2006 STCC Season
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The 2006 Swedish Touring Car Championship season was the 11th Swedish Touring Car Championship
Swedish Touring Car Championship
Swedish Touring Car Championship 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...

 (STCC) season. In total nine racing weekends at six different circuits were held; each round comprising one race.

Changes for 2006

  • The race format and points system was changed. During the 2006 season one race of 40 minutes was held each weekend. Each race had one mandatory pitstop.
  • The points system changed to the standard FIA system of 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1.
  • A privateers championship named Caran Cup was created for drivers using cars constructed in 2003 or earlier.

Drivers

List of starting drivers for the 2006 Swedish Touringcar Championship season.

Driver

Nat.
Team Car Class
Duncan Huisman
Duncan Huisman
Duncan Huisman is a Dutch auto racing driver. He won the Guia Race four times. As well as touring cars he has competed in the FIA GT Championship and the Porsche Supercup...

 Netherlands West Coast Racing BMW 320i
Robin Rudholm  Sweden West Coast Racing BMW 320i
Johan Stureson  Sweden IPS Motorsport Peugeot 407
Stefan Söderberg  Sweden IPS Motorsport Peugeot 407
Robert Dahlgren
Robert Dahlgren
Robert Dahlgren is a Swedish auto racing driver, he currently competes in the Swedish Touring Car Championship for the Polestar Racing Team in a Volvo C30...

 Sweden Polestar Racing
Polestar Racing
Polestar Racing is a Swedish motorsport team, affiliated with Volvo, currently competing in the Swedish Touring Car Championship and World Touring Car Championship. The team promotes environmentally friendly racing, and features ethanol engines and E85 fuel...

Volvo S60
Alexander Storckenfeldt  Sweden Polestar Racing Volvo S60
Tomas Engström  Sweden Honda Engström Motorsport
Engström Motorsport
Engström Motorsport is a Swedish motorsport team owned by its driver Tomas Engström.- Camaro Cup :The team started competing in the Swedish Camaro Cup series in 1991. After finishing runner-up in 1993 the team and Engström took five straight championship titles, the first in 1994 and the last in 1998...

Honda Accord
Fredrik Ekblom
Fredrik Ekblom
Fredrik Ekblom is a Swedish race car driver from Kumla.-Career:He made 13 Indy Lights starts in 1992 and 1993. He then made three starts in CART for three different teams and was entered in the 1994 and 1995 Indianapolis 500 races, but after passing rookie orientation in 1994, he never appeared...

 Sweden Kristoffersson Motorsport Audi A4
Tommy Kristoffersson
Tommy Kristoffersson
Tommy Kristoffersson is a Swedish race car driver. In the beginning of his career he competed in Rallycross for Audi before starting a team in the Swedish Touring Car Championship in 1998 running Audi A4 Quattros with himself as one of the drivers. Tommy Kristoffersson has competed for his team in...

 Sweden Kristoffersson Motorsport Audi A4
Thed Björk
Thed Björk
Thed Björk is a Swedish racing driver.-Early career:After graduating from Karting in 1997 Björk raced in the Swedish and Nordic Formula 3 series, taking both titles in 1999. For 2000 he went to the United States to race in the Barber Dodge Pro Series. Björk took one pole position, lap record at...

 Sweden Kristoffersson Motorsport Audi A4
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...

 Sweden Flash Engineering
Flash Engineering
Flash Engineering is a Swedish motorsport team based in Karlstad founded and owned by two-time Swedish Touring Car Championship winner Jan "Flash" Nilsson. The most recent time the team won the STCC-title was in 2008 with driver Richard Göransson...

BMW 320si E90
Richard Göransson
Richard Göransson
Richard Göransson is a Swedish auto racing driver, who currently competes in the Swedish Touring Car Championship for West Coast Racing in a BMW 320si, alongside team-mate Robin Rudholm.-Career:...

 Sweden Flash Engineering
Flash Engineering
Flash Engineering is a Swedish motorsport team based in Karlstad founded and owned by two-time Swedish Touring Car Championship winner Jan "Flash" Nilsson. The most recent time the team won the STCC-title was in 2008 with driver Richard Göransson...

BMW 320si E90
Edward Sandström  Sweden Flash Engineering
Flash Engineering
Flash Engineering is a Swedish motorsport team based in Karlstad founded and owned by two-time Swedish Touring Car Championship winner Jan "Flash" Nilsson. The most recent time the team won the STCC-title was in 2008 with driver Richard Göransson...

BMW 320i
Nicklas Karlsson  Sweden Opel Team Sweden Opel Astra GTC 2000
Mattias Andersson  Sweden MA GP/Team caWalli Alfa Romeo 156
Tobias Johansson  Sweden Mercedes-Benz Sport Mercedes C200
Hans Simonsson  Sweden Mercedes-Benz Sport Mercedes C200
David Björk  Sweden Picko Troberg Racing BMW 320i
Carl Rosenblad  Sweden Crawford Racing BMW 320si E90
Håkan Malmborg  Sweden Malmborg Racing Ford Focus C
Joakim Fridh  Sweden Team Euromaster BMW 320i C
Tobias Tegelby  Sweden Tysslinge Racing BMW 320R C
Christer Gellerstedt  Sweden Gellerstedt Motorsport BMW 320i C

Race Calendar

Round Circuit Date Winning driver Winning team
1  Sweden 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...

14 May Thed Björk Kristoffersson Motorsport
2  Sweden Karlskoga Motorstadion
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....

28 May Robert Dahlgren Polestar Racing
3  Sweden 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...

18 June Richard Göransson Flash Engineering
4  Sweden Falkenbergs Motorbana
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...

16 July Thed Björk Kristoffersson Motorsport
5  Norway Vålerbanen
Vålerbanen
Vålerbanen is a race track located in Braskereidfoss, Norway.It is a part of Norsk Trafikksenter and is also used for driving practice by driver's license students, in particular driving under special conditions such as on icy roads...

30 July Richard Göransson Flash Engineering
6  Sweden Anderstorp
Scandinavian Raceway
The Scandinavian Raceway is a race circuit in Anderstorp , Sweden.The track was built on marshlands in 1968 and became an extremely popular venue in the 1970s, just as Swede Ronnie Peterson was at the height of his career...

13 August Richard Göransson Flash Engineering
7  Sweden Karlskoga Motorstadion
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....

27 August Thed Björk Kristoffersson Motorsport
8  Sweden 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...

10 September Richard Göransson Flash Engineering
9  Sweden 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...

1 October Richard Göransson Flash Engineering

Drivers

EWLINE
Pos Driver KNU  Sweden KAR  Sweden MAN  Sweden FAL  Sweden VÅL  Norway AND  Sweden KAR  Sweden KNU  Sweden MAN  Sweden Pts
1  Sweden T. Björk
Thed Björk
Thed Björk is a Swedish racing driver.-Early career:After graduating from Karting in 1997 Björk raced in the Swedish and Nordic Formula 3 series, taking both titles in 1999. For 2000 he went to the United States to race in the Barber Dodge Pro Series. Björk took one pole position, lap record at...

1 2 7 1 2 16 1 2 4 59
2  Sweden Göransson
Richard Göransson
Richard Göransson is a Swedish auto racing driver, who currently competes in the Swedish Touring Car Championship for West Coast Racing in a BMW 320si, alongside team-mate Robin Rudholm.-Career:...

5 13 1 10 1 1 8 1 1 55
3  Netherlands Huisman
Duncan Huisman
Duncan Huisman is a Dutch auto racing driver. He won the Guia Race four times. As well as touring cars he has competed in the FIA GT Championship and the Porsche Supercup...

4 Ret 3 3 2 2 5 10 37
4  Sweden Ekblom
Fredrik Ekblom
Fredrik Ekblom is a Swedish race car driver from Kumla.-Career:He made 13 Indy Lights starts in 1992 and 1993. He then made three starts in CART for three different teams and was entered in the 1994 and 1995 Indianapolis 500 races, but after passing rookie orientation in 1994, he never appeared...

2 10 4 Ret 3 8 10 3 5 30
5  Sweden Engström 3 2 Ret 16 5 Ret 4 9 3 29
6  Sweden Dahlgren
Robert Dahlgren
Robert Dahlgren is a Swedish auto racing driver, he currently competes in the Swedish Touring Car Championship for the Polestar Racing Team in a Volvo C30...

Ret 1 Ret 2 12 3 Ret 6 7 29
7  Sweden Rudholm 14 5 2 11 6 9 3 7 6 26
8  Sweden Stureson 7 4 Ret Ret 7 5 5 11 Ret 17
9  Sweden 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...

8 7 Ret 4 Ret 4 9 8 12 14
10  Sweden Kristoffersson
Tommy Kristoffersson
Tommy Kristoffersson is a Swedish race car driver. In the beginning of his career he competed in Rallycross for Audi before starting a team in the Swedish Touring Car Championship in 1998 running Audi A4 Quattros with himself as one of the drivers. Tommy Kristoffersson has competed for his team in...

Ret 12 5 9 4 13 16 4 Ret 14
11  Sweden D. Björk 6 6 6 13 Ret 6 15 14 8 13
12  Sweden Rosenblad 9 11 Ret 7 10 10 7 10 2 12
13  Sweden Karlsson Ret 8 Ret Ret 9 7 6 15 13 6
14  Sweden Storckenfeldt 12 9 Ret 5 Ret DSQ 11 13 9 4
15  Sweden Andersson 13 11 DNS 6 8 11 12 12 10 4
16  Sweden Fridh Ret 15 8 15 Ret 12 14 17 15 1
17  Sweden Söderberg 11 18 9 8 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 1
18  Sweden Johansson 16 14 DNS 12 11 14 DNS 16 DNS 0
19  Sweden Simonsson DNS Ret Ret Ret Ret DNS 13 19 14 0
20  Sweden Tegelby 17 16 Ret 14 13 15 Ret 20 Ret 0
21  Sweden Gellerstedt 15 Ret 10 17 Ret Ret 18 16 0
22  Sweden Sandström 10 17 Ret 0
23  Sweden Malmborg Ret Ret 0


STCC Teams Championship
Position Make Points
1 KMS/Audi 65
2 Flash/BMW 64
3 WCR/BMW 54
4 Engström/Honda 38
5 Polestar/Volvo 35
6 IPS/Peugeot 30
7 Elgh/BMW 24
8 PTR/BMW 18
9 Dealer Team/Opel 10
10 MA GP/Alfa Romeo 9
11 MB Sport/PWR/Mercedes 1

STCC Manufacturers Championship
Position Make Points
1 BMW 72
2 Audi 68
3 Volvo 42
4 Honda 41
5 Peugeot 33
6 Alfa Romeo 20
7 Opel 18
8 Mercedes 8

Caran Cup
Position Driver Points
1 Joakim Frid 68
2 Tobias Tegelby 50
3 Christer Gellerstedt 32
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