The 2016 Formula D season is the thirteenth season of the Formula D Pro Championship series and third season of the Pro2 series. The Pro Championship series began on April 8 at Long Beach and ended on October 8 at Irwindale Speedway with Chris Forsberg winning his third Pro Championship.[1] The Pro2 series began on May 5 at Road Atlanta and ended on October 1 at Wild Horse Motorsports Park with Marc Landreville winning the series.[2]

Schedule and results

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Round Title Venue Location Date Winner Car
Pro Pro2
1 Streets of Long Beach Streets of Long Beach Long Beach, CA April 8 – 9   Chelsea Denofa[3] BMW E46
1 Road Atlanta Braselton, GA May 5 – 6   Jeff Jones[4] Nissan S14
2 Road to the Championship May 6 – 7   Vaughn Gittin[5] Ford Mustang
2 Orlando Speed World Orlando, FL June 3 – 4   Marc Landreville[6] Nissan S14
3 Uncharted Territory June 3 – 4   Fredric Aasbø[7] Scion tC
4 The Gauntlet Wall Township Speedway Wall Township, NJ June 17 – 18   Vaughn Gittin[8] Ford Mustang
5 True North Autodrome Saint-Eustache St.Eustache, QC, Canada July 15 – 16   Fredric Aasbø[9] Scion tC
6 Throwdown Evergreen Speedway Monroe, WA August 5 – 6   Aurimas Bakchis[10] Hyundai Genesis
3 Texas Motor Speedway Fort Worth, TX September 8 – 9   Marc Landreville[11] Nissan S14
7 Showdown September 9 – 10   Matt Field[12] Nissan S14
4 Wild Horse Motorsports Park Chandler, AZ September 31 – October 1   Marc Landreville[2] Nissan S14
8 Title Fight Irwindale Speedway Irwindale, CA October 7 – 8   Matt Field[1] Nissan S14

Calendar changes & notes

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Entries

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Pro championship

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Tire Team Car No. Drivers Round(s)
Achilles Drift Ebisu with Achilles Toyota Mark II[broken anchor] 100   Andrew Gray 2–7
Sogun Motorsports Achilles Infiniti G37 84   Charles Ng All
Bridges Racing Dodge Viper 43   Dean Kearney All
Logic Aside Nissan S14 53   Faruk Kugay All
JR Motorsports Nissan S15 200   Juha Rintanen All
Team Fast Kenny BMW E46 22   Kenneth Moen 1–3, 6, 8
HGK Motorsports BMW E46 80   Kristaps Bluss 1–4, 6–8
Essa Autosport BMW E46 101   Michael Essa All
Infiniti G37 31   Robbie Nishida 1, 3–8
Falken Bakchis Motorsports Hyundai Genesis 723   Aurimas Bakchis All
Cameron Moore Drift Lexus SC300 333   Cameron Moore All
DAI. Subaru BRZ 9   Daijiro Yoshihara All
Pawlak Racing Ford Mustang 13   Justin Pawlak All
Coffman Racing Nissan S13 959   Matt Coffman All
Driftcave Motorsports Nissan S14 777   Matt Field All
Pat Goodin Racing Nissan S13 46   Pat Goodin All
Drift Paddock Nissan 350Z 90   Pat Mordaunt 1–4, 6–8
Tyler McQuarrie Racing Chevrolet Camaro 17   Tyler McQuarrie All
GT Radial BMW E46 88   Chelsea DeNofa All
Kyle Mohan Racing Mazda MX-5 99   Kyle Mohan All
Hankook NOS Energy Drink Drift Team Nissan 370Z 64   Chris Forsberg All
Get Nuts Lab Nissan S15 808   Forrest Wang All
Chris Forsberg Racing Nissan 370Z 15   Geoff Stoneback All
Gumout, Nameless Performance, Hankook Tires, SRby Toyota FRS Scion FR-S 411   Ryan Tuerck All
Get Nuts Lab Nissan S14 988   Shengjun Zhang 1
Nexen Hohnadell Racing Nissan S14 118   Alec Hohnadell All
Papadakis Racing Scion tC 1   Fredric Aasbø All
Jeff Jones Racing Nissan S14 818   Jeff Jones 1–4, 6–8
Jhonnattan Castro Racing Scion FR-S 717   Jhonnattan Castro All
GReddy Racing - Nexen Tire - SR by Toyota 86 Team Toyota 86 21   Ken Gushi All
Rockstar Energy Drink Nexen Tire VW Passat Volkswagen Passat 34   Tanner Foust 2, 6–7
Nitto Team RTS BMW E46 949   Alex Heilbrunn 1–4, 6–8
Red Bull, Nitto Tire, Mazda Mazda MX-5 123   Mike Whiddett All
Mustang RTR Drift Team Ford Mustang 25   Vaughn Gittin All

Pro 2

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Tire Team Car No. Drivers Round(s)
Achilles Aaron Day Racing Nissan S14 124   Aaron Day 1, 3–4
Meeks Drift Nissan S14 316   Austin Meeks All
Stratton Racing Chevrolet Corvette 33   Dirk Stratton All
Red Baron Racing BMW E30 418   Donovan Brockway All
D’VANZ Motorsports Ford Mustang 19   Doug Van Den Brink 1–2, 4
Ethan Hunter Drift Nissan S14 37   Ethan Hunter 1, 3–4
Drift Chick Nissan S14 42   Kelsey Rowlings 1, 3–4
BMW E36 3   Luis Lizardi 1–2, 4
Marc Landreville Racing Nissan S14 11   Marc Landreville All
Matt Madrigali Racing Nissan S13 415   Matt Madrigali All
Toyota Mark II[broken anchor] 54   Ng Sheng Nian All
Falken Andrew Lewis Racing Nissan S13 36   Andrew Lewis All
JMR Josh McGuire Racing Nissan S14 63   Josh McGuire All
Team Enjuku Nissan S14 352   Kevin Lawrence All
Team Enjuku Nissan S13 144   Nate Hamilton All
Asphalt Anarchy Nissan S14 82   Taylor Hull All
Beechum Racing Ford Mustang 999   Trenton Beechum All
GT Radial Ryan Litteral Racing Nissan S14 909   Ryan Litteral All
Hankook MVK Racing Nissan S13 18   Matt VanKirk 3–4
Nexen RAD Industries Toyota Supra 134   Dan Burkett All
Jeff Jones Racing Nissan S14 818   Jeff Jones All
Nitto IAS Performance Nissan S14 142   Randall Waters 3–4

Results and standings

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Pro championship

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Standings

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Event winners in bold.

Pos Driver LBH ATL ORL WTS ASE EVS TEX IRW Points
1   Chris Forsberg 32.00 68.00 68.00 84.00 83.00 84.00 84.00 36.00 539.00
2   Fredric Aasbø 80.00 22.00 104.00 52.00 104.00 52.00 53.00 35.00 502.00
3   Vaughn Gittin 48.00 107.00 39.00 104.00 67.00 39.00 39.00 19.00 462.00
4   Aurimas Bakchis 64.00 52.00 37.00 38.00 68.00 106.00 52.00 35.00 452.00
5   Matt Field 48.00 21.00 36.00 51.00 35.00 51.00 103.00 104.00 449.00
6   Daijiro Yoshihara 16.00 84.00 20.00 39.00 52.00 35.00 36.00 87.00 369.00
7   Ken Gushi 64.00 18.00 51.00 67.00 34.00 68.00 36.00 19.00 357.00
8   Forrest Wang 48.00 35.00 19.00 34.00 55.00 35.00 51.00 53.00 330.00
9   Ryan Tuerck 48.00 19.00 38.00 36.00 54.00 19.00 38.00 70.00 322.00
10   Tyler McQuarrie 32.00 51.00 67.00 19.00 0.00 53.00 36.00 52.00 310.00
11   Alec Hohnadell 16.00 66.00 34.00 19.00 36.00 34.00 66.00 18.00 289.00
12   Kristaps Blušs 32.00 18.00 82.00 35.00 X 19.00 66.00 34.00 286.00
13   Justin Pawlak 16.00 20.00 35.00 35.00 37.00 18.00 35.00 52.00 248.00
14   Michael Essa 32.00 51.00 20.00 51.00 18.00 20.00 34.00 20.00 246.00
15   Dean Kearney 32.00 19.00 18.00 50.00 34.00 50.00 18.00 18.00 239.00
16   Matt Coffman 16.00 18.00 18.00 18.00 51.00 68.00 19.00 19.00 227.00
17   Chelsea DeNofa 100.00 19.00 3.00 21.00 36.00 18.00 18.00 1.00 216.00
18   Geoff Stoneback 16.00 35.00 18.00 18.00 34.00 18.00 35.00 35.00 209.00
19   Mike Whiddett 32.00 35.00 18.00 0.00 18.00 19.00 51.00 34.00 207.00
20   Juha Rintanen 16.00 34.00 34.00 18.00 18.00 18.00 18.00 50.00 206.00
21   Patrick Mordaunt 16.00 34.00 51.00 18.00 X 0.00 18.00 66.00 203.00
22   Alex Heilbrunn 16.00 18.00 18.00 67.00 X 18.00 18.00 35.00 190.00
  Jhonnattan Castro 16.00 18.00 50.00 18.00 18.00 34.00 18.00 18.00 190.00
24   Faruk Kugay 16.00 34.00 18.00 34.00 18.00 18.00 18.00 18.00 174.00
25   Charles Ng 32.00 1.00 19.00 18.00 18.00 18.00 19.00 35.00 160.00
26   Patrick Goodin 16.00 18.00 18.00 18.00 35.00 18.00 18.00 18.00 159.00
  Kyle Mohan 16.00 18.00 34.00 18.00 19.00 18.00 18.00 18.00 159.00
28   Cameron Moore 16.00 18.00 18.00 18.00 34.00 18.00 18.00 18.00 158.00
29   Kenneth Moen 16.00 34.00 51.00 X X 35.00 X 18.00 154.00
30   Robbie Nishida 16.00 X 18.00 36.00 18.00 34.00 1.00 18.00 141.00
31   Jeff Jones 32.00 35.00 18.00 18.00 X 18.00 19.00 1.00 140.00
32   Tanner Foust X 52.00 X X X 51.00 18.00 X 121.00
33   Andrew Gray X 18.00 18.00 18.00 19.00 18.00 18.00 X 109.00
34   Shengjun Zhang 16.00 X X X X X X X 16.00
Pos Driver LBH ATL ORL WTS ASE EVS TEX IRW Points

Notes:

  • X — Did not attend event

Manufacturer Cup

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Pos Manufacturer Points
1   Scion 933.00
2   Nissan 748.00
3   Ford 710.00
4   BMW 461.00
5   Mazda 366.00
6   Chevrolet 310.00
7   Infiniti 262.00
8   Dodge 239.00
9   Lexus 158.00

Tire Cup

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Pos Brand Points
1   Falken 1096.00
2   Nexen 969.00
3   Hankook 940.00
4   Nitto 752.00
5   Achilles 706.00
6   GT Radial 374.00

Pro 2

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Standings

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Pos Driver ATL ORL TEX PHX Points
1   Marc Landreville 86.00 106.00 104.00 106.00 402.00
2   Jeff Jones 104.00 83.00 43.00 42.00 272.00
3   Andrew Lewis 43.00 62.00 65.00 22.00 192.00
4   Dirk Stratton 22.00 43.00 63.00 63.00 191.00
5   Dan Burkett 63.00 42.00 1.00 62.00 168.00
6   Ryan Litteral 65.00 23.00 23.00 43.00 154.00
7   Nate Hamilton 1.00 23.00 26.00 84.00 134.00
8   Matt Madrigali 22.00 62.00 22.00 25.00 131.00
  Taylor Hull 42.00 23.00 43.00 23.00 131.00
10   Trenton Beechum 23.00 22.00 83.00 0.00 128.00
11   Kevin Lawrence 22.00 45.00 22.00 22.00 111.00
12   Austin Meeks 22.00 44.00 42.00 0.00 108.00
13   Josh McGuire 23.00 22.00 22.00 22.00 89.00
14   Randall Waters X X 42.00 43.00 85.00
15   Donovan Brockway 1.00 22.00 22.00 22.00 67.00
16   Ng Sheng Nian 22.00 22.00 22.00 0.00 66.00
17   Aaron Day 22.00 X 1.00 22.00 45.00
18   Ethan Hunter 42.00 X 1.00 0.00 43.00
  Doug Van Den Brink 43.00 0.00 X 0.00 43.00
20   Matt VanKirk X X 0.00 23.00 23.00
  Kelsey Rowlings 1.00 X 22.00 0.00 23.00
  Luis Lizardi 1.00 22.00 X 0.00 23.00
Pos Driver ATL ORL TEX PHX Points

Notes:

  • X — Did not attend event

References

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