The 2019 TCR Scandinavia Touring Car Championship was the ninth overall season of the
Scandinavian Touring Car Championship
The Scandinavian Touring Car Championship (STCC) is a touring car racing series based in Scandinavia. The series took over from the Danish Touringcar Championship and Swedish Touring Car Championship, with its first season in 2011. The Scandinav ...
season, the third under the internationally recognised TCR formula, and the first with its new promoter. The season started at
Ring Knutstorp
Ring Knutstorp is a motor racing circuit in Kågeröd, Sweden. The circuit was built in 1963, extended in 1970, and modified to its present configuration in 1980. During the seventies, rounds of the Formula Three European Cup were held at the ...
on 4 May and ended at
Mantorp Park
Mantorp Park is a motor racing circuit near the town of Mantorp in Mjölby Municipality, Sweden. The circuit was built in 1969 with finance from BP Sweden as a permanent road course and a drag strip. Mantorp Park is capable of four different la ...
on 5 October, after six rounds across
Sweden
Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ...
.
During the off-season, the national governing body of motorsport in Sweden,
Svenska Bilsportförbundet (SBF), was informed on 6 February 2019 that promotor Scandinavian touringcar corporation AB, which was responsible for the promotion of the
Scandinavian Touring Car Championship
The Scandinavian Touring Car Championship (STCC) is a touring car racing series based in Scandinavia. The series took over from the Danish Touringcar Championship and Swedish Touring Car Championship, with its first season in 2011. The Scandinav ...
, declared bankruptcy. TCR Scandinavian Series AB, in cooperation with the circuits and SBF, took over as promoter of the STCC-series.
Teams and drivers
Notes
Calendar
On 31 October 2018, a provisional calendar was announced which increased the events from six events to seven. Five events were confirmed with "midnight sun" race confirmed at the Skellefteå Drive Centre which will make its début.
Anderstorp Raceway
Anderstorp Raceway, previously known as Scandinavian Raceway, is a motorsport race track in Anderstorp (Gislaved Municipality), Sweden and the sole Nordic host of a Formula One World Championship Grand Prix, when the Swedish Grand Prix was h ...
was confirmed as the second round of the championship on 8 November 2018.
Jyllands-Ringen
FDM Jyllands-Ringen is a motor racing circuit in Resenbro, near Silkeborg in Denmark. The circuit was extended from to in 2003, by linking the track to an adjacent oval circuit.
Jyllands-Ringen hosted regular rounds of the Danish Touringcar Ch ...
in
Denmark
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was added to the calendar as the sixth round on 26 November 2018.
The series last visited Denmark during the
2012 season at the same venue. With the calendar changes the
Rudskogen
Rudskogen Motorsenter is Norway’s oldest asphalt race circuit, opened on May 20, 1990. It has hosted rounds of the TCR Scandinavia Touring Car Championship, Danish Thundersport Championship, Swedish GT Series, NBF GT Championship, GT4 Scandinav ...
circuit in
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...
was dropped from the calendar.
Race calendar and results
Championship standings
Drivers' Championship
Teams' Championship
References
External links
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Scandinavian Touring Car Championship
The Scandinavian Touring Car Championship (STCC) is a touring car racing series based in Scandinavia. The series took over from the Danish Touringcar Championship and Swedish Touring Car Championship, with its first season in 2011. The Scandinav ...
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