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:
- ^ a b "The O'Reilly Auto Parts "Title Fight" Sponsored By Gumout At The Formula DRIFT Championship Presented By BlackVue Dash Cameras Round 8 Results". formulad.com. October 9, 2016. Retrieved October 10, 2016.
- ^ a b "Formula DRIFT Pro2 Round 4 at Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park and Pro2 Championship Results". formulad.com. October 2, 2016. Retrieved October 10, 2016.
- ^ "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.