The 2006 Swedish Touring Car Championship season was the 11th Swedish Touring Car Championship (STCC) season. In total nine racing weekends at six different circuits were held; each round comprising one race.
Changes for 2006 The race format and points system was changed. During the 2006 season one race of 40 minutes was held each weekend. Each race had one mandatory pitstop. The points system changed to the standard FIA system of 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1. A privateers championship named Caran Cup was created for drivers using cars constructed in 2003 or earlier.
Teams and drivers List of starting drivers for the 2006 Swedish Touringcar Championship season.
TeamCarDrivers Drivers' Championship Flash Engineering BMW 320si E90 1 Richard Göransson 4 Edward Sandström 9 Jan Nilsson Kristoffersson Motorsport Audi A4 2 Thed Björk 6 Fredrik Ekblom 10 Tommy Kristoffersson Crawford Racing BMW 320si E90 3 Carl Rosenblad Honda Engström Motorsport Honda Accord 5 Tomas Engström Polestar Racing Volvo S60 7 Robert Dahlgren 17 Alexander Storckenfeldt Opel Team Sweden Opel Astra GTC 2000 8 Nicklas Karlsson West Coast Racing BMW 320i 11 Duncan Huisman 12 Robin Rudholm Mercedes-Benz Sport Mercedes-Benz C200 14 Hans Simonsson 15 Tobias Johansson MA GP/Team caWalli Alfa Romeo 156 20 Mattias Andersson IPS Motorsport Peugeot 407 21 Johan Stureson 22 Stefan Söderberg Picko Troberg Racing BMW 320i 44 David Björk STCC Challenge Gellerstedt Motorsport BMW 320i 94 Christer Gellerstedt Malmborg Racing Ford Focus 95 Håkan Malmborg Tysslinge Racing BMW 320R 97 Tobias Tegelby Team Euromaster BMW 320i 98 Joakim Fridh
Race calendar Round Circuit Date Winning driver Winning team 1 Ring Knutstorp 14 May Thed Björk Kristoffersson Motorsport 2 Karlskoga Motorstadion 28 May Robert Dahlgren Polestar Racing 3 Mantorp Park 18 June Richard Göransson Flash Engineering 4 Falkenbergs Motorbana 16 July Thed Björk Kristoffersson Motorsport 5 Vålerbanen 30 July Richard Göransson Flash Engineering 6 Anderstorp 13 August Richard Göransson Flash Engineering 7 Karlskoga Motorstadion 27 August Thed Björk Kristoffersson Motorsport 8 Ring Knutstorp 10 September Richard Göransson Flash Engineering 9 Mantorp Park 1 October Richard Göransson Flash Engineering
Championship standings (after 9 of 9 rounds)
Drivers Pos Driver KNU KAR MAN FAL VÅL AND KAR KNU MAN Pts 1 T. Björk 1 3 7 1 2 16 1 2 4 59 2 Göransson 5 13 1 10 1 1 8 1 1 55 3 Huisman 4 Ret 3 3 2 2 5 10 37 4 Ekblom 2 10 4 Ret 3 8 10 3 5 30 5 Engström 3 2 Ret 16 5 Ret 4 9 3 29 6 Dahlgren Ret 1 Ret 2 12 3 Ret 6 7 29 7 Rudholm 14 5 2 11 6 9 3 7 6 26 8 Stureson 7 4 Ret Ret 7 5 5 11 Ret 17 9 Nilsson 8 7 Ret 4 Ret 4 9 8 12 14 10 Kristoffersson Ret 12 5 9 4 13 16 4 Ret 14 11 D. Björk 6 6 6 13 Ret 6 15 14 8 13 12 Rosenblad 9 11 Ret 7 10 10 7 10 2 12 13 Karlsson Ret 8 Ret Ret 9 7 6 15 13 6 14 Storckenfeldt 12 9 Ret 5 Ret DSQ 11 13 9 4 15 Andersson 13 11 DNS 6 8 11 12 12 10 4 16 Fridh Ret 15 8 15 Ret 12 14 17 15 1 17 Söderberg 11 18 9 8 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 1 18 Johansson 16 14 DNS 12 11 14 DNS 16 DNS 0 19 Simonsson DNS Ret Ret Ret Ret DNS 13 19 14 0 20 Tegelby 17 16 Ret 14 13 15 Ret 20 Ret 0 21 Gellerstedt 15 Ret 10 17 Ret Ret 18 16 0 22 Sandström 10 17 Ret 0 23 Malmborg Ret Ret 0
STCC Teams Championship Position Make Points 1 KMS/Audi 65 2 Flash/BMW 64 3 WCR/BMW 54 4 Engström/Honda 38 5 Polestar/Volvo 35 6 IPS/Peugeot 30 7 Elgh/BMW 24 8 PTR/BMW 18 9 Dealer Team/Opel 10 10 MA GP/Alfa Romeo 9 11 MB Sport/PWR/Mercedes 1
STCC Manufacturers Championship Position Make Points 1 BMW 72 2 Audi 68 3 Volvo 42 4 Honda 41 5 Peugeot 33 6 Alfa Romeo 20 7 Opel 18 8 Mercedes 8
Caran Cup Position Driver Points 1 Joakim Frid 68 2 Tobias Tegelby 50 3 Christer Gellerstedt 32
References