2014 Formula D season

The 2014 Formula D season, officially titled the Formula Drift Pro Championship, was the eleventh season of the Formula D series. The season began on April 4 at Long Beach and ended on October 11 at Irwindale Speedway.^[1]

2009 champion Chris Forsberg was able to clinch his second Formula D title, finishing 11.5 points clear of his nearest rival, Fredric Aasbø. Forsberg, the event winner at Long Beach, went into the final round with a 26-point advantage but Aasbø – a winner at Wall Township Speedway and Texas Motor Speedway – closed slightly in the standings. Third place in the championship was another two-time event winner, Vaughn Gittin, who was the winner at Road Atlanta and Homestead-Miami Speedway. Other victories were taken by Darren McNamara at Evergreen Speedway while Daigo Saito was victorious at Irwindale Speedway. Scion were the winners of the Manufacturers' Cup, finishing 122 points clear of Nissan, while in the Tire Cup, Hankook finished clear of Nitto by a tally of 283.5 points.

Schedule

Rnd	Title	Venue	Location	Date	Winner	Car
1	Streets of Long Beach	Streets of Long Beach	Long Beach, CA	April 4 – 5	Chris Forsberg[2]	Nissan 370Z
2	Road to the Championship	Road Atlanta	Braselton, GA	May 9 – 10	Vaughn Gittin[3]	Ford Mustang
3	Miami Heat	Homestead-Miami Speedway	Homestead, FL	May 30 – 31	Vaughn Gittin[4]	Ford Mustang
4	The Gauntlet	Wall Township Speedway	Wall Township, NJ	June 20 – 21	Fredric Aasbø[5]	Scion tC
5	Throwdown	Evergreen Speedway	Monroe, WA	July 18 – 19	Darren McNamara	Nissan S14
6	Showdown	Texas Motor Speedway	Fort Worth, TX	September 12 – 13	Fredric Aasbø	Scion tC
7	Title Fight	Irwindale Speedway	Irwindale, CA	October 10 – 11	Daigo Saito	Lexus SC430

Calendar changes

• Starting in 2014, the third round event was moved from Palm Beach International Raceway to Homestead-Miami Speedway. A round of Formula D had been held at the Palm Beach International Raceway since the 2011 season.^[6]

Results and standings

Championship standings

Pos	Driver	LBH	ATL	HMS	WTS	EVS	TEX	IRW	Points
1	Chris Forsberg	104.50	68.50	90.00	90.00	68.50	71.50	68.50	561.50
2	Fredric Aasbø	52.50	84.50	52.50	104.50	68.50	104.50	83.00	550.00
3	Vaughn Gittin	39.50	106.00	107.50	35.00	20.50	51.00	33.50	393.00
4	Aurimas Bakchis	51.00	51.00	19.00	68.50	54.00	84.50	36.50	364.50
5	Forrest Wang	51.00	42.00	36.50	35.00	19.00	74.00	74.00	331.50
6	Kenneth Moen	84.50	51.00	70.00	36.50	33.50	17.50	17.50	310.50
7	Darren McNamara	51.00	33.50	17.50	51.00	110.00	17.50	17.50	298.00
8	Dean Kearney	17.50	33.50	33.50	49.50	81.50	36.50	35.00	287.00
9	Justin Pawlak	68.50	35.00	36.50	33.50	52.50	33.50	17.50	277.00
10	Conrad Grunewald	35.00	35.00	20.50	51.00	35.00	35.00	51.00	262.50
11	Robbie Nishida	17.50	65.50	49.50	19.00	39.50	17.50	52.50	261.00
12	Ryan Tuerck	35.00	20.50	35.00	35.00	36.50	51.00	22.00	235.00
13	Ken Gushi	17.50	52.50	19.00	17.50	49.50	36.50	35.00	227.50
14	Daigo Saito	17.50	51.00	0.00	17.50	0.00	36.50	101.50	224.00
15	Matt Field	0.00	17.50	67.00	35.00	33.50	17.50	51.00	221.50
16	Michael Essa	74.00	17.50	17.50	19.00	33.50	19.00	35.00	218.50
17	Tyler McQuarrie	38.00	23.50	52.50	20.50	19.00	35.00	20.50	209.00
18	Daijiro Yoshihara	17.50	17.50	0.00	52.50	35.00	19.00	55.50	197.00
19	Patrick Goodin	35.00	17.50	17.50	17.50	19.00	51.00	19.00	176.50
	Kyle Mohan	35.00	19.00	17.50	19.00	33.50	17.50	35.00	176.50
21	Chelsea DeNofa	20.50	36.50	35.00	23.50	19.00	38.00	0.00	172.50
22	Charles Ng	0.00	33.50	19.00	65.50	19.00	17.50	0.00	154.50
23	Jhonnattan Castro	17.50	19.00	35.00	17.50	19.00	35.00	0.00	143.00
24	Geoff Stoneback	17.50	17.50	49.50	0.00	17.50	17.50	17.50	137.00
25	Joon Woo-Maeng	0.00	0.00	0.00	17.50	49.50	49.50	17.50	134.00
26	Marc Landreville	17.50	17.50	0.00	33.50	0.00	17.50	17.50	103.50
27	Mats Baribeau	33.50	0.00	17.50	17.50	0.00	0.00	33.50	102.00
28	Ryan Kado	X	17.50	0.00	17.50	17.50	17.50	17.50	87.50
29	Dave Briggs	17.50	0.00	33.50	17.50	0.00	0.00	17.50	86.00
	Patrick Mordaunt	19.00	33.50	0.00	33.50	0.00	0.00	0.00	86.00
31	Alec Hohnadell	17.50	17.50	19.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	17.50	71.50
32	Tony Angelo	17.50	0.00	17.50	17.50	17.50	0.00	X	70.00
	Matt Coffman	0.00	0.00	17.50	0.00	17.50	17.50	17.50	35.00
	Jeff Jones	17.50	17.50	17.50	0.00	0.00	0.00	17.50	70.00
35	Taka Aono	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	17.50	17.50	33.50	68.50
	Dennis Mertzanis	33.50	0.00	17.50	17.50	0.00	0.00	0.00	68.50
	Carl Rydquist	17.50	0.00	33.50	0.00	17.50	0.00	0.00	68.50
38	Dan Savage	X	17.50	17.50	0.00	0.00	0.00	20.50	55.50
39	Karl Osaki	0.00	0.00	0.00	17.50	17.50	17.50	0.00	52.50
40	Danny George	0.00	17.50	17.50	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	35.00
	Nate Hamilton	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	17.50	0.00	17.50	35.00
42	Kuniaki Takahashi	0.00	19.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	X	19.00
43	Will Parsons	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	17.50	0.00	17.50
	Mike Pollard	X	X	X	X	17.50	0.00	0.00	17.50
	Jeremy Richter	17.50	X	X	X	X	X	X	17.50
	Juha Rintanen	X	X	X	0.00	0.00	17.50	0.00	17.50
Pos	Driver	LBH	ATL	HMS	WTS	EVS	TEX	IRW	Points

Manufacturer Cup

Pos	Manufacturer	Points
1	Scion	843.00
2	Nissan	721.00
3	Ford	670.00
4	Lexus	485.00
5	Chevrolet	471.50
6	BMW	391.00
7	Dodge	287.00
8	Mazda	176.50
9	Toyota	170.50
10	Hyundai	19.00
11	Honda	0.00
	Infiniti	0.00
	Subaru	0.00

Tire Cup

Pos	Brand	Points
1	Hankook	1119.50
2	Nitto	836.00
3	Achillies	801.00
4	Falken	681.50
5	Maxxis	386.50
6	Yokohama	307.50
7	GT Radial	176.50
8	Kenda	172.00

References

External links

• Official website