1998 Swedish Touring Car Championship

1998 Swedish Touring Car Championship 1997 1999 The 1998 Swedish Touring Car ChampionshipTouringCars.Net » Database » STCC 1998 » Round 5 Results https://www.touringcars.net/database/race.php?id=1292 touringcars.net 20 May 2025 19 May 2025 season was the 3rd Swedish Touring Car Championship (STCC) season. It was decided over six race weekends (comprising twelve races) at five different circuits. Fredrik Ekblom won his first championship for the BMW Dealer Team. Entry list TeamCarNo. Car numberDriversClassRounds Flash Engineering Volvo S40 1SWE Jan Nilsson D All 12SWE Jens Edman D 3–6 Volvo 850 GLT 15SWE Patrick Ernstson D 6 Troberg-Rydell Junior Team Ford Mondeo Ghia 2SWE Mattias Ekström D All Opel Motorsport Opel Vectra 16v 3SWE Thomas Johansson D All 6SWE Jan Brunstedt D All 37SWE Pontus Mörth S All BMW Dealer Team BMW 320i 4SWE Peggen Andersson D All 11SWE Fredrik Ekblom D All Mobil Ford Motorsport Ford Mondeo Ghia 5SWE Stig Blomqvist D All 38SWE Anders Söderberg D 1–5 Elgh Motorsport Nissan Primera GT 13SWE Carl Rosenblad D All Team 13 Honda Accord 16SWE Stefan Lindberg D All Euroracing AB Nissan Primera eGT 20FIN Kari Makinen S All Bakajev Motorsport BMW 318is 21SWE Georg Bakajev S All Ikegami Motorsport BMW 318is 22SWE Niklas Danielsson S 1–4 Lennart Lindqvist Racing BMW 318is 23SWE Lennart Lindqvist S All Kristoffersson Motorsport Audi A4 Quattro 25SWE Tommy Kristoffersson D All 26SWE Mats Lindén D All Blue Jeans Powerdrink Ford Mondeo Ghia 27SWE Richard Göransson S 1–3 Ross Racing Ford Mondeo Ghia 28SWE Nettan Lindgren-Jansson S 1–4, 6 Nordic Miltronic Motorsport Opel Vectra GT 29SWE Rolf Uhr S All Anders Svensson BMW 318is 30SWE Anders Svensson S All Polaris Auto BMW 318is 31EST Tönu Soomer S All 32EST Anders Bergman S All Kim Esbjug BMW 318is 33NOR Kim Esbjug S All Östfold Fina Olje BMW 318is 34NOR Simen Tvete D 4 Tord Linnerud Opel Vectra GT 37NOR 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 SWE Mattias Ekström SWE Fredrik Ekblom SWE Mats Lindén Kristoffersson Motorsport SWE Richard Göransson R2 SWE Peggen Andersson SWE Fredrik Ekblom BMW Dealer Team SWE Pontus Mörth 2 R3 Karlskoga-Gelleråsen 31 May SWE Jan Nilsson SWE Jan Nilsson SWE Jan Nilsson Flash Engineering SWE Pontus Mörth R4 SWE Fredrik Ekblom SWE Peggen Andersson BMW Dealer Team SWE Pontus Mörth 3 R5 Anderstorp 28 June SWE Mattias Ekström SWE Fredrik Ekblom SWE Jan Nilsson Flash Engineering SWE Pontus Mörth R6 SWE Peggen Andersson SWE Peggen Andersson BMW Dealer Team SWE Georg Bakajev 4 R7 Falkenberg 9 July SWE Jens Edman SWE Jens Edman SWE Jan Nilsson Flash Engineering SWE Pontus Mörth R8 SWE Mattias Ekström SWE Jens Edman Flash Engineering SWE Pontus Mörth 5 R9 Ring Knutstorp 6 September SWE Fredrik Ekblom SWE Fredrik Ekblom SWE Fredrik Ekblom BMW Dealer Team SWE Pontus Mörth R10 SWE Mats Lindén SWE Jan Nilsson Flash Engineering SWE Georg Bakajev 6 R11 Mantorp Park 27 September SWE Tommy Kristoffersson SWE Fredrik Ekblom SWE Fredrik Ekblom BMW Dealer Team SWE Pontus Mörth R12 SWE Peggen Andersson SWE Jan Nilsson Flash Engineering SWE 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 Sweden Fredrik Ekblom 4 1 2 2 3 4 Ret 2 1 3 1 2229 2 Sweden Jan Nilsson Ret Ret 1 4 1 2 1 Ret 5 1 3 1207 3 Sweden Peggen Andersson Ret 4 4 1 Ret 1 Ret Ret 2 5 4 9137 4 Sweden Tommy Kristoffersson 5 3 6 10 7 6 10 11 Ret 6 2 3128 5 Sweden Mats Lindén 1 2 7 3 4 10 Ret 5 3 8 13 Ret115 6 Sweden Jan Brunstedt 2 6 8 6 Ret Ret 3 4 7 16 6 5114 7 Sweden Pontus Mörth 9 7 5 5 6 11 4 3 9 17 7 798 8 Sweden Mattias Ekström Ret 8 3 Ret 2 3 Ret Ret 4 2 Ret DNS97 9 Sweden Jens Edman Ret 7 2 1 6 7 5 Ret85 10 Sweden Carl Rosenblad 3 5 11 9 Ret 5 5 Ret Ret Ret Ret 680 11 Sweden Stefan Lindberg Ret Ret 18 11 12 19 8 Ret 10 Ret 8 460 12 Sweden Thomas Johansson Ret Ret Ret 7 5 Ret Ret Ret 8 4 DNS DNS55 13 Sweden Stig Blomqvist Ret DNS 10 8 8 Ret DNS 7 Ret Ret 9 851 14 Finland Kari Mäkinen 7 9 12 DNS 13 9 6 6 17 Ret Ret Ret50 15 Sweden Georg Bakajev 8 10 Ret 15 17 8 7 Ret 16 9 10 1047 16 Estonia Tönu Soomer 11 13 17 Ret 11 21 12 8 Ret 11 Ret Ret33 17 Sweden Rolf Uhr 15 15 16 17 14 16 11 9 14 10 12 1133 18 Sweden Anders Svensson 13 11 13 DNS Ret 13 Ret 10 12 14 15 1231 19 Norway Kim Esbjug 12 Ret Ret 13 DNS 15 15 Ret 11 13 17 1430 20 Estonia Anders Bergman 14 14 14 16 Ret 20 14 14 18 Ret 18 1530 21 Sweden Lennart Lindqvist Ret DNS 15 DNS 16 18 13 13 15 15 16 1330 22 Sweden Niklas Danielsson 10 Ret 9 Ret 9 12 9 Ret27 23 Sweden Anders Söderberg Ret Ret Ret 14 10 14 Ret 12 13 1226 24 Sweden Nettan Lindgren-Jansson Ret 12 Ret 12 15 17 DNS DNS 14 Ret25 25 Sweden Richard Göransson 6 16 Ret Ret DNS DNS21 26 Norway Tord Linnerud DNS DNS 11 Ret5 27 Norway Simen Tvete Ret Ret5 28 Sweden Patrick Ernstson Ret DNS5 Pos. Driver MAN KAR AND FAL KNU MAN PtsBold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap Synsam Cup for Privateers Pos. Driver MAN KAR AND FAL KNU MAN Pts 1 Sweden Pontus Mörth 9 7 5 5 6 11 4 3 9 17 7 7247 2 Sweden Georg Bakajev 8 10 Ret 15 17 8 7 Ret 16 9 10 10157 3 Sweden Rolf Uhr 15 15 16 17 14 16 11 9 14 10 12 11110 4 Sweden Anders Svensson 13 11 13 DNS Ret 13 Ret 10 12 14 15 1292 5 Finland Kari Mäkinen 7 9 12 DNS 13 9 6 6 17 Ret Ret Ret71 6 Norway Kim Esbjug 12 Ret Ret 13 DNS 15 15 Ret 11 13 17 1467 7 Sweden Niklas Danielsson 10 Ret 9 Ret 9 12 9 Ret63 8 Estonia Tönu Soomer 11 13 17 Ret 11 21 12 8 Ret 11 Ret Ret61 9 Sweden Anders Söderberg Ret Ret Ret 14 10 14 Ret 12 13 1258 10 Sweden Nettan Lindgren-Jansson Ret 12 Ret 12 15 17 DNS DNS 14 Ret57 11 Sweden Lennart Lindqvist Ret DNS 15 DNS 16 18 13 13 15 15 16 1352 12 Estonia Anders Bergman 14 14 14 16 Ret 20 14 14 18 Ret 18 1546 13 Norway Tord Linnerud 11 Ret28 14 Sweden Richard Göransson 6 16 Ret Ret DNS DNS25 Pos. Driver MAN KAR AND FAL KNU MAN Pts References External links STCC 1998 Entry List Touring-cars.net Category:Swedish Touring Car Championship seasons Swedish Touring Car Championship Swedish Touring Car Championship season