1997 Swedish Touring Car Championship
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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.
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
[edit]Team | Car | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
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Flash Engineering | Volvo 850 GLT | 1 | ![]() |
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Ford Mondeo Ghia | 8 | ![]() |
1-3, 5-6 | |
18 | ![]() |
5 | ||
BMW Mobil 1 Dealer Team | BMW 320i | 2 | ![]() |
All |
Troberg - Rydell Junior Team | Volvo 850 GLT | 3 | ![]() |
All |
Opel Super Touring Team Sweden | Opel Vectra 16v | 4 | ![]() |
All |
Opel Vectra GT | 9 | ![]() |
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Team Becker Schauman Wood | BMW 318is | 5 | ![]() |
All |
Mobil Ford Motorsport | Ford Mondeo Ghia | 6 | ![]() |
All |
7 | ![]() |
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Stenlund Motorsport | Alfa Romeo 155 TS | 10 | ![]() |
All |
Ikegami Motorsport | BMW M3 | 15 | ![]() |
1-4, 6 |
Thenander Motorsport | Volvo 850 GLT | 16 | ![]() |
2 |
Team Bilbolaget | Renault Laguna | 17 | ![]() |
4 |
Lennart Lindqvist Racing | Ford Sierra | 20 | ![]() |
All |
Bòrje Gustavsson | BMW M3 | 22 | ![]() |
1-2, 4-6 |
Bakajev Motorsport | BMW 318is | 55 | ![]() |
1-2, 4-5 |
Tryggve Enger | BMW 318is | 56 | ![]() |
1, 4 |
Brosson Racing | Volvo 850 GLT | 99 | ![]() |
6 |
Race calendar and winners
[edit]All rounds were held in Sweden.
Round | Circuit | Date | Pole Position | Fastest Lap | Winning Driver | Winning Team | |
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1 | R1 | Mantorp Park | 5 May | ![]() |
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Troberg - Rydell Junior Team |
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2 | R3 | Kinnekulle | 25 May | ![]() |
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Flash Engineering |
R4 | ![]() |
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Flash Engineering | ||||
3 | R5 | Anderstorp | 8 June | ![]() |
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Troberg - Rydell Junior Team |
R6 | ![]() |
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Flash Engineering | ||||
4 | R7 | Falkenberg | 13 July | ![]() |
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Flash Engineering |
R8 | ![]() |
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Flash Engineering | ||||
5 | R9 | Ring Knutstorp | 3 August | ![]() |
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Flash Engineering |
R10 | ![]() |
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Flash Engineering | ||||
6 | R11 | Karlskoga-Gelleråsen | 31 August | ![]() |
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Flash Engineering |
R12 | ![]() |
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Troberg - Rydell Junior Team |
Drivers championship
[edit]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.
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Bold – Pole |