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
TeamCarDriversRounds Flash Engineering Volvo 850 GLT 1 Jan Nilsson All Ford Mondeo Ghia 8 Elisabeth Nilsson 1-3, 5-6 18 Fredrik Larsson 5 BMW Mobil 1 Dealer Team BMW 320i 2 Thomas Johansson All Troberg - Rydell Junior Team Volvo 850 GLT 3 Mattias Ekström All Opel Super Touring Team Sweden Opel Vectra 16v 4 Jan Brunstedt All Opel Vectra GT 9 Kari Mäkinen All Team Becker Schauman Wood BMW 318is 5 Peggen Andersson All Mobil Ford Motorsport Ford Mondeo Ghia 6 Stig Blomqvist All 7 Anders Söderberg All Stenlund Motorsport Alfa Romeo 155 TS 10 Ulrik Gustavsson All Ikegami Motorsport BMW M3 15 Niklas Danielsson 1-4, 6 Thenander Motorsport Volvo 850 GLT 16 Bengt Thenander 2 Team Bilbolaget Renault Laguna 17 Anders Larsson 4 Lennart Lindqvist Racing Ford Sierra 20 Lennart Lindqvist All Bòrje Gustavsson BMW M3 22 Bòrje Gustavsson 1-2, 4-6 Bakajev Motorsport BMW 318is 55 Georg Bakajev 1-2, 4-5 Tryggve Enger BMW 318is 56 Tryggve Enger 1, 4 Brosson Racing Volvo 850 GLT 99 Jens Edman 6
Race calendar and winners All rounds were held in Sweden. Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team 1 R1 Mantorp Park 5 May Thomas Johansson Jan Nilsson Mattias Ekström Troberg - Rydell Junior Team R2 Mattias Ekström Mattias Ekström Troberg - Rydell Junior Team 2 R3 Kinnekulle 25 May Jan Nilsson Jan Nilsson Jan Nilsson Flash Engineering R4 Mattias Ekström Jan Nilsson Flash Engineering 3 R5 Anderstorp 8 June Jan Nilsson Mattias Ekström Mattias Ekström Troberg - Rydell Junior Team R6 Thomas Johansson Jan Nilsson Flash Engineering 4 R7 Falkenberg 13 July Mattias Ekström Jan Nilsson Jan Nilsson Flash Engineering R8 Jan Brunstedt Jan Nilsson Flash Engineering 5 R9 Ring Knutstorp 3 August Jan Nilsson Jan Nilsson Jan Nilsson Flash Engineering R10 Mattias Ekström Jan Nilsson Flash Engineering 6 R11 Karlskoga-Gelleråsen 31 August Jan Nilsson Jan Nilsson Jan Nilsson Flash Engineering R12 Thomas Johansson Mattias Ekström Troberg - Rydell Junior Team
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. Classified 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 KIN AND FAL KNU KAR Pts 1 Jan Nilsson Ret DNS 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 3249 2 Mattias Ekström 1 1 Ret 4 1 4 2 Ret Ret 2 6 1192 3 Thomas Johansson Ret DNS 2 2 3 2 DSQ 3 DNS DNS 2 2159 4 Peggen Andersson 9 Ret 3 3 4 3 6 2 2 10 4 5151 5 Stig Blomqvist 3 Ret 4 Ret 5 7 3 4 3 3 3 6146 6 Kari Mäkinen 4 2 Ret 6 Ret 6 7 6 7 4 7 8105 7 Jan Brunstedt 2 Ret 7 Ret 8 5 DSQ 5 4 6 Ret 4104 8 Anders Söderberg 5 DNS 6 7 7 Ret 4 Ret Ret 7 5 986 9 Ulrik Gustavsson Ret Ret 5 5 6 Ret 5 7 5 5 9 Ret84 10 Georg Bakajev 8 3 10 Ret 8 Ret 6 Ret45 11 Niklas Danielsson Ret 5 9 8 10 10 Ret 10 10 DNS43 12 Börje Gustavsson 7 Ret 8 10 9 Ret 10 9 NC 1040 13 Lennart Lindqvist Ret DNS Ret DNS Ret 9 10 9 9 8 NC DNS40 14 Elisabeth Nilsson Ret 4 Ret DNS 9 8 DNS DNS Ret DNS40 15 Jens Edman 8 719 16 Tryggve Enger 6 Ret Ret 819 17 Fredrik Larsson 8 Ret8 18 Bengt Thenander Ret 97 19 Anders Larsson Ret DNS5 Pos. Driver MAN KIN AND FAL KNU KAR PtsBold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap
References
External links Touring-cars.net 1997 Entry List