The 2026 Formula Drift season (officially titled and stylized as the Formula DRIFT PRO Championship) is the twenty-third season of the Formula D series. The season began on April 10 at Long Beach and will conclude on October 24 at Long Beach.

This is the first year to feature three new tracks added to the schedule, whereas former years have seen largely the same schedule. The new schedule features Stafford Motor Speedway, Indianapolis Raceway Park, and Las Vegas Motor Speedway (Bullring), replacing Englishtown Raceway Park, World Wide Technology Raceway, and Utah Motorsports Campus, respectively.

Schedule RoundTitleCircuitLocationDateWinnerCar1Streets of Long Beach Long Beach Street CircuitLong Beach, CaliforniaApril 10 Conor Shanahan Toyota GT862Road to the Championship Road AtlantaBraselton, GeorgiaMay 7 Vaughn Gittin Jr. 3Scorched Orlando Speed WorldOrlando, FloridaMay 29 Aurimas Bakchis Subaru BRZ4Battle at the Springs Stafford Motor SpeedwayStafford, ConnecticutJune 18 James Deane 5Midwest Mayhem Indianapolis Raceway ParkIndianapolis, IndianaJuly 30Cancelled6Throwdown Evergreen SpeedwayMonroe, WashingtonAugust 217High Stakes Las Vegas Motor Speedway (Bullring)Las Vegas, NevadaSeptember 248Long Beach Shoreline Showdown Long Beach Street CircuitLong Beach, CaliforniaOctober 17Sources:

Teams and drivers TeamNo.CarTiresDriverRound(s) 272 Motorsports 272 Nissan 350Z Kumho Cody Buchanan 1–6 59 Racing 59 BMW 1 Series E82 Kumho Jack Shanahan 1–6 Beechum Racing 999 BMW M3 E46 Kenda Trenton Beechum 1–3, 5–6 Drift Cave Motorsports 777 Corvette C6 GT Radial Matt Field 1–6 Dylan Hughes Racing 129 BMW M3 E46 GT Radial Dylan Hughes 1–6 Feal Suspension Race Team 723 Subaru BRZ GT Radial Aurimas Bakchis 1–6 Forsberg Racing 64 Nissan Z Kumho Chris Forsberg 1–6 FS17 DRIFTING DEPARTMENT 117 BMW 1 Series E82 Kumho Federico Sceriffo 1–6 Garagistic Racing 171 BMW M3 E36 Kumho Rome Charpentier 1–6 Hateley Motorsports 98 BMW M3 E46 Kumho Andy Hateley 1–6 Higa Motorsport 169 Toyota GR86 GT Radial Diego Higa 1–3 Jeff Jones Racing 818 Nissan 370Z Kumho Jeff Jones 1–3, 5–6 Jerry Yang Racing 79 Toyota GT86 GT Radial Conor Shanahan 1–6 90 GT Radial Shinji Minowa 6 168 GT Radial Hiroya Minowa 1 530 Kenda Wataru Masuyama 1–6 Jhonnathan Castro Racing 17 Toyota GR86 Kenda Jhonnathan Castro 1–6 KGMS Gazoo Racing 21 Toyota GR86 Kenda Ken Gushi 1–6 LZMFG 5 BMW M3 E36 Tire Streets Adam LZ 1–6 Nate Chen Racing 4 Toyota GT86 Kenda Nate Chen 1–6 OSULLY RACING 107 BMW M3 E46 GT Radial Connor O'Sullivan 1–6 Papadakis Racing 151 Toyota GR Supra Kenda Fredric Aasbø 1–6 411 Toyota GR Corolla Kenda Ryan Tuerck 1–6 RAD Industries 34 Toyota Supra GT Radial Dan Burkett 1–6 Richards Racing 11 Toyota GT86 GT Radial Cole Richards 1–6 RTR Vehicles Drift Team 25 Ford Mustang RTR Spec 5-FD Nitto Vaughn Gittin Jr. 2 130 James Deane 1–6 213 Ben Hobson 1–6 Ryan Litteral Racing 909 Nissan Silvia S15 Kumho Ryan Litteral 1–6 Simen Olsen Drifting 707 Toyota GR Supra Kenda Simen Olsen 1–4, 6 SORENSEN MOTORSPORTS 513 BMW M3 GT Radial Branden Sorensen 1–6 Stuke Racing 527 Nissan Silvia S14.9 Kenda Daniel Stuke 1–6 Team Hansen 119 Nissan 240SX S13 Kenda Rudy Hansen 1–6 Team Infamous 27 Nissan Silvia S14.9 Kenda Derek Madison 1–6 TLO Drift Team 233 Corvette C7 Kenda Tommy Lemaire 1–6

Championship standings 2026 saw the return of the classic qualifying format. Each driver therefore performs two solo runs which are judged on parameters such as line, angle and style, all defined within the sporting regulations, and awarded a numerical score up to 100. An AI drift judge system Wally was introduced in 2026 to help with judging the runs. The scores are ranked to determine the qualifying classification and set the brackets for the competition stage for the top 32 scoring drivers. The top three receive 4, 3 and 2 points, with every other driver who sets a score receiving 1 point.

During the competition stage, the drivers proceed through a series of competition heats, with each driver performing a lead run and a chase run. The format features progression through Top 32, Top 16, Top 8, Top 4 and the Final. The two drivers eliminated in Top 4 run an additional heat to determine the final podium position. For the remaining drivers, the final classification within each round is determined by the highest qualifying position.

Qualifying Stage Position1st2nd3rdOthers scoringPoints4321

Competition Stage Battles won543210Position1st2nd3rd4th5th–8th9th–16th17th–32nd33rd–48thPoints50403030201000

Pro Championship standings PosDriverLBHATLORLSTAINDEVSLVSLBH2Pts 1 James Deane 91 22 2 1 C 91 164 2 Conor Shanahan 1 8 25 33 C 12 159 3 Branden Sorensen 6 43 3 62 C 33 140 4 Jack Shanahan 32 10 6 2 C1 5 131 5 Aurimas Bakchis 5 31 1 8 C3 17 130 6 Fredric Aasbø 2 18 43 9 C 2 127 7 Dylan Hughes 8 6 7 51 C 18 89 8 Matt Field 18 9 8 10 C2 4 78 9 Ryan Tuerck 11 7 14 7 C 12 76 10 Cole Richards 4 11 92 30 C 10 67 11 Ben Hobson 13 33 20 4 C 7 65 12 Chris Forsberg 103 5 51 17 C 27 60 13 Vaughn Gittin Jr. 1 51 14 Adam LZ 17 17 10 18 C 6 46 15 Cody Buchanan 25 31 18 12 C 8 36 16 Dan Burkett 19 14 16 13 C 25 36 17 Trenton Beechum 23 16 11 29 C 13 35 18 Simen Olsen 14 13 24 15 21 35 19 Daniel Stuke 21 20 32 11 C 15 26 20 Rudy Hansen 31 15 30 28 C 16 26 21 Ken Gushi 26 28 12 21 C 23 26 22 Wataru Masuyama 29 12 15 22 C 24 26 23 Diego Higa 7 21 28 23 24 Tommy Lemaire 22 24 19 20 C 11 16 25 Ryan Litteral 16 27 27 25 C 22 16 26 Derek Madison 32 29 29 14 C 26 16 27 Andy Hateley 28 32 31 16 C 28 16 28 Jhonnathan Castro 30 26 13 24 C 30 16 29 Rome Charpentier 33 19 26 26 C 14 15 30 Jeff Jones 15 30 17 C 19 14 31 Hiroya Minowa 12 11 32 Connor O'Sullivan 24 23 22 19 C 20 6 33 Nate Chen 20 25 23 23 C 29 6 34 Federico Sceriffo 27 22 21 27 4 35 Shinji Minowa 31 4 Source:In-line notationRookie of the YearRookieSuperscript NumberQualifying position

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