EVENT DETAILS
Date: Saturday, September 5, 2020
Location: World Wide Technology Raceway near St Louis, MO
Event: Round One, Formula DRIFT PRO Championship
RESULTS
Winner: Fredric Aasbo (Norway) – Rockstar Energy Drink / Nitto Tire GR Supra
Second: Ryan Tuerck (USA) – Gumout / Nitto Tire / Mobil 1 Toyota Corolla
Third: Aurimas “Odi” Bakchis (Lithuania) – Falken Tires / Feal Suspension Nissan S15
NOTES
- Fredric Aasbo won Round One in a brand new car
- After losing power steering in his Top 16 battle with Dylan Hughes (USA), Ryan Tuerck still reached the Final but was handicapped against Aasbo
- Toyotas prepared by Papadakis Racing took first and second places
- Chris Forsberg (USA) in the NOS Energy Drink Nissan 370Z on Nexen Tires finished fourth but failed to make repairs to compete in the third-place run-off against Odi Bakchis
- Best rookie performance was by Alec Robbins (USA) in the Fasetto Nissan 350Z who finished in 16th position
- Taylor Hull (USA) driving the Comp Cams / Achilles Radial / YellowSpeed Racing Cadillac ATS-V was very emotional after achieving his first ever heat win in Top 32, but was eliminated in Top 16
- 29 drivers competed in FD STL Round One, representing eight different countries and including eight rookies
FORMULA DRIFT PRO CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS AFTER ROUND ONE
| POSITION | DRIVER | POINTS |
| 1 | Fredric Aasbo | 100 |
| 2 | Ryan Tuerck | 88 |
| 3 | Aurimas Bakchis | 76 |
| 4 | Chris Forsberg | 64 |
| 5 | Kazuya Taguchi | 48 |
| 6 | Justin Pawlak | 48 |
| 7 | Dylan Hughes | 48 |
| 8 | Dan Burkett | 48 |
| 9 | Matt Field | 32 |
| 10 | Vaughn Gittin Jr | 32 |
| 11 | Daijiro Yoshihara | 32 |
| 12 | Chelsea Denofa | 32 |
| 13 | Michael Essa | 32 |
| 14 | Jeff Jones | 32 |
| 15 | Taylor Hull | 32 |
| 16 | Robbins | 32 |
2020 AUTO CUP STANDINGS
| Toyota | 188 |
| Nissan | 112 |
| Ford | 80 |
| Chevrolet | 48 |
| BMW | 32 |
2020 TIRE CUP STANDINGS
| Nitto | 188 |
| Falken | 124 |
| Nexen | 112 |
| Achilles | 80 |
| GT Radial | 64 |