2020 FORMULA DRIFT RESULTS FROM PRO CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND TWO

EVENT DETAILS

Date: Sunday, September 6, 2020

Location: World Wide Technology Raceway near St Louis, MO

Event: Round Two, Formula DRIFT PRO Championship

RESULTS

Winner: Chelsea DeNofa (USA) – BC Racing / Nitto Tire Ford Mustang RTR

Second: Aurimas “Odi” Bakchis (Lithuania) – Falken Tires / Feal Suspension Nissan S15

Third: Ryan Tuerck (USA) – Gumout / Nitto Tire / Mobil 1 Toyota Corolla

NOTES

• Second round of first-ever Formula DRIFT PRO Championship double-header weekend
• Round One winner – Fredric Aasbo (Norway) in the Rockstar Energy Drink / Nitto Tire GR Supra – eliminated from Top 16 by Matt Field following collision shortly after starting line on second run. Aasbo adjudged at fault for not providing sufficient space for lead driver to initiate
• Kenshiro Gushi (Japan) was suffering all weekend with a slipped disc back injury in his KGMS / Toyota / Gazoo Racing / Achilles Tire GR Supra. He decided to run today without medication to keep a clear head. Although he needed to be helped out of his car by his team, Gushi fought through to the Great 8 before eventually being eliminated by Matt Field
• Chelsea DeNofa’s last win was in September 2019 at FD TX
• Matt Field (USA) in Falken Tires / Borla Exhaust C6 Chevrolet Corvette finished fourth, beaten in the third-place run-off by Ryan Tuerck
• Best rookie performance was by Adam LZ (USA) in the Enjuku Racing Nissan S15, who finished 25th
• Bakchis and Tuerck are tied at the top of the FD PRO Championship heading into the doubleheader at Evergreen Raceway for Rounds Three and Four on September 25-27
• Toyota leads the Auto Cup and Nitto leads the Tire Cup after two rounds

ROUND TWO TOP 16 PRO DRIVER POINTS

POSITION	DRIVER	POINTS
1	Chelsea Denofa	100
2	Aurimas Bakchis	88
3	Ryan Tuerck	76
4	Matt Field	64
5	Dylan Hughes	48
6	Justin Pawlak	48
7	Michael Essa	48
8	Ken Gushi	48
9	Dan Burkett	32
10	Kazuya Taguchi	32
11	Chris Forsberg	32
12	Fredric Aasbo	32
13	Vaughn Gittin Jr	32
14	Daijiro Yoshihara	32
15	Jeff Jones	32
16	Travis Reeder	32

2020 PRO CHAMPIONSHIP DRIVER STANDINGS

POSITION	DRIVER	POINTS	TIRES
1	Bakchis	164	Falken
2	Tuerck	164	Nitto
3	DeNofa	132	Nitto
4	Aasbo	132	Nitto
5	Field	96	Falken

2020 AUTO CUP STANDINGS

Toyota	312
Ford	228
Nissan	176
Chevrolet	128
BMW	80

2020 TIRE CUP STANDINGS

Nitto	364
Falken	276
Achilles	176
Nexen	176
GT Radial	128