1998 Swedish Touring Car Championship

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The 1998 Swedish Touring Car Championship season was the 3rd Swedish Touring Car Championship (STCC) season. It was decided over six race weekends (comprising twelve races) at five different circuits.

Swedish Touring Car Championship (STCC) was a touring car racing series based in Sweden, but also with rounds in Norway. They began operating in 1996, heavily influenced by the British Touring Car Championship and the success of BTCC racing on Swedish television. There are also a number of support classes that compete with their races alongside STCC; Radical, the Camaro Cup, Superkart, Pro Superbike, the JTCC and the Porsche Carrera Cup Scandinavia. The final STCC season was in 2010, as the series merged with the Danish Touringcar Championship to form the Scandinavian Touring Car Championship.

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Fredrik Ekblom won his first championship for the BMW Dealer Team.

WestCoast Racing

WestCoast Racing is a Swedish motor racing team, which was founded in 1994 by Dick Jönsson-Wigroth. The team which is based in Halmstad on the Swedish west coast is one of Sweden's most successful racing team. WestCoast Racing has since the mid-1990s had a strong partnership with BMW and the Swedish dealers and the team is also known as the "BMW Dealer Team". The team has mainly competed in the STCC, but also in the ETC Cup, FIA Sportscar Championship, Formula Ford and Volvo S60 Challenge. Currently the team is competing in the TCR International Series

Entry list

TeamCarNo.DriversClassRounds
Flash Engineering Volvo S40 1 Flag of Sweden.svg Jan Nilsson D All
12 Flag of Sweden.svg Jens Edman D 3–6
Volvo 850 GLT 15 Flag of Sweden.svg Patrick Ernstson D 6
Troberg-Rydell Junior Team Ford Mondeo Ghia 2 Flag of Sweden.svg Mattias Ekström D All
Opel Motorsport Opel Vectra 16v 3 Flag of Sweden.svg Thomas Johansson D All
6 Flag of Sweden.svg Jan Brunstedt D All
37 Flag of Sweden.svg Pontus Mörth S All
BMW Dealer Team BMW 320i 4 Flag of Sweden.svg Peggen Andersson D All
11 Flag of Sweden.svg Fredrik Ekblom D All
Mobil Ford Motorsport Ford Mondeo Ghia 5 Flag of Sweden.svg Stig Blomqvist D All
38 Flag of Sweden.svg Anders Söderberg D 1–5
Elgh Motorsport Nissan Primera GT 13 Flag of Sweden.svg Carl Rosenblad D All
Team 13 Honda Accord 16 Flag of Sweden.svg Stefan Lindberg D All
Euroracing AB Nissan Primera eGT 20 Flag of Finland.svg Kari Makinen S All
Bakajev Motorsport BMW 318is 21 Flag of Sweden.svg Georg Bakajev S All
Ikegami Motorsport BMW 318is 22 Flag of Sweden.svg Niklas Danielsson S 1–4
Lennart Lindqvist Racing BMW 318is 23 Flag of Sweden.svg Lennart Lindqvist S All
Kristoffersson Motorsport Audi A4 Quattro 25 Flag of Sweden.svg Tommy Kristoffersson D All
26 Flag of Sweden.svg Mats Lindén D All
Blue Jeans Powerdrink Ford Mondeo Ghia 27 Flag of Sweden.svg Richard Göransson S 1–3
Ross Racing Ford Mondeo Ghia 28 Flag of Sweden.svg Nettan Lindgren-Jansson S 1–4, 6
Nordic Miltronic Motorsport Opel Vectra GT 29 Flag of Sweden.svg Rolf Uhr S All
Anders Svensson BMW 318is 30 Flag of Sweden.svg Anders Svensson S All
Polaris Auto BMW 318is 31 Flag of Estonia.svg Tönu Soomer S All
32 Flag of Estonia.svg Anders Bergman S All
Kim Esbjug BMW 318is 33 Flag of Norway.svg Kim Esbjug S All
Östfold Fina Olje BMW 318is 34 Flag of Norway.svg Simen Tvete D 4
Tord Linnerud Opel Vectra GT 37 Flag of Norway.svg Tord Linnerud S 1, 6
Icon Class
D Drivers' Championship
S Synsam Cup

Race calendar and winners

All rounds were held in Sweden.

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team Winning Privateer
1 R1 Mantorp Park 10 May Flag of Sweden.svg Mattias Ekström Flag of Sweden.svg Fredrik Ekblom Flag of Sweden.svg Mats Lindén Kristoffersson Motorsport Flag of Sweden.svg Richard Göransson
R2 Flag of Sweden.svg Peggen Andersson Flag of Sweden.svg Fredrik Ekblom BMW Dealer Team Flag of Sweden.svg Pontus Mörth
2 R3 Karlskoga-Gelleråsen 31 May Flag of Sweden.svg Jan Nilsson Flag of Sweden.svg Jan Nilsson Flag of Sweden.svg Jan Nilsson Flash Engineering Flag of Sweden.svg Pontus Mörth
R4 Flag of Sweden.svg Fredrik Ekblom Flag of Sweden.svg Peggen Andersson BMW Dealer Team Flag of Sweden.svg Pontus Mörth
3 R5 Anderstorp 28 June Flag of Sweden.svg Mattias Ekström Flag of Sweden.svg Fredrik Ekblom Flag of Sweden.svg Jan Nilsson Flash Engineering Flag of Sweden.svg Pontus Mörth
R6 Flag of Sweden.svg Peggen Andersson Flag of Sweden.svg Peggen Andersson BMW Dealer Team Flag of Sweden.svg Georg Bakajev
4 R7 Falkenberg 9 July Flag of Sweden.svg Jens Edman Flag of Sweden.svg Jens Edman Flag of Sweden.svg Jan Nilsson Flash Engineering Flag of Sweden.svg Pontus Mörth
R8 Flag of Sweden.svg Mattias Ekström Flag of Sweden.svg Jens Edman Flash Engineering Flag of Sweden.svg Pontus Mörth
5 R9 Ring Knutstorp 6 September Flag of Sweden.svg Fredrik Ekblom Flag of Sweden.svg Fredrik Ekblom Flag of Sweden.svg Fredrik Ekblom BMW Dealer Team Flag of Sweden.svg Pontus Mörth
R10 Flag of Sweden.svg Mats Lindén Flag of Sweden.svg Jan Nilsson Flash Engineering Flag of Sweden.svg Georg Bakajev
6 R11 Mantorp Park 27 September Flag of Sweden.svg Tommy Kristoffersson Flag of Sweden.svg Fredrik Ekblom Flag of Sweden.svg Fredrik Ekblom BMW Dealer Team Flag of Sweden.svg Pontus Mörth
R12 Flag of Sweden.svg Peggen Andersson Flag of Sweden.svg Jan Nilsson Flash Engineering Flag of Sweden.svg Pontus Mörth

Championship standings

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.
Top 6 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 KAR AND FAL KNU MAN Pts
1 Flag of Sweden.svg Fredrik Ekblom 4 1 223 4 Ret 21 31 2229
2 Flag of Sweden.svg Jan Nilsson Ret Ret1 4 1 2 1 Ret 5 1 3 1207
3 Flag of Sweden.svg Peggen Andersson Ret4 4 1 Ret1 Ret Ret 2 5 49137
4 Flag of Sweden.svg Tommy Kristoffersson 5 3 610 7 6 10 11 Ret 62 3128
5 Flag of Sweden.svg Mats Lindén 1 2 7 3 4 10 Ret 5 38 13 Ret115
6 Flag of Sweden.svg Jan Brunstedt 2 6 8 6 Ret Ret 3 4 7 16 65114
7 Flag of Sweden.svg Pontus Mörth 9 7 5 5 611 4 3 9 17 7 798
8 Flag of Sweden.svg Mattias Ekström Ret 8 3 Ret2 3 RetRet 4 2 Ret DNS97
9 Flag of Sweden.svg Jens Edman Ret 72 1 67 5 Ret85
10 Flag of Sweden.svg Carl Rosenblad 3 5 11 9 Ret 5 5 Ret Ret Ret Ret 680
11 Flag of Sweden.svg Stefan Lindberg Ret Ret 18 11 12 19 8 Ret 10 Ret 8 460
12 Flag of Sweden.svg Thomas Johansson Ret Ret Ret 7 5 Ret Ret Ret 8 4 DNS DNS55
13 Flag of Sweden.svg Stig Blomqvist Ret DNS 10 8 8 Ret DNS 7 Ret Ret 9 851
14 Flag of Finland.svg Kari Mäkinen 7 9 12 DNS 13 9 66 17 Ret Ret Ret50
15 Flag of Sweden.svg Georg Bakajev 8 10 Ret 15 17 8 7 Ret 16 9 10 1047
16 Flag of Estonia.svg Tönu Soomer 11 13 17 Ret 11 21 12 8 Ret 11 Ret Ret33
17 Flag of Sweden.svg Rolf Uhr 15 15 16 17 14 16 11 9 14 10 12 1133
18 Flag of Sweden.svg Anders Svensson 13 11 13 DNS Ret 13 Ret 10 12 14 15 1231
19 Flag of Norway.svg Kim Esbjug 12 Ret Ret 13 DNS 15 15 Ret 11 13 17 1430
20 Flag of Estonia.svg Anders Bergman 14 14 14 16 Ret 20 14 14 18 Ret 18 1530
21 Flag of Sweden.svg Lennart Lindqvist Ret DNS 15 DNS 16 18 13 13 15 15 16 1330
22 Flag of Sweden.svg Niklas Danielsson 10 Ret 9 Ret 9 12 9 Ret27
23 Flag of Sweden.svg Anders Söderberg Ret Ret Ret 14 10 14 Ret 12 13 1226
24 Flag of Sweden.svg Nettan Lindgren-Jansson Ret 12 Ret 12 15 17 DNS DNS 14 Ret25
25 Flag of Sweden.svg Richard Göransson 616 Ret Ret DNS DNS21
26 Flag of Norway.svg Tord Linnerud DNS DNS 11 Ret5
27 Flag of Norway.svg Simen Tvete Ret Ret5
28 Flag of Sweden.svg Patrick Ernstson Ret DNS5
Pos. Driver MAN KAR AND FAL KNU MAN Pts
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)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Synsam Cup for Privateers

Pos. Driver MAN KAR AND FAL KNU MAN Pts
1 Flag of Sweden.svg Pontus Mörth 9 7 5 5 6 11 4 3 9 17 7 7247
2 Flag of Sweden.svg Georg Bakajev 8 10 Ret 15 17 8 7 Ret 16 9 10 10157
3 Flag of Sweden.svg Rolf Uhr 15 15 16 17 14 16 11 9 14 10 12 11110
4 Flag of Sweden.svg Anders Svensson 13 11 13 DNS Ret 13 Ret 10 12 14 15 1292
5 Flag of Finland.svg Kari Mäkinen 7 9 12 DNS 13 9 6 6 17 Ret Ret Ret71
6 Flag of Norway.svg Kim Esbjug 12 Ret Ret 13 DNS 15 15 Ret 11 13 17 1467
7 Flag of Sweden.svg Niklas Danielsson 10 Ret 9 Ret 9 12 9 Ret63
8 Flag of Estonia.svg Tönu Soomer 11 13 17 Ret 11 21 12 8 Ret 11 Ret Ret61
9 Flag of Sweden.svg Anders Söderberg Ret Ret Ret 14 10 14 Ret 12 13 1258
10 Flag of Sweden.svg Nettan Lindgren-Jansson Ret 12 Ret 12 15 17 DNS DNS 14 Ret57
11 Flag of Sweden.svg Lennart Lindqvist Ret DNS 15 DNS 16 18 13 13 15 15 16 1352
12 Flag of Estonia.svg Anders Bergman 14 14 14 16 Ret 20 14 14 18 Ret 18 1546
13 Flag of Norway.svg Tord Linnerud 11 Ret28
14 Flag of Sweden.svg Richard Göransson 6 16 Ret Ret DNS DNS25
Pos. Driver MAN KAR AND FAL KNU MAN Pts
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)

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