2006 STCC Season

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The 2006 Swedish Touring Car Championship season was the 11th Swedish Touring Car Championship (STCC) season. In total nine racing weekends at six different circuits were held; each round comprising one race.

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[edit] 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.

[edit] Drivers

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

Driver

Nat.

 Team Car Class
Duncan Huisman Flag of the Netherlands West Coast Racing BMW 320i
Robin Rudholm Flag of Sweden West Coast Racing BMW 320i
Johan Stureson Flag of Sweden IPS Motorsport Peugeot 407
Stefan Söderberg Flag of Sweden IPS Motorsport Peugeot 407
Robert Dahlgren Flag of Sweden Polestar Racing Volvo S60
Alexander Storckenfeldt Flag of Sweden Polestar Racing Volvo S60
Tomas Engström Flag of Sweden Honda Engström Motorsport Honda Accord
Fredrik Ekblom Flag of Sweden Kristoffersson Motorsport Audi A4
Tommy Kristoffersson Flag of Sweden Kristoffersson Motorsport Audi A4
Thed Björk Flag of Sweden Kristoffersson Motorsport Audi A4
Jan Nilsson Flag of Sweden Flash Engineering BMW 320si E90
Richard Göransson Flag of Sweden Flash Engineering BMW 320si E90
Edward Sandström Flag of Sweden Flash Engineering BMW 320i
Nicklas Karlsson Flag of Sweden Opel Team Sweden Opel Astra GTC 2000
Mattias Andersson Flag of Sweden MA GP/Team caWalli Alfa Romeo 156
Tobias Johansson Flag of Sweden Mercedes-Benz Sport Mercedes C200
Hans Simonsson Flag of Sweden Mercedes-Benz Sport Mercedes C200
David Björk Flag of Sweden Picko Troberg Racing BMW 320i
Carl Rosenblad Flag of Sweden Crawford Racing BMW 320si E90
Håkan Malmborg Flag of Sweden Malmborg Racing Ford Focus C
Joakim Fridh Flag of Sweden Team Euromaster BMW 320i C
Tobias Tegelby Flag of Sweden Tysslinge Racing BMW 320R C
Christer Gellerstedt Flag of Sweden Gellerstedt Motorsport BMW 320i C

[edit] Race Calendar

Round Circuit Date Winning driver Winning team
1 Flag of Sweden Knutstorp 14 May Thed Björk Kristoffersson Motorsport
2 Flag of Sweden Karlskoga 28 May Robert Dahlgren Polestar Racing
3 Flag of Sweden Mantorp Park 18 June Richard Göransson Flash Engineering
4 Flag of Sweden Falkenberg 16 July Thed Björk Kristoffersson Motorsport
5 Flag of Norway Våler 30 July Richard Göransson Flash Engineering
6 Flag of Sweden Anderstorp 13 August Richard Göransson Flash Engineering
7 Flag of Sweden Karlskoga 27 August Thed Björk Kristoffersson Motorsport
8 Flag of Sweden Knutstorp 10 September Richard Göransson Flash Engineering
9 Flag of Sweden Mantorp Park 1 October Richard Göransson Flash Engineering

[edit] Championship standings (after 9 of 9 rounds)

[edit] Drivers

Pos Driver KNU Flag of Sweden KAR Flag of Sweden MAN Flag of Sweden FAL Flag of Sweden VÅL Flag of Norway AND Flag of Sweden KAR Flag of Sweden KNU Flag of Sweden MAN Flag of Sweden Pts
1 Flag of Sweden T. Björk 1 2 7 1 2 16 1 2 4 59
2 Flag of Sweden Göransson 5 13 1 10 1 1 8 1 1 55
3 Flag of the Netherlands Huisman 4 Ret 3 3 2 2 5 10 37
4 Flag of Sweden Ekblom 2 10 4 Ret 3 8 10 3 5 30
5 Flag of Sweden Engström 3 2 Ret 16 5 Ret 4 9 3 29
6 Flag of Sweden Dahlgren Ret 1 Ret 2 12 3 Ret 6 7 29
7 Flag of Sweden Rudholm 14 5 2 11 6 9 3 7 6 26
8 Flag of Sweden Stureson 7 4 Ret Ret 7 5 5 11 Ret 17
9 Flag of Sweden Nilsson 8 7 Ret 4 Ret 4 9 8 12 14
10 Flag of Sweden Kristoffersson Ret 12 5 9 4 13 16 4 Ret 14
11 Flag of Sweden D. Björk 6 6 6 13 Ret 6 15 14 8 13
12 Flag of Sweden Rosenblad 9 11 Ret 7 10 10 7 10 2 12
13 Flag of Sweden Karlsson Ret 8 Ret Ret 9 7 6 15 13 6
14 Flag of Sweden Storckenfeldt 12 9 Ret 5 Ret DSQ 11 13 9 4
15 Flag of Sweden Andersson 13 11 DNS 6 8 11 12 12 10 4
16 Flag of Sweden Fridh Ret 15 8 15 Ret 12 14 17 15 1
17 Flag of Sweden Söderberg 11 18 9 8 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 1
18 Flag of Sweden Johansson 16 14 DNS 12 11 14 DNS 16 DNS 0
19 Flag of Sweden Simonsson DNS Ret Ret Ret Ret DNS 13 19 14 0
20 Flag of Sweden Tegelby 17 16 Ret 14 13 15 Ret 20 Ret 0
21 Flag of Sweden Gellerstedt 15 Ret 10 17 Ret Ret 18 16 0
22 Flag of Sweden Sandström 10 17 Ret 0
23 Flag of Sweden Malmborg Ret Ret 0
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Finished, in points
Blue Finished, no points
Purple Did not finish (Ret)
Not classified (NC)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Blank Did not participate
Injured (INJ)
Excluded (EX)
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