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

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Round Title Venue Location Date Winner Car
Pro Pro2
1 Streets of Long Beach Streets of Long Beach Long Beach, CA April 8 – 9 United States Chelsea Denofa[3] BMW E46
1 Road Atlanta Braselton, GA May 5 – 6 United States Jeff Jones[4] Nissan S14
2 Road to the Championship May 6 – 7 United States Vaughn Gittin[5] Ford Mustang
2 Orlando Speed World Orlando, FL June 3 – 4 Canada Marc Landreville[6] Nissan S14
3 Uncharted Territory June 3 – 4 Norway Fredric Aasbø[7] Scion tC
4 The Gauntlet Wall Township Speedway Wall Township, NJ June 17 – 18 United States Vaughn Gittin[8] Ford Mustang
5 True North Autodrome Saint-Eustache St.Eustache, QC, Canada July 15 – 16 Norway Fredric Aasbø[9] Scion tC
6 Throwdown Evergreen Speedway Monroe, WA August 5 – 6 Lithuania Aurimas Bakchis[10] Hyundai Genesis
3 Texas Motor Speedway Fort Worth, TX September 8 – 9 Canada Marc Landreville[11] Nissan S14
7 Showdown September 9 – 10 United States Matt Field[12] Nissan S14
4 Wild Horse Motorsports Park Chandler, AZ September 31 – October 1 Canada Marc Landreville[2] Nissan S14
8 Title Fight Irwindale Speedway Irwindale, CA October 7 – 8 United States Matt Field[1] Nissan S14

Calendar changes & notes

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Entries

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Pro championship

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Tire Team Car No. Drivers Round(s)
Achilles Drift Ebisu with Achilles Toyota Mark II[broken anchor] 100 Scotland Andrew Gray 2–7
Sogun Motorsports Achilles Infiniti G37 84 Hong Kong Charles Ng All
Bridges Racing Dodge Viper 43 Republic of Ireland Dean Kearney All
Logic Aside Nissan S14 53 United States Faruk Kugay All
JR Motorsports Nissan S15 200 Finland Juha Rintanen All
Team Fast Kenny BMW E46 22 Norway Kenneth Moen 1–3, 6, 8
HGK Motorsports BMW E46 80 Latvia Kristaps Bluss 1–4, 6–8
Essa Autosport BMW E46 101 United States Michael Essa All
Infiniti G37 31 Japan Robbie Nishida 1, 3–8
Falken Bakchis Motorsports Hyundai Genesis 723 Lithuania Aurimas Bakchis All
Cameron Moore Drift Lexus SC300 333 United States Cameron Moore All
DAI. Subaru BRZ 9 Japan Daijiro Yoshihara All
Pawlak Racing Ford Mustang 13 United States Justin Pawlak All
Coffman Racing Nissan S13 959 United States Matt Coffman All
Driftcave Motorsports Nissan S14 777 United States Matt Field All
Pat Goodin Racing Nissan S13 46 United States Pat Goodin All
Drift Paddock Nissan 350Z 90 United States Pat Mordaunt 1–4, 6–8
Tyler McQuarrie Racing Chevrolet Camaro 17 United States Tyler McQuarrie All
GT Radial BMW E46 88 United States Chelsea DeNofa All
Kyle Mohan Racing Mazda MX-5 99 United States Kyle Mohan All
Hankook NOS Energy Drink Drift Team Nissan 370Z 64 United States Chris Forsberg All
Get Nuts Lab Nissan S15 808 United States Forrest Wang All
Chris Forsberg Racing Nissan 370Z 15 United States Geoff Stoneback All
Gumout, Nameless Performance, Hankook Tires, SRby Toyota FRS Scion FR-S 411 United States Ryan Tuerck All
Get Nuts Lab Nissan S14 988 Taiwan Shengjun Zhang 1
Nexen Hohnadell Racing Nissan S14 118 United States Alec Hohnadell All
Papadakis Racing Scion tC 1 Norway Fredric Aasbø All
Jeff Jones Racing Nissan S14 818 United States Jeff Jones 1–4, 6–8
Jhonnattan Castro Racing Scion FR-S 717 Dominican Republic Jhonnattan Castro All
GReddy Racing - Nexen Tire - SR by Toyota 86 Team Toyota 86 21 Japan Ken Gushi All
Rockstar Energy Drink Nexen Tire VW Passat Volkswagen Passat 34 United States Tanner Foust 2, 6–7
Nitto Team RTS BMW E46 949 Peru Alex Heilbrunn 1–4, 6–8
Red Bull, Nitto Tire, Mazda Mazda MX-5 123 New Zealand Mike Whiddett All
Mustang RTR Drift Team Ford Mustang 25 United States Vaughn Gittin All

Pro 2

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Tire Team Car No. Drivers Round(s)
Achilles Aaron Day Racing Nissan S14 124 Canada Aaron Day 1, 3–4
Meeks Drift Nissan S14 316 United States Austin Meeks All
Stratton Racing Chevrolet Corvette 33 United States Dirk Stratton All
Red Baron Racing BMW E30 418 United States Donovan Brockway All
D’VANZ Motorsports Ford Mustang 19 United States Doug Van Den Brink 1–2, 4
Ethan Hunter Drift Nissan S14 37 United States Ethan Hunter 1, 3–4
Drift Chick Nissan S14 42 United States Kelsey Rowlings 1, 3–4
BMW E36 3 Puerto Rico Luis Lizardi 1–2, 4
Marc Landreville Racing Nissan S14 11 Canada Marc Landreville All
Matt Madrigali Racing Nissan S13 415 Canada Matt Madrigali All
Toyota Mark II[broken anchor] 54 Singapore Ng Sheng Nian All
Falken Andrew Lewis Racing Nissan S13 36 United States Andrew Lewis All
JMR Josh McGuire Racing Nissan S14 63 United States Josh McGuire All
Team Enjuku Nissan S14 352 United States Kevin Lawrence All
Team Enjuku Nissan S13 144 United States Nate Hamilton All
Asphalt Anarchy Nissan S14 82 United States Taylor Hull All
Beechum Racing Ford Mustang 999 United States Trenton Beechum All
GT Radial Ryan Litteral Racing Nissan S14 909 United States Ryan Litteral All
Hankook MVK Racing Nissan S13 18 United States Matt VanKirk 3–4
Nexen RAD Industries Toyota Supra 134 United States Dan Burkett All
Jeff Jones Racing Nissan S14 818 United States Jeff Jones All
Nitto IAS Performance Nissan S14 142 United States Randall Waters 3–4

Results and standings

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Pro championship

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Standings

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Event winners in bold.

Pos Driver LBH ATL ORL WTS ASE EVS TEX IRW Points
1 United States Chris Forsberg 32.00 68.00 68.00 84.00 83.00 84.00 84.00 36.00 539.00
2 Norway Fredric Aasbø 80.00 22.00 104.00 52.00 104.00 52.00 53.00 35.00 502.00
3 United States Vaughn Gittin 48.00 107.00 39.00 104.00 67.00 39.00 39.00 19.00 462.00
4 Lithuania Aurimas Bakchis 64.00 52.00 37.00 38.00 68.00 106.00 52.00 35.00 452.00
5 United States Matt Field 48.00 21.00 36.00 51.00 35.00 51.00 103.00 104.00 449.00
6 Japan Daijiro Yoshihara 16.00 84.00 20.00 39.00 52.00 35.00 36.00 87.00 369.00
7 Japan Ken Gushi 64.00 18.00 51.00 67.00 34.00 68.00 36.00 19.00 357.00
8 United States Forrest Wang 48.00 35.00 19.00 34.00 55.00 35.00 51.00 53.00 330.00
9 United States Ryan Tuerck 48.00 19.00 38.00 36.00 54.00 19.00 38.00 70.00 322.00
10 United States Tyler McQuarrie 32.00 51.00 67.00 19.00 0.00 53.00 36.00 52.00 310.00
11 United States Alec Hohnadell 16.00 66.00 34.00 19.00 36.00 34.00 66.00 18.00 289.00
12 Latvia Kristaps Blušs 32.00 18.00 82.00 35.00 X 19.00 66.00 34.00 286.00
13 United States Justin Pawlak 16.00 20.00 35.00 35.00 37.00 18.00 35.00 52.00 248.00
14 United States Michael Essa 32.00 51.00 20.00 51.00 18.00 20.00 34.00 20.00 246.00
15 Republic of Ireland Dean Kearney 32.00 19.00 18.00 50.00 34.00 50.00 18.00 18.00 239.00
16 United States Matt Coffman 16.00 18.00 18.00 18.00 51.00 68.00 19.00 19.00 227.00
17 United States Chelsea DeNofa 100.00 19.00 3.00 21.00 36.00 18.00 18.00 1.00 216.00
18 South Korea Geoff Stoneback 16.00 35.00 18.00 18.00 34.00 18.00 35.00 35.00 209.00
19 New Zealand Mike Whiddett 32.00 35.00 18.00 0.00 18.00 19.00 51.00 34.00 207.00
20 Finland Juha Rintanen 16.00 34.00 34.00 18.00 18.00 18.00 18.00 50.00 206.00
21 United States Patrick Mordaunt 16.00 34.00 51.00 18.00 X 0.00 18.00 66.00 203.00
22 Peru Alex Heilbrunn 16.00 18.00 18.00 67.00 X 18.00 18.00 35.00 190.00
Dominican Republic Jhonnattan Castro 16.00 18.00 50.00 18.00 18.00 34.00 18.00 18.00 190.00
24 Poland Faruk Kugay 16.00 34.00 18.00 34.00 18.00 18.00 18.00 18.00 174.00
25 Hong Kong Charles Ng 32.00 1.00 19.00 18.00 18.00 18.00 19.00 35.00 160.00
26 United States Patrick Goodin 16.00 18.00 18.00 18.00 35.00 18.00 18.00 18.00 159.00
United States Kyle Mohan 16.00 18.00 34.00 18.00 19.00 18.00 18.00 18.00 159.00
28 United States Cameron Moore 16.00 18.00 18.00 18.00 34.00 18.00 18.00 18.00 158.00
29 Norway Kenneth Moen 16.00 34.00 51.00 X X 35.00 X 18.00 154.00
30 Japan Robbie Nishida 16.00 X 18.00 36.00 18.00 34.00 1.00 18.00 141.00
31 United States Jeff Jones 32.00 35.00 18.00 18.00 X 18.00 19.00 1.00 140.00
32 United States Tanner Foust X 52.00 X X X 51.00 18.00 X 121.00
33 Scotland Andrew Gray X 18.00 18.00 18.00 19.00 18.00 18.00 X 109.00
34 Taiwan 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

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Pos Manufacturer Points
1 Japan Scion 933.00
2 Japan Nissan 748.00
3 United States Ford 710.00
4 Germany BMW 461.00
5 Japan Mazda 366.00
6 United States Chevrolet 310.00
7 Japan Infiniti 262.00
8 United States Dodge 239.00
9 Japan Lexus 158.00

Tire Cup

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Pos Brand Points
1 Japan Falken 1096.00
2 South Korea Nexen 969.00
3 South Korea Hankook 940.00
4 Japan Nitto 752.00
5 Indonesia Achilles 706.00
6 Singapore GT Radial 374.00

Pro 2

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Standings

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Pos Driver ATL ORL TEX PHX Points
1 Canada Marc Landreville 86.00 106.00 104.00 106.00 402.00
2 United States Jeff Jones 104.00 83.00 43.00 42.00 272.00
3 United States Andrew Lewis 43.00 62.00 65.00 22.00 192.00
4 United States Dirk Stratton 22.00 43.00 63.00 63.00 191.00
5 United States Dan Burkett 63.00 42.00 1.00 62.00 168.00
6 United States Ryan Litteral 65.00 23.00 23.00 43.00 154.00
7 United States Nate Hamilton 1.00 23.00 26.00 84.00 134.00
8 Canada Matt Madrigali 22.00 62.00 22.00 25.00 131.00
United States Taylor Hull 42.00 23.00 43.00 23.00 131.00
10 United States Trenton Beechum 23.00 22.00 83.00 0.00 128.00
11 United States Kevin Lawrence 22.00 45.00 22.00 22.00 111.00
12 United States Austin Meeks 22.00 44.00 42.00 0.00 108.00
13 United States Josh McGuire 23.00 22.00 22.00 22.00 89.00
14 United States Randall Waters X X 42.00 43.00 85.00
15 United States Donovan Brockway 1.00 22.00 22.00 22.00 67.00
16 Singapore Ng Sheng Nian 22.00 22.00 22.00 0.00 66.00
17 Canada Aaron Day 22.00 X 1.00 22.00 45.00
18 United States Ethan Hunter 42.00 X 1.00 0.00 43.00
United States Doug Van Den Brink 43.00 0.00 X 0.00 43.00
20 United States Matt VanKirk X X 0.00 23.00 23.00
United States Kelsey Rowlings 1.00 X 22.00 0.00 23.00
Puerto Rico 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

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