Richard Göransson
Encyclopedia
Auto racing
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driver, who currently competes in the Swedish Touring Car Championship
Swedish Touring Car Championship
Swedish Touring Car Championship was a touring car racing series based in Sweden, but also with rounds in Norway. They began operating in 1996, heavily influenced by the British Touring Car Championship and the success of BTCC racing on Swedish television...
for West Coast Racing in a BMW 320si
BMW
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, alongside team-mate Robin Rudholm.
Career
He started racing in karting from 1989 through to 1993. In 1996 he was Swedish Formula FordFormula Ford
Formula Ford is a single seater, open wheel class in motorsport which exists in some form in many countries around the world. It is an entry-level series to motor racing....
Champion. He also competed in both the British
British Formula Ford Championship
The Formula Ford Championship single seater category is a motor sport category which gives many racing drivers their first step into car racing after karting...
and European Formula Ford Championships. He won the European Formula Ford Championship in 2001. In 2002 he raced in some rounds of the British Formula Renault, before moving to the STCC in 2003 where he finished fifth in his first season.
His time in the STCC has been very successful. After winning back to back titles for West Coast Racing in 2004 and 2005, he switched to Flash Engineering
Flash Engineering
Flash Engineering is a Swedish motorsport team based in Karlstad founded and owned by two-time Swedish Touring Car Championship winner Jan "Flash" Nilsson. The most recent time the team won the STCC-title was in 2008 with driver Richard Göransson...
in 2006 and drove alongside team owner Jan "Flash" Nilsson
Jan Nilsson
Jan "Flash" Nilsson is a Swedish racecar driver. He is most famous for his appearance in the Swedish Touring Car Championship, having appeared in all fourteen seasons and for being the second most victorious driver .- Early career :Jake Nilson started competing in Formula Ford in 1983 before...
for three years. In 2008 he was champion for the third time. In 2009
2009 Swedish Touring Car Championship season
The 2009 Swedish Touring Car Championship season was the 14th Swedish Touring Car Championship season. It was decided over nine race weekends at six different circuits....
he returned to WCR and regained the drivers title in 2010.
He was winner of the European Touring Car Cup
European Touring Car Cup
The FIA European Touring Car Cup is an annual touring car racing event, which has been held at various locations across Europe since 2005. Unlike in previous years where it was a one-off event, for 2010 the series is a three round event.-History:...
held at Vallelunga in 2005.