The 1996 Swedish Touring Car Championship season was the inaugural season of the championship. It was decided over five race weekends (comprising twelve races) at five different circuits.

Jan Nilsson

Jan Nilsson

Jan "Flash" Nilsson is a Swedish racecar driver. He is most famous for his appearance in the Swedish Touring Car Championship, having appeared in all fourteen seasons and for being the second most victorious driver .- Early career :Jake Nilson started competing in Formula Ford in 1983 before...

 was the first championship winner of the STCC.

Race calendar and winners

Round	Circuit	Date	Winning driver	Winning team
1 2	Mantorp Park Mantorp Park Mantorp Park is a motor racing circuit near the town of Mantorp in Mjölby Municipality, Sweden. The circuit was built in 1969 with finance from BP Sweden as a permanent road course and a drag strip...	12 May	Jan Nilsson Jan Nilsson	Bima Motorsport Bima Motorsport
3	Karlskoga-Gelleråsen Karlskoga Motorstadion Karlskoga Motorstadion, also known as Gelleråsen is the oldest permanent racing facility in Sweden.The circuit is located 6 km north of Karlskoga.The layout is such that the whole track can be seen from all spectator areas....	9 June	Jan Nilsson	Bima Motorsport
4 5	Falkenberg Falkenbergs Motorbana Falkenbergs Motorbana is a motor racing circuit at Bergagård, Sweden. The circuit was opened in 1967, as a replacement for Skreabanan, and is currently owned and run by Falkenbergs Motorklubb. A chicane was added on the first corner in 2004 to improve safety on the relatively fast track...	7 July	Jan Nilsson Thomas Johansson	Bima Motorsport BMW Dealer Team
6 7	Ring Knutstorp Ring Knutstorp Ring Knutstorp is a motor racing circuit in Kågeröd, Sweden. The circuit was built in 1963 and extended to its present configuration in 1970. During the seventies, rounds of the Formula Three European Cup were held at the circuit, with winners including Alain Prost...	4 August	Jan Nilsson Mikeal Dahlgren	Bima Motorsport Team Valvoline
8 10	Kinnekulle	27 September	Hasse Berglund Jan Nilsson	Matador Racing Bima Motorsport

Drivers Championship

EWLINE Pos. Driver MAN   KAR   FAL   KNU   KIN   Pts 1   Jan Nilsson Jan Nilsson Jan "Flash" Nilsson is a Swedish racecar driver. He is most famous for his appearance in the Swedish Touring Car Championship, having appeared in all fourteen seasons and for being the second most victorious driver .- Early career :Jake Nilson started competing in Formula Ford in 1983 before... 1 1 1 1 9 1 5 9 1 169 2   Thomas Johansson Ret 3 4 3 1 2 2 4 3 143 3   Mikael Dahlgren 5 6 Ret 5 2 3 1 3 4 132 4   Jan Brunstedt Jan Brunstedt Jan Brunstedt is an auto racing driver who competed in the 2008 Porsche Carrera Cup Scandinavia at the age of 59. He is also an airline pilot and managing director of Nordic Aero.... 3 4 6 2 Ret Ret 3 6 2 122 5   Eric Persson 4 8 3 7 3 4 Ret 2 Ret 103 6   Hasse Burglund Ret DNS DSQ Ret 8 Ret DNS 1 5 84 7   Georg Bakajev Ret 9 8 4 4 DSQ DSQ 5 6 73 8   Elisabeth Nilsson Ret 5 2 Ret 7 Ret 4 Ret 7 70 9   Thomas Nyström 7 10 5 8 6 37 10   Jonas Lundberg 6 7 7 9 Ret Ret DNS 36 11   Nigel Smith Nigel Smith (racing driver) Nigel Smith is a British businessman and retired auto racing driver.-Racing Career:His racing career started 1972 as a successful karting driver winning superkart grand prixs in Holland, Belgium and New Zealand. He made the switch to car racing in 1984, making appearances in Sports 2000 and... 2 2 DNS 35 12   Ulf Palm 8 12 9 Ret Ret 10 9 27 13   Anders Svensson Ret 11 Ret 7 Ret 23 14   Håken Malmborg Ret 8 8 22 15   Bengt Winqvist 6 5 19 16   Torbjörn Sällfors 5 6 19 17   Anders Larsson DNS Ret Ret Ret DNS 15 18   Andreas Boström DNS Ret Ret Ret 10 19   Thomas Hall Ret 10 6 20   Torbjörn Holmstedt Ret 11 5 Pos. Driver MAN   KAR   FAL   KNU   KIN   Pts

Note: Only a driver's best seven results, prior to the final meeting, were valid for the championship.

An additional five point bonus was given for qualifying for a race. The final meeting of the year saw double points awarded.

External links

1996 Race Results and Championship Standings