2017 Formula D season

2017 Formula D
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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]

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

Streets of Long Beach

Uncharted Territory

Road to the Championship

The Gauntlet

True North

Throwdown

Showdown

Title Fight

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 Deane	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 Deane	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 Deane	Report
	4		Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth, TX	September 7 – 8	Kevin Lawrence	Report
7		Showdown		September 8 – 9	James Deane	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

Pro championship

Standings

Event winners in bold.

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.

External links

• Official website