Jan Jens Hellström (born 9 August 1977 in Järfalla,

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) is a

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driver.

Career

He has raced mainly in

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, including the

Swedish Touring Car Championship Swedish Touring Car Championship (STCC) 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 ...

and the Swedish Volvo S40 Challenge.http://www.speedsport-magazine.com/race-driver-database/biography/Jens-Hellstroem-,3294.html Career at Speedsport Magazine. His last campaign in the STCC was in 2005, driving a

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for Engström Motorsport. Also that year, he competed in the first two rounds of the inaugural FIA

World Touring Car Championship The FIA World Touring Car Championship was an international touring car championship promoted by Eurosport Events and sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). It has had several different incarnations, including a sing ...

season at Monza. He finished twenty-sixth in race one, and twenty-first in the second race.

Racing record

Complete World Touring Car Championship results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

References

1977 births Living people People from Järfälla Municipality Swedish racing drivers Swedish Touring Car Championship drivers World Touring Car Championship drivers Racing drivers from Stockholm County {{Sweden-autoracing-bio-stub