2008 Swedish Touring Car Championship

The 2008 Swedish Touring Car Championship season was the 13th Swedish Touring Car Championship (STCC) season.

2008 Swedish Touring Car Championship

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Richard Göransson won the championship by seven points.

Drivers

These were the STCC entries for the 2008 season. Entrants with numbers 90 and above also competed in the privateer competition known as Semcon Cup. All teams were Swedish-registered.

Team Car No. Drivers Class Rounds WestCoast Racing / BMW Dealer Team BMW 320si E90 1 Fredrik Ekblom D All 6 Robin Rudholm D All Volvo Olsbergs Green Racing Volvo C30 2 Robert Dahlgren D All 9 Tommy Rustad D 1-8,10-11 Flash Engineering BMW 320si E90 3 Richard Göransson D All 5 Jan "Flash" Nilsson D All Honda Racing Honda Accord Euro R 4 Thed Björk D All 7 Tomas Engström D All Nordic Fine Art SEAT León 8 Roger Eriksson D All Kristoffersson Motorsport Audi A4 14 Tommy Kristoffersson D 1-4,8-11 15 Alexander Lvov D 2-3,6-7,9-11 CMS Team Sweden Audi A4 17 Andreas Simonsen D 5 MA:GP Alfa Romeo 156 20 Mattias Andersson D All IPS Motorsport Peugeot 308 21 Johan Stureson D All Chevrolet Motorsport Sweden Chevrolet Lacetti 22 Thomas Schie D All Elgh Motorsport BMW 320si E90 28 Carl Rosenblad D 1-2,5,7,9,11 Brovallen Motorsport Mercedes C200 90 Tobias Johansson S 1,3-11 Team Caliber BMW 320i E46 93 Dick Sahlén S All Team Nya Åkeriet Örebro BMW 320i E46 94 Mikael Eklund S 7 Huggare Racing BMW 320i E46 96 Viktor Huggare S 1-5,7,11 BMS Event BMW 320i E46 97 Joakim Ahlberg S 1-2,5-11 Tysslinge Racing BMW 320i E46 95 Tobias Tegelby S 4 Brandt Racing Volvo S60 99 Ronnie Brandt S 4,11

Icon Class D Drivers' Championship S Semcon Cup

Race calendar

The calendar for the 2008 season were as follows:^[1]

Round	Circuit	Date
1	Ring Knutstorp	20 April
2	Sturup Raceway	4 May
3	Mantorp Park	18 May
4	Karlskoga Motorstadion	1 June
5	Göteborg City Race	14 June
6	Sturup Raceway	29 June
7	Falkenbergs Motorbana	13 July
8	Karlskoga Motorstadion	17 August
9	Ring Knutstorp	31 August
10	Vålerbanen	14 September
11	Mantorp Park (Grande Finale)	28 September

Results and standings

Drivers' championship

The drivers' championship 2008 was won by Richard Göransson.^[2]

Pos. Driver KNU STU MAN KAR GÖT STU FAL KAR KNU VÅL MAN Pts 1 Richard Göransson 1 5 6 1 9 1 4 3 1 3 6 67 2 Fredrik Ekblom 2 1 3 Ret 3 5 1 2 9 12 2 60 3 Thed Björk 9 3 1 6 1 3 Ret 1 7 5 3 57 4 Robin Rudholm 3 4 5 2 6 4 2 9 2 8 14 48 5 Robert Dahlgren Ret 13 4 5 Ret 13 7 5 3 1 1 41 6 Jan "Flash" Nilsson 6 7 7 3 7 7 6 8 5 6 10 28 7 Thomas Schie 8 Ret 8 4 2 8 15 Ret 8 4 5 26 8 Tomas Engström 4 10 16 Ret 4 6 9 Ret 4 7 8 21 9 Tommy Rustad 10 Ret 2 Ret 5 10 5 6 DSQ Ret 19 10 Johan Stureson Ret 6 10 Ret Ret 2 8 7 Ret Ret 4 19 11 Mattias Andersson 5 2 Ret 10 DNS 14 12 4 Ret DNS 11 17 12 Roger Eriksson 7 Ret 11 8 Ret 9 Ret 11 Ret 2 7 13 13 Carl Rosenblad DSQ 8 10 3 Ret 18 7 14 Tommy Kristoffersson Ret 9 9 9 10 6 Ret 17 3 15 Tobias Johansson 11 12 7 8 12 10 12 10 9 9 3 16 Dick Sahlén 12 12 13 11 12 11 13 14 11 13 12 0 17 Joakim Ahlberg 13 Ret 13 Ret Ret 13 Ret 11 15 0 18 Viktor Huggare Ret 11 14 12 Ret 11 13 0 19 Alexander Lvov Ret 15 Ret Ret 12 10 Ret 0 20 Ronnie Brandt Ret 16 0 21 Andreas Simonsen 11 0 22 Tobias Tegelby 13 0 23 Mikael Eklund 14 0

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (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)

Teams' championship

Pos	Team	Pts
1	West Coast Racing / BMW Dealer Team	108
2	Flash Engineering	96
3	Honda Racing	78
4	Volvo Olsbergs Green Racing	60
5	Chevrolet Motorsport Sweden	26
6	IPS Motorsport	19
7	MA:GP / Alfa Romeo	17
8	Nordic Fine Art	14
9	Elgh Motorsport	7
10	KMS - Kristofferson Motorsport	4

Manufacturers' championship

Pos	Manufactures	Pts
1	BMW	139
2	Honda	93
3	Volvo	72
4	Chevrolet	38
5	Peugeot	24
6	Alfa Romeo	22
7	Seat	20
8	Audi	17

Semcon Cup

Pos	Driver	Team	Pts
1	Tobias Johansson	MB Sport	98
2	Dick Sahlén	Team Caliber	84
3	Viktor Huggare	Huggare Racing	36
4	Joakim Ahlberg	BMS Event	33
5	Mikael Eklund	Team Nya Åkeriet Örebro	5
6	Tobias Tegelby	Tysslinge Racing	5
7	Ronnie Brandt	Brandt Racing	4