2010 Formula D season

Last updated December 31, 2022

The 2010 Formula D season (officially titled Formula Drift Pro Championship) was the seventh season for the Formula D series. The series began on April 10 on the streets of Long Beach and concluded on October 9 at Toyota Speedway at Irwindale after seven events.

With two victories at Long Beach and Infineon Raceway, Vaughn Gittin took his first Formula D title by 63.5 points, taking the first non-Nissan championship since 2006. Tanner Foust's Scion tC finished second in the championship, having taken victories at Evergreen Speedway and Irwindale, but Gittin's consistent finishing gave him the advantage over Foust. Ryan Tuerck finished third in the championship, despite not winning any of the seven events to be held. Daijiro Yoshihara finished fourth after taking successive victories at Road Atlanta and Wall Township Speedway. Darren McNamara completed the top five in the championship, while Tyler McQuarrie took the other event win at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

Schedule

Round	Title	Circuit	Location	Date	Winner	Car
1	Streets of Long Beach	Streets of Long Beach	Long Beach, California	April 10	Vaughn Gittin	Ford Mustang
2	Road to the Championship	Road Atlanta	Braselton, Georgia	May 8	Daijiro Yoshihara	Nissan 240SX
3	The Gauntlet	Wall Township Speedway	Wall Township, New Jersey	June 5	Daijiro Yoshihara	Nissan 240SX
4	Throwdown	Evergreen Speedway	Monroe, Washington	July 10	Tanner Foust	Scion tC
5	After Dark	Las Vegas Motor Speedway	Las Vegas, Nevada	August 21	Tyler McQuarrie	Nissan 350Z
6	Point of Impact	Infineon Raceway	Sonoma, California	September 11	Vaughn Gittin	Ford Mustang
7	Title Fight	Toyota Speedway	Irwindale, California	October 9	Tanner Foust	Scion tC
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Championship standings

Event winners in bold.

Pos	Driver	LBH	ATL	WTS	EVS	LVS	SON	IRW	Points
1	Vaughn Gittin	108	91	92	66	82	101	92	632
2	Tanner Foust	82	66	80	103	55	78.5	104	568.5
3	Ryan Tuerck	65	71	73	96	56	94	60	515
4	Daijiro Yoshihara	56	106	108	56	91	65	32	514
5	Darren McNamara	60	63	79	84	56	54.5	81	477.5
6	Chris Forsberg	56	81	64	65	30	79	64	439
7	Rhys Millen	100	58	24.5	55	54.25	61.25	64	417
8	Tyler McQuarrie	34	24.5	56	57	104	66	55	396.5
9	Michihiro Takatori	54.25	24.25	63	71	27	56	78.5	374
10	Samuel Hübinette	64	56	55	56	73	26	27	357
11	Justin Pawlak	26	54.5	67	64	56	25	62	354.5
12	Conrad Grunewald	24.5	69	24.5	26	69	26	56	295
13	Fredric Aasbø	72			62	24.5	65	56	279.5
14	Joon Woo-Maeng	24.25	56	0	55	55	55	26	271.25
15	Kenshiro Gushi	25	61.5	55	62	0	24.5	24.5	252.5
16	Matt Powers	24.25	24.5	24.5	24.5	24.5	54.25	61.5	238
17	Charles Ng	24.25	25	56	61.25	62	0	0	228.5
18	Kyle Mohan	24.5	25	25	24.25	64	32	25	219.75
19	Ross Petty	24.5	54.5	58	24.5	24.5	27	0	213
20	Stephan Verdier	54.5	24.25	57	24.25	0	26	24.5	210.5
21	Mike Whiddett	0	24.25	24.5	24.5	56	24.25	56	209.5
22	Ryuji Miki	56	25	24.25	0	25	54.5	24.25	209
23	Tony Brakohiapa	54.5	0	24.5	0	69.25	54.5	0	202.75
24	James Deane	61.5				24.5	61.5	54.5	202
25	Patrick Mordaunt	62	55	0	24.5	24.25	25	0	190.75
26	Dean Kearney	24.25	24.5	55	24.25	0	54.25	0	182.25
27	Alex Pfeiffer	25	0		24.25	61.5	27	24.25	162
28	Forrest Wang	54.5	24.25	54.5	24.25	0			157.5
29	Taka Aono	25	24.5	0	28	24.25	24.5	24.5	150.75
30	Michael Essa	0	73	24.25	24.5	24.25		0	146
31	Robbie Nishida	0	56	24.25	24.5	0	0	24.5	129.25
32	Nikolay Konstantinov				54.5	24.25	24.25	24.25	127.25
33	Matt Field	0				24.5	24.25	54.25	103
34	Dennis Mertzanis	24.25	24.25	24.25	0	0	24.25	0	97
35	Matt Waldin		24.25	24.5				25	73.75
36	Eric O'Sullivan	0	0	0	24.25	24.5	0	24.25	73
36	Bill Sherman	0	0	24.25			24.5	24.25	73
38	Brian Wilkerson		0	24.25	24.25	24.25		0	72.75
39	Ian Fournier	0			0	0		61.25	61.25
40	Jeff Jones	0	0	0	0	24.5	24.25	0	48.75
	Cyrus Martinez	0	24.25	24.5	0	0	0	0	48.75
	Cody Parkhouse	0	24.25		24.5	0		0	48.75
	Doug Van Den Brink		24.5	24.25				0	48.75
44	Jeff Abbott	24.25				24.25			48.5
44	Jodin LeJeune	24.25	0	0		0	0	24.25	48.5
46	Yasuomi Kondo							24.5	24.5
46	John Russakoff	24.5						0	24.5
48	Andrew Comrie-Picard	0	0	24.25	0	0		0	24.25
Pos	Driver	LBH	ATL	WTS	EVS	LVS	SON	IRW	Points

External links

Official Formula D Website

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[1] "Formula DRIFT 2010 Pro Championship". formulad.com. Archived from the original on 4 April 2010. Retrieved 10 January 2022.

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