2025 Formula Drift season

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The 2025 Formula Drift season (officially titled and stylized as the Formula DRIFT PRO Championship) is the twenty-second season of the Formula D series. The season will begin on April 4 at Long Beach and will conclude on October 18, also at Long Beach.

This is the first Formula Drift season in its 22-year history to not feature a final event at Irwindale Speedway after the track's announced permanent closure on October 29, 2024. ^{[1] [2]}

Entries

Team	No.	Car	Tires	Driver	Round(s)
Austin Matta Motorsports	710	Nissan Silvia S14	Kenda	Austin Matta [3]  R	All
Beechum Racing	999	BMW M3 E46	Kumho	Trenton Beechum [4]	All
Cash Racing	16	Cadillac XLR	Kenda	Jonathan Hurst [5]	All
Drift Cave Motorsports	777	Chevrolet Corvette C6	GT Radial	Matt Field [6]	All
Drifting Department 17	117	Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano	Nitto	Federico Sceriffo [7]	All
Feal Suspension Race Team	723	Nissan Silvia S15	GT Radial	Aurimas Bakchis [8]	All
Forsberg Racing	64	Nissan Z	Kumho	Chris Forsberg [9]	All
Garagistic Racing	171	BMW 1 Series E82	Kumho	Rome Charpentier [10]	All
Jeff Jones Racing	818	Nissan 370Z	Kumho	Jeff Jones [11]	All
Jerry Yang Racing	168	Toyota GT86	GT Radial	Hiroya Minowa [12]	All
	87	Toyota GR86	GT Radial	Daigo Saito [13]	1-4
	530	Toyota GR86	GT Radial	Wataru Masuyama [14]	6-8
Jhonnatan Castro Racing	17	Toyota GR86	Kenda	Jhonnattan Castro [15]	All
KGMS Toyota Gazoo Racing Greddy Performance with Kenda	21	Toyota GR86	Kenda	Ken Gushi [16]	All
LZMFG	5	BMW M3 E36	GT Radial	Adam LZ [17]	All
MspeK Performance	527	Nissan Silvia "S14.9"	Kenda	Daniel Stuke [18]	All
Never Settle	85	BMW M3 E46	GT Radial	Dmitriy Brutskiy [19]	All
Noback Racing	54	BMW M3 E46	Kenda	Nick Noback [20]	All
O'Sully Racing US Army	107	BMW E46	GT Radial	Connor O'Sullivan [21]  R	All
Papadakis Racing	151	Toyota GR Supra	Kenda	Fredric Aasbø [22]	All
	411	Toyota GR Corolla	Kenda	Ryan Tuerck [23]	All
RAD Industries	34	Toyota Supra MK IV	GT Radial	Dan Burkett [24]	All
RTR Vehicles' Drift Team	130	Ford Mustang RTR Spec 5-FD	Nitto	James Deane [25]	All
	25	Ford Mustang RTR Spec 5-FD	Nitto	Vaughn Gittin, Jr. [26]	?
	213	Ford Mustang RTR Spec 5-FD	Nitto	Ben Hobson [27]	All
Ryan Litteral Racing	909	Nissan Silvia S15	Kumho	Ryan Litteral [28]	All
Shanahan Seventy Nine	79	Toyota GT86	GT Radial	Conor Shanahan [29]	All
Simen Olsen Drifting	707	Toyota GR Supra	Kenda	Simen Olsen [30]	All
Sorensen Motorsports	513	BMW M3 E92	Nitto	Branden Sorensen [31]	All
TLO Drift Team	233	Chevrolet Corvette C7	Kumho	Tommy Lemaire [32]  R	All
Team DHR	129	BMW M3 E46	GT Radial	Dylan Hughes [33]	All
Team Drift Wizard	98	BMW M3 E46	Kumho	Andy Hateley [34]	All
Team Hansen Drifting	119	Nissan 240SX S13	GT Radial	Rudy Hansen [35]	All
Team Infamous	27	Nissan Silvia S14	Kenda	Derek Madison [36]	All
59 Racing	59	BMW 1 Series E82	Kumho	Jack Shanahan [37]  R	All
Source: [38]

R Eligible for Rookie of the Year

Driver Changes

• Former Drift Masters runner-up and champion of the Russian Drift Series and British Drift Championship, Jack Shanahan, joined the series driving a BMW 1 Series E82.
• 2011 Formula Drift champion Daigo Saito returned to the series after 11 years, joining Jerry Yang Racing.

• 2024 PROSPEC champion Tommy Lemaire moved up to PRO.
• Connor O'Sullivan, the 2024 PROSPEC runner-up, also advanced to PRO.
• Austin Matta, who finished third in PROSPEC in 2024, moved up to PRO as well.
• Luke Fink had planned to compete in the series but was forced to withdraw due to various issues with sponsors and car parts.
• Mike Power, Forrest Wang, Alec Robbins, Robert Thorne, and Taylor Hull all elected not to compete in 2025 for various reasons.
• Kyle Mohan also chose to sit out the season, stating that he is focusing on developing the car for a 2026 return
• Daigo Saito faced visa issues during the season and had to withdraw from the championship. He was replaced by Wataru Masuyama.

Other Changes

• Vitour and Nexen left the series.

Schedule

Round	Title	Circuit	Location	Date	Winner	Car
1	Streets of Long Beach	Streets of Long Beach	Long Beach, California	April 4	Fredric Aasbo	Toyota GR Supra
2	Road to the Championship	Road Atlanta	Braselton, Georgia	May 8	James Deane	Ford Mustang RTR
3	Scorched	Orlando Speed World	Orlando, Florida	May 30	Hiroya Minowa	Toyota GT86
4	The Gauntlet	Englishtown Raceway Park	Englishtown, New Jersey	June 19	Adam LZ	BMW E36
5	Crossroads	World Wide Technology Raceway	St. Louis, Missouri	July 17	James Deane	Ford Mustang RTR
6	Throwdown	Evergreen Speedway	Monroe, Washington	August 8	Matt Field	Chevrolet Corvette C6
7	Elevated	Utah Motorsports Campus	Grantsville, Utah	August 28
8	Shoreline Showdown	Streets of Long Beach	Long Beach, California	October 17
Sources: [39] [40] [41] [42] [43] [44]

Championship Standings

Scoring system

The 20 highest classified drivers in the previous event are guaranteed a starting position at the next event and are seeded with the same results, so that the previous event winner is awarded the number 1 seed. This may change if there are 32 or less drivers at the event. In such instance only the top 16 are locked in.

The remaining twelve seeding positions (21st through 32nd) are contested by up to 16 drivers, including those who finished 21st or lower in the previous round. Seeding within this group is determined by a Seeding Bracket, a knockout-style tandem drift competition similar in format to the main event. The winner of the Seeding Bracket is awarded the 21st starting position in the main event. If 32 or less drivers show up at the event, the drivers are contesting for places 17th through 32nd and drivers that finished 17th or lower at the previous event are included. Beginning in 2025, the series introduced a points system for the Seeding Bracket, awarding three points for each battle won. Consequently, the winner receives 12 points, finalists and Top 4 finishers receive nine points, while drivers eliminated in the Top 16 do not receive any points.

As in previous years, drivers in the main event advance through a series of competition heats. However, in 2025, points were awarded based on the number of battles won rather than the stage at which a driver was eliminated. Drivers received 10 points for each battle won, with the winner earning up to 50 points, potentially more if they also competed in the Seeding Bracket. Drivers eliminated in the Top 32 do not receive any points. The competition format didn't change, featuring progression through the Top 32, Top 16, Top 8, Top 4, and the Final. Final classification within each round is then determined by highest seeding position; for example, of the two drivers eliminated in Top 4, the driver who was seeded higher entering the event is awarded 3rd position and the final place on the podium.

In the event of a tie on points, the driver who classified higher in the most recent round will be awarded the higher position.

Seeding Bracket

Battles won	4	3	2		1	0
Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th–8th	9th–16th
Points	12	9	6	6	3	0

Competition Stage

Battles won	5	4	3		2	1	0
Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th–8th	9th–16th	17th–32nd	33rd–48th
Points	50	40	30	30	20	10	0	0

Pro Championship standings

Pos Driver LBH ATL ORL ENG WWT EVS UTA LBH2 Pts 1 James Deane 2 1 9 3 1 2 220 2 Fredric Aasbø 1 2 5 2 3 18 180 3 Matt Field 10 8 4 7 6 1 150 4 Adam LZ 3 9 10 1 5 3 150 5 Hiroya Minowa 9 7 1 5 10 6 130 6 Jhonnattan Castro 14 4 2 9 19 4 120 7 Aurimas Bakchis 5 3 3 6 17 229 109 8 Branden Sorensen 4 5 6 17 22 1412 92 9 Dylan Hughes 11 12 12 12 4 5 90 10 Chris Forsberg 8 11 7 10 11 10 80 11 Jack Shanahan  R  273 253 2212 2312 26 17 76 12 Ryan Tuerck 6 6 17 19 14 7 70 13 Rome Charpentier 20 16 8 11 7 9 70 14 Daniel Stuke 1512 18 15 8 18 16 62 15 Conor Shanahan 7 10 11 18 13 12 60 16 Connor O'Sullivan  R  30 229 33 43 9 20 52 17 Tommy Lemaire  R  283 29 256 169 12 11 48 18 Ken Gushi 12 13 13 13 19 32 40 19 Derek Madison 253 236 163 15 21 246 38 20 Simen Olsen 17 14 14 14 20 236 36 21 Trenton Beechum 13 17 19 21 153 13 33 22 Jeff Jones 18 15 18 20 8 19 30 23 Nick Noback 21 32 31 256 2312 15 28 24 Rudy Hansen 263 246 283 273 256 253 24 25 Wataru Masuyama 83 23 26 Andy Hateley 236 283 30 30 16 21 19 27 Ben Hobson 169 19 20 22 30 31 19 28 Dan Burkett 22 33 263 246 249 28 18 29 Dmitriy Brutskiy 246 34 273 263 263 29 15 30 Federico Sceriffo 33 30 239 33 29 273 12 31 Austin Matta  R  29 2112 32 31 27 30 12 32 Daigo Saito 31 263 246 283 12 33 Jonathan Hurst 19 20 21 32 28 263 3 34 Ryan Litteral 32 273 29 29 3 35 Vaughn Gittin, Jr. 31 0

In-line notation  RY  Rookie of the Year  R  Rookie Superscript Number Seeding Bracket points

Auto Cup standings

Auto Cup points are awarded each round to the two drivers with the highest classified finish for each manufacturer. To be eligible, both the chassis and engine must have been constructed by that manufacturer.

Pos	Manufacturer	LBH	ATL	ORL	ENG	WWT	EVS	UTA	IRW	Pts
1	BMW	20	16	8	11	2	9			341
		24	25	22	23	7	17
1	Toyota	1	2	2	2	3	7			340
		6	4	5	9	14	18
3	Nissan	8	11	7	10	11	10			272
		32	27	29	29
4	Ford	2	1	9	3	1	2			239
		16	19	20	22	30	31
5	Chevrolet	10	8	4	7	6	1			195
			29	25	16	12	11
6	Ferrari	33	30	23	33	29	27			12
7	Cadillac	19	20	21	32	28	26			3

Tire Cup standings

Tire Cup points are awarded each round to the two drivers with the highest classified finish for each tire manufacturer.

Pos	Tire	LBH	ATL	ORL	ENG	WWT	EVS	UTA	IRW	Pts
1	GT Radial	3	3	1	1	4	1			393
		5	7	3	4	5	3
2	Kenda	1	2	2	2	3	4			354
		6	4	5	8	14	7
3	Nitto	2	1	6	3	1	2			312
		4	5	9	17	22	14
4	Kumho	8	11	7	10	2	9			178
		13	15	8	11	7	10

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