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1996 Swedish Touring Car Championship
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May 2025
1996 Swedish Touring Car Championship none 1997
The 1996 Swedish Touring Car ChampionshipTouringCars.Net » Database » STCC 1996 » Round 8 Results https://www.touringcars.net/database/race.php?id=1117 touringcars.net 20 May 2025 19 May 2025 season was the inaugural season of the championship. It was decided in twelve races over five race weekends held at five different circuits.
Jan Nilsson was the first championship winner of the STCC.
Teams and drivers
TeamCarNo. Car numberDriversRounds Team Valvoline Mercedes 190E 4SWE Mikael Dahlgren All Marksam Racing AB Mercedes 190E 6SWE Jonas Lundberg 1-4 Tomas Nyström BMW M3 7SWE Tomas Nyström 1-3 Bridgestone Sweden Volvo 900 8SWE Ulf Palm 1-3, 5 Anders Svensson BMW M3 9SWE Anders Svensson 1-2, 5 Håkan Malmborg Ford Sierra 10SWE Håkan Malmborg 2, 5 Etab Data AB BMW M3 21SWE Torbjörn Holmstedt 3 Bohlin Racing Vauxhall Cavalier GSi 25GBR Nigel Smith 1-2 Lejtorp Racing Mercedes 190E 26SWE Eric Persson All Bengt Winberg Mercedes 190E 32SWE Bengt Winberg 3 Bakajev Motorsport BMW 318is 55SWE Georg Bakajev All Anders Larsson Renault Laguna 71SWE Anders Larsson 2-3, 5 Matador Racing BMW M3 72SWE Hasse Berglund All Thomas Hall BMW M3 74SWE Thomas Hall 3 Sällfors Racing Ford Sierra 75SWE Andreas Boström 3-4 BMW 318is 76SWE Torbjörn Sällfors 4 BMW Junior Team BMW 318is 77SWE Thomas Johansson All Flash Engineering Volvo 850 GLT 79SWE Jan Nilsson All Ford Mondeo Ghia 82SWE Elisabeth Nilsson All Jan Brunstedt Motorsport Opel Vectra GT 81SWE Jan Brunstedt All
Race calendar and winners
All rounds were held in Sweden.
Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team 1 R1Mantorp Park 12 May SWE Jan Nilsson SWE Jan Nilsson SWE Jan Nilsson Flash Engineering R2 GBR Nigel Smith SWE Jan Nilsson Flash Engineering 2 R3 Karlskoga-Gelleråsen 9 June SWE Jan Nilsson SWE Jan Nilsson SWE Jan Nilsson Flash Engineering 3 R4Falkenberg 7 July SWE Jan Nilsson SWE Jan Nilsson SWE Jan Nilsson Flash Engineering R5 SWE Jan Nilsson SWE Thomas Johansson BMW Junior Team 4 R6Ring Knutstorp 4 August SWE Jan Nilsson SWE Jan Nilsson SWE Jan Nilsson Flash Engineering R7 SWE Eric Persson SWE Mikael Dahlgren Team Valvoline 5 R8Kinnekulle 27 September SWE Jan Nilsson SWE Eric Persson SWE Hasse Berglund Matador Racing R9 SWE Jan Nilsson SWE Jan Nilsson Flash Engineering
Championship standings
Points system 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 20151210864321
5 points were awarded to any driver who took part in qualifying.
Results in Race 1 decide the Race 2 grid.
7 results from 9 are valid for the championship
Double Points in the final meeting.
Drivers championship
Pos. Driver MAN KAR FAL KNU KIN Pts 1 SWE Jan Nilsson 1 1 1 1 (9) 1 (5) 9 1169 (179) 2 SWE Thomas Johansson Ret 3 (4) 3 1 2 2 4 3143 (153) 3 SWE Mikael Dahlgren 5 (6) Ret 5 2 3 1 3 4132 (138) 4 SWE Jan Brunstedt 3 4 6 2 Ret Ret 3 6 2122 5 SWE Eric Persson 4 (8) 3 7 3 4 Ret 2 Ret103 (106) 6 SWE Hasse Berglund Ret DNS DSQ Ret 8 Ret DNS 1 584 7 SWE Georg Bakajev Ret 9 8 4 4 DSQ DSQ 5 673 8 SWE Elisabeth Nilsson Ret 5 2 Ret 7 Ret 4 Ret 770 9 SWE Thomas Nyström 7 10 5 8 637 10 SWE Jonas Lundberg 6 7 7 9 Ret Ret DNS36 11 United Kingdom Nigel Smith 2 2 DNS35 12 SWE Ulf Palm 8 12 9 Ret Ret 10 927 13 SWE Anders Svensson Ret 11 Ret 7 Ret23 14 SWE Håken Malmborg Ret 8 822 15 SWE Bengt Winqvist 6 519 16 SWE Torbjörn Sällfors 5 619 17 SWE Anders Larsson DNS Ret Ret Ret DNS15 18 SWE Andreas Boström DNS Ret Ret Ret10 19 SWE Thomas Hall Ret 106 20 SWE Torbjörn Holmstedt Ret 115 Pos. Driver MAN KAR FAL KNU KIN PtsBold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap
References
External links
Touring-cars.net
1996 Entry List
Category:Swedish Touring Car Championship seasons
Swedish Touring Car Championship
Swedish Touring Car Championship season