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   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

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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   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

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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   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

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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

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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

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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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