2004 Swedish Touring Car Championship

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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.

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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Teams and drivers

TeamCarNo.Drivers
Drivers' Championship
Kristoffersson MotorsportAudi A41 Flag of Sweden.svg Fredrik Ekblom
6 Flag of Sweden.svg Tommy Kristoffersson
Flash Engineering Volvo S602 Flag of Sweden.svg Jan Nilsson
7 Flag of Sweden.svg Robert Dahlgren
Engström Motorsport Honda Civic Type-R3 Flag of Sweden.svg Tomas Engström
8 Flag of Sweden.svg Jens Hellström
Opel Team SwedenOpel Astra4 Flag of Norway.svg Tommy Rustad
West Coast RacingBMW 320i5 Flag of Sweden.svg Richard Göransson
9 Flag of Sweden.svg Thed Björk
11 Flag of Sweden.svg Niklas Lovén
SEAT SportSEAT Toledo10 Flag of Sweden.svg Rickard Rydell
LMS RacingAudi A412 Flag of Finland.svg Olli Haapalainen
Team Italienska BilAlfa Romeo 15620 Flag of Sweden.svg Mattias Andersson
IPS MotorsportPeugeot 30721 Flag of Sweden.svg Johan Stureson
Peugeot Statoil MotorsportPeugeot 30723 Flag of Denmark.svg Jan Magnussen
STCC Challenge
Rosén RacingVolvo S6092 Flag of Sweden.svg Tobbe Rosén
Landegren MotorsportVolvo S6093 Flag of Sweden.svg Johan Landegren
Gellerstedt MotorsportBMW 320i94 Flag of Sweden.svg Christer Gellerstedt
Lindblom MotorsportVolvo S6095 Flag of Sweden.svg Jan Lindblom
Norén RacingBMW 320i96 Flag of Sweden.svg Peo Norén
JN RacingBMW 320i97 Flag of Sweden.svg Johan Nilsson
Team GustavssonVolvo S6098 Flag of Sweden.svg Joakim Gustavsson
MälarpowerVolvo S40 Evo 599 Flag of Sweden.svg Ronnie Brandt

Race calendar and winners

RoundCircuitDateWinning driverWinning team
1
2
Flag of Sweden.svg Ring Knutstorp 2 AprilRobert Dahlgren
Richard Göransson
Flash Engineering
West Coast Racing
3
4
Flag of Sweden.svg Falkenbergs Motorbana 16 MayJan Nilsson
Fredrik Ekblom
Flash Engineering
Kristoffersson Motorsport
5
6
Flag of Sweden.svg Karlskoga Motorstadion 31 MayRichard Göransson
Richard Göransson
West Coast Racing
West Coast Racing
7
8
Flag of Sweden.svg Mantorp Park 20 JuneRobert Dahlgren
Rickard Rydell
Polestar Racing
SEAT Sport
9
10
Flag of Sweden.svg Ring Knutstorp 4 JulyRichard Göransson
Richard Göransson
West Coast Racing
West Coast Racing
11
12
Flag of Sweden.svg Ring Knutstorp 18 JulyRichard Göransson
Tommy Rustad
West Coast Racing
Opel Team Sweden
13
14
Flag of Norway.svg Arctic Circle Raceway 31 JulyRichard Göransson
Richard Göransson
West Coast Racing
West Coast Racing
15
16
Flag of Sweden.svg Karlskoga Motorstadion 31 JulyRobert Dahlgren
Tommy Rustad
Flash Engineering
Opel Team Sweden
17
18
Flag of Sweden.svg Mantorp Park 18 SeptemberFredrik Ekblom
Richard Göransson
Kristoffersson Motorsport
West Coast Racing

Championship results

Championship Standings

Pos.Driver KNU
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FAL
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GEL
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MAN
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FAL
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KNU
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MIR
Flag of Norway.svg
GEL
Flag of Sweden.svg
MAN
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Pts
1 Flag of Sweden.svg Richard Göransson 31312111261113112971227
2 Flag of Sweden.svg Robert Dahlgren 111242417231093512Ret8176
3 Flag of Sweden.svg Fredrik Ekblom 465163454276246813165
4 Flag of Sweden.svg Jan Nilsson 22154Ret9Ret3Ret4253Ret6213137
5 Flag of Norway.svg Tommy Rustad Ret4475DNSRet3863142316Ret137
6 Flag of Sweden.svg Tomas Engström 91062323Ret6Ret54610141042128
7 Flag of Sweden.svg Johan Stureson 53RetDNS95227525146107RetRet107
8 Flag of Sweden.svg Tommy Kristoffersson 8138610Ret885498887485102
9 Flag of Sweden.svg Jens Hellström 67Ret87Ret7RetRet9879985Ret680
10 Flag of Sweden.svg Mattias Andersson 7157386RetDNSRet816DNS775RetRetDNS59
11 Flag of Sweden.svg Thed Björk Ret14433448
12 Flag of Sweden.svg Johan Landegren 9111176410717Ret101191513Ret48
13 Flag of Sweden.svg Peo Norén 11810912Ret10991014Ret15DNS11743
14 Flag of Sweden.svg Johan Nilsson 1212121315811101313121011121111DNS1030
15 Flag of Sweden.svg Rickard Rydell 5126
16 Flag of Sweden.svg Christer Gellerstedt 13DNSDNS10139RetDNS1111111118923
17 Flag of Sweden.svg Niklas Lovén 10511Ret14RetRet1115
18 Flag of Sweden.svg Tobbe Rosén 1212DNSDNS1214121291113
19 Flag of Finland.svg Olli Haapalainen 5188
20 Flag of Denmark.svg Jan Magnussen 6157
21 Flag of Sweden.svg Ronnie Brandt RetDNSDNSDNS13121313131310126
22 Flag of Sweden.svg Jan Lindblom Ret94
23 Flag of Sweden.svg Joakim Gustavsson 1414DNSDNSDNSRet151312Ret1

Driver's championship

PositionDriverPoints
1Richard Göransson227
2Robert Dahlgren176
3Fredrik Ekblom165
4Jan Nilsson137
5Tommy Rustad137
6Tomas Engström128
7Johan Stureson107
8Tommy Kristoffersson102
9Jens Hellström80
10Mattias Andersson59
11Johan Landegren48
12Thed Björk48
13Peo Norén43
14Johan Nilsson30
15Rickard Rydell26
16Christer Gellerstedt23
17Niklas Lovén15
18Tobbe Rosén13
19Olli Happalainen8
20Jan Magnussen7
21Ronnie Brandt6
22Jan Lindblom4
23Joakim Gustavsson1

STCC Challenge

PositionDriverPoints
1Johan Nilsson176
2Johan Landegren164
3Peo Norén129
4Christer Gellerstedt89
5Tobbe Rosén (4 tävlingar)59
6Ronnie Brandt58
7Joakim Gustavsson26
8Jan Lindblom12

Manufacturer's Championship

PositionManufacturerPoints
1BMW225
2Volvo206
3Audi176
4Honda150
5Opel142
6Peugeot120
7Alfa Romeo67

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