2014 Formula D season

The 2014 Formula D season, officially titled the Formula Drift Pro Championship, was the eleventh season of the Formula D series. The season began on April 4 at Long Beach and ended on October 11 at Irwindale Speedway.[1]

2009 champion Chris Forsberg was able to clinch his second Formula D title, finishing 11.5 points clear of his nearest rival, Fredric Aasbø. Forsberg, the event winner at Long Beach, went into the final round with a 26-point advantage but Aasbø – a winner at Wall Township Speedway and Texas Motor Speedway – closed slightly in the standings. Third place in the championship was another two-time event winner, Vaughn Gittin, who was the winner at Road Atlanta and Homestead-Miami Speedway. Other victories were taken by Darren McNamara at Evergreen Speedway while Daigo Saito was victorious at Irwindale Speedway. Scion were the winners of the Manufacturers' Cup, finishing 122 points clear of Nissan, while in the Tire Cup, Hankook finished clear of Nitto by a tally of 283.5 points.

Schedule

Rnd Title Venue Location Date Winner Car
1 Streets of Long Beach Streets of Long Beach Long Beach, CA April 4 – 5 United States Chris Forsberg[2] Nissan 370Z
2 Road to the Championship Road Atlanta Braselton, GA May 9 – 10 United States Vaughn Gittin[3] Ford Mustang
3 Miami Heat Homestead-Miami Speedway Homestead, FL May 30 – 31 United States Vaughn Gittin[4] Ford Mustang
4 The Gauntlet Wall Township Speedway Wall Township, NJ June 20 – 21 Norway Fredric Aasbø[5] Scion tC
5 Throwdown Evergreen Speedway Monroe, WA July 18 – 19 Republic of Ireland Darren McNamara Nissan S14
6 Showdown Texas Motor Speedway Fort Worth, TX September 12 – 13 Norway Fredric Aasbø Scion tC
7 Title Fight Irwindale Speedway Irwindale, CA October 10 – 11 Japan Daigo Saito Lexus SC430

Calendar changes

Results and standings

Championship standings

Event winners in bold.

Pos Driver LBH ATL HMS WTS EVS TEX IRW Points
1 United States Chris Forsberg 104.50 68.50 90.00 90.00 68.50 71.50 68.50 561.50
2 Norway Fredric Aasbø 52.50 84.50 52.50 104.50 68.50 104.50 83.00 550.00
3 United States Vaughn Gittin 39.50 106.00 107.50 35.00 20.50 51.00 33.50 393.00
4 Lithuania Aurimas Bakchis 51.00 51.00 19.00 68.50 54.00 84.50 36.50 364.50
5 United States Forrest Wang 51.00 42.00 36.50 35.00 19.00 74.00 74.00 331.50
6 Norway Kenneth Moen 84.50 51.00 70.00 36.50 33.50 17.50 17.50 310.50
7 Republic of Ireland Darren McNamara 51.00 33.50 17.50 51.00 110.00 17.50 17.50 298.00
8 Republic of Ireland Dean Kearney 17.50 33.50 33.50 49.50 81.50 36.50 35.00 287.00
9 United States Justin Pawlak 68.50 35.00 36.50 33.50 52.50 33.50 17.50 277.00
10 United States Conrad Grunewald 35.00 35.00 20.50 51.00 35.00 35.00 51.00 262.50
11 Japan Robbie Nishida 17.50 65.50 49.50 19.00 39.50 17.50 52.50 261.00
12 United States Ryan Tuerck 35.00 20.50 35.00 35.00 36.50 51.00 22.00 235.00
13 Japan Ken Gushi 17.50 52.50 19.00 17.50 49.50 36.50 35.00 227.50
14 Japan Daigo Saito 17.50 51.00 0.00 17.50 0.00 36.50 101.50 224.00
15 United States Matt Field 0.00 17.50 67.00 35.00 33.50 17.50 51.00 221.50
16 United States Michael Essa 74.00 17.50 17.50 19.00 33.50 19.00 35.00 218.50
17 United States Tyler McQuarrie 38.00 23.50 52.50 20.50 19.00 35.00 20.50 209.00
18 Japan Daijiro Yoshihara 17.50 17.50 0.00 52.50 35.00 19.00 55.50 197.00
19 United States Patrick Goodin 35.00 17.50 17.50 17.50 19.00 51.00 19.00 176.50
United States Kyle Mohan 35.00 19.00 17.50 19.00 33.50 17.50 35.00 176.50
21 United States Chelsea DeNofa 20.50 36.50 35.00 23.50 19.00 38.00 0.00 172.50
22 Hong Kong Charles Ng 0.00 33.50 19.00 65.50 19.00 17.50 0.00 154.50
23 Dominican Republic Jhonnattan Castro 17.50 19.00 35.00 17.50 19.00 35.00 0.00 143.00
24 South Korea Geoff Stoneback 17.50 17.50 49.50 0.00 17.50 17.50 17.50 137.00
25 South Korea Joon Woo-Maeng 0.00 0.00 0.00 17.50 49.50 49.50 17.50 134.00
26 Canada Marc Landreville 17.50 17.50 0.00 33.50 0.00 17.50 17.50 103.50
27 Canada Mats Baribeau 33.50 0.00 17.50 17.50 0.00 0.00 33.50 102.00
28 United States Ryan Kado X 17.50 0.00 17.50 17.50 17.50 17.50 87.50
29 Canada Dave Briggs 17.50 0.00 33.50 17.50 0.00 0.00 17.50 86.00
United States Patrick Mordaunt 19.00 33.50 0.00 33.50 0.00 0.00 0.00 86.00
31 United States Alec Hohnadell 17.50 17.50 19.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 17.50 71.50
32 United States Tony Angelo 17.50 0.00 17.50 17.50 17.50 0.00 X 70.00
United States Matt Coffman 0.00 0.00 17.50 0.00 17.50 17.50 17.50 35.00
United States Jeff Jones 17.50 17.50 17.50 0.00 0.00 0.00 17.50 70.00
35 Japan Taka Aono 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 17.50 17.50 33.50 68.50
Greece Dennis Mertzanis 33.50 0.00 17.50 17.50 0.00 0.00 0.00 68.50
Sweden Carl Rydquist 17.50 0.00 33.50 0.00 17.50 0.00 0.00 68.50
38 United States Dan Savage X 17.50 17.50 0.00 0.00 0.00 20.50 55.50
39 United States Karl Osaki 0.00 0.00 0.00 17.50 17.50 17.50 0.00 52.50
40 United States Danny George 0.00 17.50 17.50 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 35.00
United States Nate Hamilton 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 17.50 0.00 17.50 35.00
42 Japan Kuniaki Takahashi 0.00 19.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 X 19.00
43 United States Will Parsons 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 17.50 0.00 17.50
United States Mike Pollard X X X X 17.50 0.00 0.00 17.50
United States Jeremy Richter 17.50 X X X X X X 17.50
Finland Juha Rintanen X X X 0.00 0.00 17.50 0.00 17.50
Pos Driver LBH ATL HMS WTS EVS TEX IRW Points

Manufacturer Cup

Pos Manufacturer Points
1 Japan Scion 843.00
2 Japan Nissan 721.00
3 United States Ford 670.00
4 Japan Lexus 485.00
5 United States Chevrolet 471.50
6 Germany BMW 391.00
7 United States Dodge 287.00
8 Japan Mazda 176.50
9 Japan Toyota 170.50
10 South Korea Hyundai 19.00
11 Japan Honda 0.00
Japan Infiniti 0.00
Japan Subaru 0.00

Tire Cup

Pos Brand Points
1 South Korea Hankook 1119.50
2 Japan Nitto 836.00
3 Indonesia Achilles 801.00
4 Japan Falken 681.50
5 Chinese Taipei Maxxis 386.50
6 Japan Yokohama 307.50
7 Singapore GT Radial 176.50
8 Chinese Taipei Kenda 172.00

References

  1. "Pro Championship". formulad.com. Retrieved May 28, 2014.
  2. "2014 Round 1: Streets Of Long Beach". formulad.com. April 5, 2014. Archived from the original on May 29, 2014. Retrieved May 28, 2014.
  3. "2014 Round 2: Road Atlanta". formulad.com. May 10, 2014. Archived from the original on May 29, 2014. Retrieved May 28, 2014.
  4. "2014 Round 3: Miami Heat". formulad.com. June 2, 2014. Archived from the original on June 3, 2014. Retrieved June 2, 2014.
  5. "2014 Round 4: The Gauntlet". formulad.com. June 21, 2014. Archived from the original on June 26, 2014. Retrieved July 5, 2014.
  6. "Homestead". formulad.com. Retrieved June 4, 2014.
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