The 2024 Formula Drift season (officially titled and stylized as the Formula DRIFT PRO Championship) is the twenty-first season of the Formula D series. The season began on April 13 at Long Beach and concluded on October 19 at Irwindale Speedway after eight events.
This is the last Formula Drift season to feature the final event at Irwindale Speedway, after the track's announced permanent closure on October 29, 2024. The season finale at Irwindale had been held since Formula D's inception in 2004. Entries Team No. Car Tires Driver Round(s) ASM 8 BMW M3 E46 GT Radial Robert Thorne All Asphalt Anarchy 82 Chevrolet Corvette C6 Kenda Taylor Hull All Beechum Racing 999 BMW M3 E46 Nexen Trenton Beechum All Cash Racing 16 Cadillac XLR Kenda Jonathan Hurst All Diego Higa racing team 169 Toyota GT86 GT Radial Diego Higa All Drift Cave Motorsports 777 Chevrolet Corvette C6 GT Radial Matt Field All DRIFTING DEPARTMENT 17 117 Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano Nexen Federico Sceriffo All Extreme SimRacing 357 Chevrolet Corvette C7 Z06 GT Radial João Barion All Feal Suspension Race Team 707 Nissan Silvia "S14.9" GT Radial Simen Olsen All 723 Nissan Silvia S15 GT Radial Aurimas Bakchis All Forsberg Racing 64 Nissan Z GT Radial Chris Forsberg All Garagistic 171 BMW 1 Series E82 Vitour Rome Charpentier All Get Nuts Lab. 808 Nissan Silvia S15 Vitour Forrest Wang All Hateley Motorsports 98 BMW M3 E46 Kumho Andy Hateley All Jeff Jones Racing 818 Nissan 370Z Kumho Jeff Jones All Jerry Yang Racing 123 Toyota GT86 GT Radial Kazuya Taguchi All 168 Toyota GT86 GT Radial Hiroya Minowa All Jhonnattan Castro Racing 17 Toyota GR86 Kenda Jhonnattan Castro All Kyle Mohan Racing 99 Mazda RX-8 Vitour Kyle Mohan All LZMFG 5 BMW M3 E36 Nitto Adam LZ ? MspeK Performance 527 Nissan Silvia "S14.9" Vitour Daniel Stuke All Noback Racing Co. 54 BMW M3 E46 Kenda Nick Noback All Papadakis Racing 151 Toyota GR Supra Nitto Fredric Aasbø All 411 Toyota GR Corolla Nitto Ryan Tuerck All Power Racing 919 Nissan Silvia S15 Nexen Mike Power All RAD Industries 34 Toyota Supra A80 GT Radial Dan Burkett All Robbins Race Co. 35 Nissan 350Z Kenda Alec Robbins All RTR Vehicles' Drift Team 25 Ford Mustang RTR Spec 5-FD Nitto Vaughn Gittin, Jr. ? 130 Ford Mustang RTR Spec 5-FD Nitto James Deane All 213 Ford Mustang RTR Spec 5-FD Nitto Ben Hobson All Ryan Litteral Racing 909 Nissan Silvia S15 Kenda Ryan Litteral All Shanahan 79 79 BMW M3 E36 Vitour Conor Shanahan 1, 3–8 Sorensen Motorsports 513 BMW M3 E92 Nitto Branden Sorensen All Team Hansen Drifting 119 Nissan 240SX S13 GT Radial Rudy Hansen All Team Infamous 27 Nissan Silvia S14 Kenda Derek Madison All Team Karnage 43 Dodge Viper ZB II Kumho Dean Kearney All Team Never Settle 85 BMW M3 E46 Vitour Dmitriy Brutskiy All Three's Racing 21 Toyota GR86 Kenda Ken Gushi All Whip Racing 129 BMW M3 E46 GT Radial Dylan Hughes All
Driver changes 2023 PRO champion Chelsea DeNofa retired from the series, announcing his intention ahead of the final round in 2023. His seat at RTR Motorsports was taken by 2023 PROSPEC champion Ben Hobson. 2023 PROSPEC runner-up Andy Hateley made his Formula Drift PRO debut. Hiroya Minowa joined Jerry Yang Racing with support from GT Radial Tires. At the start of the season, he was just 14 years old. After 2 seasons driving for RTR Motorsports, Adam LZ entered his own team running a single BMW E36. LZMFG only competed part-time in their debut FD season in order to run a full DMEC programme for 2024. Two-time PROSPEC champion Dmitriy Brutskiy moved up to the PRO series. Rudy Hansen moved up from the PROSPEC series, where he finished third in 2023. 2022 PROSPEC runner-up Derek Madison moved up to the PRO series. 2023 Drift Masters European Champion Conor Shanahan joined the series alongside defending his DMEC title. He will miss the second round at Road Atlanta due to a calendar clash with DMEC. Travis Reeder elected not to compete in the 2024 season.
Other changes GT Radial, winners of the Tire Cup in 2023, renewed their partnership with the series for a further three years. Kumho entered the series as an official tire sponsor for 2024 and beyond.
Schedule Round Title Circuit Location Date Winner Car 1 Streets of Long Beach Streets of Long Beach Long Beach, California April 13 James Deane Ford Mustang RTR Spec 5-FD 2 Road to the Championship Road Atlanta Braselton, Georgia May 11 Fredric Aasbø Toyota GR Supra 3 Scorched Orlando Speed World Orlando, Florida June 1 Conor Shanahan BMW M3 E36 4 The Gauntlet Englishtown Raceway Park Englishtown, New Jersey June 22 James Deane Ford Mustang RTR Spec 5-FD 5 Crossroads World Wide Technology Raceway St. Louis, Missouri July 20 James Deane Ford Mustang RTR Spec 5-FD 6 Throwdown Evergreen Speedway Monroe, Washington August 10 Ryan Tuerck Toyota GR Corolla 7 Elevated Utah Motorsports Campus Grantsville, Utah August 30 Aurimas Bakchis Nissan Silvia S15 8 Title Fight Irwindale Speedway Irwindale, California October 19 James Deane Ford Mustang RTR Spec 5-FDSources:
Championship standings Pre-event qualifying was eliminated starting in 2024, so that all results across the weekend are determined by tandem drifting and not by solo runs.
The 24 highest classified drivers in the previous event are guaranteed a starting position at the next event and are seeded with the same results, so that the previous event winner is awarded the number 1 seed (equivalent to the top qualifier in previous seasons).
The remaining 8 seeding positions (25th through 32nd) are contested by up to 24 other drivers, including those who finished 25th or below in the previous round. Seeding within this group is determined by a Seeding Bracket, a knockout-style tandem drift competition of similar format to the main event, with the first-place finisher being awarded the 25th starting position in the main event. All drivers score championship points; those eliminated during the Seeding Bracket are classified 33rd through 48th and receive 14 points.
In the main event, drivers proceed through a series of competition heats, with those eliminated in the first round (Top 32) receiving 28 points and classifying 17th through 32nd, the second round (Top 16) receiving 42 points and classifying 9th through 16th, the third round (Great 8) receiving 56 points and classifying 5th through 8th, and the fourth round (Final Four) classifying 3rd and 4th, both receiving 70 points. In the Final, the runner-up receives 84 points and the winner 100 points. Final classification within each round is then determined by highest seeding position; for example, of the two drivers eliminated in the Final Four, the driver who was seeded higher entering the event is awarded 3rd position and the final place on the podium.
In the event of a tie on points, the driver who classified higher in the most recent round will be awarded the higher position.
For Round 1 at Long Beach, the final classification of the 2023 championship was used, with non-returning drivers Chelsea DeNofa (1st) and Kristaps Blušs (24th) skipped and the ranking reapplied so that Taylor Hull (25th) and Alec Robbins (26th) were seeded 23rd and 24th respectively, and guaranteed starting positions.
Competition stage Position1st2nd3rd4th5th–8th9th–16th17th–32nd33rd–48thPoints10084707056422814
Pro Championship standings PosDriverLBHATLORLENGWWTEVSUTAIRWPts 1 James Deane 1 3 2 1 1 9 4 1 666 2 Aurimas Bakchis 3 4 5 2 5 5 1 3 562 3 Fredric Aasbø 5 1 17 7 3 10 2 2 520 4 Hiroya Minowa 8 18 4 11 2 2 10 11 448 5 Adam LZ 24 25 8 3 6 3 11 8 406 6 Ryan Tuerck 10 19 12 13 13 1 9 7 394 7 Matt Field 9 6 6 12 4 11 13 12 392 8 Conor Shanahan 25 1 9 8 12 14 4 380 9 Dylan Hughes 17 13 11 4 7 17 7 6 378 10 Branden Sorensen 14 12 3 10 12 13 15 13 364 11 Simen Olsen 2 2 9 18 16 22 23 24 364 12 Jeff Jones 30 16 24 15 17 4 5 5 350 13 Chris Forsberg 11 10 10 5 9 18 8 10 350 14 Ken Gushi 4 9 20 8 11 20 21 15 336 15 Jonathan Hurst 13 20 25 16 15 14 6 9 322 16 Trenton Beechum 16 22 13 19 19 6 3 17 322 17 Rome Charpentier 6 5 18 14 14 21 22 23 308 18 Kazuya Taguchi 12 11 21 23 23 7 12 18 294 19 Jhonnattan Castro 18 14 22 24 24 8 17 14 280 20 Taylor Hull 22 24 14 6 10 19 20 22 280 21 Nick Noback 7 17 7 17 18 23 24 25 280 22 Dan Burkett 26 8 19 22 22 15 18 20 266 23 Alec Robbins 23 15 23 25 34 16 19 21 238 24 Daniel Stuke 21 23 27 32 26 29 30 30 224 25 Diego Higa 29 26 16 21 21 25 28 35 224 26 Robert Thorne 15 21 26 36 28 27 34 26 210 27 Ryan Litteral 30 15 20 20 24 25 33 196 28 Federico Sceriffo 27 35 34 28 36 31 32 16 182 29 Andy Hateley 34 32 29 27 35 35 16 19 182 30 Kyle Mohan 33 28 36 31 32 30 31 28 182 31 Rudy Hansen 28 36 31 34 33 33 27 31 168 32 Dmitriy Brutskiy 37 29 28 26 25 34 33 32 168 33 Derek Madison 36 34 30 33 29 28 29 36 168 34 Forrest Wang 20 7 32 27 126 35 Ben Hobson 35 33 33 35 30 WD 26 34 126 36 Mike Power 32 35 30 27 26 112 37 João Barion 31 27 32 29 31 98 38 Vaughn Gittin, Jr. 31 29 56 39 Dean Kearney 19 28In-line notationRookie 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.
General Motors initially earned contributions from Chevrolet and Cadillac, but Cadillac were granted their own classification during the season and the points were adjusted.
PosManufacturerLBHATLORLENGWWTEVSUTAIRWPts 1 Toyota 4 1 12 7 3 1 2 872 5 9 16 8 11 8 9 2 Ford 1 3 2 1 1 9 4 692 35 31 33 33 30 WD 26 3 General Motors 9 6 6 6 4 11 13 602 22 24 14 12 10 19 20 4 Nissan 11 10 10 5 9 18 8 490 30 15 20 20 24 25 5 BMW 6 5 18 14 14 21 22 434 37 29 28 26 25 34 33 6 Cadillac 13 20 25 16 15 14 6 280 7 Mazda 33 28 36 31 32 30 31 154 8 Ferrari 27 35 34 28 36 31 32 140 9 Dodge 19 28
Tire Cup standings Tire Cup points are awarded each round to the two drivers with the highest classified finish for each tire manufacturer. PosTireLBHATLORLENGWWTEVSUTAIRWPts 1 Nitto 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 1102 5 3 3 7 3 9 4 2 GT Radial 2 2 4 2 2 2 1 1038 3 4 5 4 4 5 7 3 Kenda 4 9 7 6 10 8 6 686 7 14 14 8 11 14 17 4 Vitour 6 5 1 9 8 12 14 646 20 7 18 14 14 21 22 6 Kumho 19 16 24 15 17 4 5 462 30 32 29 27 35 35 16 5 Nexen 16 22 13 19 19 6 3 448 27 35 34 28 27 26 32
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