The 1998 Swedish Touring Car Championship season was the 3rd Swedish Touring Car Championship (STCC) season. It was decided over six race weekends (comprising twelve races) at five different circuits.
Fredrik Ekblom won his first championship for the BMW Dealer Team.
Entry list
Icon | Class |
D | Drivers' Championship |
S | Synsam Cup |
Race calendar and winners
All rounds were held in Sweden.
Championship standings
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.
Top 6 finishers in Race 1 were reversed to decide the Race 2 grid.
The final meeting of the year saw double points awarded.
Synsam Cup for Privateers
Pos. | Driver | MAN | KAR | AND | FAL | KNU | MAN | Pts | 1 | Pontus Mörth | 9 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 247 | 2 | Georg Bakajev | 8 | 10 | Ret | 15 | 17 | 8 | 7 | Ret | 16 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 157 | 3 | Rolf Uhr | 15 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 14 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 110 | 4 | Anders Svensson | 13 | 11 | 13 | DNS | Ret | 13 | Ret | 10 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 92 | 5 | Kari Mäkinen | 7 | 9 | 12 | DNS | 13 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 17 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 71 | 6 | Kim Esbjug | 12 | Ret | Ret | 13 | DNS | 15 | 15 | Ret | 11 | 13 | 17 | 14 | 67 | 7 | Niklas Danielsson | 10 | Ret | 9 | Ret | 9 | 12 | 9 | Ret | | | | | 63 | 8 | Tönu Soomer | 11 | 13 | 17 | Ret | 11 | 21 | 12 | 8 | Ret | 11 | Ret | Ret | 61 | 9 | Anders Söderberg | Ret | Ret | Ret | 14 | 10 | 14 | Ret | 12 | 13 | 12 | | | 58 | 10 | Nettan Lindgren-Jansson | Ret | 12 | Ret | 12 | 15 | 17 | DNS | DNS | | | 14 | Ret | 57 | 11 | Lennart Lindqvist | Ret | DNS | 15 | DNS | 16 | 18 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 52 | 12 | Anders Bergman | 14 | 14 | 14 | 16 | Ret | 20 | 14 | 14 | 18 | Ret | 18 | 15 | 46 | 13 | Tord Linnerud | | | | | | | | | | | 11 | Ret | 28 | 14 | Richard Göransson | 6 | 16 | Ret | Ret | DNS | DNS | | | | | | | 25 | Pos. | Driver | MAN | KAR | AND | FAL | KNU | MAN | Pts | | Colour | Result | Gold | Winner | Silver | Second place | Bronze | Third place | Green | Points finish | Blue | Non-points finish | Non-classified finish (NC) | Purple | Retired (Ret) | Red | Did not qualify (DNQ) | 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) | |
References
External links
- STCC 1998 Entry List
- Touring-cars.net