2010 Swedish Touring Car Championship

The 2010 Swedish Touring Car Championship season was the 15th and last Swedish Touring Car Championship (STCC) season. Four of the race weekends were held together with the Danish Touring Car Championship and the results from these races also counted towards the Scandinavian Touring Car Cup. From 2011, the new Scandinavian Touring Car Championship replaced both the Swedish and the Danish Touring Car Championships.^[1]

Teams and drivers

The official entry list for the 2010 STCC season was released on March 20.^[2] All teams were Swedish-registered.

Team	Car	No.	Drivers	Class	Rounds
Polestar Racing	Volvo C30	1	Tommy Rustad	D	All
Polestar Racing	Volvo C30	7	Robert Dahlgren	D	All
Flash Engineering	BMW 320si	2	Thed Björk	D	All
		6	Jan Nilsson	D	All
		92	Tobias Tegelby	S	11–12, 15–18
WestCoast Racing	BMW 320si	4	Richard Göransson	D	All
Mattias Ekström Juniorteam	SEAT León	10	Roger Eriksson	D	All
Mattias Ekström Juniorteam	SEAT León	29	Dick Sahlén	D	All
Team Biogas.se	Volkswagen Scirocco	14	Fredrik Ekblom	D	All
		15	Patrik Olsson	D	All
		41	Johan Kristoffersson	D	15–18
Chevrolet Motorsport Sweden	Chevrolet Cruze	17	Viktor Hallrup	D	1–4, 7–18
Huggare Racing	Opel Astra	18	Viktor Huggare	D	3–18
MA:GP/IPS/Bilsport & MC	Alfa Romeo 156	20	Mattias Andersson	D	All
MA:GP/IPS/Bilsport & MC	BMW 320si	21	Johan Stureson	D	All
Appelqvist Racing	Alfa Romeo 156 GTA	88	Robin Appelqvist	S	1–6, 9–12, 17–18
MECA	Alfa Romeo 156	89	Claes Hoffsten	S	1–6, 9–12, 15–18
G-REX Sweden	Mercedes-Benz C200	91	Tony Johansson	S	15–18
Ebbeson Motorsport	BMW 320si	96	Andreas Ebbeson	S	1–12, 15–18
BMS Event	BMW 320i	97	Joakim Ahlberg	S	3–18
Mälarpower Motorsport	Volvo S60	99	Ronnie Brandt	S	9–10

Icon	Class
D	Drivers' Championship
S	Semcon Cup

Race calendar

The calendar for the 2010 season was published in November 2009. As a first step towards the planned merger with the Danish Touring Car Championship, four of the races will be held together with DTC.^[3]

Round	Circuit	Date
1–2	Jyllandsringen *	25 April
3–4	Ring Knutstorp	8 May
5–6	Karlskoga Motorstadion	22 May
7–8	Göteborg City Race *	5 June
9–10	Falkenbergs Motorbana	10 July
11–12	Karlskoga Motorstadion	14 August
13–14	Jyllandsringen *	5 September
15–16	Ring Knutstorp *	18 September
17–18	Mantorp Park	2 October

*Joint STCC and DTC races.

Results and standings

The points system used for both the main championship and Semcon Cup is the new FIA system of 25-18-15-12-10-8-6-4-2-1, awarded to the top ten finishers of each race. In case of ties in points, the championship positions are determined by the classification in the latest race.^[4]

Races

Round	Circuit/Location	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team	Highest Scoring Team	Winning Privateer
1	Jyllandsringen*	Tommy Rustad	Tommy Rustad	Tommy Rustad	Polestar Racing	Polestar Racing	Andreas Ebbeson
2	Jyllandsringen*	Fredrik Ekblom	Robert Dahlgren	Robert Dahlgren	Polestar Racing	Polestar Racing	Andreas Ebbeson
3	Ring Knutstorp	Thed Björk	Richard Göransson	Richard Göransson	WestCoast Racing	Team Biogas.se	Claes Hoffsten
4	Ring Knutstorp	Mattias Andersson	Robert Dahlgren	Mattias Andersson	MA:GP	Team Biogas.se	Claes Hoffsten
5	Karlskoga Motorstadion	Fredrik Ekblom	Fredrik Ekblom	Fredrik Ekblom	Team Biogas.se	Flash Engineering	Claes Hoffsten
6	Karlskoga Motorstadion	Dick Sahlén	Jan Nilsson	Jan Nilsson	Flash Engineering	Flash Engineering	Andreas Ebbeson
7	Göteborg City Race*	Robert Dahlgren	Robert Dahlgren	Robert Dahlgren	Polestar Racing	Team Biogas.se	Andreas Ebbeson
8	Göteborg City Race*	Patrik Olsson	Richard Göransson	Richard Göransson	WestCoast Racing	Team Biogas.se	Andreas Ebbeson
9	Falkenbergs Motorbana	Robert Dahlgren	Robert Dahlgren	Robert Dahlgren	Polestar Racing	Polestar Racing	Joakim Ahlberg
10	Falkenbergs Motorbana	Tommy Rustad	Thed Björk	Tommy Rustad	Polestar Racing	Polestar Racing	Andreas Ebbeson
11	Karlskoga Motorstadion	Fredrik Ekblom	Patrik Olsson	Fredrik Ekblom	Team Biogas.se	Team Biogas.se	Andreas Ebbeson
12	Karlskoga Motorstadion	Dick Sahlén	Jan Nilsson	Dick Sahlén	Mattias Ekström Juniorteam	Team Biogas.se	Andreas Ebbeson
13	Jyllandsringen*	Robert Dahlgren	Thed Björk	Richard Göransson	WestCoast Racing	Polestar Racing	Joakim Ahlberg
14	Jyllandsringen*	Thed Björk	Thed Björk	Thed Björk	Flash Engineering	Polestar Racing	Joakim Ahlberg
15	Ring Knutstorp*	Fredrik Ekblom	Fredrik Ekblom	Fredrik Ekblom	Team Biogas.se	Team Biogas.se	Tobias Tegelby
16	Ring Knutstorp*	Patrik Olsson	Richard Göransson	Thed Björk	Flash Engineering	Team Biogas.se	Andreas Ebbeson
17	Mantorp Park	Mattias Andersson	Thed Björk	Mattias Andersson	MA:GP	Polestar Racing	Andreas Ebbeson
18	Mantorp Park	Jan Nilsson	Tommy Rustad	Tommy Rustad	Polestar Racing	Polestar Racing	Tobias Tegelby

* In the joint STCC and DTC races, only the highest placed STCC driver/team is listed.

Drivers championship

Pos.	Driver	JYL		KNU		KAR		GÖT		FAL		KAR		JYL		KNU		MAN		Pts
1	Richard Göransson	2	7	1	3	6	3	5	1	3	2	5	4	1	2	11	8	4	3	251
2	Robert Dahlgren	3	1	2	2	2	8	1	5	1	Ret	4	Ret	2	3	2	6	2	9	249
3	Fredrik Ekblom	5	9	4	5	1	6	3	3	4	4	1	5	5	5	1	5	3	8	230
4	Mattias Andersson	11	5	8	1	4	5	2	Ret	6	6	6	2	6	Ret	4	3	1	Ret	181
5	Thed Björk	8	4	10	4	15†	4	DNS	13†	2	5	3	3	4	1	6	1	13	5	179
6	Patrik Olsson	9	3	3	7	5	7	8	2	14†	8	2	6	9	6	7	2	5	6	162
7	Tommy Rustad	1	Ret	Ret	DNS	9	10	9	11	8	1	10	9	3	4	3	7	6	1	143
8	Dick Sahlén	7	6	5	8	8	2	4	4	5	3	8	1	10	10	9	10	Ret	DNS	133
9	Jan "Flash" Nilsson	10	Ret	12	10	3	1	Ret	8	Ret	7	Ret	10	8	Ret	Ret	15†	8	4	73
10	Johan Stureson	4	2	DNS	6	7	9	Ret	7	9	9	9	8	Ret	12†	8	9	11	10	69
11	Viktor Hallrup	13	10	6	9			7	6	7	Ret	7	Ret	Ret	7	Ret	14	7	2	67
12	Roger Eriksson	6	8	7	Ret	10	12	Ret	9	10	Ret	11	7	7	11	5	4	10	7	63
13	Andreas Ebbesson	12	11	13	Ret	13	11	8	10	Ret	10	12	11			15	11	9	DNS	8
14	Joakim Ahlberg			11	12	14	13	10	12	12	11†	14	14	12	8	DNS	Ret	14	13	5
15	Johan Kristoffersson													11	9	10	13	15	11	3
16	Claes Hoffsten			9	11	12	14			Ret	Ret	Ret	DNS			12	14	DNS	DNS	2
17	Viktor Huggare			DNS	DNS	11	15†	DNS	DNS	11	Ret	13	12			13	DNS	Ret	DNS	0
18	Tobias Tegelby											15	13			12	16†	12	12	0
19	Robin Appelqvist	14	12	Ret	DNS	Ret	16†			13	Ret	DNS	DNS					Ret	Ret	0
	Tony Johansson															Ret	Ret	Ret	DNS	0
	Ronnie Brandt									Ret	DNS									0
Pos.	Driver	JYL		KNU		KAR		GÖT		FAL		KAR		JYL		KNU		MAN		Pts

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

† — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.

Teams championship

Pos	Team	Pts	Prize money
1	Polestar Racing	395	400.000 SEK
2	Team Biogas.se	392	400.000 SEK
3	Flash Engineering	254	100.000 SEK
4	WestCoast Racing	252
5	MA:GP / IPS	252
6	Mattias Ekström Junior Team	204
7	Chevrolet Motorsport Sweden	67
8	Huggare Racing	0

References

^ Meissner, Johan (3 November 2009). "STCC + DTC = Scandinavian Championship". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Archived from the original on 2012-03-23. Retrieved 6 November 2010.
^ Meissner, Johan (20 March 2010). "The entry list for STCC 2010 is released". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Archived from the original on 2012-03-09. Retrieved 20 March 2010.
^ Meissner, Johan (27 November 2009). "The STCC 2010 calendar is released". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Archived from the original on 2012-03-23. Retrieved 6 November 2010.
^ "Sporting regulations STCC 2010" (PDF). STCC. Retrieved 2010-04-25.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

External links

STCC Official Website (Swedish)
TouringCarTimes – STCC news in English

[merger-1] Meissner, Johan (3 November 2009). "STCC + DTC = Scandinavian Championship". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Archived from the original on 2012-03-23. Retrieved 6 November 2010.

[2] Meissner, Johan (20 March 2010). "The entry list for STCC 2010 is released". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Archived from the original on 2012-03-09. Retrieved 20 March 2010.

[calendar-3] Meissner, Johan (27 November 2009). "The STCC 2010 calendar is released". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Archived from the original on 2012-03-23. Retrieved 6 November 2010.

[regulations-4] "Sporting regulations STCC 2010" (PDF). STCC. Retrieved 2010-04-25.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

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