The 2018 TCR Scandinavia Touring Car Championship was the eighth Scandinavian Touring Car Championship season. This season was the second season since the introduction of the TCR regulations and the last under the promotion of STCC AB, which declared bankruptcy in early February 2019. The season started at Ring Knutstorp on 4 May and ended at Mantorp Park on 22 September, after six rounds.

Robert Dahlgren is the defending drivers' champion, while Volkswagen Dealer Team Sweden are the defending teams' champions.

Teams and drivers Team Car Drivers Class Rounds PWR Racing – SEAT Dealer Team CUPRA León TCR 1 Robert Dahlgren All 37 Daniel Haglöf All SEAT Dealer Team – PWR Racing 19 Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky All 86 Philip MorinJTCC All Racing For Charity Audi RS3 LMS TCR 59 Peter "Poker" Wallenberg All Volkswagen Dealer Team BAUHAUS Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR 3 Johan Kristoffersson All 69 Hugo NermanJTCC All 81 Nicklas OscarssonJTCC All Lestrup Racing Team Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR 4 Oliver SöderströmJTCC All 7 Andreas Wernersson All Experion Racing Team Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR 22 Albin Wärnelöv All WestCoast RacingVolkswagen Golf GTI TCR 14 Fredrik Ekblom All 29 Andreas BäckmanJTCC 1–4, 6 26 Jessica BäckmanJTCC 1–4, 6 Micke Kågered Racing Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR 15 Oskar KrügerJTCC 1–2 17 Tomas Engström 4, 6 21 Andreas Ahlberg All Honda Racing Sweden Honda Civic TCR (FK2) 20 Mattias Andersson All Brovallen Design Audi RS3 LMS TCR 23 Alex Andersson 1–4, 6 91 Andre Kiil 5–6 ALM Motorsport CUPRA León TCR 2 Brink Motorsport Audi RS3 LMS TCR 36 Micke Ohlsson All 71 Tobias Brink All LMS Racing CUPRA León TCR 44 Olli ParhankangasJTCC 1, 3–6IconClassJTCCJunior

Calendar On 16 November 2017, the calendar was announced which was reduced from seven events to six. The championship will host five rounds in Sweden and the series would make a return to Norway for the first time since 2008 when it was called Swedish Touring Car Championship with the event would be held at the Rudskogen circuit. The Solvalla Circuit in Stockholm and Alastaro Circuit in Finland were dropped.

On 19 December 2017, it was announced that the series would revert to a two-race format after using a three-race format in the previous season. Reversed grids for Race 2 were also reintroduced after being absent from the previous season.

Race calendar and results Round Circuit Location Date Pole position Fastest lap Race winner Winning teamSupporting 1 R1 Ring Knutstorp Kågeröd, Skåne4–5 May Philip Morin Daniel Haglöf Daniel Haglöf PWR Racing – SEAT Dealer Team Formula STCC Nordic R2 Robert Dahlgren Andreas Wernersson Lestrup Racing Team 2 R1 Anderstorp RacewayAnderstorp, Jönköping16–17 June Johan Kristoffersson Philip Morin Philip Morin SEAT Dealer Team – PWR Racing R2 Fredrik Ekblom Tobias Brink Brink Motorsport3 R1 Falkenbergs Motorbana Bergagård, Halland 7–8 July Robert Dahlgren Andreas Wernersson Robert Dahlgren PWR Racing – SEAT Dealer Team R2 Johan Kristoffersson Mattias Andersson Honda Racing Sweden4 R1 Karlskoga Motorstadion Karlskoga, Örebro 18–19 August Philip Morin Daniel Haglöf Daniel Haglöf PWR Racing – SEAT Dealer Team stand-alone event R2 Daniel Haglöf Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky SEAT Dealer Team – PWR Racing5 R1 Rudskogen Motorpark Rakkestad, Østfold 8–9 September Daniel Haglöf Johan Kristoffersson Johan Kristoffersson Volkswagen Dealer Team BAUHAUS Formula STCC Nordic R2 Philip Morin Johan Kristoffersson Volkswagen Dealer Team BAUHAUS6 R1 Mantorp Park Mantorp, Östergötland 21–22 September Andreas Wernersson Johan Kristoffersson Johan Kristoffersson Volkswagen Dealer Team BAUHAUS R2 Daniel Haglöf Tobias Brink Brink Motorsport

Championship standings

Drivers' Championship PosDriverKNUANDFALGELRUDMANPts RD1 RD2 RD1 RD2 RD1 RD2 RD1 RD2 RD1 RD2 RD1 RD21 Johan Kristoffersson 43 3 51 4 23 16 34 3 1 1 1 51952 Robert Dahlgren 24 2 34 2 11 6 53 7 22 3 33 Ret1853 Daniel Haglöf 12 5 22 19 3 10 12 5 31 5 54 21764 Andreas Wernersson 6 1 65 5 42 4 4 4 6 2 21 41675 Philip Morin 31 17 13 Ret 7 7 21 11 43 4 10 Ret1116 Fredrik Ekblom 5 4 7 3 54 2 7 16 75 8 45 61117 Tobias Brink 175 6 17 1 9 3 65 6 11 11 11 1938 Mattias Andersson 10 10 4 Ret 6 1 10 2 13 6 8 3939 Hugo Nerman 7 7 11 9 13 5 11 19 54 13 Ret2 84410 Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky 11 18 8 7 12 9 Ret 1 15 16 9 123911 Oliver Söderström 8 15 10 10 Ret 8 8 8 9 9 6 Ret3012 Andreas Ahlberg 9 8 17 12 115 Ret 12 10 10 7 7 72713 Micke Ohlsson Ret 9 16 6 8 Ret 9 9 8 10 13 162314 Andreas Bäckman Ret 16 9 8 10 11 15 14 14 10815 Nicklas Oscarsson 12 11 Ret 16 14 17 17 12 12 12 Ret 9216 Alex Andersson 16 12 19 18 Ret 13 19 18 19 11017 Andre Kiil 15 11 14 14 20 18018 Jessica Bäckman 13 Ret 14 14 Ret 12 14 13 17 15019 Tomas Engström 13 Ret 12 13020 Albin Wärnelöv Ret DNS 13 13 15 14 18 15 Ret 17 16 17021 Olli Kangas 18 13 Ret DNS 16 Ret 16 15 15 Ret022 "Poker" 15 14 18 17 16 15 20 17 18 14023 Oskar Krüger 14 Ret Ret 150

Championship points were awarded on the results of each race at each event as follows:

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th  Race 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1 Qualifying (Race 1) 5 4 3 2 1

Junior Class PosDriverPts1 Philip Morin2122 Hugo Nerman1913 Oliver Söderström1734 Andreas Bäckman1375 Nicklas Oscarsson1246 Jessica Bäckman887 Olli Kangas618 Oskar Krüger18

Teams' Championship PosTeamPts1 PWR Racing – SEAT Dealer Team3582 Volkswagen Dealer Team BAUHAUS2393 Lestrup Racing Team1964 WestCoast Racing1245 Brink Motorsport1236 SEAT Dealer Team – PWR Racing1207 Honda Racing Sweden958 Micke Kågered Racing319 Brovallen Design1 Experion Racing Team0 LMS Racing0 Racing For Charity0

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