2013 Formula D season
The 2013 Formula D season (officially titled Formula Drift Pro Championship) was the tenth season of the Formula D series. The season began on April 12 at Long Beach and ended on October 12 at Irwindale Speedway.[1]
Michael Essa was crowned series champion, Lexus won the inaugural manufacturer’s championship and Hankook won the tire championship.[2]
Schedule
| Round | Title | Venue | Location | Date | Winner | Car |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Streets of Long Beach |  Streets of Long Beach | Long Beach, California | April 12 – 13 |  Daijiro Yoshihara[3] | Nissan 240SX |
| 2 | Road to the Championship |  Road Atlanta | Braselton, Georgia | May 10 – 11 | Daigo Saito[4] | Lexus SC |
| 3 | Invasion |  Palm Beach International Raceway | Palm Beach, Florida | May 31 – June 1 |  Michael Essa[5] | BMW M3 |
| 4 | The Gauntlet |  Wall Township Speedway | Wall Township, New Jersey | June 21 – 22 | Daigo Saito[6] | Lexus SC |
| 5 | Throwdown |  Evergreen Speedway | Monroe, Washington | July 19 – 20 | Chris Forsberg[7] | Nissan 370Z |
| 6 | Showdown |  Texas Motor Speedway | Fort Worth, Texas | September 13 – 14 | Michael Essa[8] | BMW M3 |
| 7 | Title Fight | Irwindale Speedway | Irwindale, California | October 11 – 12 | Daigo Saito[9] | Lexus SC |
Results and standings
Championship standings
Event winners in bold.
| Pos | Driver | LBH | ATL | PBR | WTS | EVS | TEX | IRW | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael Essa | 62.00 | 79.00 | 100.50 | 55.00 | 90.00 | 103.00 | 66.00 | 555.50 |
| 2 | Chris Forsberg | 79.00 | 56.00 | 67.00 | 84.00 | 102.00 | 86.00 | 64.00 | 538.00 |
| 3 | Daigo Saito | 57.00 | 104.00 | 96.00 | 104.00 | 24.00 | 24.50 | 101.00 | 510.50 |
| 4 |  Fredric Aasbø | 63.00 | 73.00 | 61.50 | 69.00 | 88.00 | 71.00 | 62.00 | 487.50 |
| 5 | Vaughn Gittin, Jr. | 92.00 | 80.00 | 72.00 | 56.00 | 37.00 | 73.00 | 71.00 | 481.00 |
| 6 | Justin Pawlak | 54.50 | 62.00 | 66.00 | 100.00 | 63.00 | 55.00 | 24.50 | 425.00 |
| 7 | Matt Field | 24.50 | 55.00 | 63.00 | 54.50 | 62.00 | 89.00 | 57.00 | 407.00 |
| 8 |  Darren McNamara | 64.00 | 92.00 | 24.50 | 79.00 | 73.00 | 0.00 | 56.00 | 388.50 |
| 9 | Robbie Nishida | 24.50 | 24.50 | 78.50 | 64.00 | 61.50 | 61.25 | 73.00 | 387.25 |
| 10 |  Aurimas Bakchis | 56.00 | 56.00 | 54.50 | 54.50 | 73.00 | 29.00 | 56.00 | 379.00 |
| 11 | Daijiro Yoshihara | 112.00 | 25.00 | 58.00 | 24.25 | 25.00 | 65.00 | 24.25 | 333.50 |
| 12 | Conrad Grunewald | 0.00 | 54.50 | 56.00 | 64.00 | 56.00 | 54.50 | 24.50 | 309.50 |
| 13 | Chelsea DeNofa | 75.00 | 30.00 | 25.00 | 56.00 | 24.50 | 56.00 | 24.50 | 291.00 |
| Ryan Tuerck | 64.00 | 61.50 | 25.00 | 54.50 | 24.00 | 0.00 | 62.00 | 291.00 | |
| 15 | Tyler McQuarrie | 24.25 | 0.00 | 54.25 | 65.00 | 55.00 | 0.00 | 92.00 | 290.50 |
| 16 | Matt Powers | 55.00 | 64.00 | 0.00 | 24.50 | 58.00 | 56.00 | 24.50 | 282.00 |
| 17 | Forrest Wang | 26.00 | 56.00 | 54.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 60.00 | 80.00 | 276.50 |
| 18 | Kenneth Moen | 65.00 | 55.00 | 64.00 | 26.00 | 24.50 | 24.25 | 0.00 | 258.75 |
| 19 | Ryan Kado | 55.00 | 0.00 | 24.25 | 24.50 | 57.00 | 24.50 | 54.50 | 239.75 |
| 20 | Danny George | 24.25 | 25.00 | 24.25 | 55.00 | 24.25 | 54.50 | 24.25 | 231.50 |
| 21 | Kenshiro Gushi | 62.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 24.50 | 55.00 | 26.00 | 55.00 | 222.50 |
| 22 | Patrick Goodin | 24.25 | 24.25 | 24.25 | 24.25 | 24.50 | 24.50 | 56.00 | 202.00 |
| 23 | Patrick Mordaunt | 54.50 | 24.25 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 24.25 | 72.00 | 24.25 | 199.25 |
| 24 | Toshiki Yoshioka | 24.50 | 24.50 | 0.00 | X | 57.00 | 56.00 | 24.50 | 186.50 |
| 25 | Taka Aono | 26.00 | 24.50 | 26.00 | 24.25 | 24.50 | 25.00 | 24.25 | 174.50 |
| 26 | Kyle Mohan | 24.50 | 61.50 | 24.25 | 26.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 24.25 | 160.50 |
| 27 |  Joon Woo-Maeng | 24.50 | 54.25 | 24.50 | 0.00 | 24.50 | 24.25 | 0.00 | 152.00 |
| 28 |  Miro Ovcharik | 24.25 | 24.50 | 25.00 | 24.25 | 24.50 | 24.50 | 0.00 | 147.00 |
| 29 | Dean Kearney | 0.00 | 0.00 | 24.25 | 25.00 | 0.00 | 24.25 | 67.00 | 140.50 |
| 30 | Tony Angelo | 0.00 | 0.00 | 56.00 | 0.00 | 24.25 | 24.25 | 24.50 | 129.00 |
| 31 | Jeff Jones | 24.25 | 25.00 | 24.25 | 24.25 | 24.25 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 122.00 |
| 32 | .svg.png){kind=small} Dave Briggs | 0.00 | 24.50 | 64.00 | 0.00 | X | 0.00 | 24.50 | 113.00 |
| 33 | Mats Baribeau | X | 0.00 | 28.00 | 0.00 | X | 55.00 | 25.00 | 108.00 |
| 34 |  Jhonnattan Castro | 24.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 25.00 | 24.25 | 0.00 | 24.25 | 98.00 |
| 35 |  Dennis Mertzanis | 24.25 | 0.00 | 0.00 | X | 55.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 79.25 |
| 36 | Chris Ward | X | 24.25 | 25.00 | 24.50 | X | 0.00 | X | 73.75 |
| 37 |  Carl Rydquist | 24.25 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 24.25 | X | 0.00 | 24.25 | 72.75 |
| 38 | Marc Landreville | X | X | X | 54.50 | X | X | X | 54.50 |
| 39 | Brandon Wicknick | 0.00 | 0.00 | 24.50 | 0.00 | 24.25 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 48.75 |
| Will Parsons | 0.00 | 24.25 | 0.00 | X | 0.00 | 24.50 | 0.00 | 48.75 | |
| 41 | Nate Hamilton | 0.00 | 24.25 | 0.00 | 24.25 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 48.50 |
| Corey Hosford | 0.00 | 24.25 | 0.00 | 24.25 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 48.50 | |
| Chris Jeanneret | 0.00 | X | X | X | 24.25 | 24.25 | 0.00 | 48.50 | |
| Jeremy Lowe | X | X | 24.25 | 0.00 | X | 24.25 | X | 48.50 | |
| 45 | Rob Primozich | 0.00 | X | X | X | 0.00 | 24.50 | 0.00 | 24.50 |
| 46 | Gabe Stone | 0.00 | X | 0.00 | X | 0.00 | 24.25 | 0.00 | 24.25 |
 Enrique Mendoza | 24.25 | X | X | X | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 24.25 | |
 Luke Paluka | 0.00 | X | X | X | X | 0.00 | 24.25 | 24.25 | |
| Walker Wilkerson | 0.00 | 24.25 | 0.00 | X | X | X | X | 24.25 | |
| 50 | Joshua Steele | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | X | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| J. R. Hildebrand | X | X | X | X | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| Alex Lee | 0.00 | X | X | X | 0.00 | X | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| Victor Moore | 0.00 | X | X | X | 0.00 | 0.00 | X | 0.00 | |
| Nick Thomas | X | 0.00 | 0.00 | X | X | 0.00 | X | 0.00 | |
| Karl Osaki | 0.00 | 0.00 | X | X | X | X | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| Kory Keezer | 0.00 | X | X | X | 0.00 | X | X | 0.00 | |
| Julian Jacobs | 0.00 | X | 0.00 | X | X | X | X | 0.00 | |
| Jason Bostrom | X | X | X | X | X | 0.00 | X | 0.00 | |
| Eric Hill | X | X | X | X | X | 0.00 | X | 0.00 | |
| Mike Phillips | X | X | X | X | 0.00 | X | X | 0.00 | |
| Carlos Cano-Estrella | 0.00 | X | X | X | X | X | X | 0.00 | |
| Andy Hateley | 0.00 | X | X | X | X | X | X | 0.00 | |
| Eugene Kretschmer | 0.00 | X | X | X | X | X | X | 0.00 | |
 Otto Graven | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 0.00 | |
| Jeremy Richter | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 0.00 | |
| Doug Van Den Brink | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 0.00 | |
| Pos | Driver | LBH | ATL | PBR | WTS | EVS | TEX | IRW | Points |
Manufacturer Cup
| Pos | Manufacturer | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lexus | 975.50 |
| 2 | Nissan | 912.50 |
| 3 | Ford | 906.00 |
| 4 | Scion | 866.50 |
| 5 |  BMW | 846.00 |
| 6 | Chevrolet | 600.00 |
| 7 | Toyota | 282.50 |
| 8 | Mazda | 209.00 |
| 9 | Subaru | 186.50 |
| 10 | Dodge | 140.50 |
| 11 | Hyundai | 79.25 |
| 12 | Infiniti | 0.00 |
Tire Cup
| Pos | Brand | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hankook | 1055.50 |
| 2 | Falken | 1008.00 |
| 3 |  Achilles | 973.25 |
| 4 | Nitto | 839.50 |
| 5 | Yokohama | 788.00 |
| 6 |  Maxxis | 698.00 |
| 7 | Nexen | 681.00 |
| 8 | Kenda | 79.25 |
References
- ^ "Pro Championship". formulad.com. Retrieved March 18, 2013.
- ^ "Daigo Saito Takes the Event Victory and Michael Essa is Crowned Champion". formulad.com. October 13, 2013.
- ^ "2013 Round 1: Streets Of Long Beach". formulad.com. April 13, 2013. Archived from the original on April 17, 2013. Retrieved April 18, 2013.
- ^ "2013 Round 2: Road Atlanta". formulad.com. May 11, 2013. Archived from the original on June 15, 2013. Retrieved May 18, 2013.
- ^ "2013 Round 3: Palm Beach". formulad.com. June 1, 2013. Archived from the original on June 15, 2013. Retrieved June 13, 2013.
- ^ "2013 Round 4: Wall Speedway". formulad.com. June 22, 2013. Archived from the original on June 25, 2013. Retrieved June 29, 2013.
- ^ "2013 Round 5: Throwdown". formulad.com. July 20, 2013. Archived from the original on December 2, 2013. Retrieved November 25, 2013.
- ^ "2013 Round 6: Showdown". formulad.com. September 14, 2013. Archived from the original on December 2, 2013. Retrieved November 25, 2013.
- ^ "2013 Round 7: Title Fight". formulad.com. October 12, 2013. Archived from the original on December 2, 2013. Retrieved November 25, 2013.