2010 Swedish Touring Car Championship
# 2010 Swedish Touring Car Championship

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.

| Team | Car | No. | Drivers | Class | Rounds |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Polestar Racing | Volvo C30 | 1 | Tommy Rustad | D | All |
| Polestar Racing | Volvo C30 | 7 | Robert Dahlgren | D | All |
| Flash Engineering | BMW 320si | 2 | Thed Björk | D | All |
| Flash Engineering | BMW 320si | 6 | Jan Nilsson | D | All |
| Flash Engineering | BMW 320si | 92 | Tobias Tegelby | S | 11–12, 15–18 |
| WestCoast Racing | BMW 320si | 4 | Richard Göransson | D | All |
| Mattias Ekström Juniorteam | SEAT León | 10 | Roger Eriksson | D | All |
| Mattias Ekström Juniorteam | SEAT León | 29 | Dick Sahlén | D | All |
| Team Biogas.se | Volkswagen Scirocco | 14 | Fredrik Ekblom | D | All |
| Team Biogas.se | Volkswagen Scirocco | 15 | Patrik Olsson | D | All |
| Team Biogas.se | Volkswagen Scirocco | 41 | Johan Kristoffersson | D | 15–18 |
| Chevrolet Motorsport Sweden | Chevrolet Cruze | 17 | Viktor Hallrup | D | 1–4, 7–18 |
| Huggare Racing | Opel Astra | 18 | Viktor Huggare | D | 3–18 |
| MA:GP/IPS/Bilsport & MC | Alfa Romeo 156 | 20 | Mattias Andersson | D | All |
| MA:GP/IPS/Bilsport & MC | BMW 320si | 21 | Johan Stureson | D | All |
| Appelqvist Racing | Alfa Romeo 156 GTA | 88 | Robin Appelqvist | S | 1–6, 9–12, 17–18 |
| MECA | Alfa Romeo 156 | 89 | Claes Hoffsten | S | 1–6, 9–12, 15–18 |
| G-REX Sweden | Mercedes-Benz C200 | 91 | Tony Johansson | S | 15–18 |
| Ebbeson Motorsport | BMW 320si | 96 | Andreas Ebbeson | S | 1–12, 15–18 |
| BMS Event | BMW 320i | 97 | Joakim Ahlberg | S | 3–18 |
| Mälarpower Motorsport | Volvo S60 | 99 | Ronnie Brandt | S | 9–10 |
| 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 October |

*Joint 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 | Jyllandsringen* | Fredrik Ekblom | Robert Dahlgren | Robert Dahlgren | Polestar Racing | Polestar Racing | Andreas Ebbeson |
| 3 | Ring Knutstorp | Thed Björk | Richard Göransson | Richard Göransson | WestCoast Racing | Team Biogas.se | Claes Hoffsten |
| 4 | Ring Knutstorp | Mattias Andersson | Robert Dahlgren | Mattias Andersson | MA:GP | Team Biogas.se | Claes Hoffsten |
| 5 | Karlskoga Motorstadion | Fredrik Ekblom | Fredrik Ekblom | Fredrik Ekblom | Team Biogas.se | Flash Engineering | Claes Hoffsten |
| 6 | Karlskoga Motorstadion | Dick Sahlén | Jan Nilsson | Jan Nilsson | Flash Engineering | Flash Engineering | Andreas Ebbeson |
| 7 | Göteborg City Race* | Robert Dahlgren | Robert Dahlgren | Robert Dahlgren | Polestar Racing | Team Biogas.se | Andreas Ebbeson |
| 8 | Göteborg City Race* | Patrik Olsson | Richard Göransson | Richard Göransson | WestCoast Racing | Team Biogas.se | Andreas Ebbeson |
| 9 | Falkenbergs Motorbana | Robert Dahlgren | Robert Dahlgren | Robert Dahlgren | Polestar Racing | Polestar Racing | Joakim Ahlberg |
| 10 | Falkenbergs Motorbana | Tommy Rustad | Thed Björk | Tommy Rustad | Polestar Racing | Polestar Racing | Andreas Ebbeson |
| 11 | Karlskoga Motorstadion | Fredrik Ekblom | Patrik Olsson | Fredrik Ekblom | Team Biogas.se | Team Biogas.se | Andreas Ebbeson |
| 12 | Karlskoga Motorstadion | Dick Sahlén | Jan Nilsson | Dick Sahlén | Mattias Ekström Juniorteam | Team Biogas.se | Andreas Ebbeson |
| 13 | Jyllandsringen* | Robert Dahlgren | Thed Björk | Richard Göransson | WestCoast Racing | Polestar Racing | Joakim Ahlberg |
| 14 | Jyllandsringen* | Thed Björk | Thed Björk | Thed Björk | Flash Engineering | Polestar Racing | Joakim Ahlberg |
| 15 | Ring Knutstorp* | Fredrik Ekblom | Fredrik Ekblom | Fredrik Ekblom | Team Biogas.se | Team Biogas.se | Tobias Tegelby |
| 16 | Ring Knutstorp* | Patrik Olsson | Richard Göransson | Thed Björk | Flash Engineering | Team Biogas.se | Andreas Ebbeson |
| 17 | Mantorp Park | Mattias Andersson | Thed Björk | Mattias Andersson | MA:GP | Polestar Racing | Andreas Ebbeson |
| 18 | Mantorp Park | Jan Nilsson | Tommy Rustad | Tommy Rustad | Polestar Racing | 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 | JYL | KNU | KNU | KAR | KAR | GÖT | GÖT | FAL | FAL | KAR | KAR | JYL | JYL | KNU | KNU | MAN | 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 | JYL | KNU | KNU | KAR | KAR | GÖT | GÖT | FAL | FAL | KAR | KAR | JYL | JYL | KNU | KNU | MAN | MAN | Pts |
| Colour | Result |
| Gold | Winner |
| Silver | Second place |
| Bronze | Third place |
| Green | Points finish |
| Blue | Non-points finish |
| Blue | Non-classified finish (NC) |
| Purple | Retired (Ret) |
| Red | Did not qualify (DNQ) |
| Red | Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) |
| Black | Disqualified (DSQ) |
| White | Did not start (DNS) |
| White | Withdrew (WD) |
| White | Race cancelled (C) |
| Blank | Did not practice (DNP) |
| Blank | Did not arrive (DNA) |
| Blank | Excluded (EX) |

† — 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 | 395 | 400.000 SEK |
| 2 | Team Biogas.se | 392 | 400.000 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 | |
