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2017 Formula D season

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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

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Pro championship

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Tire Team Car No. Drivers Round(s)
Achilles[2] Sogun Motorsports Achilles BMW E46 84 Hong Kong Charles Ng 1
Bridges Racing Dodge Viper 43 Republic of Ireland Dean Kearney All
HGK Motorsports BMW E46 80 Latvia Kristaps Blušs All
Perry Performance Competition Nissan S14 11 Canada Marc Landerville 5, 7
Essa Autosport BMW E46 101 United States Michael Essa All
Jerry Yang Racing Infiniti G37 31 Japan Robbie Nishida All
Falken[3] Bakchis Motorsports Nissan S14 723 Lithuania Aurimas Bakchis All
DAI. Subaru BRZ 9 Japan Daijiro Yoshihara All
Worthouse Drift Team Nissan S15 130 Republic of Ireland James Deane All
Pawlak Racing Ford Mustang 13 United States Justin Pawlak All
Driftcave Motorsports Nissan S14 777 United States Matt Field All
Worthouse Drift Team Nissan S15 215 Poland Piotr Wieçek All
Hankook[4] NOS Energy Drink Drift Team Nissan 370Z 64 United States Chris Forsberg All
Jeff Jones Racing Nissan S14 818 United States Jeff Jones All
Team Enjuku Nissan 180SX 144 United States Nate Hamilton 1–7
Pat Goodin Racing Nissan S13 46 United States Pat Goodin All
Gumout, Nameless Performance, Hankook Tires Toyota 86 411 United States Ryan Tuerck All
Nexen Hohnadell Racing Nissan S14 118 United States Alec Hohnadell All
Cameron Moore Drift Toyota 86 333 United States Cameron Moore 1–4, 6–8
RAD Industries Toyota Supra 134 United States Dan Burkett 1–4, 6–8
Logic Aside BMW E92 53 United States Faruk Kugay 1–2, 7–8
Papadakis Racing Toyota Corolla iM 1 Norway Fredric Aasbo All
Jhonnattan Castro Racing Toyota 86 717 Dominican Republic Jhonnattan Castro All
JR Motorsports Nissan S15 200 Finland Juha Rintanen 1–4, 7–8
GReddy Racing - Nexen Tire - Toyota Racing Toyota 86 21 Japan Ken Gushi All
Kyle Mohan Racing Mazda MX-5 99 United States Kyle Mohan All
Coffman Racing Nissan 180SX 959 United States Matt Coffman All
Taylor Hull Racing Nissan S14 82 United States Taylor Hull 2–4, 7
Nitto Team RTS BMW E46 949 Peru Alex Heilbrunn 1–4, 6–8
Mustang RTR Drift Team Ford Mustang RTR 88 United States Chelsea DeNofa All
Forvard Avto Nissan S15 31 Russia Georgy Chivchyan 1
Mustang RTR Drift Team Ford Mustang RTR 25 United States Vaughn Gittin All

Schedule and results

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Round Title Venue Date Winner Report
Pro Pro2
1 Streets of Long Beach Streets of Long Beach, Long Beach, CA March 31 – April 1 Republic of Ireland James Deane Report
1 Orlando Speed World, Orlando, FL April 27 – 28 United States Kevin Lawrence Report
2 Uncharted Territory April 28 – 29 Norway Fredric Aasbø Report
2 Road Atlanta, Braselton, GA May 11 – 12 United States Travis Reeder Report
3 Road to the Championship May 12 – 13 Republic of Ireland James Deane Report
4 The Gauntlet Wall Stadium, Wall Township, NJ June 2 – 3 Lithuania Aurimas Bakchis Report
5 True North Autodrome Saint-Eustache, St.Eustache, QC, Canada July 14 – 15 Norway Fredric Aasbø Report
3 Evergreen Speedway, Monroe, WA August 3 – 4 United States Matt Vankirk Report
6 Throwdown August 4 – 5 Republic of Ireland James Deane Report
4 Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth, TX September 7 – 8 United States Kevin Lawrence Report
7 Showdown September 8 – 9 Republic of Ireland James Deane Report
8 Title Fight Irwindale Speedway, Irwindale, CA October 13 – 14 Poland Piotr Wieçek Report

Calendar changes & notes

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  • 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

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Pro championship

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Standings

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Event winners in bold.

Pos Driver LBH ORL ATL NJ CAN SEA TEX IRW Points
1 Republic of Ireland James Deane 106.00 36.00 103.00 52.00 71.00 107.00 107.00 69.00 651.00
2 Norway Fredric Aasbø 52.00 106.00 20.00 52.00 104.00 84.00 68.00 52.00 538.00
3 Lithuania Aurimas Bakchis 68.00 20.00 19.00 103.00 19.00 69.00 69.00 51.00 418.00
4 United States Vaughn Gittin 39.00 66.00 39.00 35.00 66.00 36.00 51.00 67.00 399.00
Latvia Kristaps Blušs 35.00 35.00 69.00 68.00 86.00 36.00 36.00 34.00 399.00
6 Japan Daijiro Yoshihara 18.00 71.00 18.00 50.00 35.00 66.00 51.00 84.00 393.00
7 United States Michael Essa 35.00 84.00 38.00 84.00 18.00 36.00 36.00 36.00 367.00
8 Poland Piotr Wieçek 35.00 34.00 51.00 18.00 36.00 51.00 36.00 106.00 351.00
9 United States Ryan Tuerck 69.00 53.00 51.00 38.00 36.00 38.00 36.00 19.00 340.00
10 United States Matt Coffman 52.00 19.00 35.00 68.00 35.00 51.00 38.00 18.00 316.00
11 United States Chris Forsberg 52.00 35.00 50.00 18.00 18.00 19.00 83.00 36.00 311.00
12 Republic of Ireland Dean Kearney 51.00 52.00 83.00 18.00 35.00 18.00 18.00 19.00 294.00
13 United States Chelsea DeNofa 18.00 19.00 36.00 39.00 36.00 51.00 51.00 39.00 289.00
14 United States Justin Pawlak 35.00 19.00 19.00 37.00 37.00 50.00 35.00 52.00 284.00
15 Peru Alex Heilbrunn 84.00 19.00 36.00 35.00 X 36.00 18.00 50.00 278.00
16 United States Alec Hohnadell 18.00 50.00 68.00 19.00 18.00 18.00 35.00 35.00 261.00
17 United States Matt Field 35.00 34.00 36.00 19.00 52.00 19.00 19.00 35.00 249.00
18 Japan Ken Gushi 35.00 20.00 18.00 18.00 51.00 19.00 51.00 34.00 246.00
19 Dominican Republic Jhonnattan Castro 18.00 50.00 19.00 18.00 19.00 34.00 34.00 34.00 226.00
20 United States Nate Hamilton 18.00 34.00 34.00 35.00 35.00 19.00 18.00 X 193.00
21 United States Jeff Jones 18.00 18.00 34.00 50.00 18.00 18.00 18.00 18.00 192.00
22 Japan Robbie Nishida 18.00 0.00 18.00 34.00 50.00 18.00 18.00 18.00 174.00
23 United States Cameron Moore 18.00 34.00 18.00 18.00 X 34.00 18.00 18.00 158.00
United States Kyle Mohan 0.00 34.00 34.00 18.00 18.00 18.00 18.00 18.00 158.00
25 United States Dan Burkett 18.00 19.00 18.00 19.00 X 35.00 18.00 19.00 146.00
26 United States Pat Goodin 18.00 18.00 18.00 18.00 18.00 18.00 18.00 19.00 145.00
27 Finland Juha Rintanen 35.00 19.00 18.00 35.00 X X 18.00 0.00 125.00
28 Canada Marc Landreville X X X X 51.00 X 0.00 X 51.00
29 United States Faruk Kugay 0.00 0.00 X X X X 18.00 18.00 36.00
30 United States Taylor Hull X 18.00 18.00 0.00 X X 0.00 X 36.00
31 Russia 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

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Pos Manufacturer LBH ORL ATL NJ CAN SEA TEX IRW Points
1 Japan Toyota 121.00 159.00 71.00 90.00 155.00 122.00 119.00 86.00 923.00
2 United States Ford 74.00 85.00 91.00 76.00 103.00 101.00 102.00 119.00 751.00
3 Germany BMW 35.00 84.00 38.00 84.00 18.00 36.00 36.00 36.00 367.00
4 Japan Nissan 52.00 35.00 50.00 18.00 18.00 19.00 83.00 36.00 311.00
5 United States Dodge 51.00 52.00 83.00 18.00 35.00 18.00 18.00 19.00 294.00
6 Japan Infiniti 18.00 0.00 18.00 34.00 50.00 18.00 18.00 18.00 174.00
7 Japan Mazda 0.00 34.00 34.00 18.00 18.00 18.00 18.00 18.00 158.00

Tire Cup

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Pos Brand LBH ORL ATL NJ CAN SEA TEX IRW Points
1 Japan Falken 174.00 107.00 154.00 155.00 123.00 176.00 176.00 190.00 1255.00
2 South Korea Nexen 104.00 156.00 103.00 120.00 155.00 135.00 119.00 87.00 979.00
3 Indonesia Achillies 86.00 136.00 152.00 152.00 137.00 72.00 72.00 70.00 877.00
4 Japan Nitto 123.00 85.00 91.00 74.00 102.00 87.00 102.00 117.00 781.00
5 South Korea Hankook 121.00 88.00 101.00 88.00 71.00 57.00 119.00 55.00 700.00

References

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  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.
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