2006 Swedish Touring Car Championship

2006 Swedish Touring Car Championship season
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The 2006 Swedish Touring Car Championship season was the 11th Swedish Touring Car Championship (STCC) season. In total nine racing weekends at six different circuits were held; each round comprising one race.

Changes for 2006

• The race format and points system was changed. During the 2006 season one race of 40 minutes was held each weekend. Each race had one mandatory pitstop.
• The points system changed to the standard FIA system of 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1.
• A privateers championship named Caran Cup was created for drivers using cars constructed in 2003 or earlier.

Teams and drivers

List of starting drivers for the 2006 Swedish Touringcar Championship season.

Team	Car	No.	Drivers
Drivers' Championship
Flash Engineering	BMW 320si E90	1	Richard Göransson
		4	Edward Sandström
		9	Jan Nilsson
Kristoffersson Motorsport	Audi A4	2	Thed Björk
		6	Fredrik Ekblom
		10	Tommy Kristoffersson
Crawford Racing	BMW 320si E90	3	Carl Rosenblad
Honda Engström Motorsport	Honda Accord	5	Tomas Engström
Polestar Racing	Volvo S60	7	Robert Dahlgren
		17	Alexander Storckenfeldt
Opel Team Sweden	Opel Astra GTC 2000	8	Nicklas Karlsson
West Coast Racing	BMW 320i	11	Duncan Huisman
		12	Robin Rudholm
Mercedes-Benz Sport	Mercedes C200	14	Hans Simonsson
		15	Tobias Johansson
MA GP/Team caWalli	Alfa Romeo 156	20	Mattias Andersson
IPS Motorsport	Peugeot 407	21	Johan Stureson
		22	Stefan Söderberg
Picko Troberg Racing	BMW 320i	44	David Björk
STCC Challenge
Gellerstedt Motorsport	BMW 320i	94	Christer Gellerstedt
Malmborg Racing	Ford Focus	95	Håkan Malmborg
Tysslinge Racing	BMW 320R	97	Tobias Tegelby
Team Euromaster	BMW 320i	98	Joakim Fridh

Race Calendar

Round	Circuit	Date	Winning driver	Winning team
1	Ring Knutstorp	14 May	Thed Björk	Kristoffersson Motorsport
2	Karlskoga Motorstadion	28 May	Robert Dahlgren	Polestar Racing
3	Mantorp Park	18 June	Richard Göransson	Flash Engineering
4	Falkenbergs Motorbana	16 July	Thed Björk	Kristoffersson Motorsport
5	Vålerbanen	30 July	Richard Göransson	Flash Engineering
6	Anderstorp	13 August	Richard Göransson	Flash Engineering
7	Karlskoga Motorstadion	27 August	Thed Björk	Kristoffersson Motorsport
8	Ring Knutstorp	10 September	Richard Göransson	Flash Engineering
9	Mantorp Park	1 October	Richard Göransson	Flash Engineering

Championship standings (after 9 of 9 rounds)

Drivers

Pos Driver KNU KAR MAN FAL VÅL AND KAR KNU MAN Pts 1 T. Björk 1 3 7 1 2 16 1 2 4 59 2 Göransson 5 13 1 10 1 1 8 1 1 55 3 Huisman 4 Ret 3 3 2 2 5 10 37 4 Ekblom 2 10 4 Ret 3 8 10 3 5 30 5 Engström 3 2 Ret 16 5 Ret 4 9 3 29 6 Dahlgren Ret 1 Ret 2 12 3 Ret 6 7 29 7 Rudholm 14 5 2 11 6 9 3 7 6 26 8 Stureson 7 4 Ret Ret 7 5 5 11 Ret 17 9 Nilsson 8 7 Ret 4 Ret 4 9 8 12 14 10 Kristoffersson Ret 12 5 9 4 13 16 4 Ret 14 11 D. Björk 6 6 6 13 Ret 6 15 14 8 13 12 Rosenblad 9 11 Ret 7 10 10 7 10 2 12 13 Karlsson Ret 8 Ret Ret 9 7 6 15 13 6 14 Storckenfeldt 12 9 Ret 5 Ret DSQ 11 13 9 4 15 Andersson 13 11 DNS 6 8 11 12 12 10 4 16 Fridh Ret 15 8 15 Ret 12 14 17 15 1 17 Söderberg 11 18 9 8 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 1 18 Johansson 16 14 DNS 12 11 14 DNS 16 DNS 0 19 Simonsson DNS Ret Ret Ret Ret DNS 13 19 14 0 20 Tegelby 17 16 Ret 14 13 15 Ret 20 Ret 0 21 Gellerstedt 15 Ret 10 17 Ret Ret 18 16 0 22 Sandström 10 17 Ret 0 23 Malmborg Ret Ret 0

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

STCC Teams Championship
Position	Make	Points
1	KMS/Audi	65
2	Flash/BMW	64
3	WCR/BMW	54
4	Engström/Honda	38
5	Polestar/Volvo	35
6	IPS/Peugeot	30
7	Elgh/BMW	24
8	PTR/BMW	18
9	Dealer Team/Opel	10
10	MA GP/Alfa Romeo	9
11	MB Sport/PWR/Mercedes	1

STCC Manufacturers Championship
Position	Make	Points
1	BMW	72
2	Audi	68
3	Volvo	42
4	Honda	41
5	Peugeot	33
6	Alfa Romeo	20
7	Opel	18
8	Mercedes	8

Caran Cup
Position	Driver	Points
1	Joakim Frid	68
2	Tobias Tegelby	50
3	Christer Gellerstedt	32

References