1997 Swedish Touring Car Championship

May 2025 1997 Swedish Touring Car Championship 1996 1998 The 1997 Swedish Touring Car ChampionshipTouringCars.Net » Database » STCC 1997 » Round 4 Results https://www.touringcars.net/database/race.php?id=1178 touringcars.net 20 May 2025 19 May 2025 season was the 2nd season of the championship. It was decided over six race weekends (comprising twelve races) at six different circuits. Jan Nilsson won the second championship of the STCC. It was two-time DTM champion Mattias Ekström's touring car debut year driving a black Volvo 850 GLT. Teams and drivers TeamCarNo. Car numberDriversRounds Flash Engineering Volvo 850 GLT 1SWE Jan Nilsson All Ford Mondeo Ghia 8SWE Elisabeth Nilsson 1-3, 5-6 18SWE Fredrik Larsson 5 BMW Mobil 1 Dealer Team BMW 320i 2SWE Thomas Johansson All Troberg - Rydell Junior Team Volvo 850 GLT 3SWE Mattias Ekström All Opel Super Touring Team Sweden Opel Vectra 16v 4SWE Jan Brunstedt All Opel Vectra GT 9SWE Kari Mäkinen All Team Becker Schauman Wood BMW 318is 5SWE Peggen Andersson All Mobil Ford Motorsport Ford Mondeo Ghia 6SWE Stig Blomqvist All 7SWE Anders Söderberg All Stenlund Motorsport Alfa Romeo 155 TS 10SWE Ulrik Gustavsson All Ikegami Motorsport BMW M3 15SWE Niklas Danielsson 1-4, 6 Thenander Motorsport Volvo 850 GLT 16SWE Bengt Thenander 2 Team Bilbolaget Renault Laguna 17SWE Anders Larsson 4 Lennart Lindqvist Racing Ford Sierra 20SWE Lennart Lindqvist All Bòrje Gustavsson BMW M3 22SWE Bòrje Gustavsson 1-2, 4-6 Bakajev Motorsport BMW 318is 55SWE Georg Bakajev 1-2, 4-5 Tryggve Enger BMW 318is 56NOR Tryggve Enger 1, 4 Brosson Racing Volvo 850 GLT 99SWE Jens Edman 6 Race calendar and winners All rounds were held in Sweden. Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team 1 R1 Mantorp Park 5 May SWE Thomas Johansson SWE Jan Nilsson SWE Mattias Ekström Troberg - Rydell Junior Team R2 SWE Mattias Ekström SWE Mattias Ekström Troberg - Rydell Junior Team 2 R3 Kinnekulle 25 May SWE Jan Nilsson SWE Jan Nilsson SWE Jan Nilsson Flash Engineering R4 SWE Mattias Ekström SWE Jan Nilsson Flash Engineering 3 R5 Anderstorp 8 June SWE Jan Nilsson SWE Mattias Ekström SWE Mattias Ekström Troberg - Rydell Junior Team R6 SWE Thomas Johansson SWE Jan Nilsson Flash Engineering 4 R7 Falkenberg 13 July SWE Mattias Ekström SWE Jan Nilsson SWE Jan Nilsson Flash Engineering R8 SWE Jan Brunstedt SWE Jan Nilsson Flash Engineering 5 R9 Ring Knutstorp 3 August SWE Jan Nilsson SWE Jan Nilsson SWE Jan Nilsson Flash Engineering R10 SWE Mattias Ekström SWE Jan Nilsson Flash Engineering 6 R11 Karlskoga-Gelleråsen 31 August SWE Jan Nilsson SWE Jan Nilsson SWE Jan Nilsson Flash Engineering R12 SWE Thomas Johansson SWE Mattias Ekström Troberg - Rydell Junior Team 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. Classified 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 KIN AND FAL KNU KAR Pts 1 Sweden Jan Nilsson Ret DNS 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 3249 2 Sweden Mattias Ekström 1 1 Ret 4 1 4 2 Ret Ret 2 6 1192 3 Sweden Thomas Johansson Ret DNS 2 2 3 2 DSQ 3 DNS DNS 2 2159 4 Sweden Peggen Andersson 9 Ret 3 3 4 3 6 2 2 10 4 5151 5 Sweden Stig Blomqvist 3 Ret 4 Ret 5 7 3 4 3 3 3 6146 6 Sweden Kari Mäkinen 4 2 Ret 6 Ret 6 7 6 7 4 7 8105 7 Sweden Jan Brunstedt 2 Ret 7 Ret 8 5 DSQ 5 4 6 Ret 4104 8 Sweden Anders Söderberg 5 DNS 6 7 7 Ret 4 Ret Ret 7 5 986 9 Sweden Ulrik Gustavsson Ret Ret 5 5 6 Ret 5 7 5 5 9 Ret84 10 Sweden Georg Bakajev 8 3 10 Ret 8 Ret 6 Ret45 11 Sweden Niklas Danielsson Ret 5 9 8 10 10 Ret 10 10 DNS43 12 Sweden Börje Gustavsson 7 Ret 8 10 9 Ret 10 9 NC 1040 13 Sweden Lennart Lindqvist Ret DNS Ret DNS Ret 9 10 9 9 8 NC DNS40 14 Sweden Elisabeth Nilsson Ret 4 Ret DNS 9 8 DNS DNS Ret DNS40 15 Sweden Jens Edman 8 719 16 Norway Tryggve Enger 6 Ret Ret 819 17 Sweden Fredrik Larsson 8 Ret8 18 Sweden Bengt Thenander Ret 97 19 Sweden Anders Larsson Ret DNS5 Pos. Driver MAN KIN AND FAL KNU KAR PtsBold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap References External links Touring-cars.net 1997 Entry List Category:Swedish Touring Car Championship seasons Swedish Touring Car Championship Swedish Touring Car Championship season