2006 Swedish Touring Car Championship season

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The 2006 Swedish Touring Car Championship season was the 11th Swedish Touring Car Championship (STCC) season. In total nine racing weekends at six different circuits were held; each round comprising one race.

Changes for 2006

• The race format and points system was changed. During the 2006 season one race of 40 minutes was held each weekend. Each race had one mandatory pitstop.
• The points system changed to the standard FIA system of 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1.
• A privateers championship named Caran Cup was created for drivers using cars constructed in 2003 or earlier.

Drivers

List of starting drivers for the 2006 Swedish Touringcar Championship season.

Driver	Nat.	Team	Car	Class
Duncan Huisman		West Coast Racing	BMW 320i
Robin Rudholm		West Coast Racing	BMW 320i
Johan Stureson		IPS Motorsport	Peugeot 407
Stefan Söderberg		IPS Motorsport	Peugeot 407
Robert Dahlgren		Polestar Racing	Volvo S60
Alexander Storckenfeldt		Polestar Racing	Volvo S60
Tomas Engström		Honda Engström Motorsport	Honda Accord
Fredrik Ekblom		Kristoffersson Motorsport	Audi A4
Tommy Kristoffersson		Kristoffersson Motorsport	Audi A4
Thed Björk		Kristoffersson Motorsport	Audi A4
Jan Nilsson		Flash Engineering	BMW 320si E90
Richard Göransson		Flash Engineering	BMW 320si E90
Edward Sandström		Flash Engineering	BMW 320i
Nicklas Karlsson		Opel Team Sweden	Opel Astra GTC 2000
Mattias Andersson		MA GP/Team caWalli	Alfa Romeo 156
Tobias Johansson		Mercedes-Benz Sport	Mercedes C200
Hans Simonsson		Mercedes-Benz Sport	Mercedes C200
David Björk		Picko Troberg Racing	BMW 320i
Carl Rosenblad		Crawford Racing	BMW 320si E90
Håkan Malmborg		Malmborg Racing	Ford Focus	C
Joakim Fridh		Team Euromaster	BMW 320i	C
Tobias Tegelby		Tysslinge Racing	BMW 320R	C
Christer Gellerstedt		Gellerstedt Motorsport	BMW 320i	C

Race Calendar

Round	Circuit	Date	Winning driver	Winning team
1	Ring Knutstorp	14 May	Thed Björk	Kristoffersson Motorsport
2	Karlskoga Motorstadion	28 May	Robert Dahlgren	Polestar Racing
3	Mantorp Park	18 June	Richard Göransson	Flash Engineering
4	Falkenbergs Motorbana	16 July	Thed Björk	Kristoffersson Motorsport
5	Vålerbanen	30 July	Richard Göransson	Flash Engineering
6	Anderstorp	13 August	Richard Göransson	Flash Engineering
7	Karlskoga Motorstadion	27 August	Thed Björk	Kristoffersson Motorsport
8	Ring Knutstorp	10 September	Richard Göransson	Flash Engineering
9	Mantorp Park	1 October	Richard Göransson	Flash Engineering

Championship standings (after 9 of 9 rounds)

Drivers

Pos Driver KNU KAR MAN FAL VÅL AND KAR KNU MAN Pts 1 T. Björk 1 2 7 1 2 16 1 2 4 59 2 Göransson 5 13 1 10 1 1 8 1 1 55 3 Huisman 4 Ret 3 3 2 2 5 10 37 4 Ekblom 2 10 4 Ret 3 8 10 3 5 30 5 Engström 3 2 Ret 16 5 Ret 4 9 3 29 6 Dahlgren Ret 1 Ret 2 12 3 Ret 6 7 29 7 Rudholm 14 5 2 11 6 9 3 7 6 26 8 Stureson 7 4 Ret Ret 7 5 5 11 Ret 17 9 Nilsson 8 7 Ret 4 Ret 4 9 8 12 14 10 Kristoffersson Ret 12 5 9 4 13 16 4 Ret 14 11 D. Björk 6 6 6 13 Ret 6 15 14 8 13 12 Rosenblad 9 11 Ret 7 10 10 7 10 2 12 13 Karlsson Ret 8 Ret Ret 9 7 6 15 13 6 14 Storckenfeldt 12 9 Ret 5 Ret DSQ 11 13 9 4 15 Andersson 13 11 DNS 6 8 11 12 12 10 4 16 Fridh Ret 15 8 15 Ret 12 14 17 15 1 17 Söderberg 11 18 9 8 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 1 18 Johansson 16 14 DNS 12 11 14 DNS 16 DNS 0 19 Simonsson DNS Ret Ret Ret Ret DNS 13 19 14 0 20 Tegelby 17 16 Ret 14 13 15 Ret 20 Ret 0 21 Gellerstedt 15 Ret 10 17 Ret Ret 18 16 0 22 Sandström 10 17 Ret 0 23 Malmborg Ret Ret 0

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Finished, in points Blue Finished, no points Not classified (NC) Purple Did not finish (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 participate Excluded (EX)

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