2018 Formula D season

The 2018 Formula D season (officially titled Formula DRIFT Black Magic Pro Championship) was the fifteenth season of the Formula D series. The season began on April 7 at Long Beach and concluded on October 13 at Toyota Speedway at Irwindale after eight events. The series celebrated its 100th championship round at Wall Speedway. Entries Team No. Car Tires Driver Round(s) Asphalt Anarchy 82 BMW F22 Achilles Taylor Hull 2–3, 5–8 Bakchis Motorsports, LLC 723 Nissan Silvia S14 Falken Aurimas Bakchis All Bridges Racing 43 Dodge Viper ZB IINissan Silvia S15 Achilles Dean Kearney 2–8 Cameron Moore Drift 333 Toyota GT86 Nexen Cameron Moore 1, 3, 5 Chris Forsberg Racing 64 Nissan 370Z Nexen Chris Forsberg All Coffman Racing 959 Nissan 240SX S13 Achilles Matt Coffman All Committed Service Brand 316 Nissan Silvia S14 Achilles Austin Meeks All Drift Cave Motorsports 777 Chevrolet Corvette C6 Falken Matt Field All Essa Autosport 101 BMW M3 E46 Achilles Michael Essa All FFF Drifting Department 117 Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano Nitto Federico Sceriffo All FK53 53 BMW M3 E92 Nexen Faruk Kugay 1–5, 7–8 Get Nuts Lab 808 Nissan Silvia S15 Achilles Forrest Wang All GReddy Toyota Racing 21 Toyota GT86 Falken Ken Gushi All HGK Racing Team 80 BMW M3 E92 Achilles Kristaps Blušs 1–7 Hohnadell-Huddy Racing 118 Nissan 240SX S14 Nexen Alec Hohnadell All Inca Madness Racing 17 BMW M3 E46 Nitto Alex Heilbrunn 1–6 Jeff Jones Racing 818 Nissan 370Z Falken Jeff Jones All Jerry Yang Racing 123 Nissan GT-R Achilles Kazuya Taguchi All Jhonnattan Castro Racing 717 Toyota GT86 Nexen Jhonnattan Castro All KORUWORKS 909 Nissan 350Z Nexen Ryan Litteral 3–4, 6–8 Kyle Mohan Racing 99 Mazda MX-5 Nexen Kyle Mohan All MVK Racing 18 Nissan 240SX S14 Achilles Matt Vankirk All Papadakis Racing 151 Toyota Corolla (E210) Nexen Fredric Aasbø All Pawlak Racing 13 Ford Mustang Falken Justin Pawlak All RAD Industries 34 Toyota Supra A80 Nexen Dan Burkett AllRTR Motorsports 25 Ford Mustang RTR Nitto Vaughn Gittin, Jr. All 88 Ford Mustang RTR Nitto Chelsea DeNofa All Ryan Tuerck Racing 411 Toyota GT86 Nexen Ryan Tuerck All Stratton Racing 33 Chevrolet Corvette C6 Achilles Dirk Stratton All Team DAI. 9 Subaru BRZ Falken Daijiro Yoshihara All Team Enjuku 352 Nissan Skyline R32Nissan 240SX S14.3 Nexen Kevin Lawrence All Worthouse Drift Team 130 Nissan Silvia S15 Falken James Deane All 215 Nissan Silvia S15 Falken Piotr Więcek All

Schedule Round Title Circuit Location Date Winner Car 1 O'Reilly Auto Parts Streets of Long BeachPresented by Permatex Streets of Long Beach Long Beach, California April 7 Fredric Aasbø Toyota Corolla (E210) 2 Advance Auto Parts ScorchedPresented by Fast Orange Orlando Speedworld Orlando, Florida April 28 Chris Forsberg Nissan 370Z 3 NAPA Auto Parts Road to the ChampionshipPresented by Rain-X Road Atlanta Braselton, Georgia May 12 Kristaps Blušs BMW M3 E92 4 Advance Auto Parts The GauntletPresented by Black Magic Wall Speedway Wall Township, New Jersey June 2 James Deane Nissan Silvia S15 5 AutoZone ThrowdownPresented by Rain-X Evergreen Speedway Monroe, Washington July 21 James Deane Nissan Silvia S15 6 Advance Auto Parts CrossroadsPresented by Rain-X Gateway Motorsports Park Madison, Illinois August 11 Fredric Aasbø Toyota Corolla (E210) 7 AutoZone ShowdownPresented by Rain-X Texas Motor Speedway Fort Worth, Texas September 15 Piotr Więcek Nissan Silvia S15 8 O'Reilly Auto Parts Title FightPresented by Rain-X Irwindale Speedway Irwindale, California October 13 Vaughn Gittin, Jr. Ford Mustang RTR Sources:

Championship standings Scoring system Points were awarded for qualifying and for the main event. During qualifying, drivers performed solo runs which were judged on parameters such as line, angle, fluidity and commitment and assigned a numerical score up to 100. These scores were then ranked to determine the qualifying classification and hence populate the brackets for the competition phase. Up to 7 points were then awarded for the top 32 qualifiers.

The qualifiers proceed through a series of competition heats, with those eliminated in the first round (Top 32) receiving 16 points, the second round (Sweet 16) receiving 32 points, the third round (Great 8) receiving 48 points, and the fourth round (Final Four) receiving 64 points and classifying 3rd and 4th. Of the two drivers eliminated in the Final Four, the driver who qualified highest is awarded third place and the final step on the podium. In the Final, the runner-up receives 80 points and the winner 100 points. Final classification within each round is then determined by highest qualifying position; for example, of the two drivers eliminated in the Final Four, the driver who qualified higher is awarded 3rd position and the final place on the podium.

Qualifying stage Position 1st  2nd  3rd  4th–8th  9th–16th  17th–32nd Points765432

Competition stage Position 1st  2nd  3rd  4th  5th–8th  9th–16th  17th–32nd Points100806464483216

Pro Championship standings Pos Driver LBH ORL ATL WNJ EVS GAT TEX IRW Points 1 James Deane 42 22 64 13 14 65 21 91 595 2 Fredric Aasbø 15 31 23 94 95 11 34 24 591 3 Piotr Więcek 31 64 48 1314 31 413 13 102 507 4 Chris Forsberg 66 112 37 59 1711 89 1413 177 399 5 Justin Pawlak 54 53 91 31 43 77 117 1813 391 6 Ryan Tuerck 78 46 1620 1212 27 1812 55 115 380 7 Matt Field 97 1010 1415 25 712 22 1619 1917 379 8 Chelsea DeNofa 1111 1918 76 2625 118 36 410 311 361 9 Aurimas Bakchis 1313 77 109 42 106 94 128 815 351 10 Daijiro Yoshihara 109 99 52 610 1210 1110 69 53 349 11 Ken Gushi 1817 88 817 711 1313 53 1517 68 345 12 Forrest Wang 23 1415 1312 813 DNQ 1315 106 416 344 13 Vaughn Gittin, Jr. 1619 2221 1713 107 1619 1521 711 110 329 14 Kristaps Blušs 1212 1111 15 1627 52 1214 2424 315 15 Alec Hohnadell 810 175 1211 1516 1814 1711 92 139 252 16 Michael Essa 1415 1817 1110 176 1916 108 2020 126 217 17 Matt Coffman 1516 2120 1916 2221 822 1916 2323 1626 211 18 Jhonnattan Castro 1918 1628 1814 1918 2018 1417 1714 1520 194 19 Jeff Jones 2626 2423 2121 2828 1517 1622 1312 2119 193 20 Dirk Stratton 1714 1213 2018 2423 2424 2727 1816 1414 180 21 Matt Vankirk 2828 1516 2424 1415 2727 2424 2222 2423 178 22 Dan Burkett 2020 2524 1519 2524 2120 2525 2121 2018 160 23 Dean Kearney 1314 2323 2120 2221 2220 DNQ 712 158 24 Kazuya Taguchi 3030 2322 2727 3030 2525 2119 1918 2221 144 25 Federico Sceriffo 2222 3030 DNQ 2322 2828 2323 2626 2524 126 26 Kyle Mohan 2424 2625 2525 1817 2929 2626 2929 DNQ 126 27 Kevin Lawrence 2727 2726 2828 2726 2323 2018 3030 DNQ 126 28 Alex Heilbrunn 2121 2019 DNQ 118 69 DNQ 123 29 Faruk Kugay 2323 2827 DNQ 2929 2626 2727 2727 108 30 Austin Meeks 2525 2929 2222 DNQ DNQ 2828 2828 2625 108 31 Taylor Hull DNQ 2626 3030 2929 2525 2322 90 32 Ryan Litteral DNQ 2019 DNQ 815 DNQ 69 33 Cameron Moore 2929 DNQ 1415 53 Sources:In-line notation Superscript number Qualifying positionBoldTop qualifierRookie of the YearRookie

Auto Cup standings Auto Cup points are awarded each round to the two drivers with the highest classified finish for each manufacturer. To be eligible, both the chassis and engine must have been constructed by that manufacturer.

PosManufacturer LBH ORL ATL WNJ EVS GAT TEX IRWPts 1 Nissan 23 112 37 13 14 413 13 416 1229 31 22 48 59 31 65 21 91 2 Toyota 15 31 23 711 27 11 34 24 1053 78 46 817 94 95 53 55 68 3 Ford 54 53 76 31 43 36 410 110 869 1111 1918 91 107 118 77 711 311 4 BMW 1212 1111 15 118 52 108 2020 126 598 1415 1817 1110 1627 69 1214 2424 2727 5 Chevrolet 97 1010 1415 25 712 22 1619 1414 559 1714 1213 2018 2423 2424 2727 1816 1917 6 Dodge 1314 2323 2120 2221 2220 DNQ 712 158   7 Mazda 2424 2625 2525 1817 2929 2626 2929 DNQ 126   8 Ferrari 2222 3030 DNQ 2322 2828 2323 2626 2524 126   9 Cadillac DNQ 2626 3030 2929 2525 2322 90  

Tire Cup standings Tire Cup points are awarded each round to the two drivers with the highest classified finish for each tire manufacturer. PosTire LBH ORL ATL WNJ EVS GAT TEX IRWPts 1 Falken 31 22 48 13 14 22 13 53 1215 42 53 52 25 31 413 21 815 2 Nexen 15 112 23 59 27 11 34 24 1088 66 37 31 94 95 89 55 115 3 Achilles 23 88 15 711 52 53 106 416 845 1212 1111 817 813 822 108 1517 68 4 Nitto 1111 1918 76 107 69 36 410 110 725 1619 2019 1713 118 118 1521 711 311

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