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
[edit] 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[5] | Ford Mustang |
| 2 | | Orlando Speed World | Orlando, FL | June 3 – 4 | 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[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
[edit] Tire | Team | Car | | Drivers | Round(s) |
Achilles | Drift Ebisu with Achilles | Toyota Mark II[broken anchor] | 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 Tires, 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 |
Results and standings
[edit] 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 | 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:
Notes:
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- ^ "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.