2004 Swedish Touring Car Championship

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The 2004 Swedish Touring Car Championship season was the 9th Swedish Touring Car Championship (STCC) season. In total nine racing weekends at five different circuits were held; each round comprising two races, making an eighteen-round competition in total.

Teams and drivers[edit]

Team Car No. Drivers
Drivers' Championship
Kristoffersson Motorsport Audi A4 1 Sweden Fredrik Ekblom
6 Sweden Tommy Kristoffersson
Flash Engineering Volvo S60 2 Sweden Jan Nilsson
7 Sweden Robert Dahlgren
Engström Motorsport Honda Civic Type-R 3 Sweden Tomas Engström
8 Sweden Jens Hellström
Opel Team Sweden Opel Astra 4 Norway Tommy Rustad
West Coast Racing BMW 320i 5 Sweden Richard Göransson
9 Sweden Thed Björk
11 Sweden Niklas Lovén
SEAT Sport SEAT Toledo 10 Sweden Rickard Rydell
LMS Racing Audi A4 12 Finland Olli Haapalainen
Team Italienska Bil Alfa Romeo 156 20 Sweden Mattias Andersson
IPS Motorsport Peugeot 307 21 Sweden Johan Stureson
Peugeot Statoil Motorsport Peugeot 307 23 Denmark Jan Magnussen
STCC Challenge
Rosén Racing Volvo S60 92 Sweden Tobbe Rosén
Landegren Motorsport Volvo S60 93 Sweden Johan Landegren
Gellerstedt Motorsport BMW 320i 94 Sweden Christer Gellerstedt
Lindblom Motorsport Volvo S60 95 Sweden Jan Lindblom
Norén Racing BMW 320i 96 Sweden Peo Norén
JN Racing BMW 320i 97 Sweden Johan Nilsson
Team Gustavsson Volvo S60 98 Sweden Joakim Gustavsson
Mälarpower Volvo S40 Evo 5 99 Sweden Ronnie Brandt

Race calendar and winners[edit]

Round Circuit Date Winning driver Winning team
1
2
Sweden Ring Knutstorp 1–2 May Robert Dahlgren
Richard Göransson
Flash Engineering
West Coast Racing
3
4
Sweden Falkenbergs Motorbana 15–16 May Jan Nilsson
Fredrik Ekblom
Flash Engineering
Kristoffersson Motorsport
5
6
Sweden Karlskoga Motorstadion 30–31 May Richard Göransson
Richard Göransson
West Coast Racing
West Coast Racing
7
8
Sweden Mantorp Park 19–20 June Robert Dahlgren
Rickard Rydell
Polestar Racing
SEAT Sport
9
10
Sweden Ring Knutstorp 3–4 July Richard Göransson
Richard Göransson
West Coast Racing
West Coast Racing
11
12
Sweden Ring Knutstorp 17–18 July Richard Göransson
Tommy Rustad
West Coast Racing
Opel Team Sweden
13
14
Norway Arctic Circle Raceway 31 July–1 August Richard Göransson
Richard Göransson
West Coast Racing
West Coast Racing
15
16
Sweden Karlskoga Motorstadion 14–15 August Robert Dahlgren
Tommy Rustad
Flash Engineering
Opel Team Sweden
17
18
Sweden Mantorp Park 18–19 September Fredrik Ekblom
Richard Göransson
Kristoffersson Motorsport
West Coast Racing

Championship results[edit]

Championship Standings[edit]

Pos. Driver KNU
Sweden
FAL
Sweden
GEL
Sweden
MAN
Sweden
FAL
Sweden
KNU
Sweden
MIR
Norway
GEL
Sweden
MAN
Sweden
Pts
1 Sweden Richard Göransson 3 1 3 12 1 1 12 6 1 1 1 3 1 1 2 9 7 1 227
2 Sweden Robert Dahlgren 1 11 2 4 2 4 1 7 2 3 10 9 3 5 1 2 Ret 8 176
3 Sweden Fredrik Ekblom 4 6 5 1 6 3 4 5 4 2 7 6 2 4 6 8 1 3 165
4 Sweden Jan Nilsson 2 2 1 5 4 Ret 9 Ret 3 Ret 4 2 5 3 Ret 6 2 13 137
5 Norway Tommy Rustad Ret 4 4 7 5 DNS Ret 3 8 6 3 1 4 2 3 1 6 Ret 137
6 Sweden Tomas Engström 9 10 6 2 3 2 3 Ret 6 Ret 5 4 6 10 14 10 4 2 128
7 Sweden Johan Stureson 5 3 Ret DNS 9 5 2 2 7 5 2 5 14 6 10 7 Ret Ret 107
8 Sweden Tommy Kristoffersson 8 13 8 6 10 Ret 8 8 5 4 9 8 8 8 7 4 8 5 102
9 Sweden Jens Hellström 6 7 Ret 8 7 Ret 7 Ret Ret 9 8 7 9 9 8 5 Ret 6 80
10 Sweden Mattias Andersson 7 15 7 3 8 6 Ret DNS Ret 8 16 DNS 7 7 5 Ret Ret DNS 59
11 Sweden Thed Björk Ret 14 4 3 3 4 48
12 Sweden Johan Landegren 9 11 11 7 6 4 10 7 17 Ret 10 11 9 15 13 Ret 48
13 Sweden Peo Norén 11 8 10 9 12 Ret 10 9 9 10 14 Ret 15 DNS 11 7 43
14 Sweden Johan Nilsson 12 12 12 13 15 8 11 10 13 13 12 10 11 12 11 11 DNS 10 30
15 Sweden Rickard Rydell 5 1 26
16 Sweden Christer Gellerstedt 13 DNS DNS 10 13 9 Ret DNS 11 11 11 11 18 9 23
17 Sweden Niklas Lovén 10 5 11 Ret 14 Ret Ret 11 15
18 Sweden Tobbe Rosén 12 12 DNS DNS 12 14 12 12 9 11 13
19 Finland Olli Haapalainen 5 18 8
20 Denmark Jan Magnussen 6 15 7
21 Sweden Ronnie Brandt Ret DNS DNS DNS 13 12 13 13 13 13 10 12 6
22 Sweden Jan Lindblom Ret 9 4
23 Sweden Joakim Gustavsson 14 14 DNS DNS DNS Ret 15 13 12 Ret 1

Driver's championship[edit]

Position Driver Points
1 Richard Göransson 227
2 Robert Dahlgren 176
3 Fredrik Ekblom 165
4 Jan Nilsson 137
5 Tommy Rustad 137
6 Tomas Engström 128
7 Johan Stureson 107
8 Tommy Kristoffersson 102
9 Jens Hellström 80
10 Mattias Andersson 59
11 Johan Landegren 48
12 Thed Björk 48
13 Peo Norén 43
14 Johan Nilsson 30
15 Rickard Rydell 26
16 Christer Gellerstedt 23
17 Niklas Lovén 15
18 Tobbe Rosén 13
19 Olli Happalainen 8
20 Jan Magnussen 7
21 Ronnie Brandt 6
22 Jan Lindblom 4
23 Joakim Gustavsson 1

STCC Challenge[edit]

Position Driver Points
1 Johan Nilsson 176
2 Johan Landegren 164
3 Peo Norén 129
4 Christer Gellerstedt 89
5 Tobbe Rosén (4 tävlingar) 59
6 Ronnie Brandt 58
7 Joakim Gustavsson 26
8 Jan Lindblom 12

Manufacturer's Championship[edit]

Position Manufacturer Points
1 BMW 225
2 Volvo 206
3 Audi 176
4 Honda 150
5 Opel 142
6 Peugeot 120
7 Alfa Romeo 67

References[edit]