2008 Formula D season

2008 Formula D

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The 2008 Formula D season (officially titled Castrol Syntec Power Cup) was the fifth season for the Formula D series. The series began April 12, 2008 and concluded on October 11. The highest scoring drivers of the series were invited to a non-point scoring All-Star event to compete with other drivers from other series all over the world on November 16, 2008.

Schedule

Round	Title	Circuit	Location	Date	Winner	Car	Results
1	Streets of Long Beach	Streets of Long Beach	Long Beach, California	April 12	Chris Forsberg	Nissan 350Z-VK56DE V8	Results
2	Feel the Heat	Road Atlanta	Braselton, Georgia	May 10	Rhys Millen	Pontiac Solstice	Results
3	The Gauntlet	Englishtown Raceway Park	Englishtown, New Jersey	June 14	Tanner Foust	Nissan 350Z	Results
4	High Stakes	Las Vegas Motor Speedway	Las Vegas, Nevada	July 12	Toshiki Yoshioka	Toyota AE86 Sprinter Trueno	Results
5	Breaking Point	Evergreen Speedway	Monroe, Washington	August 9	Rhys Millen	Pontiac Solstice	Results
6	Locked and Loaded	Infineon Raceway	Sonoma, California	September 13	Tanner Foust	Nissan 350Z	Results
7	Final Fight	Toyota Speedway	Irwindale, California	October 11	Vaughn Gittin, Jr.	Ford Mustang	Results
nc	Red Bull Drifting World Championship	Purpose-built	Port of Long Beach, California	November 16	Rhys Millen	Pontiac Solstice	Results
Source: [1]

Championship standings

Event winners in bold.

Pos	Driver	LBH	ATL	ENG	LVS	EVS	SON	IRW	Points
1	Tanner Foust	83	69	107	62	76	107	95	599
2	Samuel Hübinette	96	66	66	85	96	69	66	544
3	Rhys Millen		103	84	67	101	93	62	510
4	Daijiro Yoshihara	65	75	77	91	58	57	58	481
5	Chris Forsberg	106	56	64	56	56	65	56	459
6	Ryan Tuerck	63	80	56	55	63	72	64	453
7	Michihiro Takatori	54	88	54	69	61	55	71	452
8	Vaughn Gittin, Jr.	58	68	56	0.25	0.25	71	103	356.5
9	Conrad Grunewald	55	55	63	0.25	56	65	55	349.25
10	Robbie Nishida	0.25	55	0	62	83	55	63	318.25
11	Ryuji Miki	55	0.25	64	0.25	64	55	62	300.5
12	Darren McNamara	61	56	55		65	0	0.25	237.25
13	Stephan Verdier	0.25	58	55	56	0.25	55	0.25	224.75
14	Ken Gushi	56	0.25	0.25	55	55	56	0.25	222.75
15	Bill Sherman	0.25	63	0			84	56	203.25
16	Justin Pawlak	57	0.25	0.25	0.25	55	0.25	84	197
17	Kyle Mohan	70	0.25	0	0.25	55	56	0.25	181.75
18	Kenji Yamanaka	55	55	0	0.25	0.25	56	0.25	166.75
19	Kazu Hayashida	63			0	60	0	0.25	123.25
20	Manabu Orido				64			58	122
21	Mitsuru Haruguchi	64			0		0.25	55	119.25
22	Tony Angelo	0.25	0.25	56	0.25	56	0.25	0.25	113.25
23	Toshiki Yoshioka	0.25			104		0.25	0.25	104.75
24	Tyler McQuarrie	0.25	0.25	92	0.25	0	0	0.25	93
25	Tony Brakohiapa	0	0.25	0	63	0.25	0.25	0.25	64
26	John Russakoff				58			0.25	58.25
27	Hiro Sumida	0	57	0.25	0.25	0	0.25		57.75
28	Yasu Kondo	0.25			56	0	0.25	0.25	56.75
29	Taka Aono	0.25	0.25	0.25	0.25	0.25	0.25	55	56.5
30	Patrick Mordaunt	0.25	55	0.25	0	0.25	0.25	0.25	56.25
31=	Ross Petty	0.25	0.25	55	0	0.25	0.25		56
31=	Calvin Wan	0.25	0.25	0.25	55	0.25	0		56
33	Blake Fuller	0	0.25	55	0	0.25	0.25		55.75
34	Henry Schelley	0.25	0.25	0.25	0.25	0.25	0		1.25
35=	Joon Maeng	0.25	0	0.25	0.25	0.25	0		1
35=	Stephan Papadakis	0.25	0.25	0.25	0	0	0.25		1
35=	Seigo Yamamoto	0.25	0.25	0	0	0.25	0	0.25	1
38=	Chris Kregorian	0.25	0.25	0	0	0.25			0.75
38=	Quoc Ly	0			0.25		0.25	0.25	0.75
38=	Brian Peter	0	0.25	0.25	0	0.25	0		0.75
41=	Gary Lang	0	0	0.25	0	0	0	0.25	0.5
41=	Tommy Suell	0			0.25	0.25			0.5
41=	Jairus Wharerau	0			0.25		0.25		0.5
44=	James Bondurant	0	0.25	0	0				0.25
44=	Alex Pfeiffer				0			0.25	0.25
44=	Doug Van Den Brink	0			0.25				0.25
44=	Dan Willie		0	0.25			0		0.25
Source: [2]

  Driver did not compete in event.

Honors

• Rookie of the Year

Michihiro Takatori

• Most improved driver

Stephan Verdier

• Driver of the Year

Ryan Tuerck

• Hardest Charging Driver

Robbie Nishida

• Spirit of Drifting

Patrick Mordaunt

• Superstar of the Year

Tanner Foust

• Best Style

Daijiro Yoshihara

References

1. "Formula Drift - Professional Drifting Championship". formulad.com. Archived from the original on 26 October 2008. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
2. "2008 Formula DRIFT Pro Championship Standings". formulad.com. Archived from the original on 20 January 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2022.