The 2014 Formula D season, officially titled the Formula Drift Pro Championship, was the eleventh season of the Formula D series. The season began on April 4 at Long Beach and ended on October 11 at Irwindale Speedway.[1]

2009 champion Chris Forsberg was able to clinch his second Formula D title, finishing 11.5 points clear of his nearest rival, Fredric Aasbø. Forsberg, the event winner at Long Beach, went into the final round with a 26-point advantage but Aasbø – a winner at Wall Township Speedway and Texas Motor Speedway – closed slightly in the standings. Third place in the championship was another two-time event winner, Vaughn Gittin, who was the winner at Road Atlanta and Homestead-Miami Speedway. Other victories were taken by Darren McNamara at Evergreen Speedway while Daigo Saito was victorious at Irwindale Speedway. Scion were the winners of the Manufacturers' Cup, finishing 122 points clear of Nissan, while in the Tire Cup, Hankook finished clear of Nitto by a tally of 283.5 points.

Schedule

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Rnd Title Venue Location Date Winner Car
1 Streets of Long Beach Streets of Long Beach Long Beach, CA April 4 – 5   Chris Forsberg[2] Nissan 370Z
2 Road to the Championship Road Atlanta Braselton, GA May 9 – 10   Vaughn Gittin[3] Ford Mustang
3 Miami Heat Homestead-Miami Speedway Homestead, FL May 30 – 31   Vaughn Gittin[4] Ford Mustang
4 The Gauntlet Wall Township Speedway Wall Township, NJ June 20 – 21   Fredric Aasbø[5] Scion tC
5 Throwdown Evergreen Speedway Monroe, WA July 18 – 19   Darren McNamara Nissan S14
6 Showdown Texas Motor Speedway Fort Worth, TX September 12 – 13   Fredric Aasbø Scion tC
7 Title Fight Irwindale Speedway Irwindale, CA October 10 – 11   Daigo Saito Lexus SC430

Calendar changes

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Results and standings

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Championship standings

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Event winners in bold.

Pos Driver LBH ATL HMS WTS EVS TEX IRW Points
1   Chris Forsberg 104.50 68.50 90.00 90.00 68.50 71.50 68.50 561.50
2   Fredric Aasbø 52.50 84.50 52.50 104.50 68.50 104.50 83.00 550.00
3   Vaughn Gittin 39.50 106.00 107.50 35.00 20.50 51.00 33.50 393.00
4   Aurimas Bakchis 51.00 51.00 19.00 68.50 54.00 84.50 36.50 364.50
5   Forrest Wang 51.00 42.00 36.50 35.00 19.00 74.00 74.00 331.50
6   Kenneth Moen 84.50 51.00 70.00 36.50 33.50 17.50 17.50 310.50
7   Darren McNamara 51.00 33.50 17.50 51.00 110.00 17.50 17.50 298.00
8   Dean Kearney 17.50 33.50 33.50 49.50 81.50 36.50 35.00 287.00
9   Justin Pawlak 68.50 35.00 36.50 33.50 52.50 33.50 17.50 277.00
10   Conrad Grunewald 35.00 35.00 20.50 51.00 35.00 35.00 51.00 262.50
11   Robbie Nishida 17.50 65.50 49.50 19.00 39.50 17.50 52.50 261.00
12   Ryan Tuerck 35.00 20.50 35.00 35.00 36.50 51.00 22.00 235.00
13   Ken Gushi 17.50 52.50 19.00 17.50 49.50 36.50 35.00 227.50
14   Daigo Saito 17.50 51.00 0.00 17.50 0.00 36.50 101.50 224.00
15   Matt Field 0.00 17.50 67.00 35.00 33.50 17.50 51.00 221.50
16   Michael Essa 74.00 17.50 17.50 19.00 33.50 19.00 35.00 218.50
17   Tyler McQuarrie 38.00 23.50 52.50 20.50 19.00 35.00 20.50 209.00
18   Daijiro Yoshihara 17.50 17.50 0.00 52.50 35.00 19.00 55.50 197.00
19   Patrick Goodin 35.00 17.50 17.50 17.50 19.00 51.00 19.00 176.50
  Kyle Mohan 35.00 19.00 17.50 19.00 33.50 17.50 35.00 176.50
21   Chelsea DeNofa 20.50 36.50 35.00 23.50 19.00 38.00 0.00 172.50
22   Charles Ng 0.00 33.50 19.00 65.50 19.00 17.50 0.00 154.50
23   Jhonnattan Castro 17.50 19.00 35.00 17.50 19.00 35.00 0.00 143.00
24   Geoff Stoneback 17.50 17.50 49.50 0.00 17.50 17.50 17.50 137.00
25   Joon Woo-Maeng 0.00 0.00 0.00 17.50 49.50 49.50 17.50 134.00
26   Marc Landreville 17.50 17.50 0.00 33.50 0.00 17.50 17.50 103.50
27   Mats Baribeau 33.50 0.00 17.50 17.50 0.00 0.00 33.50 102.00
28   Ryan Kado X 17.50 0.00 17.50 17.50 17.50 17.50 87.50
29   Dave Briggs 17.50 0.00 33.50 17.50 0.00 0.00 17.50 86.00
  Patrick Mordaunt 19.00 33.50 0.00 33.50 0.00 0.00 0.00 86.00
31   Alec Hohnadell 17.50 17.50 19.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 17.50 71.50
32   Tony Angelo 17.50 0.00 17.50 17.50 17.50 0.00 X 70.00
  Matt Coffman 0.00 0.00 17.50 0.00 17.50 17.50 17.50 35.00
  Jeff Jones 17.50 17.50 17.50 0.00 0.00 0.00 17.50 70.00
35   Taka Aono 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 17.50 17.50 33.50 68.50
  Dennis Mertzanis 33.50 0.00 17.50 17.50 0.00 0.00 0.00 68.50
  Carl Rydquist 17.50 0.00 33.50 0.00 17.50 0.00 0.00 68.50
38   Dan Savage X 17.50 17.50 0.00 0.00 0.00 20.50 55.50
39   Karl Osaki 0.00 0.00 0.00 17.50 17.50 17.50 0.00 52.50
40   Danny George 0.00 17.50 17.50 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 35.00
  Nate Hamilton 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 17.50 0.00 17.50 35.00
42   Kuniaki Takahashi 0.00 19.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 X 19.00
43   Will Parsons 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 17.50 0.00 17.50
  Mike Pollard X X X X 17.50 0.00 0.00 17.50
  Jeremy Richter 17.50 X X X X X X 17.50
  Juha Rintanen X X X 0.00 0.00 17.50 0.00 17.50
Pos Driver LBH ATL HMS WTS EVS TEX IRW Points

Manufacturer Cup

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Pos Manufacturer Points
1   Scion 843.00
2   Nissan 721.00
3   Ford 670.00
4   Lexus 485.00
5   Chevrolet 471.50
6   BMW 391.00
7   Dodge 287.00
8   Mazda 176.50
9   Toyota 170.50
10   Hyundai 19.00
11   Honda 0.00
  Infiniti 0.00
  Subaru 0.00

Tire Cup

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Pos Brand Points
1   Hankook 1119.50
2   Nitto 836.00
3   Achilles 801.00
4   Falken 681.50
5   Maxxis 386.50
6   Yokohama 307.50
7   GT Radial 176.50
8   Kenda 172.00

References

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  1. ^ "Pro Championship". formulad.com. Retrieved May 28, 2014.
  2. ^ "2014 Round 1: Streets Of Long Beach". formulad.com. April 5, 2014. Archived from the original on May 29, 2014. Retrieved May 28, 2014.
  3. ^ "2014 Round 2: Road Atlanta". formulad.com. May 10, 2014. Archived from the original on May 29, 2014. Retrieved May 28, 2014.
  4. ^ "2014 Round 3: Miami Heat". formulad.com. June 2, 2014. Archived from the original on June 3, 2014. Retrieved June 2, 2014.
  5. ^ "2014 Round 4: The Gauntlet". formulad.com. June 21, 2014. Archived from the original on June 26, 2014. Retrieved July 5, 2014.
  6. ^ "Homestead". formulad.com. Retrieved June 4, 2014.
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