2020 Formula D season

The 2020 Formula D season (officially titled Formula Drift Pro Championship) was the seventeenth season of the Formula D series. The season began on September 5 at World Wide Technology Raceway and concluded on November 22 at Toyota Speedway at Irwindale after eight events.

Entries

2012 Formula D season champion Daigo Saito planned to return to the series after a four-year absence, but this never materialised.[1]

Team No. Car Tires Driver Round(s)
Alec Robbins Racing 35 Nissan 350Z Achilles Tires United States Alec Robbins[2]  R  1–4, 7–8
Arclight Racing 43 Dodge Viper ZB II Achilles Tires Republic of Ireland Dean Kearney[3] All
357 Chevrolet Corvette C7 Z06 Achilles Tires Brazil João Barion[4] 1–4
Asphalt Anarchy 82 Cadillac ATS-V Achilles Tires United States Taylor Hull[5] All
Bakchis Motorsports 723 Nissan Silvia S15 Falken Lithuania Aurimas Bakchis[6] All
BUY NOW JAPAN 530 Nissan Silvia S15 Nexen Japan Wataru Masuyama[7]  R  All
Drift Cave Motorsports 777 Chevrolet Corvette C6 Falken United States Matt Field[8] All
Drift Force 91 BMW F22 Achilles Tires Switzerland Yves Meyer[9]  R  1–4
Essa Autosport 101 BMW M3 E46 Achilles Tires United States Michael Essa[10] All
Garagistic drift team 171 BMW M3 E36 Achilles Tires United States Rome Charpentier[11]  R  All
Huddy Racing 129 BMW M3 E46 Achilles Tires United States Dylan Hughes[12] All
Jeff Jones Racing 818 Nissan 370Z Nexen
GT Radial[lower-alpha 1]		 United States Jeff Jones[13] All
Jhonnattan Castro 17 Toyota GT86 Nexen Dominican Republic Jhonnattan Castro[14] All
KGMS Toyota Racing 21 Toyota GR Supra Achilles Tires Japan Ken Gushi[15] All
KORUWORKS 909 Nissan 350Z GT Radial United States Ryan Litteral[16] All
Kyle Mohan Racing 99 Mazda RX-8 Nexen United States Kyle Mohan[17] 5–8
LZMFG / Enjuku Racing 5 Nissan Silvia S15 Achilles Tires United States Adam LZ[18]  R  All
NOS Energy Drink Drift Team 64 Nissan 370Z
Nissan Silvia S14[lower-alpha 2]		 Nexen United States Chris Forsberg[19] All
Papadakis Racing 151 Toyota GR Supra Nitto Norway Fredric Aasbø[20] All
411 Toyota Corolla (E210) Nitto United States Ryan Tuerck[21] All
Pawlak Racing 13 Ford Mustang Falken United States Justin Pawlak[22] All
RAD Industries 34 Toyota Supra A80 Nexen United States Dan Burkett[23] All
RTR Motorsports 25 Ford Mustang RTR Spec 5-D Nitto United States Vaughn Gittin, Jr.[24] All
88 Ford Mustang RTR Nitto United States Chelsea DeNofa[25] All
Shelby American Drift Team 7 Shelby Super Snake Nexen United States Tyler Nelson[26]  R  1–6
23 Shelby Super Snake
Nissan 240SX[lower-alpha 3]		 Nexen United States Jonathan Nerren[27]  R  All
Team DAI. 9 Subaru BRZ Falken Japan Daijiro Yoshihara[28] All
Team Faruk 53 Nissan Silvia S14 Nexen TurkeyPoland Faruk Kugay[29] All
Team UPGARAGE with GTRadial 123 Nissan Silvia S15 GT Radial Japan Kazuya Taguchi[30] All
Travis Reeder Motorsports 77 Nissan 240SX GT Radial United States Travis Reeder[31] All
R Eligible for Rookie of the Year

Schedule

An initial schedule featuring eight championship rounds was released in November 2019, but this was revised in April 2020 to a different schedule still featuring eight rounds. A final calendar was announced in June 2020 featuring four double-header rounds.

Round Title Circuit Location Date Winner Car
1 Crossroads World Wide Technology Raceway Madison, Illinois September 5 Norway Fredric Aasbø Toyota GR Supra
2 September 6[lower-alpha 4] United States Chelsea DeNofa Ford Mustang RTR
3 Throwdown Evergreen Speedway Monroe, Washington September 26 United States Vaughn Gittin, Jr. Ford Mustang RTR Spec 5-D
4 September 27[lower-alpha 5] United States Vaughn Gittin, Jr. Ford Mustang RTR Spec 5-D
5 Showdown Texas Motor Speedway Fort Worth, Texas October 31 United States Ryan Tuerck Toyota Corolla (E210)
6 November 1[lower-alpha 6] United States Chris Forsberg Nissan 370Z
7 TYPE S Title Fight Weekend Irwindale Speedway Irwindale, California November 20 Norway Fredric Aasbø Toyota GR Supra
8 November 22[lower-alpha 7] Lithuania Aurimas Bakchis Nissan Silvia S15
Sources:[32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39]

The following rounds were included on the original calendar, but were cancelled in response to the COVID-19 pandemic:

Title Circuit Location Date
Streets of Long Beach Streets of Long Beach Long Beach, California April 11
Orlando Speed World Orlando, Florida May 30
Road Atlanta Braselton, Georgia July 4[lower-alpha 8]
Old Bridge Township Raceway Park Englishtown, New Jersey July 25[lower-alpha 9]
Sonoma Raceway Sonoma, California September 13
Sources:[40][41][32]

Championship standings

Scoring system

Formula Drift featured double-header weekends throughout 2020 in order to maintain an eight-event schedule. This compressed the schedule of each event, so traditional qualifying was scrapped and replaced by a seeding process based on, but not limited to, championship standings, similar to the 2020 NASCAR Cup Series.

For this reason, points were only awarded for the main event, which features a maximum of 32 competitors. The competitors proceed through a series of competition heats, with those eliminated in the first round (Top 32) receiving 16 points and classifying 17th through 32nd, the second round (Sweet 16) receiving 32 points and classifying 9th through 16th, and the third round (Great 8) receiving 48 points and classifying 5th through 8th. The two drivers eliminated from the fourth round (Final Four) engage in a battle for the final step on the podium, with the fourth-placed driver receiving 64 points and the third-placed driver 76 points and a trophy. In the Final, the runner-up receives 88 points and the winner 100 points.

Final classification within each round was determined by highest seeding position; for example, of the four drivers eliminated in the Great 8, the driver seeded highest going into the event is awarded 5th position.[42]

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th–8th   9th–16th   17th–32nd 
Points 100 88 76 64 48 32 16

Pro Championship standings
Pos Driver WWT1 WWT2 EVS1 EVS2 TEX1 TEX2 IRW1 IRW2 Pts
1 United States Vaughn Gittin, Jr. 10 13 1 1 3 2 4 6 540
2 United States Chelsea DeNofa 12 1 13 4 9 3 3 2 500
3 United States Ryan Tuerck 2 3 11 3 1 6 10 9 484
4 Norway Fredric Aasbø 1 12 2 18 7 5 1 17 448
5 United States Chris Forsberg 4 11 9 5 2 1 9 10 428
6 Lithuania Aurimas Bakchis 3 2 12 10 11 13 18 1 408
7 United States Justin Pawlak 6 6 6 2 17[lower-alpha 10] 16 19 3 372
8 United States Michael Essa 13 7 3 17 15 15 2 14 356
9 United States Jeff Jones 14 15 17[lower-alpha 11] 7 4 10 12 4 320
10 United States Taylor Hull 15 17 8 6 5 9 7 5 320
11 Japan Kazuya Taguchi 5 10 5 13 13 7 6 12 320
12 United States Adam LZ  RY  25 25 14 9 6 4 5 13 288
13 Japan Daijiro Yoshihara 11 14 4 14 14 8 11 18 288
14 United States Matt Field 9 4 7 12 12 14 14 20 288
15 United States Dylan Hughes 7 5 10 11 18 18 20 15 240
16 United States Jonathan Nerren  R  29 29 30 29 8 11 17 7 208
17 Republic of Ireland Dean Kearney 19 19 22 8 10 12 13 19 208
18 Japan Ken Gushi 17 8 19 20 21 21 22 8 192
19 United States Travis Reeder 18 16 20 21 22 22 8 11 192
20 United States Dan Burkett 8 9 18 19 20 20 16 22 192
21 Dominican Republic Jhonnattan Castro 20 20 23 22 16 17 15 21 160
22 Japan Wataru Masuyama  R  26 26 15 15 19 19 21 23 160
23 United States Ryan Litteral 21 21 24 23 23 23 23 16 144
24 United States Rome Charpentier  R  23 23 26 25 24 24 24 24 128
25 TurkeyPoland Faruk Kugay 24 24 27 26 25 25 25 25 128
26 United States Alec Robbins  R  16 18 21 16 27 27 128
27 United States Tyler Nelson  R  28 28 29 28 26 26 96
28 United States Kyle Mohan 27 27 26 26 64
29 Brazil João Barion 22 22 25 24 64
30 Switzerland Yves Meyer  R  27 27 28 27 64
Sources:[43][44][45][46][47][48][49][50][51][52][53][54][55][56][57][58]
In-line notation
Bold Top seed
 RY  Rookie of the Year
 R  Rookie

Auto Cup standings

Auto Cup points are awarded each round to the two drivers with the highest classified finish for each manufacturer. To be eligible, both the chassis and engine must have been constructed by that manufacturer. For example, the Shelby Super Snakes entered by Tyler Nelson and Jonathan Nerren were not eligible for Ford points because their engines had been developed by Shelby American, the Nissan Silvia S15 entered by Aurimas Bakchis was not eligible because it featured a custom-built V8 engine,[59] and the Nissan Silvia S14 entered by Chris Forsberg in the final round was not eligible for the same reason.

Pos Manufacturer WWT1 WWT2 EVS1 EVS2 TEX1 TEX2 IRW1 IRW2 Pts
1 United States Ford 6 1 1 1 3 2 3 2 1140
10 6 6 2 9 3 4 3
2 Japan Toyota 1 3 2 3 1 5 1 8 980
2 8 11 18 7 6 10 9
3 Japan Nissan 4 10 5 5 2 1 6 12 716
5 11 9 13 13 7 9
4 Germany BMW 13 7 3 17 15 15 2 14 356
 
5 United States Chevrolet 9 4 7 12 12 14 14 20 352
22 22 25 24
6 United States Cadillac 15 17 8 6 5 9 7 5 320
 
7 United States Dodge 19 19 22 8 10 12 13 19 208
 
8 Japan Mazda 27 27 26 26 64
 

Tire Cup Standings

Tire Cup points are awarded each round to the two drivers with the highest classified finish for each tire manufacturer.

Pos Tire WWT1 WWT2 EVS1 EVS2 TEX1 TEX2 IRW1 IRW2 Pts
1 Nitto 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 1380
2 3 2 3 3 3 3 6
2 Falken 3 2 4 2 11 8 11 1 892
6 4 6 10 12 13 14 3
3 Achilles 7 5 3 6 5 4 2 5 820
13 7 8 8 6 9 5 8
4 Nexen 4 9 9 5 2 1 9 7 732
8 11 15 15 8 11 15 10
5 GT Radial 5 10 5 7 4 7 6 4 640
18 16 17 13 13 10 8 11

Footnotes
  1. Jones used Nexen tires for the first events at St Louis but switched to GT Radial for the remainder of the season.
  2. Forsberg suffered an engine failure with his primary Nissan 370Z in practice for the final weekend at Irwindale. He was able to make rudimentary repairs and, having received a bye run for round 7, took the run before withdrawing from the event for safety reasons. For the finale, Matt Field lent Forsberg his backup car, a Nissan Silvia S14 with an LS engine. This marked the first time Forsberg had competed in Formula Drift without Nissan power.
  3. Nerren blew an engine in the closing stages of the Washington round, so used a backup Nissan 240SX at Texas Motor Speedway.
  4. The Missouri round was originally scheduled to take place on August 8, but was revised to a double-header.
  5. The Seattle round was originally scheduled to take place on July 18, but was rescheduled to September 26 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Ultimately, this was revised to a double-header.
  6. The Texas round was added to the first revised schedule in April, slated for October 17. This was later revised to a double-header, before being pushed back two weeks when Texas Motor Speedway cleared its calendar leading up to the NASCAR Cup Series race due to uncertainties over the pandemic.
  7. The traditional Irwindale finale was originally scheduled to take place on October 17, but was rescheduled to November 21 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with an extra round added for August 22. Ultimately, this was revised to a double-header to close the season.
  8. The Road Atlanta road was originally scheduled to take place on May 9, but was rescheduled due to the COVID-19 pandemic before ultimately being cancelled.
  9. The Englishtown round was originally scheduled to take place on June 20, but was rescheduled due to the COVID-19 pandemic before ultimately being cancelled.
  10. Pawlak suffered an engine failure in practice.
  11. Jones received a bye run in the Top 32 but crashed in practice. He was unable to complete the bye run, so was scored outside the Sweet 16 and the 16th position was left vacant.

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