2009 Swedish Touring Car Championship

The 2009 Swedish Touring Car Championship season was the 14th Swedish Touring Car Championship (STCC) season. It was decided over nine race weekends (comprising eighteen races) at six different circuits.

2009 Swedish Touring Car Championship
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Tommy Rustad won the drivers' championship for the second time. The ethanol powered Volvo C30 of Polestar Racing proved to be the fastest car over one lap, as evidenced by them setting all fastest qualifying times during the season (although grid penalties ruined the perfect score), but they were plagued by bad reliability. Instead, Thed Björk, driving for Flash Engineering, lead the championship most of the season, only to be overtaken in the last race.

The team championship also went down to the wire, with Polestar Racing besting WestCoast Racing by one point in the last race.

The entry of the Biogas.se team with their Volkswagen Scirocco meant the debut of a biogas powered car in STCC. Unfortunately, they had trouble matching the pace of the other factory teams and ended up last in the team championship.

Changes for 2009

There were several rule changes for the 2009 season.[1]

Race format changes:

  • Two races of approximately 20 minutes were held each race weekend.
  • There were no mandatory pitstops in either race.
  • The starting grid of the first race was determined by qualifying.
  • The starting grid of the second race was determined by the results from the first race with the top eight positions reversed.
  • The qualifying was divided into two sessions, where the eight fastest from the first (20 minutes) session moved on to the second (10 minutes) session.
  • Both races used rolling starts.

Other changes:

  • Yokohama replaced Michelin as tyre supplier.
  • Each race weekend, the team that scored most points received a price sum of 100.000 SEK. For this purpose, some of the one-car teams combined together two and two.
  • The winner of the team championship was awarded an additional 100.000 SEK.
  • The manufacturers' championship was dropped.

Drivers

These were the STCC entries for the 2009 season.[2] Drivers with numbers 88 and higher also competed in Semcon Cup, open for privateers only. All teams were Swedish-registered.

Team Car No. Drivers Class Rounds
WestCoast Racing BMW 320si E90 1 Richard Göransson[3] D All
4 Robin Rudholm D All
Biogas.se Volkswagen Scirocco[4] 2 Fredrik Ekblom D All
11 Patrik Olsson D All
Flash Engineering BMW 320si E90 3 Thed Björk[5] D All
6 Jan "Flash" Nilsson D All
92 Tobias Tegelby S 17–18
Polestar Racing Volvo C30 5 Robert Dahlgren[6] D All
10 Tommy Rustad[6] D All
Chevrolet Motorsport Sweden
Nordic Fine Art		 Chevrolet Lacetti
7 Thomas Schie[7] D 1–6
12 Pontus Mörth[8] D 7–18
SEAT León 9 Roger Eriksson D All
Engström Motorsport Honda Accord 8 Tomas Engström D All
MA:GP
IPS Motorsport		 Alfa Romeo 156 20 Mattias Andersson D All
Peugeot 308 21 Johan Stureson D All
Team CaWalli BMW 320i E46 88 Viktor Hallrup S All
93 Dick Sahlén S All
Team MECA Alfa Romeo 156 GTA 89 Claes Hoffsten S All
G-Rex Sweden Mercedes-Benz C200 91 Tony Johansson S 1–6,9–12
Micke Ohlsson Motorsport Peugeot 407/BMW 320i E46[9] 94 Mikael Ohlsson S 1–10,15–16
Kristoffersson Motorsport Audi A4 95 Andreas Simonsen S 5–6,9–10
98 Johan Kristoffersson S All
Huggare Racing Opel Astra 96 Viktor Huggare S All
Mälarpower Motorsport Volvo S60 99 Ronnie Brandt S 5–8,11–14,17–18
Icon Class
D Drivers' Championship
S Semcon Cup

* Mikko Tiainen, Petter Granlund and Joakim Ahlberg were on the official entry list, but failed to participate in any races during the season.

Race Calendar

The race calendar for this season was as follows:[10][11]

Round Circuit/Location Date
1 & 2 Mantorp Park May 2
3 & 4 Karlskoga Motorstadion May 23
5 & 6 Göteborg City Race June 6
7 & 8 Ring Knutstorp June 27
9 & 10 Falkenbergs Motorbana July 11
11 & 12 Karlskoga Motorstadion August 15
13 & 14 Vålerbanen August 29
15 & 16 Ring Knutstorp September 12
17 & 18 Mantorp Park September 26

Results and standings

The points system used for both the main championship and Semcon Cup was the standard FIA system of 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1, awarded to the top eight finishers of each race. In case of ties in points, the championship positions were determined by the classification in the latest race.[1]

Races
Round Circuit/Location Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team Highest Scoring Team Winning Privateer
1 Mantorp Park Robert Dahlgren Robert Dahlgren Robert Dahlgren Polestar Racing Flash Engineering Johan Kristoffersson
2 Thomas Schie Thed Björk Richard Göransson WestCoast Racing Johan Kristoffersson
3 Karlskoga Motorstadion Robin Rudholm* Robin Rudholm Robin Rudholm WestCoast Racing WestCoast Racing Johan Kristoffersson
4 Roger Eriksson Robin Rudholm Robin Rudholm WestCoast Racing Viktor Hallrup
5 Göteborg City Race Tommy Rustad* Robert Dahlgren Tommy Rustad Polestar Racing MA:GP/IPS Andreas Simonsen
6 Fredrik Ekblom Robert Dahlgren Tomas Engström Engström Motorsport Viktor Hallrup
7 Ring Knutstorp Robert Dahlgren Robin Rudholm Robert Dahlgren Polestar Racing WestCoast Racing Dick Sahlén
8 Roger Eriksson Robin Rudholm Jan Nilsson Flash Engineering Dick Sahlén
9 Falkenbergs Motorbana Tommy Rustad Tommy Rustad Tommy Rustad Polestar Racing WestCoast Racing Johan Kristoffersson
10 Tomas Engström Thed Björk Richard Göransson WestCoast Racing Andreas Simonsen
11 Karlskoga Motorstadion Robert Dahlgren Jan Nilsson Jan Nilsson Flash Engineering WestCoast Racing Tony Johansson
12 Patrik Olsson Robert Dahlgren Robert Dahlgren Polestar Racing Dick Sahlén
13 Vålerbanen Robert Dahlgren Tommy Rustad Tommy Rustad Polestar Racing Polestar Racing Viktor Hallrup
14 Pontus Mörth Thed Björk Tommy Rustad Polestar Racing Dick Sahlén
15 Ring Knutstorp Robert Dahlgren Robert Dahlgren Richard Göransson WestCoast Racing MA:GP/IPS Viktor Hallrup
16 Patrik Olsson Thed Björk Johan Stureson IPS Motorsport Mikael Ohlsson
17 Mantorp Park Robin Rudholm♯ Robert Dahlgren Tommy Rustad Polestar Racing Polestar Racing Johan Kristoffersson
18 Tomas Engström Robert Dahlgren Robert Dahlgren Polestar Racing Johan Kristoffersson

* Robert Dahlgren set the fastest qualifying time, but was moved down 10 places on the grid, due to engine changes.[12][13]

♯ Robert Dahlgren set the fastest qualifying time, but was moved down 10 places on the grid, due to having received two yellow cards for unfair driving.[14]

Drivers Championship

The drivers' championship was won by Tommy Rustad. In the end he scored the same number of points as Thed Björk, but won thanks to finishing higher in the last race.[15]

Pos. Driver MAN
 KAR
 GÖT
 KNU
 FAL
 KAR
 VÅL
 KNU
 MAN
 Pts
1 Tommy Rustad 2 4 5 8 1 6 6 6 1 2 Ret DNS 1 1 4 14* 1 5 94
2 Thed Björk 4 2 4 3 2 4 3 Ret 2 3 4 4 2 3 2 11 4 Ret 94
3 Robin Rudholm Ret 11 1 1 10 9 2 2 7 5 3 3 6 2 5 9 2 6 80
4 Richard Göransson 3 1 11 5 9 7 4 5 3 1 2 5 9 9 1 Ret 3 Ret 75
5 Mattias Andersson 6 5 Ret 10 3 5 7 4 Ret 7 5 2 5 Ret 9 6 6 2 56
6 Jan "Flash" Nilsson 5 3 3 7 11 16 5 1 6 12 1 8 Ret 7 3 Ret 9 Ret 54
7 Robert Dahlgren 1 Ret 6 16 17 8 1 3 Ret DNS 6 1 Ret 4 Ret 15♯ 5 1 52
8 Tomas Engström Ret 10 2 6 7 1 9 11 8 4 7 14 3 Ret 12 3 8 3 50
9 Johan Stureson 7 8 7 2 6 2 Ret Ret 4 19 Ret DNS 7 5 6 1 Ret Ret 48
10 Roger Eriksson 9 6 8 4 4 3 8 7 5 13 Ret Ret 4 11 13 4 Ret 7 39
11 Pontus Mörth Ret 9 12 6 9 7 8 8 11 8 7 4 15
12 Patrik Olsson 14 15 16 12 15 11 10 8 13 9 8 6 10 13 8 2 11 9 14
13 Fredrik Ekblom 11 9 10 9 8 10 Ret 10 9 17 Ret Ret DNS 6 14 5 10 8 9
14 Thomas Schie 8 7 9 Ret 5 DNS 7
15 Mikael Ohlsson 15 16 18 DNS Ret Ret 16 14 15 14 10 7 2
16 Viktor Hallrup 12 13 14 11 13 12 12 13 14 11 13 10 11 12 7 Ret 13 11 2
17 Andreas Simonsen 12 14 11 8 1
18 Johan Kristoffersson 10 12 12 13 Ret DNS 14 15 10 10 11 11 Ret 16 Ret 10 12 10 0
19 Tobias Tegelby 15 12 0
20 Dick Sahlén 16 17 13 17 14 13 11 12 17 15 Ret 9 12 9 Ret 12 14 13 0
21 Viktor Huggare 13 14 15 15 16 15 13 Ret 16 16 15 12 13 10 15 13 Ret 14 0
22 Claes Hoffsten Ret DNS 17 14 Ret DNS 15 16 18 18 12 13 14 14 Ret DNS DNS DNS 0
23 Ronnie Brandt DNS DNS DNS DNS 14 Ret 15 15 DNS DNS 0
24 Tony Johansson DNS DNS DNS DNS Ret Ret 19 Ret 10 Ret 0
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

* Tommy Rustad was given a 30 seconds time penalty for an incident in the start, dropping him from 7th to 14th place.[14]

♯ Robert Dahlgren was docked 10 points in the drivers' championship, due to being deemed responsible for a crash with Thed Björk. Note that this penalty didn't affect the team score.[14]

Team Championship

The team championship was won by Polestar Racing, a single point ahead of West Coast Racing.[16]

Pos Team Pts Prize money
1 Polestar Racing 156 300.000 SEK
2 West Coast Racing 155 400.000 SEK
3 Flash Engineering 148 100.000 SEK
4 MA:GP / IPS 104 200.000 SEK
5 CMS / NFA 60
6 Engström Motorsport 50
7 Biogas.se 23

Semcon Cup

The results in the 2009 Semcon Cup were as follows:[17]

Pos. Driver MAN
 KAR
 GÖT
 KNU
 FAL
 KAR
 VÅL
 KNU
 MAN
 Pts
1 Viktor Hallrup 2 2 3 1 2 1 2 2 3 3 4 2 1 3 1 Ret 2 2 133
2 Johan Kristoffersson 1 1 1 2 Ret DNS 4 4 1 2 2 3 Ret 6 Ret 2 1 1 111
3 Dick Sahlén 5 5 2 5 3 2 1 1 6 5 Ret 1 2 1 Ret 3 3 4 106
4 Viktor Huggare 3 3 4 4 4 4 3 Ret 5 6 6 4 3 2 3 4 Ret 5 82
5 Mikael Ohlsson 4 4 6 DNS Ret Ret 6 3 4 4 2 1 50
6 Claes Hoffsten Ret DNS 5 3 Ret DNS 5 5 7 7 3 5 4 4 Ret DNS DNS DNS 42
7 Andreas Simonsen 1 3 2 1 34
8 Ronnie Brandt DNS DNS DNS DNS 5 Ret 5 5 DNS DNS 12
9 Tobias Tegelby 4 3 11
10 Tony Johansson DNS DNS DNS DNS Ret Ret 8 Ret 1 Ret 11
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)

References
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  11. "2009-calendar finally revealed". TouringCarTimes. Archived from the original on February 24, 2012. Retrieved 2010-01-11.
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