# 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

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 | Citroën C5 TTA | 2 | Andreas Wernerson | 8 |
| Brovallen Design | Citroën C5 TTA | 8 | Alx Danielsson | 6–7 |
| Brovallen Design | Citroën C5 TTA | 9 | Niclas Olsson | 1–4 |
| Brovallen Design | Citroën C5 TTA | 10 | Jocke Mangs | All |
| Brovallen Design | Citroën C5 TTA | 86 | Fredrik Magnusson | 5 |
| Team Tidö | Saab 9-3 TTA | 3 | Roar Lindland | 1–6 |
| Team Tidö | Saab 9-3 TTA | 7 | Roger Samuelsson | 7–8 |
| PWR Racing | Saab 9-3 TTA | 37 | Daniel Haglöf | All |
| Picko Troberg Racing | Saab 9-3 TTA | 69 | Alexander Graff | 1–7 |
| Picko Troberg Racing | Saab 9-3 TTA | 89 | Daniel Roos | 8 |
| BMW Dealer Team | BMW SR TTA | 4 | Fredrik Larsson | All |
| BMW Dealer Team | BMW SR TTA | 5 | Richard Göransson | All |
| WestCoast Racing Xlander Racing WCR | BMW SR TTA | 6 | Robin Rudholm | 1–4, 8 |
| WestCoast Racing Xlander Racing WCR | BMW SR TTA | 16 | Philip Forsman | 8 |
| Volvo Polestar Racing | Volvo S60 TTA | 11 | Fredrik Ekblom | All |
| Volvo Polestar Racing | Volvo S60 TTA | 12 | Thed Björk | All |
| Volvo Polestar | Volvo S60 TTA | 13 | Carl Philip Bernadotte | All |
| Volvo Polestar Performance | Volvo S60 TTA | 14 | Robert Dahlgren | All |
| Volvo Polestar Performance | Volvo S60 TTA | 15 | Linus Ohlsson | All |
| Engström Motorsport | Honda Civic TTA | 17 | Tomas Engström | All |
| Dacia Dealer Team | Dacia SE TTA | 20 | Mattias Andersson | All |

## Race calendar and results

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

## Championship standings
### Drivers' championship

| Pos | Driver | KNU | KNU | SOL | GÖT | FAL | FAL | ÖST | KAR | KAR | TIE | MAN | MAN | Pts |
| 1 | Thed Björk | 4 | 1$^2$ | 1$^1$ | 1$^3$ | 1 | 14† | 1$^1$ | 1$^1$ | 1$^1$ | 3$^1$ | 4 | 1$^3$ | 258 |
| 2 | Richard Göransson | 1$^3$ | 2$^1$ | 5 | 4$^1$ | 4 | 4 | 5$^2$ | 5 | 3 | 1$^3$ | Ret | 9 | 161 |
| 3 | Robert Dahlgren | 2$^2$ | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12$^2$ | 5 | 2$^3$ | 2$^3$ | 6 | Ret$^2$ | 5$^3$ | 2$^1$ | 160 |
| 4 | Linus Ohlsson | 5 | 5 | 4$^3$ | 11$^2$ | 11 | 1$^1$ | 3 | 3$^2$ | Ret$^3$ | 5 | 1$^1$ | 4 | 146 |
| 5 | Fredrik Ekblom | 6 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 2$^3$ | 3$^3$ | 4 | 4 | 2$^2$ | 6 | 2$^2$ | Ret | 140 |
| 6 | Fredrik Larsson | 3$^1$ | 3$^3$ | DSQ$^2$ | 6 | Ret$^1$ | 2$^2$ | Ret | 6 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 14† | 105 |
| 7 | Jocke Mangs | 8 | 8 | Ret | 8 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 8 | Ret | 7 | 3 | 3$^2$ | 78 |
| 8 | Mattias Andersson | 10 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 6 | Ret | 7 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 65 |
| 9 | Daniel Haglöf | 9 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 63 |
| 10 | Robin Rudholm | 7 | 7 | Ret | 3 | 10 | 9 | | | | | 7 | 11 | 36 |
| 11 | Tomas Engström | 15 | 13 | 10 | Ret | 9 | 13 | Ret | 10 | 7 | NC | 6 | Ret | 18 |
| 12 | Andreas Wernersson | | | | | | | | | | | 9 | 6 | 10 |
| 13 | Roar Lindland | 11 | Ret | 7 | 14† | 14† | 12 | 8 | 11 | Ret | | | | 10 |
| 14 | Carl Philip Bernadotte | 13 | 14 | DNS | 10 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Ret | 10 | 13 | 10 | 10 |
| 15 | Alexander Graff | 14 | 11 | Ret | 12 | 8 | 15† | 9 | Ret | Ret | 9 | | | 8 |
| 16 | Philip Forsman | | | | | | | | | | | 10 | 7 | 7 |
| 17 | Alx Danielsson | | | | | | | | Ret | 8 | Ret | | | 4 |
| 18 | Niclas Olsson | 12 | 10 | 9 | 13† | 13 | 11 | | | | | | | 3 |
| 19 | Fredrik Magnusson | | | | | | | 10 | | | | | | 1 |
| | Roger Samuelsson | | | | | | | | | | 11 | 15 | 13 | 0 |
| | Daniel Roos | | | | | | | | | | | 14 | 12 | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | KNU | KNU | SOL | GÖT | FAL | FAL | ÖST | KAR | KAR | TIE | MAN | MAN | Pts |
| 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) |

### Manufacturers' championship

| Pos. | Manufacturer | KNU | KNU | SOL | GÖT | FAL | FAL | ÖST | KAR | KAR | TIE | MAN | 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 | KNU | SOL | GÖT | FAL | FAL | ÖST | KAR | KAR | TIE | MAN | MAN | Points |