1997 Swedish Touring Car Championship

The 1997 Swedish Touring Car Championship season was the 2nd season of the championship. It was decided over six race weekends (comprising twelve races) at six different circuits.

1997 Swedish Touring Car Championship
Previous: 1996 Next: 1998

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
Team Car No. Drivers Rounds
Flash Engineering Volvo 850 GLT 1 Jan Nilsson All
Ford Mondeo Ghia 8 Elisabeth Nilsson 1-3, 5-6
18 Fredrik Larsson 5
BMW Mobil 1 Dealer Team BMW 320i 2 Thomas Johansson All
Troberg - Rydell Junior Team Volvo 850 GLT 3 Mattias Ekström All
Opel Super Touring Team Sweden Opel Vectra 16v 4 Jan Brunstedt All
Opel Vectra GT 9 Kari Mäkinen All
Team Becker Schauman Wood BMW 318is 5 Peggen Andersson All
Mobil Ford Motorsport Ford Mondeo Ghia 6 Stig Blomqvist All
7 Anders Söderberg All
Stenlund Motorsport Alfa Romeo 155 TS 10 Ulrik Gustavsson All
Ikegami Motorsport BMW M3 15 Niklas Danielsson 1-4, 6
Thenander Motorsport Volvo 850 GLT 16 Bengt Thenander 2
Team Bilbolaget Renault Laguna 17 Anders Larsson 4
Lennart Lindqvist Racing Ford Sierra 20 Lennart Lindqvist All
Bòrje Gustavsson BMW M3 22 Bòrje Gustavsson 1-2, 4-6
Bakajev Motorsport BMW 318is 55 Georg Bakajev 1-2, 4-5
Tryggve Enger BMW 318is 56 Tryggve Enger 1, 4
Brosson Racing Volvo 850 GLT 99 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 Thomas Johansson Jan Nilsson Mattias Ekström Troberg - Rydell Junior Team
R2 Mattias Ekström Mattias Ekström Troberg - Rydell Junior Team
2 R3 Kinnekulle 25 May Jan Nilsson Jan Nilsson Jan Nilsson Flash Engineering
R4 Mattias Ekström Jan Nilsson Flash Engineering
3 R5 Anderstorp 8 June Jan Nilsson Mattias Ekström Mattias Ekström Troberg - Rydell Junior Team
R6 Thomas Johansson Jan Nilsson Flash Engineering
4 R7 Falkenberg 13 July Mattias Ekström Jan Nilsson Jan Nilsson Flash Engineering
R8 Jan Brunstedt Jan Nilsson Flash Engineering
5 R9 Ring Knutstorp 3 August Jan Nilsson Jan Nilsson Jan Nilsson Flash Engineering
R10 Mattias Ekström Jan Nilsson Flash Engineering
6 R11 Karlskoga-Gelleråsen 31 August Jan Nilsson Jan Nilsson Jan Nilsson Flash Engineering
R12 Thomas Johansson 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 Jan Nilsson Ret DNS 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 249
2 Mattias Ekström 1 1 Ret 4 1 4 2 Ret Ret 2 6 1 192
3 Thomas Johansson Ret DNS 2 2 3 2 DSQ 3 DNS DNS 2 2 159
4 Peggen Andersson 9 Ret 3 3 4 3 6 2 2 10 4 5 151
5 Stig Blomqvist 3 Ret 4 Ret 5 7 3 4 3 3 3 6 146
6 Kari Mäkinen 4 2 Ret 6 Ret 6 7 6 7 4 7 8 105
7 Jan Brunstedt 2 Ret 7 Ret 8 5 DSQ 5 4 6 Ret 4 104
8 Anders Söderberg 5 DNS 6 7 7 Ret 4 Ret Ret 7 5 9 86
9 Ulrik Gustavsson Ret Ret 5 5 6 Ret 5 7 5 5 9 Ret 84
10 Georg Bakajev 8 3 10 Ret 8 Ret 6 Ret 45
11 Niklas Danielsson Ret 5 9 8 10 10 Ret 10 10 DNS 43
12 Börje Gustavsson 7 Ret 8 10 9 Ret 10 9 NC 10 40
13 Lennart Lindqvist Ret DNS Ret DNS Ret 9 10 9 9 8 NC DNS 40
14 Elisabeth Nilsson Ret 4 Ret DNS 9 8 DNS DNS Ret DNS 40
15 Jens Edman 8 7 19
16 Tryggve Enger 6 Ret Ret 8 19
17 Fredrik Larsson 8 Ret 8
18 Bengt Thenander Ret 9 7
19 Anders Larsson Ret DNS 5
Pos. Driver MAN KIN AND FAL KNU KAR Pts
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not participate (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

References
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