1998 Swedish Touring Car Championship

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.

1998 Swedish Touring Car Championship
Previous: 1997 Next: 1999

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

Entry list
Team Car No. Drivers Class Rounds
Flash Engineering Volvo S40 1 Jan Nilsson D All
12 Jens Edman D 3–6
Volvo 850 GLT 15 Patrick Ernstson D 6
Troberg-Rydell Junior Team Ford Mondeo Ghia 2 Mattias Ekström D All
Opel Motorsport Opel Vectra 16v 3 Thomas Johansson D All
6 Jan Brunstedt D All
37 Pontus Mörth S All
BMW Dealer Team BMW 320i 4 Peggen Andersson D All
11 Fredrik Ekblom D All
Mobil Ford Motorsport Ford Mondeo Ghia 5 Stig Blomqvist D All
38 Anders Söderberg D 1–5
Elgh Motorsport Nissan Primera GT 13 Carl Rosenblad D All
Team 13 Honda Accord 16 Stefan Lindberg D All
Euroracing AB Nissan Primera eGT 20 Kari Makinen S All
Bakajev Motorsport BMW 318is 21 Georg Bakajev S All
Ikegami Motorsport BMW 318is 22 Niklas Danielsson S 1–4
Lennart Lindqvist Racing BMW 318is 23 Lennart Lindqvist S All
Kristoffersson Motorsport Audi A4 Quattro 25 Tommy Kristoffersson D All
26 Mats Lindén D All
Blue Jeans Powerdrink Ford Mondeo Ghia 27 Richard Göransson S 1–3
Ross Racing Ford Mondeo Ghia 28 Nettan Lindgren-Jansson S 1–4, 6
Nordic Miltronic Motorsport Opel Vectra GT 29 Rolf Uhr S All
Anders Svensson BMW 318is 30 Anders Svensson S All
Polaris Auto BMW 318is 31 Tönu Soomer S All
32 Anders Bergman S All
Kim Esbjug BMW 318is 33 Kim Esbjug S All
Östfold Fina Olje BMW 318is 34 Simen Tvete D 4
Tord Linnerud Opel Vectra GT 37 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 Mattias Ekström Fredrik Ekblom Mats Lindén Kristoffersson Motorsport Richard Göransson
R2 Peggen Andersson Fredrik Ekblom BMW Dealer Team Pontus Mörth
2 R3 Karlskoga-Gelleråsen 31 May Jan Nilsson Jan Nilsson Jan Nilsson Flash Engineering Pontus Mörth
R4 Fredrik Ekblom Peggen Andersson BMW Dealer Team Pontus Mörth
3 R5 Anderstorp 28 June Mattias Ekström Fredrik Ekblom Jan Nilsson Flash Engineering Pontus Mörth
R6 Peggen Andersson Peggen Andersson BMW Dealer Team Georg Bakajev
4 R7 Falkenberg 9 July Jens Edman Jens Edman Jan Nilsson Flash Engineering Pontus Mörth
R8 Mattias Ekström Jens Edman Flash Engineering Pontus Mörth
5 R9 Ring Knutstorp 6 September Fredrik Ekblom Fredrik Ekblom Fredrik Ekblom BMW Dealer Team Pontus Mörth
R10 Mats Lindén Jan Nilsson Flash Engineering Georg Bakajev
6 R11 Mantorp Park 27 September Tommy Kristoffersson Fredrik Ekblom Fredrik Ekblom BMW Dealer Team Pontus Mörth
R12 Peggen Andersson Jan Nilsson Flash Engineering 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 Fredrik Ekblom 4 1 2 2 3 4 Ret 2 1 3 1 2 229
2 Jan Nilsson Ret Ret 1 4 1 2 1 Ret 5 1 3 1 207
3 Peggen Andersson Ret 4 4 1 Ret 1 Ret Ret 2 5 4 9 137
4 Tommy Kristoffersson 5 3 6 10 7 6 10 11 Ret 6 2 3 128
5 Mats Lindén 1 2 7 3 4 10 Ret 5 3 8 13 Ret 115
6 Jan Brunstedt 2 6 8 6 Ret Ret 3 4 7 16 6 5 114
7 Pontus Mörth 9 7 5 5 6 11 4 3 9 17 7 7 98
8 Mattias Ekström Ret 8 3 Ret 2 3 Ret Ret 4 2 Ret DNS 97
9 Jens Edman Ret 7 2 1 6 7 5 Ret 85
10 Carl Rosenblad 3 5 11 9 Ret 5 5 Ret Ret Ret Ret 6 80
11 Stefan Lindberg Ret Ret 18 11 12 19 8 Ret 10 Ret 8 4 60
12 Thomas Johansson Ret Ret Ret 7 5 Ret Ret Ret 8 4 DNS DNS 55
13 Stig Blomqvist Ret DNS 10 8 8 Ret DNS 7 Ret Ret 9 8 51
14 Kari Mäkinen 7 9 12 DNS 13 9 6 6 17 Ret Ret Ret 50
15 Georg Bakajev 8 10 Ret 15 17 8 7 Ret 16 9 10 10 47
16 Tönu Soomer 11 13 17 Ret 11 21 12 8 Ret 11 Ret Ret 33
17 Rolf Uhr 15 15 16 17 14 16 11 9 14 10 12 11 33
18 Anders Svensson 13 11 13 DNS Ret 13 Ret 10 12 14 15 12 31
19 Kim Esbjug 12 Ret Ret 13 DNS 15 15 Ret 11 13 17 14 30
20 Anders Bergman 14 14 14 16 Ret 20 14 14 18 Ret 18 15 30
21 Lennart Lindqvist Ret DNS 15 DNS 16 18 13 13 15 15 16 13 30
22 Niklas Danielsson 10 Ret 9 Ret 9 12 9 Ret 27
23 Anders Söderberg Ret Ret Ret 14 10 14 Ret 12 13 12 26
24 Nettan Lindgren-Jansson Ret 12 Ret 12 15 17 DNS DNS 14 Ret 25
25 Richard Göransson 6 16 Ret Ret DNS DNS 21
26 Tord Linnerud DNS DNS 11 Ret 5
27 Simen Tvete Ret Ret 5
28 Patrick Ernstson Ret DNS 5
Pos. Driver MAN KAR AND FAL KNU MAN Pts
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid 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 Pontus Mörth 9 7 5 5 6 11 4 3 9 17 7 7 247
2 Georg Bakajev 8 10 Ret 15 17 8 7 Ret 16 9 10 10 157
3 Rolf Uhr 15 15 16 17 14 16 11 9 14 10 12 11 110
4 Anders Svensson 13 11 13 DNS Ret 13 Ret 10 12 14 15 12 92
5 Kari Mäkinen 7 9 12 DNS 13 9 6 6 17 Ret Ret Ret 71
6 Kim Esbjug 12 Ret Ret 13 DNS 15 15 Ret 11 13 17 14 67
7 Niklas Danielsson 10 Ret 9 Ret 9 12 9 Ret 63
8 Tönu Soomer 11 13 17 Ret 11 21 12 8 Ret 11 Ret Ret 61
9 Anders Söderberg Ret Ret Ret 14 10 14 Ret 12 13 12 58
10 Nettan Lindgren-Jansson Ret 12 Ret 12 15 17 DNS DNS 14 Ret 57
11 Lennart Lindqvist Ret DNS 15 DNS 16 18 13 13 15 15 16 13 52
12 Anders Bergman 14 14 14 16 Ret 20 14 14 18 Ret 18 15 46
13 Tord Linnerud 11 Ret 28
14 Richard Göransson 6 16 Ret Ret DNS DNS 25
Pos. Driver MAN KAR AND FAL KNU MAN Pts
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not participate (DNP)
Excluded (EX)

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