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2006 Swedish Touring Car Championship

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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

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  • 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

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List of starting drivers for the 2006 Swedish Touringcar Championship season.

Team Car No. Drivers
Drivers' Championship
Flash Engineering BMW 320si E90 1 Sweden Richard Göransson
4 Sweden Edward Sandström
9 Sweden Jan Nilsson
Kristoffersson Motorsport Audi A4 2 Sweden Thed Björk
6 Sweden Fredrik Ekblom
10 Sweden Tommy Kristoffersson
Crawford Racing BMW 320si E90 3 Sweden Carl Rosenblad
Honda Engström Motorsport Honda Accord 5 Sweden Tomas Engström
Polestar Racing Volvo S60 7 Sweden Robert Dahlgren
17 Sweden Alexander Storckenfeldt
Opel Team Sweden Opel Astra GTC 2000 8 Sweden Nicklas Karlsson
West Coast Racing BMW 320i 11 Netherlands Duncan Huisman
12 Sweden Robin Rudholm
Mercedes-Benz Sport Mercedes C200 14 Sweden Hans Simonsson
15 Sweden Tobias Johansson
MA GP/Team caWalli Alfa Romeo 156 20 Sweden Mattias Andersson
IPS Motorsport Peugeot 407 21 Sweden Johan Stureson
22 Sweden Stefan Söderberg
Picko Troberg Racing BMW 320i 44 Sweden David Björk
STCC Challenge
Gellerstedt Motorsport BMW 320i 94 Sweden Christer Gellerstedt
Malmborg Racing Ford Focus 95 Sweden Håkan Malmborg
Tysslinge Racing BMW 320R 97 Sweden Tobias Tegelby
Team Euromaster BMW 320i 98 Sweden Joakim Fridh

Race calendar

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Round Circuit Date Winning driver Winning team
1 Sweden Ring Knutstorp 14 May Thed Björk Kristoffersson Motorsport
2 Sweden Karlskoga Motorstadion 28 May Robert Dahlgren Polestar Racing
3 Sweden Mantorp Park 18 June Richard Göransson Flash Engineering
4 Sweden Falkenbergs Motorbana 16 July Thed Björk Kristoffersson Motorsport
5 Norway Vålerbanen 30 July Richard Göransson Flash Engineering
6 Sweden Anderstorp 13 August Richard Göransson Flash Engineering
7 Sweden Karlskoga Motorstadion 27 August Thed Björk Kristoffersson Motorsport
8 Sweden Ring Knutstorp 10 September Richard Göransson Flash Engineering
9 Sweden Mantorp Park 1 October Richard Göransson Flash Engineering

Championship standings (after 9 of 9 rounds)

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Drivers

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Pos Driver KNU Sweden KAR Sweden MAN Sweden FAL Sweden VÅL Norway AND Sweden KAR Sweden KNU Sweden MAN Sweden Pts
1 Sweden T. Björk 1 3 7 1 2 16 1 2 4 59
2 Sweden Göransson 5 13 1 10 1 1 8 1 1 55
3 Netherlands Huisman 4 Ret 3 3 2 2 5 10 37
4 Sweden Ekblom 2 10 4 Ret 3 8 10 3 5 30
5 Sweden Engström 3 2 Ret 16 5 Ret 4 9 3 29
6 Sweden Dahlgren Ret 1 Ret 2 12 3 Ret 6 7 29
7 Sweden Rudholm 14 5 2 11 6 9 3 7 6 26
8 Sweden Stureson 7 4 Ret Ret 7 5 5 11 Ret 17
9 Sweden Nilsson 8 7 Ret 4 Ret 4 9 8 12 14
10 Sweden Kristoffersson Ret 12 5 9 4 13 16 4 Ret 14
11 Sweden D. Björk 6 6 6 13 Ret 6 15 14 8 13
12 Sweden Rosenblad 9 11 Ret 7 10 10 7 10 2 12
13 Sweden Karlsson Ret 8 Ret Ret 9 7 6 15 13 6
14 Sweden Storckenfeldt 12 9 Ret 5 Ret DSQ 11 13 9 4
15 Sweden Andersson 13 11 DNS 6 8 11 12 12 10 4
16 Sweden Fridh Ret 15 8 15 Ret 12 14 17 15 1
17 Sweden Söderberg 11 18 9 8 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 1
18 Sweden Johansson 16 14 DNS 12 11 14 DNS 16 DNS 0
19 Sweden Simonsson DNS Ret Ret Ret Ret DNS 13 19 14 0
20 Sweden Tegelby 17 16 Ret 14 13 15 Ret 20 Ret 0
21 Sweden Gellerstedt 15 Ret 10 17 Ret Ret 18 16 0
22 Sweden Sandström 10 17 Ret 0
23 Sweden Malmborg Ret Ret 0
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)
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

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