson Richard Göransson	West Coast Racing West Coast Racing
15 16	Karlskoga Motorstadion	31 July	Robert Dahlgren Tommy Rustad	Flash Engineering Opel Team Sweden
17 18	Mantorp Park	18 September	Fredrik Ekblom Richard Göransson	Kristoffersson Motorsport West Coast Racing

Championship results

Championship Standings

Pos.	Driver	KNU		FAL		GEL		MAN		FAL		KNU		MIR		GEL		MAN		Pts
1	Richard Göransson	3	1	3	12	1	1	12	6	1	1	1	3	1	1	2	9	7	1	227
2	Robert Dahlgren	1	11	2	4	2	4	1	7	2	3	10	9	3	5	1	2	Ret	8	176
3	Fredrik Ekblom	4	6	5	1	6	3	4	5	4	2	7	6	2	4	6	8	1	3	165
4	Jan Nilsson	2	2	1	5	4	Ret	9	Ret	3	Ret	4	2	5	3	Ret	6	2	13	137
5	Tommy Rustad	Ret	4	4	7	5	DNS	Ret	3	8	6	3	1	4	2	3	1	6	Ret	137
6	Tomas Engström	9	10	6	2	3	2	3	Ret	6	Ret	5	4	6	10	14	10	4	2	128
7	Johan Stureson	5	3	Ret	DNS	9	5	2	2	7	5	2	5	14	6	10	7	Ret	Ret	107
8	Tommy Kristoffersson	8	13	8	6	10	Ret	8	8	5	4	9	8	8	8	7	4	8	5	102
9	Jens Hellström	6	7	Ret	8	7	Ret	7	Ret	Ret	9	8	7	9	9	8	5	Ret	6	80
10	Mattias Andersson	7	15	7	3	8	6	Ret	DNS	Ret	8	16	DNS	7	7	5	Ret	Ret	DNS	59
11	Thed Björk											Ret	14			4	3	3	4	48
12	Johan Landegren			9	11	11	7	6	4	10	7	17	Ret	10	11	9	15	13	Ret	48
13	Peo Norén	11	8	10	9	12	Ret	10	9	9	10	14	Ret	15	DNS			11	7	43
14	Johan Nilsson	12	12	12	13	15	8	11	10	13	13	12	10	11	12	11	11	DNS	10	30
15	Rickard Rydell							5	1											26
16	Christer Gellerstedt	13	DNS	DNS	10	13	9	Ret	DNS	11	11	11	11					18	9	23
17	Niklas Lovén	10	5	11	Ret	14	Ret	Ret	11											15
18	Niklas Lovén									12	12	DNS	DNS	12	14	12	12	9	11	13
19	Olli Haapalainen																	5	18	8
20	Jan Magnussen											6	15							7
21	Ronnie Brandt	Ret	DNS	DNS	DNS							13	12	13	13	13	13	10	12	6
22	Jan Lindblom	Ret	9																	4
23	Joakim Gustavsson	14	14	DNS	DNS					DNS	Ret	15	13					12	Ret	1

Driver's championship

Position	Driver	Points
1	Richard Göransson	227
2	Robert Dahlgren	176
3	Fredrik Ekblom	165
4	Jan Nilsson	137
5	Tommy Rustad	137
6	Tomas Engström	128
7	Johan Stureson	107
8	Tommy Kristoffersson	102
9	Jens Hellström	80
10	Mattias Andersson	59
11	Johan Landegren	48
12	Thed Björk	48
13	Peo Norén	43
14	Johan Nilsson	30
15	Rickard Rydell	26
16	Christer Gellerstedt	23
17	Niklas Lovén	15
18	Tobbe Rosén	13
19	Olli Happalainen	8
20	Jan Magnussen	7
21	Ronnie Brandt	6
22	Jan Lindblom	4
23	Joakim Gustavsson	1

STCC Challenge

Position	Driver	Points
1	Johan Nilsson	176
2	Johan Landegren	164
3	Peo Norén	129
4	Christer Gellerstedt	89
5	Tobbe Rosén (4 tävlingar)	59
6	Ronnie Brandt	58
7	Joakim Gustavsson	26
8	Jan Lindblom	12

Manufacturer's Championship

Position	Manufacturer	Points
1	BMW	225
2	Volvo	206
3	Audi	176
4	Honda	150
5	Opel	142
6	Peugeot	120
7	Alfa Romeo	67

References