2012 Formula D season

Last updated December 31, 2022

The 2012 Formula D season (officially titled Formula Drift Pro Championship) was the ninth season of the Formula D series. The season began on April 6 in Long Beach and ended on October 13 at Toyota Speedway at Irwindale.

Schedule

Round	Event	Location	Date	Winner	Car
1	Streets of Long Beach	Long Beach, California	April 6–7	Justin Pawlak	Ford Mustang
2	Road Atlanta	Braselton, Georgia	May 11–12	Justin Pawlak	Ford Mustang
3	Palm Beach International Raceway	Palm Beach, Florida	June 1–2	Daigo Saito	Lexus SC 430
4	Wall Township Speedway	Wall Township, New Jersey	June 22–23	Vaughn Gittin, Jr.	Ford Mustang
5	Evergreen Speedway	Monroe, Washington	July 20–21	Vaughn Gittin, Jr.	Ford Mustang
6	Las Vegas Motor Speedway	Las Vegas, Nevada	August 24–25	Rhys Millen	Hyundai Genesis
7	Toyota Speedway	Irwindale, California	October 12–13	Daigo Saito	Lexus SC 430

Championship standings

Event winners in bold.

Pos	Driver	LBH	ATL	PBR	WTS	EVS	LVS	IRW	Points
1	Daigo Saito	78.50	79	102	69.50	54.50	64	101	548.50
2	Vaughn Gittin, Jr.	32	64	73	110	112	82	56	529
3	Rhys Millen	64	63	58	55	78.25	110	81	509.25
4	Justin Pawlak	106	103	71	62	34	27	98	501
5	Ryan Tuerck	66	54.50	63	56	89	55	82	465.50
6	Fredric Aasbø	56	96	24.50	62	57	100	62	457.50
7	Daijiro Yoshihara	92	26	79	94	56	54.50	24.50	426
8	Kenshiro Gushi	62	24.25	54.25	56	70	55	58	379.50
9	Conrad Grunewald	57	28	24.50	64	65	67	54.25	359.75
10	Matt Powers	69.50	57	24.50	61.50	63	27	56	358.50
11	Chris Forsberg	63	30	90	82	28	24.25	30	347.25
12	Michael Essa	24.50	73	55	24.50	55	65	24.50	321.50
13	Robbie Nishida	24.25	24.25	54.25	55	24.50	77	61.50	320.75
14	Tyler McQuarrie	64	24.50	32	63	0	61.50	64	309
15	Toshiki Yoshioka	54.25	54.25	54.25	0	62	54.25	24.25	303.25
16	Aurimas Bakchis	54.25	63	60	66	24.50	24.25	0	292
17	Chelsea Denofa	24.50	24.50	61.50	58	24.25	56	27	275.75
18	Walker Wilkerson	0	69.50	57	0	57	54.50	24.25	262.25
19	Kenneth Moen	61.50	26	62	57	24.50	0	24.25	255.25
20	Matt Field	24.25	55	24.25	0	62	24.50	63	253
21	Ryan Kado	56	58	24.50	24.50	63	0	24.25	250.25
22	Kyle Mohan	55	54.50	24.25	24.50	0	25	55	238.25
23	Tony Angelo	24.50	54.25	25	24.25	24.25	24.25	54.50	231
24	Joon Woo-Maeng	24.25	62	24.25	24.50	X	26	24.25	185.25
25	Darren McNamara	26	24.25	58	26	26	X	24.25	184.50
26	Luke Lonberger	0	24.50	24.25	25	0	54.50	24.50	152.75
27	Patrick Mordaunt	24.50	0	0	24.50	30	0	61.25	140.25
28	Tony Brakohiapa	0	0	27	24.25	24.25	0	56	131.50
29	Jeremy Lowe	24.50	0	24.25	0	54.25	0	24.50	127.50
30	Dennis Mertzanis	24.25	25	0	24.50	24.50	24.50	0	122.75
30	Taka Aono	25	0	24.50	24.25	24.50	0	24.50	122.75
32	Miro Ovcharik	X	0	34	24.25	24.25	0	0	82.50
33	Jhonnattan Castro	0	0	0	24.25	54.25	0	0	78.50
34	Danny George	0	24.50	0	24.25	0	26	0	74.75
35	Chris Ward	0	0	24.50	24.25	0	25		73.75
35	Alex Lee	X	0	X	X	24.50	24.25	25	73.75
37	Patrick Goodin	0	24.50	0	0	24.25	24.25	0	73
37	Nick D'Alesso	24.25	0	0	24.25	0	0	24.50	73
39	Roland Gallagher	0	X	X	X	X	54.50	0	54.50
40	Dave Briggs	0	0	0	X	X	24.25	25	49.25
40	George Marstanović	25	24.25	X	X	0	0	X	49.25
42	Corey Hosford	0	24.25	24.50	0	0	0	0	48.75
43	Emmanuel Armandio	28	0	X	X	X	X	X	28
44	Kyle Pollard	0	X	X	X	24.50	0	X	24.50
44	Ian Fournier	0	X	X	X	0	24.50	0	24.50
46	Ryan Bell	0	X	X	X	0	24.25	0	24.25
	Ross Petty	24.25	X	X	X	X	X	X	24.25
	Jeff Jones	0	24.25	0	0	0	0	0	24.25
49	Brad Hettinger	X	0	X	X	X	X	X	0
	Gabe Stone	0	0	0	0	X	X	0	0
	Mike Phillips	0	X	X	X	0	X	0	0
	Cyrus Martinez	0	X	X	X	X	X	0	0
	Andrew Coomes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Mauricio Ornelas	0	0	0	X	X	X	0	0
	Enrique Mendoza	0	X	X	X	X	X	0	0
	Nieko Gunther	0	X	X	X	X	X	X	0
	Zoltán Hajdú	0	0	0	0	X	X	0	0
	Nick Thomas	0	0	0	0	X	X	0	0
	Peter Funatake	0	X	X	X	X	X	X	0
	Samuel Hübinette	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	0
	Patrick Cyr	X	X	X	0	X	X	X	0
	Jeff Abbott	0	0	X	0	0	0	0	0
	Joshua Guild	0	X	X	0	X	0	X	0
	Mike Skudlarek	X	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Carlos Cano-Estrella	0	X	X	X	X	X	X	0
	Eric O'Sullivan	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	0
	Dean Kearney	X	X	X	X	0	X	X	0
	Jason Bostrom	X	X	X	0	X	X	X	0
Pos	Driver	LBH	ATL	PBR	WTS	EVS	LVS	IRW	Points

External links

Official Formula D Website

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2012 Formula D season

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Schedule

Championship standings

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