2004 Swedish Touring Car Championship

The 2004 Swedish Touring Car Championship season was the 9th Swedish Touring Car Championship (STCC) season. In total nine racing weekends at five different circuits were held; each round comprising two races, making an eighteen-round competition in total.

Teams and drivers

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Team Car No. Drivers
Drivers' Championship
Kristoffersson Motorsport Audi A4 1   Fredrik Ekblom
6   Tommy Kristoffersson
Flash Engineering Volvo S60 2   Jan Nilsson
7   Robert Dahlgren
Engström Motorsport Honda Civic Type-R 3   Tomas Engström
8   Jens Hellström
Opel Team Sweden Opel Astra 4   Tommy Rustad
West Coast Racing BMW 320i 5   Richard Göransson
9   Thed Björk
11   Niklas Lovén
SEAT Sport SEAT Toledo 10   Rickard Rydell
LMS Racing Audi A4 12   Olli Haapalainen
Team Italienska Bil Alfa Romeo 156 20   Mattias Andersson
IPS Motorsport Peugeot 307 21   Johan Stureson
Peugeot Statoil Motorsport Peugeot 307 23   Jan Magnussen
STCC Challenge
Rosén Racing Volvo S60 92   Tobbe Rosén
Landegren Motorsport Volvo S60 93   Johan Landegren
Gellerstedt Motorsport BMW 320i 94   Christer Gellerstedt
Lindblom Motorsport Volvo S60 95   Jan Lindblom
Norén Racing BMW 320i 96   Peo Norén
JN Racing BMW 320i 97   Johan Nilsson
Team Gustavsson Volvo S60 98   Joakim Gustavsson
Mälarpower Volvo S40 Evo 5 99   Ronnie Brandt

Race calendar and winners

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Round Circuit Date Winning driver Winning team
1
2
  Ring Knutstorp 1–2 May Robert Dahlgren
Richard Göransson
Flash Engineering
West Coast Racing
3
4
  Falkenbergs Motorbana 15–16 May Jan Nilsson
Fredrik Ekblom
Flash Engineering
Kristoffersson Motorsport
5
6
  Karlskoga Motorstadion 30–31 May Richard Göransson
Richard Göransson
West Coast Racing
West Coast Racing
7
8
  Mantorp Park 19–20 June Robert Dahlgren
Rickard Rydell
Polestar Racing
SEAT Sport
9
10
  Ring Knutstorp 3–4 July Richard Göransson
Richard Göransson
West Coast Racing
West Coast Racing
11
12
  Ring Knutstorp 17–18 July Richard Göransson
Tommy Rustad
West Coast Racing
Opel Team Sweden
13
14
  Arctic Circle Raceway 31 July–1 August Richard Göransson
Richard Göransson
West Coast Racing
West Coast Racing
15
16
  Karlskoga Motorstadion 14–15 August Robert Dahlgren
Tommy Rustad
Flash Engineering
Opel Team Sweden
17
18
  Mantorp Park 18–19 September Fredrik Ekblom
Richard Göransson
Kristoffersson Motorsport
West Coast Racing

Championship results

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Championship standings

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Pos. Driver KNU
 
FAL
 
GEL
 
MAN
 
FAL
 
KNU
 
MIR
 
GEL
 
MAN
 
Pts
1   Richard Göransson 3 1 3 12 1 1 12 6 1 1 1 3 1 1 2 9 7 1 227
2   Robert Dahlgren 1 11 2 4 2 4 1 7 2 3 10 9 3 5 1 2 Ret 8 176
3   Fredrik Ekblom 4 6 5 1 6 3 4 5 4 2 7 6 2 4 6 8 1 3 165
4   Jan Nilsson 2 2 1 5 4 Ret 9 Ret 3 Ret 4 2 5 3 Ret 6 2 13 137
5   Tommy Rustad Ret 4 4 7 5 DNS Ret 3 8 6 3 1 4 2 3 1 6 Ret 137
6   Tomas Engström 9 10 6 2 3 2 3 Ret 6 Ret 5 4 6 10 14 10 4 2 128
7   Johan Stureson 5 3 Ret DNS 9 5 2 2 7 5 2 5 14 6 10 7 Ret Ret 107
8   Tommy Kristoffersson 8 13 8 6 10 Ret 8 8 5 4 9 8 8 8 7 4 8 5 102
9   Jens Hellström 6 7 Ret 8 7 Ret 7 Ret Ret 9 8 7 9 9 8 5 Ret 6 80
10   Mattias Andersson 7 15 7 3 8 6 Ret DNS Ret 8 16 DNS 7 7 5 Ret Ret DNS 59
11   Thed Björk Ret 14 4 3 3 4 48
12   Johan Landegren 9 11 11 7 6 4 10 7 17 Ret 10 11 9 15 13 Ret 48
13   Peo Norén 11 8 10 9 12 Ret 10 9 9 10 14 Ret 15 DNS 11 7 43
14   Johan Nilsson 12 12 12 13 15 8 11 10 13 13 12 10 11 12 11 11 DNS 10 30
15   Rickard Rydell 5 1 26
16   Christer Gellerstedt 13 DNS DNS 10 13 9 Ret DNS 11 11 11 11 18 9 23
17   Niklas Lovén 10 5 11 Ret 14 Ret Ret 11 15
18   Tobbe Rosén 12 12 DNS DNS 12 14 12 12 9 11 13
19   Olli Haapalainen 5 18 8
20   Jan Magnussen 6 15 7
21   Ronnie Brandt Ret DNS DNS DNS 13 12 13 13 13 13 10 12 6
22   Jan Lindblom Ret 9 4
23   Joakim Gustavsson 14 14 DNS DNS DNS Ret 15 13 12 Ret 1

Driver's championship

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Position Driver Points
1 Richard Göransson 227
2 Robert Dahlgren 176
3 Fredrik Ekblom 165
4 Jan Nilsson 137
5 Tommy Rustad 137
6 Tomas Engström 128
7 Johan Stureson 107
8 Tommy Kristoffersson 102
9 Jens Hellström 80
10 Mattias Andersson 59
11 Johan Landegren 48
12 Thed Björk 48
13 Peo Norén 43
14 Johan Nilsson 30
15 Rickard Rydell 26
16 Christer Gellerstedt 23
17 Niklas Lovén 15
18 Tobbe Rosén 13
19 Olli Happalainen 8
20 Jan Magnussen 7
21 Ronnie Brandt 6
22 Jan Lindblom 4
23 Joakim Gustavsson 1

STCC Challenge

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Position Driver Points
1 Johan Nilsson 176
2 Johan Landegren 164
3 Peo Norén 129
4 Christer Gellerstedt 89
5 Tobbe Rosén (4 tävlingar) 59
6 Ronnie Brandt 58
7 Joakim Gustavsson 26
8 Jan Lindblom 12

Manufacturer's championship

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Position Manufacturer Points
1 BMW 225
2 Volvo 206
3 Audi 176
4 Honda 150
5 Opel 142
6 Peugeot 120
7 Alfa Romeo 67

References

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