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 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	[3]	BMW E46
	1		Road Atlanta	Braselton, GA	May 5 – 6	[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	[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	[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		2–7
	Sogun Motorsports Achilles	Infiniti G37	84	Charles Ng	All
	Bridges Racing	Dodge Viper	43		All
	Logic Aside	Nissan S14	53		All
	JR Motorsports	Nissan S15	200		All
	Team Fast Kenny	BMW E46	22		1–3, 6, 8
	HGK Motorsports	BMW E46	80		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		All
	Cameron Moore Drift	Lexus SC300	333		All
	DAI.	Subaru BRZ	9	Daijiro Yoshihara	All
	Pawlak Racing	Ford Mustang	13	Justin Pawlak	All
	Coffman Racing	Nissan S13	959		All
	Driftcave Motorsports	Nissan S14	777	Matt Field	All
	Pat Goodin Racing	Nissan S13	46		All
	Drift Paddock	Nissan 350Z	90		1–4, 6–8
	Tyler McQuarrie Racing	Chevrolet Camaro	17		All
GT Radial		BMW E46	88		All
	Kyle Mohan Racing	Mazda MX-5	99		All
Hankook	NOS Energy Drink Drift Team	Nissan 370Z	64	Chris Forsberg	All
	Get Nuts Lab	Nissan S15	808		All
	Chris Forsberg Racing	Nissan 370Z	15		All
	Gumout, Nameless Performance, Hankook Tires, SRby Toyota FRS	Scion FR-S	411	Ryan Tuerck	All
	Get Nuts Lab	Nissan S14	988		1
Nexen	Hohnadell Racing	Nissan S14	118		All
	Papadakis Racing	Scion tC	1	Fredric Aasbø	All
	Jeff Jones Racing	Nissan S14	818		1–4, 6–8
	Jhonnattan Castro Racing	Scion FR-S	717		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		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		1, 3–4
	Meeks Drift	Nissan S14	316		All
	Stratton Racing	Chevrolet Corvette	33		All
	Red Baron Racing	BMW E30	418		All
	D’VANZ Motorsports	Ford Mustang	19		1–2, 4
	Ethan Hunter Drift	Nissan S14	37		1, 3–4
	Drift Chick	Nissan S14	42		1, 3–4
		BMW E36	3		1–2, 4
	Marc Landreville Racing	Nissan S14	11		All
	Matt Madrigali Racing	Nissan S13	415		All
		Toyota Mark II	54		All
Falken	Andrew Lewis Racing	Nissan S13	36		All
	JMR Josh McGuire Racing	Nissan S14	63		All
	Team Enjuku	Nissan S14	352	Kevin Lawrence	All
	Team Enjuku	Nissan S13	144		All
	Asphalt Anarchy	Nissan S14	82		All
	Beechum Racing	Ford Mustang	999		All
GT Radial	Ryan Litteral Racing	Nissan S14	909		All
Hankook	MVK Racing	Nissan S13	18		3–4
Nexen	RAD Industries	Toyota Supra	134		All
	Jeff Jones Racing	Nissan S14	818		All
Nitto	IAS Performance	Nissan S14	142		3–4

Results and standings[]

Pro championship[]

Standings[]

Event winners in bold.

Pos	Driver	LBH	ATL		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		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		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		32.00	51.00	67.00	19.00	0.00	53.00	36.00	52.00	310.00
11		16.00	66.00	34.00	19.00	36.00	34.00	66.00	18.00	289.00
12		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		32.00	19.00	18.00	50.00	34.00	50.00	18.00	18.00	239.00
16		16.00	18.00	18.00	18.00	51.00	68.00	19.00	19.00	227.00
17		100.00	19.00	3.00	21.00	36.00	18.00	18.00	1.00	216.00
18		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		16.00	34.00	34.00	18.00	18.00	18.00	18.00	50.00	206.00
21		16.00	34.00	51.00	18.00	X	0.00	18.00	66.00	203.00
22		16.00	18.00	18.00	67.00	X	18.00	18.00	35.00	190.00
		16.00	18.00	50.00	18.00	18.00	34.00	18.00	18.00	190.00
24		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		16.00	18.00	18.00	18.00	35.00	18.00	18.00	18.00	159.00
		16.00	18.00	34.00	18.00	19.00	18.00	18.00	18.00	159.00
28		16.00	18.00	18.00	18.00	34.00	18.00	18.00	18.00	158.00
29		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		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		X	18.00	18.00	18.00	19.00	18.00	18.00	X	109.00
34		16.00	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	16.00
Pos	Driver	LBH	ATL		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		706.00
6	GT Radial	374.00

Pro 2[]

Standings[]

Pos	Driver	ATL		TEX	PHX	Points
1		86.00	106.00	104.00	106.00	402.00
2		104.00	83.00	43.00	42.00	272.00
3		43.00	62.00	65.00	22.00	192.00
4		22.00	43.00	63.00	63.00	191.00
5		63.00	42.00	1.00	62.00	168.00
6		65.00	23.00	23.00	43.00	154.00
7		1.00	23.00	26.00	84.00	134.00
8		22.00	62.00	22.00	25.00	131.00
		42.00	23.00	43.00	23.00	131.00
10		23.00	22.00	83.00	0.00	128.00
11		22.00	45.00	22.00	22.00	111.00
12		22.00	44.00	42.00	0.00	108.00
13		23.00	22.00	22.00	22.00	89.00
14		X	X	42.00	43.00	85.00
15		1.00	22.00	22.00	22.00	67.00
16		22.00	22.00	22.00	0.00	66.00
17		22.00	X	1.00	22.00	45.00
18		42.00	X	1.00	0.00	43.00
		43.00	0.00	X	0.00	43.00
20		X	X	0.00	23.00	23.00
		1.00	X	22.00	0.00	23.00
		1.00	22.00	X	0.00	23.00
Pos	Driver	ATL		TEX	PHX	Points

Notes:

• X — Did not attend event

References[]

External links[]

• Official website