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1998 Swedish Touring Car Championship

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

Team	Car	No.	Drivers	Class	Rounds
Flash Engineering	Volvo S40	1	SWE Jan Nilsson	D	All
12	SWE Jens Edman	D	3–6
Volvo 850 GLT	15	SWE Patrick Ernstson	D	6
Troberg-Rydell Junior Team	Ford Mondeo Ghia	2	SWE Mattias Ekström	D	All
Opel Motorsport	Opel Vectra 16v	3	SWE Thomas Johansson	D	All
6	SWE Jan Brunstedt	D	All
37	SWE Pontus Mörth	S	All
BMW Dealer Team	BMW 320i	4	SWE Peggen Andersson	D	All
11	SWE Fredrik Ekblom	D	All
Mobil Ford Motorsport	Ford Mondeo Ghia	5	SWE Stig Blomqvist	D	All
38	SWE Anders Söderberg	D	1–5
Elgh Motorsport	Nissan Primera GT	13	SWE Carl Rosenblad	D	All
Team 13	Honda Accord	16	SWE Stefan Lindberg	D	All
Euroracing AB	Nissan Primera eGT	20	FIN Kari Makinen	S	All
Bakajev Motorsport	BMW 318is	21	SWE Georg Bakajev	S	All
Ikegami Motorsport	BMW 318is	22	SWE Niklas Danielsson	S	1–4
Lennart Lindqvist Racing	BMW 318is	23	SWE Lennart Lindqvist	S	All
Kristoffersson Motorsport	Audi A4 Quattro	25	SWE Tommy Kristoffersson	D	All
26	SWE Mats Lindén	D	All
Blue Jeans Powerdrink	Ford Mondeo Ghia	27	SWE Richard Göransson	S	1–3
Ross Racing	Ford Mondeo Ghia	28	SWE Nettan Lindgren-Jansson	S	1–4, 6
Nordic Miltronic Motorsport	Opel Vectra GT	29	SWE Rolf Uhr	S	All
Anders Svensson	BMW 318is	30	SWE Anders Svensson	S	All
Polaris Auto	BMW 318is	31	EST Tönu Soomer	S	All
32	EST Anders Bergman	S	All
Kim Esbjug	BMW 318is	33	NOR Kim Esbjug	S	All
Östfold Fina Olje	BMW 318is	34	NOR Simen Tvete	D	4
Tord Linnerud	Opel Vectra GT	37	NOR Tord Linnerud	S	1, 6

Icon	Class
D	Drivers' Championship
S	Synsam Cup

Race calendar and winners

All rounds were held in Sweden.

Round	Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
Mantorp Park	10 May	SWE Mattias Ekström	SWE Fredrik Ekblom	SWE Mats Lindén	Kristoffersson Motorsport	SWE Richard Göransson
	SWE Peggen Andersson	SWE Fredrik Ekblom	BMW Dealer Team	SWE Pontus Mörth
Karlskoga-Gelleråsen	31 May	SWE Jan Nilsson	SWE Jan Nilsson	SWE Jan Nilsson	Flash Engineering	SWE Pontus Mörth
	SWE Fredrik Ekblom	SWE Peggen Andersson	BMW Dealer Team	SWE Pontus Mörth
Anderstorp	28 June	SWE Mattias Ekström	SWE Fredrik Ekblom	SWE Jan Nilsson	Flash Engineering	SWE Pontus Mörth
	SWE Peggen Andersson	SWE Peggen Andersson	BMW Dealer Team	SWE Georg Bakajev
Falkenberg	9 July	SWE Jens Edman	SWE Jens Edman	SWE Jan Nilsson	Flash Engineering	SWE Pontus Mörth
	SWE Mattias Ekström	SWE Jens Edman	Flash Engineering	SWE Pontus Mörth
Ring Knutstorp	6 September	SWE Fredrik Ekblom	SWE Fredrik Ekblom	SWE Fredrik Ekblom	BMW Dealer Team	SWE Pontus Mörth
	SWE Mats Lindén	SWE Jan Nilsson	Flash Engineering	SWE Georg Bakajev
Mantorp Park	27 September	SWE Tommy Kristoffersson	SWE Fredrik Ekblom	SWE Fredrik Ekblom	BMW Dealer Team	SWE Pontus Mörth
	SWE Peggen Andersson	SWE Jan Nilsson	Flash Engineering	SWE Pontus Mörth

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.

Pos.	Driver	MAN	KAR	AND	FAL	KNU	MAN	Pts	1	2	3	4	5
Sweden Fredrik Ekblom	4	1	2	2	3	4	Ret	2	1	3	1	2	229
Sweden Jan Nilsson	Ret	Ret	1	4	1	2	1	Ret	5	1	3	1	207
Sweden Peggen Andersson	Ret	4	4	1	Ret	1	Ret	Ret	2	5	4	9	137
Sweden Tommy Kristoffersson	5	3	6	10	7	6	10	11	Ret	6	2	3	128
Sweden Mats Lindén	1	2	7	3	4	10	Ret	5	3	8	13	Ret	115
Sweden Jan Brunstedt	2	6	8	6	Ret	Ret	3	4	7	16	6	5	114
Sweden Pontus Mörth	9	7	5	5	6	11	4	3	9	17	7	7	98
Sweden Mattias Ekström	Ret	8	3	Ret	2	3	Ret	Ret	4	2	Ret	DNS	97
Sweden Jens Edman					Ret	7	2	1	6	7	5	Ret	85
Sweden Carl Rosenblad	3	5	11	9	Ret	5	5	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	6	80
Sweden Stefan Lindberg	Ret	Ret	18	11	12	19	8	Ret	10	Ret	8	4	60
Sweden Thomas Johansson	Ret	Ret	Ret	7	5	Ret	Ret	Ret	8	4	DNS	DNS	55
Sweden Stig Blomqvist	Ret	DNS	10	8	8	Ret	DNS	7	Ret	Ret	9	8	51
Finland Kari Mäkinen	7	9	12	DNS	13	9	6	6	17	Ret	Ret	Ret	50
Sweden Georg Bakajev	8	10	Ret	15	17	8	7	Ret	16	9	10	10	47
Estonia Tönu Soomer	11	13	17	Ret	11	21	12	8	Ret	11	Ret	Ret	33
Sweden Rolf Uhr	15	15	16	17	14	16	11	9	14	10	12	11	33
Sweden Anders Svensson	13	11	13	DNS	Ret	13	Ret	10	12	14	15	12	31
Norway Kim Esbjug	12	Ret	Ret	13	DNS	15	15	Ret	11	13	17	14	30
Estonia Anders Bergman	14	14	14	16	Ret	20	14	14	18	Ret	18	15	30
Sweden Lennart Lindqvist	Ret	DNS	15	DNS	16	18	13	13	15	15	16	13	30
Sweden Niklas Danielsson	10	Ret	9	Ret	9	12	9	Ret					27
Sweden Anders Söderberg	Ret	Ret	Ret	14	10	14	Ret	12	13	12			26
Sweden Nettan Lindgren-Jansson	Ret	12	Ret	12	15	17	DNS	DNS			14	Ret	25
Sweden Richard Göransson	6	16	Ret	Ret	DNS	DNS							21
Norway Tord Linnerud	DNS	DNS									11	Ret	5
Norway Simen Tvete							Ret	Ret					5
Sweden Patrick Ernstson											Ret	DNS	5

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Synsam Cup for Privateers

Pos.	Driver	MAN	KAR	AND	FAL	KNU	MAN	Pts	1	2	3	4	5
Sweden Pontus Mörth	9	7	5	5	6	11	4	3	9	17	7	7	247
Sweden Georg Bakajev	8	10	Ret	15	17	8	7	Ret	16	9	10	10	157
Sweden Rolf Uhr	15	15	16	17	14	16	11	9	14	10	12	11	110
Sweden Anders Svensson	13	11	13	DNS	Ret	13	Ret	10	12	14	15	12	92
Finland Kari Mäkinen	7	9	12	DNS	13	9	6	6	17	Ret	Ret	Ret	71
Norway Kim Esbjug	12	Ret	Ret	13	DNS	15	15	Ret	11	13	17	14	67
Sweden Niklas Danielsson	10	Ret	9	Ret	9	12	9	Ret					63
Estonia Tönu Soomer	11	13	17	Ret	11	21	12	8	Ret	11	Ret	Ret	61
Sweden Anders Söderberg	Ret	Ret	Ret	14	10	14	Ret	12	13	12			58
Sweden Nettan Lindgren-Jansson	Ret	12	Ret	12	15	17	DNS	DNS			14	Ret	57
Sweden Lennart Lindqvist	Ret	DNS	15	DNS	16	18	13	13	15	15	16	13	52
Estonia Anders Bergman	14	14	14	16	Ret	20	14	14	18	Ret	18	15	46
Norway Tord Linnerud											11	Ret	28
Sweden Richard Göransson	6	16	Ret	Ret	DNS	DNS							25

References

(19 May 2025). "TouringCars.Net » Database » STCC 1998 » Round 5 Results".

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