2010 Swedish Touring Car Championship
Introduction Richard Göransson won the championship, defeating Robert Dahlgren by two points, having trailed Dahlgren into the final race.The '''2010 Swedish Touring Car Championship season''' was the 15th and last Swedish Touring Car Championship (STCC) season. Four of the race weekends were held together with the Danish Touring Car Championship and the results from these races also counted towards the Scandinavian Touring Car Cup. From 2011, the new Scandinavian Touring Car Championship replaced both the Swedish and the Danish Touring Car Championships.
Teams and drivers The official entry list for the 2010 STCC season was released on March 20.All teams were Swedish-registered.TeamCarDriversClassRounds Polestar Racing Volvo C30 1 Tommy RustadDAll 7 Robert DahlgrenDAll Flash Engineering BMW 320si 2 Thed BjörkDAll 6 Jan NilssonDAll 92 Tobias TegelbyS11–12, 15–18 WestCoast Racing BMW 320si 4 Richard GöranssonDAll Mattias Ekström Juniorteam SEAT León 10 Roger ErikssonDAll 29 Dick SahlénDAll Team Biogas.se Volkswagen Scirocco 14 Fredrik EkblomDAll 15 Patrik OlssonDAll 41 Johan KristofferssonD15–18 Chevrolet Motorsport Sweden Chevrolet Cruze 17 Viktor HallrupD1–4, 7–18Huggare RacingOpel Astra 18 Viktor HuggareD3–18 MA:GP/IPS/Bilsport & MCAlfa Romeo 156 20 Mattias AnderssonDAllBMW 320si 21 Johan SturesonDAll Appelqvist RacingAlfa Romeo 156 GTA 88  Robin AppelqvistS1–6, 9–12, 17–18 MECAAlfa Romeo 156 89 Claes HoffstenS1–6, 9–12, 15–18G-REX SwedenMercedes-Benz C200 91 Tony JohanssonS15–18 Ebbeson MotorsportBMW 320si 96 Andreas EbbesonS1–12, 15–18BMS EventBMW 320i 97 Joakim AhlbergS3–18Mälarpower MotorsportVolvo S60 99 Ronnie BrandtS9–10 Icon Class D Drivers' Championship S Semcon Cup
Race Calendar The calendar for the 2010 season was published in November 2009.As a first step towards the planned merger with the Danish Touring Car Championship, four of the races will be held together with DTC. Round Circuit Date 1–2  Jyllandsringen * 25 April 3–4  Ring Knutstorp 8 May 5–6  Karlskoga Motorstadion 22 May 7–8  Göteborg City Race * 5 June 9–10  Falkenbergs Motorbana 10 July 11–12  Karlskoga Motorstadion 14 August 13–14  Jyllandsringen * 5 September 15–16  Ring Knutstorp * 18 September 17–18  Mantorp Park 2 OctoberJoint STCC and DTC races.
Results and standings The points system used for both the main championship and Semcon Cup is the new FIA system of 25-18-15-12-10-8-6-4-2-1, awarded to the top ten finishers of each race. In case of ties in points, the championship positions are determined by the classification in the latest race.===Races=== Round Circuit/Location Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team Highest Scoring Team Winning Privateer 1 Jyllandsringen*  Tommy Rustad  Tommy Rustad  Tommy Rustad Polestar Racing Polestar Racing  Andreas Ebbeson 2  Fredrik Ekblom  Robert Dahlgren  Robert Dahlgren Polestar Racing  Andreas Ebbeson 3 Ring Knutstorp  Thed Björk  Richard Göransson  Richard Göransson WestCoast Racing Team Biogas.se  Claes Hoffsten 4  Mattias Andersson  Robert Dahlgren  Mattias Andersson MA:GP  Claes Hoffsten 5 Karlskoga Motorstadion  Fredrik Ekblom  Fredrik Ekblom  Fredrik Ekblom Team Biogas.se Flash Engineering  Claes Hoffsten 6  Dick Sahlén  Jan Nilsson  Jan Nilsson Flash Engineering  Andreas Ebbeson 7 Göteborg City Race*  Robert Dahlgren  Robert Dahlgren  Robert Dahlgren Polestar Racing Team Biogas.se  Andreas Ebbeson 8  Patrik Olsson  Richard Göransson  Richard Göransson WestCoast Racing  Andreas Ebbeson 9 Falkenbergs Motorbana  Robert Dahlgren  Robert Dahlgren  Robert Dahlgren Polestar Racing Polestar Racing  Joakim Ahlberg 10  Tommy Rustad  Thed Björk  Tommy Rustad Polestar Racing  Andreas Ebbeson 11 Karlskoga Motorstadion  Fredrik Ekblom  Patrik Olsson  Fredrik Ekblom Team Biogas.se Team Biogas.se  Andreas Ebbeson 12  Dick Sahlén  Jan Nilsson  Dick Sahlén Mattias Ekström Juniorteam  Andreas Ebbeson 13 Jyllandsringen*  Robert Dahlgren  Thed Björk  Richard Göransson WestCoast Racing Polestar Racing  Joakim Ahlberg 14  Thed Björk  Thed Björk  Thed Björk Flash Engineering  Joakim Ahlberg 15 Ring Knutstorp*  Fredrik Ekblom  Fredrik Ekblom  Fredrik Ekblom Team Biogas.se Team Biogas.se  Tobias Tegelby 16  Patrik Olsson  Richard Göransson  Thed Björk Flash Engineering  Andreas Ebbeson 17  Mantorp Park  Mattias Andersson  Thed Björk  Mattias Andersson MA:GP Polestar Racing  Andreas Ebbeson 18  Jan Nilsson  Tommy Rustad  Tommy Rustad Polestar Racing  Tobias Tegelby In the joint STCC and DTC races, only the highest placed STCC driver/team is listed.===Drivers Championship=== Pos. Driver JYL KNU KAR GÖT FAL KAR JYL KNU MAN Pts 1  Richard Göransson 2 7 ''1'' 3 6 3 5 ''1'' 3 2 5 4 1 2 11 ''8'' 4 3 251 2  Robert Dahlgren 3 ''1'' 2 ''2'' 2 8 '''''1''''' 5 '''''1''''' Ret 4 Ret '''2''' 3 2 6 2 9 249 3  Fredrik Ekblom 5 '''9''' 4 5 '''''1''''' 6 3 3 4 4 '''1''' 5 5 5 '''''1''''' 5 3 8 230 4  Mattias Andersson 11 5 8 '''1''' 4 5 2 Ret 6 6 6 2 6 Ret 4 3 '''1''' Ret 181 5  Thed Björk 8 4 '''10''' 4 15† 4 DNS 13† 2 ''5'' 3 3 ''4'' '''''1''''' 6 1 ''13'' 5 179 6  Patrik Olsson 9 3 3 7 5 7 8 '''2''' 14† 8 ''2'' 6 9 6 7 '''2''' 5 6 162 7  Tommy Rustad '''''1''''' Ret Ret DNS 9 10 9 11 8 '''1''' 10 9 3 4 3 7 6 ''1'' 143 8  Dick Sahlén 7 6 5 8 8 '''2''' 4 4 5 3 8 '''1''' 10 10 9 10 Ret DNS 133 9  Jan "Flash" Nilsson 10 Ret 12 10 3 ''1'' Ret 8 Ret 7 Ret ''10'' 8 Ret Ret 15† 8 '''4''' 73 10  Johan Stureson 4 2 DNS 6 7 9 Ret 7 9 9 9 8 Ret 12† 8 9 11 10 69 11  Viktor Hallrup 13 10 6 9 7 6 7 Ret 7 Ret Ret 7 Ret 14 7 2 67 12  Roger Eriksson 6 8 7 Ret 10 12 Ret 9 10 Ret 11 7 7 11 5 4 10 7 63 13  Andreas Ebbesson 12 11 13 Ret 13 11 8 10 Ret 10 12 11 15 11 9 DNS 8 14  Joakim Ahlberg 11 12 14 13 10 12 12 11† 14 14 12 8 DNS Ret 14 13 5 15  Johan Kristoffersson 11 9 10 13 15 11 3 16  Claes Hoffsten 9 11 12 14 Ret Ret Ret DNS 12 14 DNS DNS 2 17  Viktor Huggare DNS DNS 11 15† DNS DNS 11 Ret 13 12 13 DNS Ret DNS 0 18  Tobias Tegelby 15 13 12 16† 12 12 0 19  Robin Appelqvist 14 12 Ret DNS Ret 16† 13 Ret DNS DNS Ret Ret 0  Tony Johansson Ret Ret Ret DNS 0  Ronnie Brandt Ret DNS 0 Pos. Driver JYL KNU KAR GÖT FAL KAR JYL KNU MAN Pts'''Bold''' – Pole''Italics'' – Fastest Lap† — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.===Teams Championship=== Pos Team Pts Prize money 1 Polestar Racing 395400.000 SEK 2 Team Biogas.se 392400.000 SEK 3 Flash Engineering 254 100.000 SEK 4 WestCoast Racing 252 5 MA:GP / IPS 252 6 Mattias Ekström Junior Team 204 7 Chevrolet Motorsport Sweden 67 8 Huggare Racing 0
References
External links * STCC Official Website (Swedish)* TouringCarTimes – STCC news in English