2013 STCC – Racing Elite League

The 2013 Scandinavian Touring Car Championship was the third Scandinavian Touring Car Championship season. The season started at Ring Knutstorp on 4 May and ends on 21 September at Mantorp Park. It is the first year of TTA – Racing Elite League silhouette regulations in the series following the merge of the STCC and TTA at the end of the 2012 seasons. Fredrik Ekblom goes into the championship as reigning champion.

Teams and drivers

Volvo S60 Solution F of Thed Björk

As the cars used during the 2012 STCC season were banned, major teams such as NIKA Racing (Chevrolet), Kristoffersson Motorsport and IPS (Volkswagen) did not join the merged championship. All teams were Swedish-registered.

Team Car No. Driver Rounds
Brovallen Design[1] Citroën C5 TTA 2 Sweden Andreas Wernerson[2] 8
8 Sweden Alx Danielsson[3] 6–7
9 Sweden Niclas Olsson[1] 1–4
10 Sweden Jocke Mangs[1] All
86 Sweden Fredrik Magnusson[4] 5
Team Tidö[1] Saab 9-3 TTA 3 Norway Roar Lindland[1] 1–6
7 Sweden Roger Samuelsson[5] 7–8
PWR Racing[1] 37 Sweden Daniel Haglöf[1] All
Picko Troberg Racing[1] 69 Sweden Alexander Graff[1] 1–7
89 Sweden Daniel Roos[6] 8
BMW Dealer Team[1] BMW SR TTA 4 Sweden Fredrik Larsson[1] All
5 Sweden Richard Göransson[1] All
WestCoast Racing
Xlander Racing WCR[1] 		6 Sweden Robin Rudholm[1] 1–4, 8
16 Sweden Philip Forsman[7] 8
Volvo Polestar Racing[1] Volvo S60 TTA 11 Sweden Fredrik Ekblom[1] All
12 Sweden Thed Björk[1] All
Volvo Polestar[1] 13 Sweden Carl Philip Bernadotte[1] All
Volvo Polestar Performance[1] 14 Sweden Robert Dahlgren[1] All
15 Sweden Linus Ohlsson[1] All
Engström Motorsport[1] Honda Civic TTA 17 Sweden Tomas Engström[1] All
Dacia Dealer Team[1] Dacia SE TTA 20 Sweden Mattias Andersson[1] All

Race calendar and results

All rounds were held in Sweden.

Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team
1 R1 Ring Knutstorp 4 May Sweden Fredrik Larsson Sweden Richard Göransson Sweden Richard Göransson BMW Dealer Team
R2 Sweden Richard Göransson Sweden Richard Göransson Sweden Thed Björk Volvo Polestar Racing
2 R3 Solvalla 8 June Sweden Thed Björk Sweden Richard Göransson Sweden Thed Björk Volvo Polestar Racing
3 R4 Göteborg City Race 29 June Sweden Richard Göransson Sweden Thed Björk Sweden Thed Björk Volvo Polestar Racing
4 R5 Falkenbergs Motorbana 13 July Sweden Fredrik Larsson Sweden Fredrik Ekblom Sweden Thed Björk Volvo Polestar Racing
R6 Sweden Linus Ohlsson Sweden Linus Ohlsson Sweden Linus Ohlsson Volvo Polestar Performance
5 R7 Airport Race Östersund 10 August Sweden Thed Björk Sweden Robert Dahlgren Sweden Thed Björk Volvo Polestar Racing
6 R8 Karlskoga Motorstadion 24 August Sweden Thed Björk Sweden Thed Björk Sweden Thed Björk Volvo Polestar Racing
R9 Sweden Thed Björk Sweden Fredrik Ekblom Sweden Thed Björk Volvo Polestar Racing
7 R10 Tierp Arena 7 September Sweden Thed Björk Sweden Richard Göransson
Sweden Fredrik Larsson 		Sweden Richard Göransson BMW Dealer Team
8 R11 Mantorp Park 21 September Sweden Linus Ohlsson Sweden Robin Rudholm Sweden Linus Ohlsson Volvo Polestar Performance
R12 Sweden Robert Dahlgren Sweden Richard Göransson Sweden Thed Björk Volvo Polestar Racing

Championship standings

Drivers' championship

Pos Driver KNU SOL GÖT FAL ÖST KAR TIE MAN Pts
1 Sweden Thed Björk 4 12 11 13 1 14† 11 11 11 31 4 13 258
2 Sweden Richard Göransson 13 21 5 41 4 4 52 5 3 13 Ret 9 161
3 Sweden Robert Dahlgren 22 4 2 2 122 5 23 23 6 Ret2 53 21 160
4 Sweden Linus Ohlsson 5 5 43 112 11 11 3 32 Ret3 5 11 4 146
5 Sweden Fredrik Ekblom 6 6 3 9 23 33 4 4 22 6 22 Ret 140
6 Sweden Fredrik Larsson 31 33 DSQ2 6 Ret1 22 Ret 6 4 2 11 14† 105
7 Sweden Jocke Mangs 8 8 Ret 8 5 7 6 8 Ret 7 3 32 78
8 Sweden Mattias Andersson 10 12 8 5 6 6 Ret 7 5 8 8 5 65
9 Sweden Daniel Haglöf 9 9 6 7 3 8 7 9 9 4 12 8 63
10 Sweden Robin Rudholm 7 7 Ret 3 10 9 7 11 36
11 Sweden Tomas Engström 15 13 10 Ret 9 13 Ret 10 7 NC 6 Ret 18
12 Sweden Andreas Wernersson 9 6 10
13 Norway Roar Lindland 11 Ret 7 14† 14† 12 8 11 Ret 10
14 Sweden Carl Philip Bernadotte 13 14 DNS 10 7 10 11 12 Ret 10 13 10 10
15 Sweden Alexander Graff 14 11 Ret 12 8 15† 9 Ret Ret 9 8
16 Sweden Philip Forsman 10 7 7
17 Sweden Alx Danielsson Ret 8 Ret 4
18 Sweden Niclas Olsson 12 10 9 13† 13 11 3
19 Sweden Fredrik Magnusson 10 1
Sweden Roger Samuelsson 11 15 13 0
Sweden Daniel Roos 14 12 0
Pos Driver KNU SOL GÖT FAL ÖST KAR TIE MAN Pts
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Manufacturers' championship

Pos. Manufacturer KNU SOL GÖT FAL ÖST KAR TIE MAN Points
1 Volvo 32 39 47 46 46 44 47 48 48 30 48 47 522
2 BMW 44 37 17 30 17 32 17 28 28 44 14 12 320
3 Citroën 12 16 6 8 11 12 18 8 6 8 22 27 154
4 Saab 12 12 22 12 21 8 18 8 4 16 3 8 144
5 Dacia 6 2 8 10 8 10 0 10 10 6 8 12 90
6 Honda 1 1 4 0 4 1 0 4 8 0 12 0 35
Pos. Manufacturer KNU SOL GÖT FAL ÖST KAR TIE MAN Points

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z "A new STCC era starts at Knutstorp this weekend". Touring Car Times. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 2 May 2013. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
  2. ^ "Clio Cup champion Andreas Wernersson joins Brovallen Design". 16 September 2013.
  3. ^ Hudson, Neil (22 August 2013). "Alx Danielsson returns to Brovallen Design at Karlskoga". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
  4. ^ "Fredric Magnusson replaces Niclas Olsson at Brovallen Design". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 26 July 2013. Retrieved 26 July 2013.
  5. ^ "Roar Lindland replaced by Roger Samuelsson at Team Tidö". 6 September 2013.
  6. ^ "Daniel Roos replaces Alexander Graff at Mantorp Park". 13 September 2013.
  7. ^ "Philip Forsman kör för WestCoast Racing i STCC-finalen".