title: 2006 Swedish Touring Car Championship
text: # 2006 Swedish Touring Car Championship
  
  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.
  
  ## Teams and drivers
  
  List of starting drivers for the 2006 Swedish Touringcar Championship season.
  
  | Team | Car | No. | Drivers |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Drivers' Championship ||||
  | Flash Engineering | BMW 320si E90 | 1 | Richard Göransson |
  | Flash Engineering | BMW 320si E90 | 4 | Edward Sandström |
  | Flash Engineering | BMW 320si E90 | 9 | Jan Nilsson |
  | Kristoffersson Motorsport | Audi A4 | 2 | Thed Björk |
  | Kristoffersson Motorsport | Audi A4 | 6 | Fredrik Ekblom |
  | Kristoffersson Motorsport | Audi A4 | 10 | Tommy Kristoffersson |
  | Crawford Racing | BMW 320si E90 | 3 | Carl Rosenblad |
  | Honda Engström Motorsport | Honda Accord | 5 | Tomas Engström |
  | Polestar Racing | Volvo S60 | 7 | Robert Dahlgren |
  | Polestar Racing | Volvo S60 | 17 | Alexander Storckenfeldt |
  | Opel Team Sweden | Opel Astra GTC 2000 | 8 | Nicklas Karlsson |
  | West Coast Racing | BMW 320i | 11 | Duncan Huisman |
  | West Coast Racing | BMW 320i | 12 | Robin Rudholm |
  | Mercedes-Benz Sport | Mercedes C200 | 14 | Hans Simonsson |
  | Mercedes-Benz Sport | Mercedes C200 | 15 | Tobias Johansson |
  | MA GP/Team caWalli | Alfa Romeo 156 | 20 | Mattias Andersson |
  | IPS Motorsport | Peugeot 407 | 21 | Johan Stureson |
  | IPS Motorsport | Peugeot 407 | 22 | Stefan Söderberg |
  | Picko Troberg Racing | BMW 320i | 44 | David Björk |
  | STCC Challenge ||||
  | Gellerstedt Motorsport | BMW 320i | 94 | Christer Gellerstedt |
  | Malmborg Racing | Ford Focus | 95 | Håkan Malmborg |
  | Tysslinge Racing | BMW 320R | 97 | Tobias Tegelby |
  | Team Euromaster | BMW 320i | 98 | Joakim Fridh |
  
  ## 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 | 3 | 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 | 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) |
  
  STCC Teams Championship :
  
  | Position | Make | Points |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1 | KMS/Audi | 65 |
  | 2 | Flash/BMW | 64 |
  | 3 | WCR/BMW | 54 |
  | 4 | Engström/Honda | 38 |
  | 5 | Polestar/Volvo | 35 |
  | 6 | IPS/Peugeot | 30 |
  | 7 | Elgh/BMW | 24 |
  | 8 | PTR/BMW | 18 |
  | 9 | Dealer Team/Opel | 10 |
  | 10 | MA GP/Alfa Romeo | 9 |
  | 11 | MB Sport/PWR/Mercedes | 1 |
  
  STCC Manufacturers Championship :
  
  | Position | Make | Points |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1 | BMW | 72 |
  | 2 | Audi | 68 |
  | 3 | Volvo | 42 |
  | 4 | Honda | 41 |
  | 5 | Peugeot | 33 |
  | 6 | Alfa Romeo | 20 |
  | 7 | Opel | 18 |
  | 8 | Mercedes | 8 |
  
  Caran Cup :
  
  | Position | Driver | Points |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Joakim Frid | 68 |
  | 2 | Tobias Tegelby | 50 |
  | 3 | Christer Gellerstedt | 32 |
  