2008 Swedish Touring Car Championship

2008 Swedish Touring Car Championship 2007 2009 thumb|right|Richard Göransson won the championship by seven points. The 2008 Swedish Touring Car Championship season was the 13th Swedish Touring Car Championship (STCC) season. Drivers These were the STCC entries for the 2008 season. Entrants with numbers 90 and above also competed in the privateer competition known as Semcon Cup. All teams were Swedish-registered. TeamCarNo. Car numberDriversClassRounds WestCoast Racing / BMW Dealer Team BMW 320si E90 1SWE Fredrik EkblomDAll 6SWE Robin RudholmDAll Volvo Olsbergs Green Racing Volvo C30 2SWE Robert DahlgrenDAll 9NOR Tommy RustadD1-8,10-11 Flash Engineering BMW 320si E90 3SWE Richard GöranssonDAll BMW 320si 6-spd Seq 5SWE Jan "Flash" NilssonDAll Honda Racing Honda Accord Euro R 4SWE Thed BjörkDAll 7SWE Tomas EngströmDAllNordic Fine ArtSEAT León 8SWE Roger ErikssonDAllKristoffersson MotorsportAudi A4 14SWE Tommy KristofferssonD1-4,8-11 15RUS Alexander LvovD2-3,6-7,9-11 CMS Team SwedenAudi A4 17SWE Andreas SimonsenD5 MA:GPAlfa Romeo 156 20SWE Mattias AnderssonDAll IPS MotorsportPeugeot 308 21SWE Johan SturesonDAll Chevrolet Motorsport SwedenChevrolet Lacetti 22NOR Thomas SchieDAll Elgh MotorsportBMW 320si 6-spd Seq 28SWE Carl RosenbladD1-2,5,7,9,11 Brovallen MotorsportMercedes C200 90SWE Tobias JohanssonS1,3-11 Team CaliberBMW 320i E46 93SWE Dick SahlénSAll Team Nya Åkeriet ÖrebroBMW 320i E46 94SWE Mikael EklundS7 Huggare RacingBMW 320i E46 96SWE Viktor HuggareS1-5,7,11 BMS EventBMW 320i E46 97SWE Joakim AhlbergS1-2,5-11 Tysslinge RacingBMW 320i E46 95SWE Tobias TegelbyS4 Brandt RacingVolvo S60 99SWE Ronnie BrandtS4,11 Icon Class D Drivers' Championship S Semcon Cup Race calendar The calendar for the 2008 season were as follows:http://www.touringcartimes.com/news.php?id=1761 STCC: 2008 calendar released with street race TouringCarTimes 2010-01-10 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20080113055417/http://www.touringcartimes.com/news.php?id=1761 January 13, 2008 Round Circuit Date 1 SWE Ring Knutstorp 20 April 2 SWE Sturup Raceway 4 May 3 SWE Mantorp Park 18 May 4 SWE Karlskoga Motorstadion 1 June 5 SWE Göteborg City Race 14 June 6 SWE Sturup Raceway 29 June 7 SWE Falkenbergs Motorbana 13 July 8 SWE Karlskoga Motorstadion 17 August 9 SWE Ring Knutstorp 31 August 10 NOR Vålerbanen 14 September 11 SWE Mantorp Park (Grande Finale) 28 September Results and standings Drivers' championship The drivers' championship 2008 was won by Richard Göransson.http://www.stcc.se/451/ STCC Förarmästerskap 2008 STCC 2010-01-06 https://web.archive.org/web/20090410062005/http://www.stcc.se/451/ 2009-04-10 dead Pos. Driver KNUSweden STUSweden MANSweden KARSweden GÖTSweden STUSweden FALSweden KARSweden KNUSweden VÅLNorway MANSweden Pts 1 Sweden Richard Göransson 1 5 6 1 9 1 4 3 1 3 667 2 Sweden Fredrik Ekblom 2 1 3 Ret 3 5 1 2 9 12 260 3 Sweden Thed Björk 9 3 1 6 1 3 Ret 1 7 5 357 4 Sweden Robin Rudholm 3 4 5 2 6 4 2 9 2 8 1448 5 Sweden Robert Dahlgren Ret 13 4 5 Ret 13 7 5 3 1 141 6 Sweden Jan "Flash" Nilsson 6 7 7 3 7 7 6 8 5 6 1028 7 Norway Thomas Schie 8 Ret 8 4 2 8 15 Ret 8 4 526 8 Sweden Tomas Engström 4 10 16 Ret 4 6 9 Ret 4 7 821 9 Norway Tommy Rustad 10 Ret 2 Ret 5 10 5 6 DSQ Ret 19 10 Sweden Johan Stureson Ret 6 10 Ret Ret 2 8 7 Ret Ret 419 11 Sweden Mattias Andersson 5 2 Ret 10 DNS 14 12 4 Ret DNS 1117 12 Sweden Roger Eriksson 7 Ret 11 8 Ret 9 Ret 11 Ret 2 713 13 Sweden Carl Rosenblad DSQ 8 10 3 Ret 187 14 Sweden Tommy Kristoffersson Ret 9 9 9 10 6 Ret 173 15 Sweden Tobias Johansson 11 12 7 8 12 10 12 10 9 93 16 Sweden Dick Sahlén 12 12 13 11 12 11 13 14 11 13 120 17 Sweden Joakim Ahlberg 13 Ret 13 Ret Ret 13 Ret 11 150 18 Sweden Viktor Huggare Ret 11 14 12 Ret 11 130 19 Russia Alexander Lvov Ret 15 Ret Ret 12 10 Ret0 20 Sweden Ronnie Brandt Ret 160 21 Sweden Andreas Simonsen 11 0 22 Sweden Tobias Tegelby 13 0 23 Sweden Mikael Eklund 14 0 Teams' championship Pos Team Pts 1 West Coast Racing / BMW Dealer Team 108 2 Flash Engineering 96 3 Honda Racing 78 4 Volvo Olsbergs Green Racing 60 5 Chevrolet Motorsport Sweden 26 6 IPS Motorsport 19 7 MA:GP / Alfa Romeo 17 8 Nordic Fine Art 14 9 Elgh Motorsport 7 10 KMS - Kristofferson Motorsport 4 Manufacturers' championship Pos Manufactures Pts 1 BMW 139 2 Honda 93 3 Volvo 72 4 Chevrolet 38 5 Peugeot 24 6 Alfa Romeo 22 7 Seat 20 8 Audi 17 Semcon Cup Pos Driver Team Pts 1 Tobias Johansson MB Sport 98 2 Dick Sahlén Team Caliber 84 3 Viktor Huggare Huggare Racing 36 4 Joakim Ahlberg BMS Event 33 5 Mikael Eklund Team Nya Åkeriet Örebro 5 6 Tobias Tegelby Tysslinge Racing 5 7 Ronnie Brandt Brandt Racing 4 References External links STCC Official Website (Swedish) Category:Swedish Touring Car Championship seasons Swedish Touring Car Championship Swedish Touring Car Championship season