# 2008 Swedish Touring Car Championship

The 2008 Swedish Touring Car Championship season was the 13th Swedish Touring Car Championship (STCC) season.

## Drivers

These were the STCC entries for the 2008 season. Entrants with numbers 90 and above also competed in the privateer competition known as Semcon Cup. All teams were Swedish-registered.
| Team | Car | No. | Drivers | Class | Rounds |
| WestCoast Racing / BMW Dealer Team | BMW 320si E90 | 1 | Fredrik Ekblom | D | All |
| WestCoast Racing / BMW Dealer Team | BMW 320si E90 | 6 | Robin Rudholm | D | All |
| Volvo Olsbergs Green Racing | Volvo C30 | 2 | Robert Dahlgren | D | All |
| Volvo Olsbergs Green Racing | Volvo C30 | 9 | Tommy Rustad | D | 1-8,10-11 |
| Flash Engineering | BMW 320si E90 | 3 | Richard Göransson | D | All |
| Flash Engineering | BMW 320si E90 | 5 | Jan "Flash" Nilsson | D | All |
| Honda Racing | Honda Accord Euro R | 4 | Thed Björk | D | All |
| Honda Racing | Honda Accord Euro R | 7 | Tomas Engström | D | All |
| Nordic Fine Art | SEAT León | 8 | Roger Eriksson | D | All |
| Kristoffersson Motorsport | Audi A4 | 14 | Tommy Kristoffersson | D | 1-4,8-11 |
| Kristoffersson Motorsport | Audi A4 | 15 | Alexander Lvov | D | 2-3,6-7,9-11 |
| CMS Team Sweden | Audi A4 | 17 | Andreas Simonsen | D | 5 |
| MA:GP | Alfa Romeo 156 | 20 | Mattias Andersson | D | All |
| IPS Motorsport | Peugeot 308 | 21 | Johan Stureson | D | All |
| Chevrolet Motorsport Sweden | Chevrolet Lacetti | 22 | Thomas Schie | D | All |
| Elgh Motorsport | BMW 320si E90 | 28 | Carl Rosenblad | D | 1-2,5,7,9,11 |
| Brovallen Motorsport | Mercedes C200 | 90 | Tobias Johansson | S | 1,3-11 |
| Team Caliber | BMW 320i E46 | 93 | Dick Sahlén | S | All |
| Team Nya Åkeriet Örebro | BMW 320i E46 | 94 | Mikael Eklund | S | 7 |
| Huggare Racing | BMW 320i E46 | 96 | Viktor Huggare | S | 1-5,7,11 |
| BMS Event | BMW 320i E46 | 97 | Joakim Ahlberg | S | 1-2,5-11 |
| Tysslinge Racing | BMW 320i E46 | 95 | Tobias Tegelby | S | 4 |
| Brandt Racing | Volvo S60 | 99 | Ronnie Brandt | S | 4,11 |
| Icon | Class |
| D | Drivers' Championship |
| S | Semcon Cup |

## Race calendar

The calendar for the 2008 season were as follows:
| Round | Circuit | Date |
| 1 | Ring Knutstorp | 20 April |
| 2 | Sturup Raceway | 4 May |
| 3 | Mantorp Park | 18 May |
| 4 | Karlskoga Motorstadion | 1 June |
| 5 | Göteborg City Race | 14 June |
| 6 | Sturup Raceway | 29 June |
| 7 | Falkenbergs Motorbana | 13 July |
| 8 | Karlskoga Motorstadion | 17 August |
| 9 | Ring Knutstorp | 31 August |
| 10 | Vålerbanen | 14 September |
| 11 | Mantorp Park (Grande Finale) | 28 September |

## Results and standings
### Drivers' championship

The drivers' championship 2008 was won by Richard Göransson.
| Pos. | Driver | KNU | STU | MAN | KAR | GÖT | STU | FAL | KAR | KNU | VÅL | MAN | Pts |
| 1 | Richard Göransson | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 67 |
| 2 | Fredrik Ekblom | 2 | 1 | 3 | Ret | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 60 |
| 3 | Thed Björk | 9 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 3 | Ret | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 57 |
| 4 | Robin Rudholm | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 48 |
| 5 | Robert Dahlgren | Ret | 13 | 4 | 5 | Ret | 13 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 41 |
| 6 | Jan "Flash" Nilsson | 6 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 28 |
| 7 | Thomas Schie | 8 | Ret | 8 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 15 | Ret | 8 | 4 | 5 | 26 |
| 8 | Tomas Engström | 4 | 10 | 16 | Ret | 4 | 6 | 9 | Ret | 4 | 7 | 8 | 21 |
| 9 | Tommy Rustad | 10 | Ret | 2 | Ret | 5 | 10 | 5 | 6 | | DSQ | Ret | 19 |
| 10 | Johan Stureson | Ret | 6 | 10 | Ret | Ret | 2 | 8 | 7 | Ret | Ret | 4 | 19 |
| 11 | Mattias Andersson | 5 | 2 | Ret | 10 | DNS | 14 | 12 | 4 | Ret | DNS | 11 | 17 |
| 12 | Roger Eriksson | 7 | Ret | 11 | 8 | Ret | 9 | Ret | 11 | Ret | 2 | 7 | 13 |
| 13 | Carl Rosenblad | DSQ | 8 | | | 10 | | 3 | | Ret | | 18 | 7 |
| 14 | Tommy Kristoffersson | Ret | 9 | 9 | 9 | | | | 10 | 6 | Ret | 17 | 3 |
| 15 | Tobias Johansson | 11 | | 12 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 3 |
| 16 | Dick Sahlén | 12 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 0 |
| 17 | Joakim Ahlberg | 13 | Ret | | | 13 | Ret | Ret | 13 | Ret | 11 | 15 | 0 |
| 18 | Viktor Huggare | Ret | 11 | 14 | 12 | Ret | | 11 | | | | 13 | 0 |
| 19 | Alexander Lvov | | Ret | 15 | | | Ret | Ret | | 12 | 10 | Ret | 0 |
| 20 | Ronnie Brandt | | | | Ret | | | | | | | 16 | 0 |
| 21 | Andreas Simonsen | | | | | 11 | | | | | | | 0 |
| 22 | Tobias Tegelby | | | | 13 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 23 | Mikael Eklund | | | | | | | 14 | | | | | 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) |

### Teams' championship

| Pos | Team | Pts |
| 1 | West Coast Racing / BMW Dealer Team | 108 |
| 2 | Flash Engineering | 96 |
| 3 | Honda Racing | 78 |
| 4 | Volvo Olsbergs Green Racing | 60 |
| 5 | Chevrolet Motorsport Sweden | 26 |
| 6 | IPS Motorsport | 19 |
| 7 | MA:GP / Alfa Romeo | 17 |
| 8 | Nordic Fine Art | 14 |
| 9 | Elgh Motorsport | 7 |
| 10 | KMS - Kristofferson Motorsport | 4 |

### Manufacturers' championship

| Pos | Manufactures | Pts |
| 1 | BMW | 139 |
| 2 | Honda | 93 |
| 3 | Volvo | 72 |
| 4 | Chevrolet | 38 |
| 5 | Peugeot | 24 |
| 6 | Alfa Romeo | 22 |
| 7 | Seat | 20 |
| 8 | Audi | 17 |

### Semcon Cup

| Pos | Driver | Team | Pts |
| 1 | Tobias Johansson | MB Sport | 98 |
| 2 | Dick Sahlén | Team Caliber | 84 |
| 3 | Viktor Huggare | Huggare Racing | 36 |
| 4 | Joakim Ahlberg | BMS Event | 33 |
| 5 | Mikael Eklund | Team Nya Åkeriet Örebro | 5 |
| 6 | Tobias Tegelby | Tysslinge Racing | 5 |
| 7 | Ronnie Brandt | Brandt Racing | 4 |