2009 Formula D season

The 2009 Formula D season (officially titled Formula Drift Professional Championship) was the sixth season for the Formula D series. The series began April 11 and concluded on October 11. Chris Forsberg took his first series title in a Nissan 350Z; the third season in succession in which a Nissan car had won the championship.

Schedule edit

Round	Title	Circuit	Location	Date	Winner	Results
1	Streets of Long Beach	Streets of Long Beach	Long Beach, California	April 11	Ryan Tuerck	Results
2	Proving Ground	Road Atlanta	Braselton, Georgia	May 9	Chris Forsberg	Results
3	The Gauntlet	Wall Township Speedway	Wall Township, New Jersey	June 6	Darren McNamara	Results
4	All In	Las Vegas Motor Speedway	Las Vegas, Nevada	July 11	Tanner Foust	Results
5	Breaking Point	Evergreen Speedway	Monroe, Washington	August 8	Chris Forsberg	Results
6	Locked and Loaded	Infineon Raceway	Sonoma, California	August 22^[a]	Stephan Verdier	Results
7	Judgement Day	Toyota Speedway	Irwindale, California	October 17^[b]	Ryan Tuerck	Results
Sources:^[1]^[2]^[3]

Championship standings edit

Event winners in bold.

Pos	Driver	LBH	ATL	WTS	LVS	EVS	SON	IRW	Points
1	Chris Forsberg	62	102	63	80	103	60	57	527
2	Ryan Tuerck	102	80	50	62	69	51	107	521
3	Tyler McQuarrie	48.5	62	85	69.5	82	49	89	485
4	Samuel Hübinette	90	58	65	58	67	61.25	63	462.25
5	Vaughn Gittin, Jr.	62	57	92	54.5	71	65	50	451.5
6	Tanner Foust	84	62	0	100.5	54	69	78	447.5
7	Darren McNamara	61	94	105	0	56	54.5	56	426.5
8	Robbie Nishida	72	63	62	62	55	48.25	63	425.25
9	Justin Pawlak	58	63	57	67	53	56	62	416
10	Ken Gushi	0	61.5	77	49	55	91	55	388.5
11	Daijiro Yoshihara	50	55	51	52	52	56	65	381
12	Tony Brakohiapa	62	54.25	54.5	48.25	63	49	48.25	379.25
13	Ross Petty	48.5	55	55	54.25	68	48.25	48.25	377.25
14	Taka Aono	65	48.25	61.25	48.5	50	48.25	48.5	369.75
15	Stephan Verdier	62	51	50	51	49	101	0	364
16	Ryuji Miki	0	59	55	88.5	54.25	85	0	341.75
17	Joon Maeng	48.5	70	54.5	54.25	48.5	0	57	332.75
18	Eric O'Sullivan	48.25	0	48.5	49	89	48.5	49	332.25
19	Rhys Millen	48.5	58	60	0	48.5	66	48.5	329.5
20	Patrick Mordaunt	48.25	61.25	56	54.5	48.25	49	0	317.25
21	Kyle Mohan	48.5	0	48.5	50	48.5	54.5	66	316
22	Kenji Yamanaka	0	48.5	55	49	48.5	54.5	48.5	304
23	Calvin Wan	48.5	48.25	48.25	0	48.25	48.25	48.25	289.75
24	Michael Essa	0	48.5		63	48.5	48.5	55	263.5
25	Yasu Kondo	54.25			48.5	54.5	54.5	48.25	260
26	Michihiro Takatori	48.25	49	48.5	54.25	54.5	0	0	254.5
27	Tommy Suell	0	48.25	48.25	50	48.25	0	58	252.75
28	Katsuhiro Ueo	55			61		69	48.5	233.5
29	Matt Powers	48.25			48.25		50	69.5	216
30	Kazu Hayashida	53			61.25		48.5	48.5	211.25
31	Alex Pfeiffer				48.25	48.5	58	54.5	209.25
32	Jeff Jones	54.5	48.25	48.25	0	0	48.25	0	199.25
33	Matt Waldin	48.25	48.5	48.5				48.25	193.5
34	Casper Canul	48.25	48.25	48.5	48.25				193.25
35	Carl Rydquist	48.25	48.25		51				147.5
36	Doug Van Den Brink	0	48.5	48.5				48.25	145.25
37	Ron Ewerth	0	0	48.25	0	48.25	48.25	0	144.75
38	Jodin LeJeune	0	0	0	0	54.25	0	48.25	102.5
39	Bill Sherman				48.5		50		98.5
40	Chris Kregorian	0	48.5	48.25	0				96.75
41=	Cody Parkhouse	0					48.25	48.25	96.5
41=	John Wagner		48.25	48.25					96.5
43	Conrad Grunewald	57							57
44	Quoc Ly	56							56
45	Mitsuru Haruguchi				53				53
46	John Russakoff	48.5							48.5
47	Gary Lang		0	48.25					48.25
Source:^[4]

Driver did not compete in event.

Footnotes edit

^ The Sonoma round was originally scheduled for September 12 but the event was brought forward to August 22, sharing the billing with the IndyCar Grand Prix of Sonoma.
^ The Irwindale round was originally scheduled for October 11.

References edit

^ "Formula DRIFT 2009 Pro Championship". formulad.com. Archived from the original on 7 March 2009. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
^ "(Original calendar) Formula DRIFT Pro Championship". formulad.com. Archived from the original on 16 January 2009. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
^ "Formula D Announces Schedule Change for 2009 Season". formulad.com. 25 June 2009. Archived from the original on 18 May 2021. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
^ "2009 Formula DRIFT Pro Championship Standings". formulad.com. Archived from the original on 19 January 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2022.

[1] The Sonoma round was originally scheduled for September 12 but the event was brought forward to August 22, sharing the billing with the IndyCar Grand Prix of Sonoma.

[2] The Irwindale round was originally scheduled for October 11.

[3] "Formula DRIFT 2009 Pro Championship". formulad.com. Archived from the original on 7 March 2009. Retrieved 10 January 2022.

[4] "(Original calendar) Formula DRIFT Pro Championship". formulad.com. Archived from the original on 16 January 2009. Retrieved 10 January 2022.

[5] "Formula D Announces Schedule Change for 2009 Season". formulad.com. 25 June 2009. Archived from the original on 18 May 2021. Retrieved 10 January 2022.

[6] "2009 Formula DRIFT Pro Championship Standings". formulad.com. Archived from the original on 19 January 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2022.

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