2016 Formula D season
The 2016 Formula D season is the thirteenth season of the Formula D Pro Championship series and third season of the Pro2 series. The Pro Championship series began on April 8 at Long Beach and ended on October 8 at Irwindale Speedway with Chris Forsberg winning his third Pro Championship.[1] The Pro2 series began on May 5 at Road Atlanta and ended on October 1 at Wild Horse Motorsports Park with Marc Landreville winning the series.[2]
Schedule and results
| Round | Title | Venue | Location | Date | Winner | Car | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pro | Pro2 | ||||||
| 1 | Streets of Long Beach |  Streets of Long Beach |
Long Beach, CA | April 8 – 9 |  Chelsea DeNofa[3] |
BMW E46 | |
| 1 |  Road Atlanta |
Braselton, GA | May 5 – 6 | Jeff Jones[4] |
Nissan S14 | ||
| 2 | Road to the Championship | May 6 – 7 | Vaughn Gittin Jr.[5] |
Ford Mustang | |||
| 2 |  Orlando Speed World |
Orlando, FL | June 3 – 4 | .svg.png){kind=small} Marc Landreville[6] |
Nissan S14 | ||
| 3 | Uncharted Territory | June 3 – 4 |  Fredric Aasbø[7] |
Scion tC | |||
| 4 | The Gauntlet |  Wall Township Speedway |
Wall Township, NJ | June 17 – 18 | Vaughn Gittin Jr.[8] |
Ford Mustang | |
| 5 | True North |  Autodrome Saint-Eustache |
St.Eustache, QC, Canada | July 15 – 16 | Fredric Aasbø[9] |
Scion tC | |
| 6 | Throwdown |  Evergreen Speedway |
Monroe, WA | August 5 – 6 |  Aurimas Bakchis[10] |
Hyundai Genesis | |
| 3 |  Texas Motor Speedway |
Fort Worth, TX | September 8 – 9 | Marc Landreville[11] |
Nissan S14 | ||
| 7 | Showdown | September 9 – 10 | Matt Field[12] |
Nissan S14 | |||
| 4 |  Wild Horse Motorsports Park |
Chandler, AZ | September 31 – October 1 | Marc Landreville[2] |
Nissan S14 | ||
| 8 | Title Fight | Irwindale Speedway |
Irwindale, CA | October 7 – 8 | Matt Field[1] |
Nissan S14 | |
Calendar changes & notes
- The Super Drift Challenge took place on April 15 & 16 at the Streets of Long Beach course, with Matt Field beating Michael Essa in the final round.[13]
Entries
Pro championship
| Tire | Team | Car | No. | Drivers | Round(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Achilles | Drift Ebisu with Achilles | Toyota Mark II | 100 |  Andrew Gray |
2–7 |
| Sogun Motorsports Achilles | Infiniti G37 | 84 |  Charles Ng |
All | |
| Bridges Racing | Dodge Viper | 43 |  Dean Kearney |
All | |
| Logic Aside | Nissan S14 | 53 | Faruk Kugay |
All | |
| JR Motorsports | Nissan S15 | 200 |  Juha Rintanen |
All | |
| Team Fast Kenny | BMW E46 | 22 | Kenneth Moen |
1–3, 6, 8 | |
| HGK Motorsports | BMW E46 | 80 |  Kristaps Bluss |
1–4, 6–8 | |
| Essa Autosport | BMW E46 | 101 | Michael Essa |
All | |
| Infiniti G37 | 31 |  Robbie Nishida |
1, 3–8 | ||
| Falken | Bakchis Motorsports | Hyundai Genesis | 723 | Aurimas Bakchis |
All |
| Cameron Moore Drift | Lexus SC300 | 333 | Cameron Moore |
All | |
| DAI. | Subaru BRZ | 9 | Daijiro Yoshihara |
All | |
| Pawlak Racing | Ford Mustang | 13 | Justin Pawlak |
All | |
| Coffman Racing | Nissan S13 | 959 | Matt Coffman |
All | |
| Driftcave Motorsports | Nissan S14 | 777 | Matt Field |
All | |
| Pat Goodin Racing | Nissan S13 | 46 | Pat Goodin |
All | |
| Drift Paddock | Nissan 350Z | 90 | Pat Mordaunt |
1–4, 6–8 | |
| Tyler McQuarrie Racing | Chevrolet Camaro | 17 | Tyler McQuarrie |
All | |
| GT Radial | BMW E46 | 88 | Chelsea DeNofa |
All | |
| Kyle Mohan Racing | Mazda MX-5 | 99 | Kyle Mohan |
All | |
| Hankook | NOS Energy Drink Drift Team | Nissan 370Z | 64 | Chris Forsberg |
All |
| Get Nuts Lab | Nissan S15 | 808 | Forrest Wang |
All | |
| Chris Forsberg Racing | Nissan 370Z | 15 | Geoff Stoneback |
All | |
| Gumout, Nameless Performance, Hankook, SRby Toyota FRS | Scion FR-S | 411 | Ryan Tuerck |
All | |
| Get Nuts Lab | Nissan S14 | 988 |  Shengjun Zhang |
1 | |
| Nexen | Hohnadell Racing | Nissan S14 | 118 | Alec Hohnadell |
All |
| Papadakis Racing | Scion tC | 1 | Fredric Aasbø |
All | |
| Jeff Jones Racing | Nissan S14 | 818 | Jeff Jones |
1–4, 6–8 | |
| Jhonnattan Castro Racing | Scion FR-S | 717 |  Jhonnattan Castro |
All | |
| GReddy Racing - Nexen Tire - SR by Toyota 86 Team | Toyota 86 | 21 | Ken Gushi |
All | |
| Rockstar Energy Drink Nexen Tire VW Passat | Volkswagen Passat | 34 | Tanner Foust |
2, 6–7 | |
| Nitto | Team RTS | BMW E46 | 949 |  Alex Heilbrunn |
1–4, 6–8 |
| Red Bull, Nitto Tire, Mazda | Mazda MX-5 | 123 |  Mike Whiddett |
All | |
| Mustang RTR Drift Team | Ford Mustang | 25 | Vaughn Gittin |
All |
Pro 2
| Tire | Team | Car | No. | Drivers | Round(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Achilles | Aaron Day Racing | Nissan S14 | 124 | Aaron Day |
1, 3–4 |
| Meeks Drift | Nissan S14 | 316 | Austin Meeks |
All | |
| Stratton Racing | Chevrolet Corvette | 33 | Dirk Stratton |
All | |
| Red Baron Racing | BMW E30 | 418 | Donovan Brockway |
All | |
| D’VANZ Motorsports | Ford Mustang | 19 | Doug Van Den Brink |
1–2, 4 | |
| Ethan Hunter Drift | Nissan S14 | 37 | Ethan Hunter |
1, 3–4 | |
| Drift Chick | Nissan S14 | 42 | Kelsey Rowlings |
1, 3–4 | |
| BMW E36 | 3 |  Luis Lizardi |
1–2, 4 | ||
| Marc Landreville Racing | Nissan S14 | 11 | Marc Landreville |
All | |
| Matt Madrigali Racing | Nissan S13 | 415 | Matt Madrigali |
All | |
| Toyota Mark II | 54 |  Ng Sheng Nian |
All | ||
| Falken | Andrew Lewis Racing | Nissan S13 | 36 | Andrew Lewis |
All |
| JMR Josh McGuire Racing | Nissan S14 | 63 | Josh McGuire |
All | |
| Team Enjuku | Nissan S14 | 352 | Kevin Lawrence |
All | |
| Team Enjuku | Nissan S13 | 144 | Nate Hamilton |
All | |
| Asphalt Anarchy | Nissan S14 | 82 | Taylor Hull |
All | |
| Beechum Racing | Ford Mustang | 999 | Trenton Beechum |
All | |
| GT Radial | Ryan Litteral Racing | Nissan S14 | 909 | Ryan Litteral |
All |
| Hankook | MVK Racing | Nissan S13 | 18 | Matt VanKirk |
3–4 |
| Nexen | RAD Industries | Toyota Supra | 134 | Dan Burkett |
All |
| Jeff Jones Racing | Nissan S14 | 818 | Jeff Jones |
All | |
| Nitto | IAS Performance | Nissan S14 | 142 | Randall Waters |
3–4 |
Results and standings
Pro championship
Standings
Event winners in bold.
| Pos | Driver | LBH | ATL | ORL | WTS | ASE | EVS | TEX | IRW | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chris Forsberg |
32.00 | 68.00 | 68.00 | 84.00 | 83.00 | 84.00 | 84.00 | 36.00 | 539.00 |
| 2 | Fredric Aasbø |
80.00 | 22.00 | 104.00 | 52.00 | 104.00 | 52.00 | 53.00 | 35.00 | 502.00 |
| 3 | Vaughn Gittin Jr. |
48.00 | 107.00 | 39.00 | 104.00 | 67.00 | 39.00 | 39.00 | 19.00 | 462.00 |
| 4 | Aurimas Bakchis |
64.00 | 52.00 | 37.00 | 38.00 | 68.00 | 106.00 | 52.00 | 35.00 | 452.00 |
| 5 | Matt Field |
48.00 | 21.00 | 36.00 | 51.00 | 35.00 | 51.00 | 103.00 | 104.00 | 449.00 |
| 6 | Daijiro Yoshihara |
16.00 | 84.00 | 20.00 | 39.00 | 52.00 | 35.00 | 36.00 | 87.00 | 369.00 |
| 7 | Ken Gushi |
64.00 | 18.00 | 51.00 | 67.00 | 34.00 | 68.00 | 36.00 | 19.00 | 357.00 |
| 8 | Forrest Wang |
48.00 | 35.00 | 19.00 | 34.00 | 55.00 | 35.00 | 51.00 | 53.00 | 330.00 |
| 9 | Ryan Tuerck |
48.00 | 19.00 | 38.00 | 36.00 | 54.00 | 19.00 | 38.00 | 70.00 | 322.00 |
| 10 | Tyler McQuarrie |
32.00 | 51.00 | 67.00 | 19.00 | 0.00 | 53.00 | 36.00 | 52.00 | 310.00 |
| 11 | Alec Hohnadell |
16.00 | 66.00 | 34.00 | 19.00 | 36.00 | 34.00 | 66.00 | 18.00 | 289.00 |
| 12 | Kristaps Blušs |
32.00 | 18.00 | 82.00 | 35.00 | X | 19.00 | 66.00 | 34.00 | 286.00 |
| 13 | Justin Pawlak |
16.00 | 20.00 | 35.00 | 35.00 | 37.00 | 18.00 | 35.00 | 52.00 | 248.00 |
| 14 | Michael Essa |
32.00 | 51.00 | 20.00 | 51.00 | 18.00 | 20.00 | 34.00 | 20.00 | 246.00 |
| 15 | Dean Kearney |
32.00 | 19.00 | 18.00 | 50.00 | 34.00 | 50.00 | 18.00 | 18.00 | 239.00 |
| 16 | Matt Coffman |
16.00 | 18.00 | 18.00 | 18.00 | 51.00 | 68.00 | 19.00 | 19.00 | 227.00 |
| 17 | Chelsea DeNofa |
100.00 | 19.00 | 3.00 | 21.00 | 36.00 | 18.00 | 18.00 | 1.00 | 216.00 |
| 18 |  Geoff Stoneback |
16.00 | 35.00 | 18.00 | 18.00 | 34.00 | 18.00 | 35.00 | 35.00 | 209.00 |
| 19 | Mike Whiddett |
32.00 | 35.00 | 18.00 | 0.00 | 18.00 | 19.00 | 51.00 | 34.00 | 207.00 |
| 20 | Juha Rintanen |
16.00 | 34.00 | 34.00 | 18.00 | 18.00 | 18.00 | 18.00 | 50.00 | 206.00 |
| 21 | Patrick Mordaunt |
16.00 | 34.00 | 51.00 | 18.00 | X | 0.00 | 18.00 | 66.00 | 203.00 |
| 22 | Alex Heilbrunn |
16.00 | 18.00 | 18.00 | 67.00 | X | 18.00 | 18.00 | 35.00 | 190.00 |
| Jhonnattan Castro |
16.00 | 18.00 | 50.00 | 18.00 | 18.00 | 34.00 | 18.00 | 18.00 | 190.00 | |
| 24 |  Faruk Kugay |
16.00 | 34.00 | 18.00 | 34.00 | 18.00 | 18.00 | 18.00 | 18.00 | 174.00 |
| 25 | Charles Ng |
32.00 | 1.00 | 19.00 | 18.00 | 18.00 | 18.00 | 19.00 | 35.00 | 160.00 |
| 26 | Patrick Goodin |
16.00 | 18.00 | 18.00 | 18.00 | 35.00 | 18.00 | 18.00 | 18.00 | 159.00 |
| Kyle Mohan |
16.00 | 18.00 | 34.00 | 18.00 | 19.00 | 18.00 | 18.00 | 18.00 | 159.00 | |
| 28 | Cameron Moore |
16.00 | 18.00 | 18.00 | 18.00 | 34.00 | 18.00 | 18.00 | 18.00 | 158.00 |
| 29 | Kenneth Moen |
16.00 | 34.00 | 51.00 | X | X | 35.00 | X | 18.00 | 154.00 |
| 30 | Robbie Nishida |
16.00 | X | 18.00 | 36.00 | 18.00 | 34.00 | 1.00 | 18.00 | 141.00 |
| 31 | Jeff Jones |
32.00 | 35.00 | 18.00 | 18.00 | X | 18.00 | 19.00 | 1.00 | 140.00 |
| 32 | Tanner Foust |
X | 52.00 | X | X | X | 51.00 | 18.00 | X | 121.00 |
| 33 | Andrew Gray |
X | 18.00 | 18.00 | 18.00 | 19.00 | 18.00 | 18.00 | X | 109.00 |
| 34 | Shengjun Zhang |
16.00 | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 16.00 |
| Pos | Driver | LBH | ATL | ORL | WTS | ASE | EVS | TEX | IRW | Points |
Notes:
- X — Did not attend event
Manufacturer Cup
| Pos | Manufacturer | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scion |
933.00 |
| 2 | Nissan |
748.00 |
| 3 | Ford |
710.00 |
| 4 |  BMW |
461.00 |
| 5 | Mazda |
366.00 |
| 6 | Chevrolet |
310.00 |
| 7 | Infiniti |
262.00 |
| 8 | Dodge |
239.00 |
| 9 | Lexus |
158.00 |
Tire Cup
| Pos | Brand | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Falken |
1096.00 |
| 2 | Nexen |
969.00 |
| 3 | Hankook |
940.00 |
| 4 | Nitto |
752.00 |
| 5 |  Achilles |
706.00 |
| 6 | GT Radial |
374.00 |
Pro 2
Standings
| Pos | Driver | ATL | ORL | TEX | PHX | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marc Landreville |
86.00 | 106.00 | 104.00 | 106.00 | 402.00 |
| 2 | Jeff Jones |
104.00 | 83.00 | 43.00 | 42.00 | 272.00 |
| 3 | Andrew Lewis |
43.00 | 62.00 | 65.00 | 22.00 | 192.00 |
| 4 | Dirk Stratton |
22.00 | 43.00 | 63.00 | 63.00 | 191.00 |
| 5 | Dan Burkett |
63.00 | 42.00 | 1.00 | 62.00 | 168.00 |
| 6 | Ryan Litteral |
65.00 | 23.00 | 23.00 | 43.00 | 154.00 |
| 7 | Nate Hamilton |
1.00 | 23.00 | 26.00 | 84.00 | 134.00 |
| 8 | Matt Madrigali |
22.00 | 62.00 | 22.00 | 25.00 | 131.00 |
| Taylor Hull |
42.00 | 23.00 | 43.00 | 23.00 | 131.00 | |
| 10 | Trenton Beechum |
23.00 | 22.00 | 83.00 | 0.00 | 128.00 |
| 11 | Kevin Lawrence |
22.00 | 45.00 | 22.00 | 22.00 | 111.00 |
| 12 | Austin Meeks |
22.00 | 44.00 | 42.00 | 0.00 | 108.00 |
| 13 | Josh McGuire |
23.00 | 22.00 | 22.00 | 22.00 | 89.00 |
| 14 | Randall Waters |
X | X | 42.00 | 43.00 | 85.00 |
| 15 | Donovan Brockway |
1.00 | 22.00 | 22.00 | 22.00 | 67.00 |
| 16 | Ng Sheng Nian |
22.00 | 22.00 | 22.00 | 0.00 | 66.00 |
| 17 | Aaron Day |
22.00 | X | 1.00 | 22.00 | 45.00 |
| 18 | Ethan Hunter |
42.00 | X | 1.00 | 0.00 | 43.00 |
| Doug Van Den Brink |
43.00 | 0.00 | X | 0.00 | 43.00 | |
| 20 | Matt VanKirk |
X | X | 0.00 | 23.00 | 23.00 |
| Kelsey Rowlings |
1.00 | X | 22.00 | 0.00 | 23.00 | |
| Luis Lizardi |
1.00 | 22.00 | X | 0.00 | 23.00 | |
| Pos | Driver | ATL | ORL | TEX | PHX | Points |
Notes:
- X — Did not attend event
References
- 1 2 "The O'Reilly Auto Parts "Title Fight" Sponsored By Gumout At The Formula DRIFT Championship Presented By BlackVue Dash Cameras Round 8 Results". formulad.com. October 9, 2016. Retrieved October 10, 2016.
- 1 2 "Formula DRIFT Pro2 Round 4 at Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park and Pro2 Championship Results". formulad.com. October 2, 2016. Retrieved October 10, 2016.
- ↑ "Formula DRIFT 2016 Round 1: Streets of Long Beach Results". formulad.com. April 10, 2016. Retrieved April 11, 2016.
- ↑ "Formula DRIFT Round 1 of the Pro 2 Championship Results". formulad.com. May 6, 2016. Retrieved May 9, 2016.
- ↑ "Formula DRIFT Round 2: Advance Auto Parts Road to the Championship Results". formulad.com. May 7, 2016. Retrieved May 9, 2016.
- ↑ "Formula DRIFT Pro 2 Round 2 Championship Results at Orlando Speed World". formulad.com. June 3, 2016. Retrieved June 6, 2016.
- ↑ "Formula DRIFT Round 3: Uncharted Territory Results". formulad.com. June 4, 2016. Retrieved June 6, 2016.
- ↑ "Formula DRIFT Round 4: The Gauntlet Results". formulad.com. June 18, 2016. Retrieved June 20, 2016.
- ↑ "Formula DRIFT Round 5: True North Results". formulad.com. July 16, 2016. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
- ↑ "Formula DRIFT Round 6: Throwdown Results". formulad.com. August 6, 2016. Retrieved August 10, 2016.
- ↑ "Formula DRIFT Pro 2 Round 3 Championship Results at Texas Motor Speedway". formulad.com. September 9, 2016. Retrieved September 19, 2016.
- ↑ "Formula DRIFT Round 7: Showdown Results". formulad.com. September 11, 2016. Retrieved September 19, 2016.
- ↑ "Motegi Racing Super Drift Challenge Results". formulad.com. April 17, 2016. Retrieved June 25, 2016.
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