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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.[1] The season finale at Irwindale had been held since Formula D's inception in 2004.[2]

James Deane won the Drivers' Championship with four round wins, becoming the first and only four-time Formula D Champion.[3][4][5]

Entries

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Team No. Car Tires Driver Round(s)
ASM 8 BMW M3 E46 GT Radial United States Robert Thorne[6] All
Asphalt Anarchy 82 Chevrolet Corvette C6 Kenda United States Taylor Hull[7] All
Beechum Racing 999 BMW M3 E46 Nexen United States Trenton Beechum[8] All
Cash Racing 16 Cadillac XLR Kenda United States Jonathan Hurst[9] All
Diego Higa racing team 169 Toyota GT86 GT Radial Brazil Diego Higa[10] All
Drift Cave Motorsports 777 Chevrolet Corvette C6 GT Radial United States Matt Field[11] All
DRIFTING DEPARTMENT 17 117 Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano Nexen Italy Federico Sceriffo[12] All
Extreme SimRacing 357 Chevrolet Corvette C7 Z06 GT Radial Brazil João Barion[13] All
Feal Suspension Race Team 707 Nissan Silvia "S14.9" GT Radial Norway Simen Olsen[14] All
723 Nissan Silvia S15 GT Radial Lithuania Aurimas Bakchis[15] All
Forsberg Racing 64 Nissan Z GT Radial United States Chris Forsberg[16] All
Garagistic 171 BMW 1 Series E82 Vitour United States Rome Charpentier[17] All
Get Nuts Lab. 808 Nissan Silvia S15 Vitour United States Forrest Wang[18] All
Hateley Motorsports 98 BMW M3 E46 Kumho United States Andy Hateley[19]  R  All
Jeff Jones Racing 818 Nissan 370Z Kumho United States Jeff Jones[20] All
Jerry Yang Racing 123 Toyota GT86 GT Radial Japan Kazuya Taguchi[21] All
168 Toyota GT86 GT Radial Japan Hiroya Minowa[22]  R  All
Jhonnattan Castro Racing 17 Toyota GR86 Kenda Dominican Republic Jhonnattan Castro[23] All
Kyle Mohan Racing 99 Mazda RX-8 Vitour United States Kyle Mohan[24] All
LZMFG 5 BMW M3 E36 Nitto United States Adam LZ[25] ?
MspeK Performance 527 Nissan Silvia "S14.9" Vitour United States Daniel Stuke[26] All
Noback Racing Co. 54 BMW M3 E46 Kenda United States Nick Noback[27] All
Papadakis Racing 151 Toyota GR Supra Nitto Norway Fredric Aasbø[28] All
411 Toyota GR Corolla Nitto United States Ryan Tuerck[29] All
Power Racing 919 Nissan Silvia S15 Nexen United States Mike Power[30] All
RAD Industries 34 Toyota Supra A80 GT Radial United States Dan Burkett[31] All
Robbins Race Co. 35 Nissan 350Z Kenda United States Alec Robbins[32] All
RTR Vehicles' Drift Team 25 Ford Mustang RTR Spec 5-FD Nitto United States Vaughn Gittin, Jr.[33] ?
130 Ford Mustang RTR Spec 5-FD Nitto Republic of Ireland James Deane[34] All
213 Ford Mustang RTR Spec 5-FD Nitto United States Ben Hobson[35]  R  All
Ryan Litteral Racing 909 Nissan Silvia S15 Kenda United States Ryan Litteral[36] All
Shanahan 79 79 BMW M3 E36 Vitour Republic of Ireland Conor Shanahan[37]  R  1, 3–8
Sorensen Motorsports 513 BMW M3 E92 Nitto United States Branden Sorensen[38] All
Team Hansen Drifting 119 Nissan 240SX S13 GT Radial United States Rudy Hansen[39]  R  All
Team Infamous 27 Nissan Silvia S14 Kenda United States Derek Madison[40] All
Team Karnage 43 Dodge Viper ZB II Kumho Republic of Ireland Dean Kearney[41] All
Team Never Settle 85 BMW M3 E46 Vitour United States Belarus Dmitriy Brutskiy[42] All
Three's Racing 21 Toyota GR86 Kenda Japan Ken Gushi[43] All
Whip Racing 129 BMW M3 E46 GT Radial United States Dylan Hughes[44] All
R Eligible for Rookie of the Year

Driver changes

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  • 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.[45]
  • 2023 PROSPEC runner-up Andy Hateley made his Formula Drift PRO debut.[46]
  • Hiroya Minowa joined Jerry Yang Racing with support from GT Radial Tires. At the start of the season, he was just 14 years old.[47]
  • 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.[48]
  • Travis Reeder elected not to compete in the 2024 season.

Other changes

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  • GT Radial, winners of the Tire Cup in 2023, renewed their partnership with the series for a further three years.[47]
  • Kumho entered the series as an official tire sponsor for 2024 and beyond.[46]

Schedule

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Round Title Circuit Location Date Winner Car
1 Streets of Long Beach Streets of Long Beach Long Beach, California April 13 Republic of Ireland James Deane Ford Mustang RTR Spec 5-FD
2 Road to the Championship Road Atlanta Braselton, Georgia May 11 Norway Fredric Aasbø Toyota GR Supra
3 Scorched Orlando Speed World Orlando, Florida June 1 Republic of Ireland Conor Shanahan BMW M3 E36
4 The Gauntlet Englishtown Raceway Park Englishtown, New Jersey June 22 Republic of Ireland James Deane Ford Mustang RTR Spec 5-FD
5 Crossroads World Wide Technology Raceway St. Louis, Missouri July 20 Republic of Ireland James Deane Ford Mustang RTR Spec 5-FD
6 Throwdown Evergreen Speedway Monroe, Washington August 10 United States Ryan Tuerck Toyota GR Corolla
7 Elevated Utah Motorsports Campus Grantsville, Utah August 30 Lithuania Aurimas Bakchis Nissan Silvia S15
8 Title Fight Irwindale Speedway Irwindale, California October 19 Republic of Ireland James Deane Ford Mustang RTR Spec 5-FD
Sources:[49]

Championship standings

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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.[50][51] 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.[52]

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

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Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th–8th 9th–16th 17th–32nd 33rd–48th
Points 100 84 70 70 56 42 28 14

Pro Championship standings

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Pos Driver LBH ATL ORL ENG WWT EVS UTA IRW Pts
1 Republic of Ireland James Deane 1 3 2 1 1 9 4 1 666
2 Lithuania Aurimas Bakchis 3 4 5 2 5 5 1 3 562
3 Norway Fredric Aasbø 5 1 17 7 3 10 2 2 520
4 Japan Hiroya Minowa  RY  8 18 4 11 2 2 10 11 448
5 United States Adam LZ 24 25 8 3 6 3 11 8 406
6 United States Ryan Tuerck 10 19 12 13 13 1 9 7 394
7 United States Matt Field 9 6 6 12 4 11 13 12 392
8 Republic of Ireland Conor Shanahan  R  25   1 9 8 12 14 4 380
9 United States Dylan Hughes 17 13 11 4 7 17 7 6 378
10 United States Branden Sorensen 14 12 3 10 12 13 15 13 364
11 Norway Simen Olsen 2 2 9 18 16 22 23 24 364
12 United States Jeff Jones 30 16 24 15 17 4 5 5 350
13 United States Chris Forsberg 11 10 10 5 9 18 8 10 350
14 Japan Ken Gushi 4 9 20 8 11 20 21 15 336
15 United States Jonathan Hurst 13 20 25 16 15 14 6 9 322
16 United States Trenton Beechum 16 22 13 19 19 6 3 17 322
17 United States Rome Charpentier 6 5 18 14 14 21 22 23 308
18 Japan Kazuya Taguchi 12 11 21 23 23 7 12 18 294
19 Dominican Republic Jhonnattan Castro 18 14 22 24 24 8 17 14 280
20 United States Taylor Hull 22 24 14 6 10 19 20 22 280
21 United States Nick Noback 7 17 7 17 18 23 24 25 280
22 United States Dan Burkett 26 8 19 22 22 15 18 20 266
23 United States Alec Robbins 23 15 23 25 34 16 19 21 238
24 United States Daniel Stuke 21 23 27 32 26 29 30 30 224
25 Brazil Diego Higa 29 26 16 21 21 25 28 35 224
26 United States Robert Thorne 15 21 26 36 28 27 34 26 210
27 United States Ryan Litteral   30 15 20 20 24 25 33 196
28 Italy Federico Sceriffo 27 35 34 28 36 31 32[a] 16 182
29 United States Andy Hateley 34 32 29 27 35 35 16 19 182
30 United States Kyle Mohan 33 28 36 31 32 30 31 28 182
31 United States Rudy Hansen  R  28 36 31 34 33 33 27 31 168
32 United States Belarus Dmitriy Brutskiy 37 29 28 26 25 34 33 32[b] 168
33 United States Derek Madison 36 34 30 33 29 28 29 36 168
34 United States Forrest Wang 20 7       32[c]   27 126
35 United States Ben Hobson  R  35 33 33 35 30 WD 26 34 126
36 United States Mike Power 32   35 30 27 26     112
37 Brazil João Barion 31 27 32 29 31       98
38 United States Vaughn Gittin, Jr.   31           29 56
39 Republic of Ireland Dean Kearney 19               28
In-line notation
 RY  Rookie of the Year
 R  Rookie

Auto Cup standings

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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.

Pos Manufacturer LBH ATL ORL ENG WWT EVS UTA IRW Pts
1 Japan Toyota 4 1 12 7 3 1 2 872
5 9 16 8 11 8 9
2 United States Ford 1 3 2 1 1 9 4 692
35 31 33 33 30 WD 26
3 United States General Motors 9 6 6 6 4 11 13 602
22 24 14 12 10 19 20
4 Japan Nissan 11 10 10 5 9 18 8 490
  30 15 20 20 24 25
5 Germany BMW 6 5 18 14 14 21 22 434
37 29 28 26 25 34 33
6 United States Cadillac 13 20 25 16 15 14 6 280
             
7 Japan Mazda 33 28 36 31 32 30 31 154
             
8 Italy Ferrari 27 35 34 28 36 31 32 140
             
9 United States Dodge 19             28
             

Tire Cup standings

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Tire Cup points are awarded each round to the two drivers with the highest classified finish for each tire manufacturer.

Pos Tire LBH ATL ORL ENG WWT EVS UTA IRW Pts
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

Footnotes

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  1. ^ Only 31 drivers qualified for the main event at Utah. Sceriffo was the highest-qualified driver eliminated during the Seeding 16, earning 32nd place but 14 points.
  2. ^ Only 31 drivers qualified for the main event at Irwindale. Brutskiy was the highest-qualified driver eliminated during the Seeding 16, earning 32nd place but 14 points.
  3. ^ Forrest Wang received a bye run in the Seeding 16 at Seattle, but hit the wall and was unable to complete the run. He still advanced into the main event but only received 14 points instead of 28.

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