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 Tire 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	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	Achillies	973.25
4	Nitto	839.50
5	Yokohama	788.00
6	Maxxis	698.00
7	Nexen	681.00
8	Kenda	79.25

References

1. "Pro Championship". formulad.com. Retrieved March 18, 2013.
2. "Daigo Saito Takes the Event Victory and Michael Essa is Crowned Champion". formulad.com. October 13, 2013.
3. "2013 Round 1: Streets Of Long Beach". formulad.com. April 13, 2013. Archived from the original on April 17, 2013. Retrieved April 18, 2013.
4. "2013 Round 2: Road Atlanta". formulad.com. May 11, 2013. Archived from the original on June 15, 2013. Retrieved May 18, 2013.
5. "2013 Round 3: Palm Beach". formulad.com. June 1, 2013. Archived from the original on June 15, 2013. Retrieved June 13, 2013.
6. "2013 Round 4: Wall Speedway". formulad.com. June 22, 2013. Archived from the original on June 25, 2013. Retrieved June 29, 2013.
7. "2013 Round 5: Throwdown". formulad.com. July 20, 2013. Archived from the original on December 2, 2013. Retrieved November 25, 2013.
8. "2013 Round 6: Showdown". formulad.com. September 14, 2013. Archived from the original on December 2, 2013. Retrieved November 25, 2013.
9. "2013 Round 7: Title Fight". formulad.com. October 12, 2013. Archived from the original on December 2, 2013. Retrieved November 25, 2013.

External links

• Official Formula D Website