2017 Formula D season

The 2017 Formula D season is the fourteenth season of the Formula D Pro Championship series and fourth season of the Pro2 series. The Pro Championship series began on March 31 at Long Beach and ended on October 14 at Irwindale Speedway with Irish driver James Deane winning his first Pro Championship.[1]

2017 Formula D
Previous: 2016 Next: 2018

Teams and drivers

Pro championship
Tire Team Car No. Drivers Round(s)
Achilles[2] Sogun Motorsports Achilles BMW E46 84 Charles Ng 1
Bridges Racing Dodge Viper 43 Dean Kearney All
HGK Motorsports BMW E46 80 Kristaps Blušs All
Perry Performance Competition Nissan S14 11 Marc Landerville 5, 7
Essa Autosport BMW E46 101 Michael Essa All
Jerry Yang Racing Infiniti G37 31 Robbie Nishida All
Falken[3] Bakchis Motorsports Nissan S14 723 Aurimas Bakchis All
DAI. Subaru BRZ 9 Daijiro Yoshihara All
Worthouse Drift Team Nissan S15 130 James Deane All
Pawlak Racing Ford Mustang 13 Justin Pawlak All
Driftcave Motorsports Nissan S14 777 Matt Field All
Worthouse Drift Team Nissan S15 215 Piotr Wieçek All
Hankook[4] NOS Energy Drink Drift Team Nissan 370Z 64 Chris Forsberg All
Jeff Jones Racing Nissan S14 818 Jeff Jones All
Team Enjuku Nissan 180SX 144 Nate Hamilton 1–7
Pat Goodin Racing Nissan S13 46 Pat Goodin All
Gumout, Nameless Performance, Hankook Tires Toyota 86 411 Ryan Tuerck All
Nexen Hohnadell Racing Nissan S14 118 Alec Hohnadell All
Cameron Moore Drift Toyota 86 333 Cameron Moore 1–4, 6–8
RAD Industries Toyota Supra 134 Dan Burkett 1–4, 6–8
Logic Aside BMW E92 53 Faruk Kugay 1–2, 7–8
Papadakis Racing Toyota Corolla iM 1 Fredric Aasbo All
Jhonnattan Castro Racing Toyota 86 717 Jhonnattan Castro All
JR Motorsports Nissan S15 200 Juha Rintanen 1–4, 7–8
GReddy Racing - Nexen Tire - Toyota Racing Toyota 86 21 Ken Gushi All
Kyle Mohan Racing Mazda MX-5 99 Kyle Mohan All
Coffman Racing Nissan 180SX 959 Matt Coffman All
Taylor Hull Racing Nissan S14 82 Taylor Hull 2–4, 7
Nitto Team RTS BMW E46 949 Alex Heilbrunn 1–4, 6–8
Mustang RTR Drift Team Ford Mustang RTR 88 Chelsea DeNofa All
Forvard Avto Nissan S15 31 Georgy Chivchyan 1
Mustang RTR Drift Team Ford Mustang RTR 25 Vaughn Gittin All

Schedule and results
Pro Championship venues
Round Title Venue Date Winner Report
Pro Pro2
1 Streets of Long Beach Streets of Long Beach, Long Beach, CA March 31 – April 1 James Dean Report
1 Orlando Speed World, Orlando, FL April 27 – 28 Kevin Lawrence Report
2 Uncharted Territory April 28 – 29 Fredric Aasbø Report
2 Road Atlanta, Braselton, GA May 11 – 12 Travis Reeder Report
3 Road to the Championship May 12 – 13 James Dean Report
4 The Gauntlet Wall Stadium, Wall Township, NJ June 2 – 3 Aurimas Bakchis Report
5 True North Autodrome Saint-Eustache, St.Eustache, QC, Canada July 14 – 15 Fredric Aasbø Report
3 Evergreen Speedway, Monroe, WA August 3 – 4 Matt Vankirk Report
6 Throwdown August 4 – 5 James Dean Report
4 Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth, TX September 7 – 8 Kevin Lawrence Report
7 Showdown September 8 – 9 James Dean Report
8 Title Fight Irwindale Speedway, Irwindale, CA October 13 – 14 Piotr Wieçek Report

Calendar changes & notes
  • On August 9, 2017, the owners of Irwindale Speedway announced that the venue will cease operations in January 2018.[5] Formula D has held a round at the Irwindale Speedway every year since their inaugural season.

Standings

Standings
Pos Driver LBH ORL ATL NJ CAN SEA TEX IRW Points
1 James Deane 106.00 36.00 103.00 52.00 71.00 107.00 107.00 69.00 651.00
2 Fredric Aasbø 52.00 106.00 20.00 52.00 104.00 84.00 68.00 52.00 538.00
3 Aurimas Bakchis 68.00 20.00 19.00 103.00 19.00 69.00 69.00 51.00 418.00
4 Vaughn Gittin 39.00 66.00 39.00 35.00 66.00 36.00 51.00 67.00 399.00
Kristaps Blušs 35.00 35.00 69.00 68.00 86.00 36.00 36.00 34.00 399.00
6 Daijiro Yoshihara 18.00 71.00 18.00 50.00 35.00 66.00 51.00 84.00 393.00
7 Michael Essa 35.00 84.00 38.00 84.00 18.00 36.00 36.00 36.00 367.00
8 Piotr Wieçek 35.00 34.00 51.00 18.00 36.00 51.00 36.00 106.00 351.00
9 Ryan Tuerck 69.00 53.00 51.00 38.00 36.00 38.00 36.00 19.00 340.00
10 Matt Coffman 52.00 19.00 35.00 68.00 35.00 51.00 38.00 18.00 316.00
11 Chris Forsberg 52.00 35.00 50.00 18.00 18.00 19.00 83.00 36.00 311.00
12 Dean Kearney 51.00 52.00 83.00 18.00 35.00 18.00 18.00 19.00 294.00
13 Chelsea DeNofa 18.00 19.00 36.00 39.00 36.00 51.00 51.00 39.00 289.00
14 Justin Pawlak 35.00 19.00 19.00 37.00 37.00 50.00 35.00 52.00 284.00
15 Alex Heilbrunn 84.00 19.00 36.00 35.00 X 36.00 18.00 50.00 278.00
16 Alec Hohnadell 18.00 50.00 68.00 19.00 18.00 18.00 35.00 35.00 261.00
17 Matt Field 35.00 34.00 36.00 19.00 52.00 19.00 19.00 35.00 249.00
18 Ken Gushi 35.00 20.00 18.00 18.00 51.00 19.00 51.00 34.00 246.00
19 Jhonnattan Castro 18.00 50.00 19.00 18.00 19.00 34.00 34.00 34.00 226.00
20 Nate Hamilton 18.00 34.00 34.00 35.00 35.00 19.00 18.00 X 193.00
21 Jeff Jones 18.00 18.00 34.00 50.00 18.00 18.00 18.00 18.00 192.00
22 Robbie Nishida 18.00 0.00 18.00 34.00 50.00 18.00 18.00 18.00 174.00
23 Cameron Moore 18.00 34.00 18.00 18.00 X 34.00 18.00 18.00 158.00
Kyle Mohan 0.00 34.00 34.00 18.00 18.00 18.00 18.00 18.00 158.00
25 Dan Burkett 18.00 19.00 18.00 19.00 X 35.00 18.00 19.00 146.00
26 Pat Goodin 18.00 18.00 18.00 18.00 18.00 18.00 18.00 19.00 145.00
27 Juha Rintanen 35.00 19.00 18.00 35.00 X X 18.00 0.00 125.00
28 Marc Landreville X X X X 51.00 X 0.00 X 51.00
29 Faruk Kugay 0.00 0.00 X X X X 18.00 18.00 36.00
30 Taylor Hull X 18.00 18.00 0.00 X X 0.00 X 36.00
31 Georgy Chivchyan 18.00 X X X X X X X 18.00
Pos Driver LBH ORL ATL NJ CAN SEA TEX IRW Points

Notes:

  • Bold — Round winner
  • X — Did not attend event

Manufacturer Cup
Pos Manufacturer LBH ORL ATL NJ CAN SEA TEX IRW Points
1 Toyota 121.00 159.00 71.00 90.00 155.00 122.00 119.00 86.00 923.00
2 Ford 74.00 85.00 91.00 76.00 103.00 101.00 102.00 119.00 751.00
3 BMW 35.00 84.00 38.00 84.00 18.00 36.00 36.00 36.00 367.00
4 Nissan 52.00 35.00 50.00 18.00 18.00 19.00 83.00 36.00 311.00
5 Dodge 51.00 52.00 83.00 18.00 35.00 18.00 18.00 19.00 294.00
6 Infiniti 18.00 0.00 18.00 34.00 50.00 18.00 18.00 18.00 174.00
7 Mazda 0.00 34.00 34.00 18.00 18.00 18.00 18.00 18.00 158.00

Tire Cup
Pos Brand LBH ORL ATL NJ CAN SEA TEX IRW Points
1 Falken 174.00 107.00 154.00 155.00 123.00 176.00 176.00 190.00 1255.00
2 Nexen 104.00 156.00 103.00 120.00 155.00 135.00 119.00 87.00 979.00
3 Achillies 86.00 136.00 152.00 152.00 137.00 72.00 72.00 70.00 877.00
4 Nitto 123.00 85.00 91.00 74.00 102.00 87.00 102.00 117.00 781.00
5 Hankook 121.00 88.00 101.00 88.00 71.00 57.00 119.00 55.00 700.00

References
  1. "Formula Drift Round 8: O'Reilly Auto Parts "Title Fight" Results". formulad.com. October 15, 2017. Retrieved October 22, 2017.
  2. "2017 Achilles Radial Formula Drift Team Announcement". formulad.com. Retrieved March 30, 2017.
  3. "Team Falken Amps Up Involvement for 2017 Formula Drift". formulad.com. Retrieved March 30, 2017.
  4. "Hankook Tire Announces 2017 Motorsports Program". aftermarketnews.com. Retrieved March 30, 2017.
  5. "Irwindale Event Center Announces January 31, 2018 as Final Date of Operation". irwindalespeedway.com. Archived from the original on 30 August 2017. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
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