2011 Scandinavian Touring Car Championship

Perhaps a touring car series that is lesser known, but for this year, the DTC and STCC have joined together to create the Scandinavian Touring Car Championship.

The 2011 driver and team roster is the most impressive in years with factory supported cars (at various levels), such as the Volvo C30, the VW Scirocco and the Chevrolet Cruze. Then there is the very professional BMW teams of Flash Engineering and West Coast Racing. West Coast won last years championship with Richard Göransson, but the STCC is very close as it always is, so it is very hard to predict who will come out on top this year.

There is some (dare I say it) British interest this season with BTCC Champions James Thompson and Colin Turkington driving some very fast machinery, with Thomo in the works Volvo, and Turkington driving the BMW for Flash Engineering. And not forgetting DTC regular Jason Watt!

Looking forward to this season in the STCC. I follow it from afar through Touring Car Times, and there's race replays available from here - http://svtplay.se/t/103752/stcc - the week following the race. Seems to be a big year for the STCC, with a lot of big name drivers filling out the roster. I'm very much looking forward to it.

Simbin have also announced last week that STCC2 is to be released later this year.

There only appaers to be 8 cars taking part :-S

http://www.touringcartimes.com/article.php?id=5857

22 mate

There is some (dare I say it) British interest this season with BTCC Champions James Thompson and Colin Turkington driving some very fast machinery, with Thomo in the works Volvo, and Turkington driving the BMW for Flash Engineering. And not forgetting DTC regular Jason Watt!

Jason Watt isn't British.

Is he not?

I always thought he was

The kind of Slick TV presentation that the BTCC needs! The rotating onboard cam inside the BMW is brilliant.

Was racing Falkenburg earlier in rFactor. Good track.

Why do the STCC cars just look better than the BTCC cars?

The Flash Engineering cars are the best looking BMW's in Touring Cars.. ever!

Colin gets aquainted with a proper up to date BMW

1 Richard Göransson SWE WestCoast Racing/BMW Dealer Team BMW 320si
2 James Thompson GBR Volvo Polestar Green Racing Volvo C30
5 Colin Turkington GBR Flash Engineering BMW 320si
6 Jason Watt DEN Team Bygma Jason Watt Racing Seat Leon
7 Tommy Rustad NOR Volvo Polestar Green Racing Volvo C30
8 Roger Eriksson SWE SEAT Dealerteam/Brovallendesign Seat Leon
11 Rickard Rydell SWE Chevrolet Motorsport Sweden Chevrolet Cruze
12 Viktor Hallrup SWE Chevrolet Motorsport Sweden Chevrolet Cruze
14 Fredrik Ekblom SWE Team Biogas.se Volkswagen Scirocco
15 Patrik Olsson SWE Team Biogas.se Volkswagen Scirocco
16 TBA TBA Perfection-Racing Chevrolet Lacetti
17 Tomas Engström SWE Seco Tools Racing Team Honda Accord
20 Mattias Andersson SWE MA:GP Alfa Romeo 156
21 Johan Stureson SWE IPS Motorsport BMW 320si
27 TBA TBA Danielsson Motorsport TBA
28 TBA TBA Danielsson Motorsport TBA
50 Jan Nilsson SWE Flash Engineering BMW 320si
66 Martin Öhlin SWE WestCoast Racing/BMW Dealer Team BMW 320si
88 Robin Appelqvist SWE Appelqvist Racing Alfa Romeo 156
90 TBA TBA SEAT Dealerteam/Brovallendesign Seat Leon
96 Andreas Ebbesson SWE Ebbesson Motorsport BMW 320si
99 Ronnie Brandt SWE Mälarpower Motorsport Volvo S60

Jan "Flash" Nilson is in charge of that team then?

Flash does all the hard work.....

Flash moves on to Denmark's Jyllandsringen!

Awesome.

I didn't know those giant sunglasses, were coming back into fashion. Unless they are using some kind of nano technology to make them lighter and stronger.

STCC2 has just been released (well, 4 days ago) for the PC. It's available on Steam for £13, which includes the STCC 2010 season, the 13 models of cars that ran in it, 6 tracks, and the Camaro Cup support series. It requires Race 07, which is included in the price. On its own, Race 07 is £4 on Steam, a complete bargain.

In fact, I am off to get it.

STCC2 is worth every penny. I am thoroughly enjoying it.

Also, much preferring the Chevrolet Team Sweden livery to the BTCC and WTCC ones.

http://www.touringcartimes.com/article.php?id=5977

Turkington second fastest at the first test.
http://www.touringcartimes.com/article.php?id=5983

Will there be any channels showing the stcc? getting interested in this championship now. . . . .

Just had a quick glance at the touringcartimes forum and someone suggested that the coverage can be seen here: http://svtplay.se/

however I doubt its going to be in the monarch's monotones.

Well, it would be, as Sweden is also a Kingdom.

I have that site bookmarked in preparation for the first race, have had it for about 3 months, can't wait for the first race.

Wow, the Volvo is the best noise in touring cars!