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{{Distinguish|Scandinavian Touring Car Championship}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}}
{{Infobox motorsport championship
| logo = Stcclogo.PNG
| pixels = 200px
| caption =
| category = [[Touring car racing|Touring cars]]
| inaugural = 1996
| drivers =
| teams =
| constructors =
| engines =
| country/region = {{flagicon|SWE}} Sweden, {{flagicon|NOR}} [[Norway]]
| folded = 2010
| champion driver = {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Richard Göransson]]
| champion team = [[Polestar Racing]]
| manufacturer = [[Volvo]]
| current_season =
| website = [http://www.stcc.se/ stcc.se]
}}
'''Swedish Touring Car Championship''' (STCC) was a [[touring car racing]] series based in Sweden, but also with rounds in [[Norway]]. They began operating in 1996, heavily influenced by the [[British Touring Car Championship]] and the success of BTCC racing on Swedish television. STCC replaced the 1991–1995 {{ill|Nordic Touring Car Championship|sv}}. There were also a number of accompanying support classes that raced alongside STCC; [[Radical Sportscars|Radical]], the [[Camaro Cup]], [[Superkart]], Pro Superbike, the JTCC and the [[Porsche Carrera Cup Scandinavia]]. The final STCC season was in 2010, as the series merged with the [[Danish Touringcar Championship]] to form the [[Scandinavian Touring Car Championship]].<ref>{{cite web |author=Johan Meissner |url=http://www.touringcartimes.com/news.php?id=5119 |title=DTC: New regulations confirmed for Scandinavian TC in 2012 |work=Touring Car Times |date=12 August 2010 |access-date=14 October 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120323232532/http://www.touringcartimes.com/news.php?id=5119 |archive-date=23 March 2012 }}</ref>
In 2023, STCC planned to re-introduce itself as an all-electric category, transforming the series for a new generation of racing.<ref>{{Cite web |title=STCC |url=https://www.stcc.se/ |access-date=16 November 2023 |website=STCC |language=sv-SE}}</ref> Using multiple manufacturers, the series was set to debut on a street circuit in Helsingborg. The championship and all planned races were then delayed to 2024<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mästarteamet om flytten av elektrifierad STCC-säsong till 2024 |url=https://www.stcc.se/nyheter/mstarteamet-om-flytten-av-elektrifierad-stcc-ssong-till-2024 |access-date=16 November 2023 |website=STCC |language=sv-SE}}</ref> when production of the vehicles could not be completed on time. Demo laps were held at Mantorp Park in September, followed by an official test day<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sju juniorer testar nya elektriska STCC-bilarna i Try Out 2023 |url=https://www.stcc.se/nyheter/sju-juniorer-testar-nya-elektriska-stcc-bilarna-i-try-out-2023 |access-date=16 November 2023 |website=STCC |language=sv-SE}}</ref> for the top three championship drivers of [[NXT Gen Cup]]. The series is now slated to begin in 2024.
==Rules==
The cars are built according to the Super 2000 rules used in the [[FIA]] WTCC. A national counterpart, N2000, also exists to encourage teams to build their own cars without having to have them homologated by FIA. So far [[Audi]], [[Volvo]], [[Opel]], and [[Mercedes-Benz in motorsport|Mercedes]] have constructed their own cars.
'''Points System''' (as of 2006)
{| class="wikitable"
! Position || 1st || 2nd || 3rd || 4th || 5th || 6th || 7th || 8th
|-
! Points || 10 || 8 || 6 || 5 || 4 || 3 || 2 || 1
|}
'''Qualifying & Race'''<br>
Every racing weekend consist of the following:
* '''Qualifying''': First, a 20-minute qualifying session open to all drivers is run. The eight fastest drivers in the 20 minute session go on to drive in the Super pole. Drivers from 9th quickest and backwards start in the qualifying order for the first race. The grid for the second race is reversed results of top eight from the results of the first race. The cars behind top eight start in the position they finished in race one.
* '''Super Pole''': Super pole is a one-lap shootout for the first eight grid positions of race one. The driver with the 8th fastest qualifying time is the first to run a Super Pole lap. Each of the remaining seven drivers run their Super Pole lap in order of slowest to fastest. In the end, the driver with the fastest Super Pole lap starts the race from pole, or first, position.
* '''Race''': There are two races in a race weekend and each race is approximately 20 minutes in length. All races start using a rolling start.
==TV Coverage==
STCC was first aired in 1997 on [[Sveriges Television|SVT]], featured in the program called "Race" along with the [[British Touring Car Championship]]. BTCC was dropped by SVT at the end of the 1999 season and was replaced by [[Champ Car|CART]], while STCC stayed. When BTCC, which had been the main focus of Race, was dropped, STCC was upgraded to be the series which the program had its focus on. Previously when BTCC and STCC clashed, the STCC races were shown in-between the two BTCC races. This was changed for the 2000 season, and now CART was shown in-between the two STCC races. In 2002 VEIDEC Trophy, a motorcycle class that raced on the STCC-weekends, replaced CART on the program. All Race programs were either 30 or 45 minutes in length, depending on if one or two series were featured.<br>
In 2003 STCC coverage moved from SVT to [[TV4 (Sweden)|TV4]]. The program was now shown on TV4 Plus, a channel which not everyone had access to (at the time only SVT1, SVT2 and TV4 was available to all viewers for free). TV4 only kept STCC for a year, selling it to [[TV3 (Viasat)|TV3]]. The races appeared again in a highlights format on TV3 during 2004, but in 2005 the coverage was extended to include several hours of live coverage from each race weekend on the TV3-owned sports channel Viasat Sport.<br>
In 2006 STCC returned to SVT and Race, again being available to all viewers, but coverage was cut down to only a 30-minute highlight program.
Nowadays the competition is broadcast by another TV3-owned channel, Viasat Motor.
==Car brands==
The cars competing in the STCC are (as of 2010): [[Alfa Romeo in motorsport|Alfa Romeo]], [[BMW]], [[Chevrolet]], [[Honda]], [[Opel]], [[Peugeot]], [[SEAT]], [[Volkswagen]] and [[Volvo]].
==Champions==
{| class="wikitable"
!rowspan=2| Season
!colspan=3| Championship
!colspan=2| Independent
|-
! Driver
! Manufacturer
! Team
! Driver
! Manufacturer
|-
! [[1996 Swedish Touring Car Championship|1996]]
| {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Jan Nilsson]]
| [[Volvo]]
| [[Flash Engineering]]
|colspan=2 align=center| ''none''
|-
! [[1997 Swedish Touring Car Championship|1997]]
| {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Jan Nilsson]]
| [[Volvo]]
| [[Flash Engineering]]
|colspan=2 align=center| ''none''
|-
! [[1998 Swedish Touring Car Championship|1998]]
| {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Fredrik Ekblom]]
| [[BMW]]
| [[WestCoast Racing]]
| {{flagicon|SWE}} Pontus Mörth
| [[Opel]]
|-
! [[1999 Swedish Touring Car Championship|1999]]
| {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Mattias Ekström]]
| [[Audi]]
| [[Kristoffersson Motorsport]]
| {{flagicon|NOR}} Kim Esbjug
| [[BMW]]
|-
! [[2000 Swedish Touring Car Championship|2000]]
| {{flagicon|NOR}} [[Tommy Rustad]]
| [[Nissan]]
| Crawford Nissan Racing
| {{flagicon|SWE}} Magnus Krokström
| [[Audi]]
|-
! [[2001 Swedish Touring Car Championship|2001]]
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Roberto Colciago]]
| [[Audi]]
| [[Kristoffersson Motorsport]]
| {{flagicon|SWE}} Tobias Johansson
| [[Audi]]
|-
! [[2002 Swedish Touring Car Championship|2002]]
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Roberto Colciago]]
| [[Audi]]
| [[Kristoffersson Motorsport]]
| {{flagicon|SWE}} Tobias Johansson
| [[Audi]]
|-
! [[2003 Swedish Touring Car Championship|2003]]
| {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Fredrik Ekblom]]
| [[Audi]]
| [[Kristoffersson Motorsport]]
|colspan=2 align=center| ''none''
|-
! [[2004 Swedish Touring Car Championship|2004]]
| {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Richard Göransson]]
| [[BMW]]
| [[WestCoast Racing]]
| {{flagicon|SWE}} Johan Nilsson
| [[Volvo]]
|-
! [[2005 Swedish Touring Car Championship|2005]]
| {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Richard Göransson]]
| [[BMW]]
| [[WestCoast Racing]]
| {{flagicon|SWE}} Johan Nilsson
| [[BMW]]
|-
! [[2006 Swedish Touring Car Championship|2006]]
| {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Thed Björk]]
| [[BMW]]
| [[Kristoffersson Motorsport]]
| {{flagicon|SWE}} Joakim Fridh
| [[BMW]]
|-
! [[2007 Swedish Touring Car Championship|2007]]
| {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Fredrik Ekblom]]
| [[BMW]]
| [[WestCoast Racing]]
| {{flagicon|SWE}} Joakim Fridh
| [[Opel]]
|-
! [[2008 Swedish Touring Car Championship|2008]]
| {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Richard Göransson]]
| [[BMW]]
| [[Flash Engineering]]
| {{flagicon|SWE}} Tobias Johansson
| [[Mercedes-Benz]]
|-
! [[2009 Swedish Touring Car Championship|2009]]
| {{flagicon|NOR}} [[Tommy Rustad]]
| [[Volvo]]
| [[Polestar Racing]]
| {{flagicon|SWE}} Viktor Hallrup
| [[BMW]]
|-
! [[2010 Swedish Touring Car Championship|2010]]
| {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Richard Göransson]]
| [[BMW]]
| [[WestCoast Racing]]
| {{flagicon|SWE}} Andreas Ebbesson
| [[BMW]]
|}
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
* [http://www.stcc.se/ STCC official site]
* [http://www.touringcartimes.com/ TouringCarTimes - STCC news in English]
{{Swedish Touring Car Championship years}}
{{Super Touring championships}}
[[Category:Swedish Touring Car Championship| ]]
[[Category:Touring car racing series]]
[[Category:1996 establishments in Sweden]]
[[Category:2010 disestablishments in Sweden]]
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