The 1998 Swedish Touring Car Championship season was the 3rd Swedish Touring Car Championship (STCC) season. It was decided over six race weekends (comprising twelve races) at five different circuits.

Fredrik Ekblom won his first championship for the BMW Dealer Team.

Entry list

TeamCarDriversClassRounds Flash Engineering Volvo S40 1 Jan Nilsson D All 12 Jens Edman D 3–6 Volvo 850 GLT 15 Patrick Ernstson D 6 Troberg-Rydell Junior Team Ford Mondeo Ghia 2 Mattias Ekström D All Opel Motorsport Opel Vectra 16v 3 Thomas Johansson D All 6 Jan Brunstedt D All 37 Pontus Mörth S All BMW Dealer Team BMW 320i 4 Peggen Andersson D All 11 Fredrik Ekblom D All Mobil Ford Motorsport Ford Mondeo Ghia 5 Stig Blomqvist D All 38 Anders Söderberg D 1–5 Elgh Motorsport Nissan Primera GT 13 Carl Rosenblad D All Team 13 Honda Accord 16 Stefan Lindberg D All Euroracing AB Nissan Primera eGT 20 Kari Makinen S All Bakajev Motorsport BMW 318is 21 Georg Bakajev S All Ikegami Motorsport BMW 318is 22 Niklas Danielsson S 1–4 Lennart Lindqvist Racing BMW 318is 23 Lennart Lindqvist S All Kristoffersson Motorsport Audi A4 Quattro 25 Tommy Kristoffersson D All 26 Mats Lindén D All Blue Jeans Powerdrink Ford Mondeo Ghia 27 Richard Göransson S 1–3 Ross Racing Ford Mondeo Ghia 28 Nettan Lindgren-Jansson S 1–4, 6 Nordic Miltronic Motorsport Opel Vectra GT 29 Rolf Uhr S All Anders Svensson BMW 318is 30 Anders Svensson S All Polaris Auto BMW 318is 31 Tönu Soomer S All 32 Anders Bergman S All Kim Esbjug BMW 318is 33 Kim Esbjug S All Östfold Fina Olje BMW 318is 34 Simen Tvete D 4 Tord Linnerud Opel Vectra GT 37 Tord Linnerud S 1, 6 Icon Class D Drivers' Championship S Synsam Cup

Race calendar and winners All rounds were held in Sweden. Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Winning Privateer 1 R1 Mantorp Park 10 May Mattias Ekström Fredrik Ekblom Mats Lindén Kristoffersson Motorsport Richard Göransson R2 Peggen Andersson Fredrik Ekblom BMW Dealer Team Pontus Mörth 2 R3 Karlskoga-Gelleråsen 31 May Jan Nilsson Jan Nilsson Jan Nilsson Flash Engineering Pontus Mörth R4 Fredrik Ekblom Peggen Andersson BMW Dealer Team Pontus Mörth 3 R5 Anderstorp 28 June Mattias Ekström Fredrik Ekblom Jan Nilsson Flash Engineering Pontus Mörth R6 Peggen Andersson Peggen Andersson BMW Dealer Team Georg Bakajev 4 R7 Falkenberg 9 July Jens Edman Jens Edman Jan Nilsson Flash Engineering Pontus Mörth R8 Mattias Ekström Jens Edman Flash Engineering Pontus Mörth 5 R9 Ring Knutstorp 6 September Fredrik Ekblom Fredrik Ekblom Fredrik Ekblom BMW Dealer Team Pontus Mörth R10 Mats Lindén Jan Nilsson Flash Engineering Georg Bakajev 6 R11 Mantorp Park 27 September Tommy Kristoffersson Fredrik Ekblom Fredrik Ekblom BMW Dealer Team Pontus Mörth R12 Peggen Andersson Jan Nilsson Flash Engineering Pontus Mörth

Championship standings

Drivers' Championship 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. Top 6 finishers in Race 1 were reversed to decide the Race 2 grid. The final meeting of the year saw double points awarded. Pos. Driver MAN KAR AND FAL KNU MAN Pts 1 Fredrik Ekblom 4 1 2 2 3 4 Ret 2 1 3 1 2229 2 Jan Nilsson Ret Ret 1 4 1 2 1 Ret 5 1 3 1207 3 Peggen Andersson Ret 4 4 1 Ret 1 Ret Ret 2 5 4 9137 4 Tommy Kristoffersson 5 3 6 10 7 6 10 11 Ret 6 2 3128 5 Mats Lindén 1 2 7 3 4 10 Ret 5 3 8 13 Ret115 6 Jan Brunstedt 2 6 8 6 Ret Ret 3 4 7 16 6 5114 7 Pontus Mörth 9 7 5 5 6 11 4 3 9 17 7 798 8 Mattias Ekström Ret 8 3 Ret 2 3 Ret Ret 4 2 Ret DNS97 9 Jens Edman Ret 7 2 1 6 7 5 Ret85 10 Carl Rosenblad 3 5 11 9 Ret 5 5 Ret Ret Ret Ret 680 11 Stefan Lindberg Ret Ret 18 11 12 19 8 Ret 10 Ret 8 460 12 Thomas Johansson Ret Ret Ret 7 5 Ret Ret Ret 8 4 DNS DNS55 13 Stig Blomqvist Ret DNS 10 8 8 Ret DNS 7 Ret Ret 9 851 14 Kari Mäkinen 7 9 12 DNS 13 9 6 6 17 Ret Ret Ret50 15 Georg Bakajev 8 10 Ret 15 17 8 7 Ret 16 9 10 1047 16 Tönu Soomer 11 13 17 Ret 11 21 12 8 Ret 11 Ret Ret33 17 Rolf Uhr 15 15 16 17 14 16 11 9 14 10 12 1133 18 Anders Svensson 13 11 13 DNS Ret 13 Ret 10 12 14 15 1231 19 Kim Esbjug 12 Ret Ret 13 DNS 15 15 Ret 11 13 17 1430 20 Anders Bergman 14 14 14 16 Ret 20 14 14 18 Ret 18 1530 21 Lennart Lindqvist Ret DNS 15 DNS 16 18 13 13 15 15 16 1330 22 Niklas Danielsson 10 Ret 9 Ret 9 12 9 Ret27 23 Anders Söderberg Ret Ret Ret 14 10 14 Ret 12 13 1226 24 Nettan Lindgren-Jansson Ret 12 Ret 12 15 17 DNS DNS 14 Ret25 25 Richard Göransson 6 16 Ret Ret DNS DNS21 26 Tord Linnerud DNS DNS 11 Ret5 27 Simen Tvete Ret Ret5 28 Patrick Ernstson Ret DNS5 Pos. Driver MAN KAR AND FAL KNU MAN PtsBold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

Synsam Cup for Privateers

Pos. Driver MAN KAR AND FAL KNU MAN Pts 1 Pontus Mörth 9 7 5 5 6 11 4 3 9 17 7 7247 2 Georg Bakajev 8 10 Ret 15 17 8 7 Ret 16 9 10 10157 3 Rolf Uhr 15 15 16 17 14 16 11 9 14 10 12 11110 4 Anders Svensson 13 11 13 DNS Ret 13 Ret 10 12 14 15 1292 5 Kari Mäkinen 7 9 12 DNS 13 9 6 6 17 Ret Ret Ret71 6 Kim Esbjug 12 Ret Ret 13 DNS 15 15 Ret 11 13 17 1467 7 Niklas Danielsson 10 Ret 9 Ret 9 12 9 Ret63 8 Tönu Soomer 11 13 17 Ret 11 21 12 8 Ret 11 Ret Ret61 9 Anders Söderberg Ret Ret Ret 14 10 14 Ret 12 13 1258 10 Nettan Lindgren-Jansson Ret 12 Ret 12 15 17 DNS DNS 14 Ret57 11 Lennart Lindqvist Ret DNS 15 DNS 16 18 13 13 15 15 16 1352 12 Anders Bergman 14 14 14 16 Ret 20 14 14 18 Ret 18 1546 13 Tord Linnerud 11 Ret28 14 Richard Göransson 6 16 Ret Ret DNS DNS25 Pos. Driver MAN KAR AND FAL KNU MAN Pts

References

External links STCC 1998 Entry List Touring-cars.net