EVENT DETAILS
Date: Saturday, October 31, 2020
Location: Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth, TX
Event: Formula DRIFT PRO Championship Round Five
RESULTS
Winner: Ryan Tuerck (USA) – Gumout / Nitto Tire / Mobil 1 Toyota Corolla
Second: Chris Forsberg (USA) – NOS Energy Drink Nissan 370Z on Nexen Tires
Third: Vaughn Gittin Jr (USA) – Monster Energy / Nitto Tire / Ford Performance Mustang RTR Spec 5-D
NOTES
- Tuerck commented on the podium, “It was a battle of mistakes, tonight. I knew the driver with the least would win!”
- Gittin Jr was on course for the first three-in-a-row wins since Samuel Hubinette, but was knocked out of the Top 4 by Forsberg. He beat Jeff Jones in the third-place run-off to reach the podium
- Jeff Jones (USA) in the Doc / GT Radial Nissan 370Z reached the Top 4 for the first time since joining the FD PRO category in 2009. Shifter problems meant he started his lead run in the third-place run-off against Gittin Jr in third gear
- Best rookie was Adam LZ (USA) in the Enjuku Racing Nissan S15 with a career best sixth position
ROUND FIVE TOP 16 PRO DRIVER POINTS
| POSITION | DRIVER | POINTS |
| 1 | Tuerck | 100 |
| 2 | Forsberg | 88 |
| 3 | Gittin Jr | 76 |
| 4 | Jones | 64 |
| 5 | Hull | 48 |
| 6 | LZ | 48 |
| 7 | Aasbo | 48 |
| 8 | Nerren | 48 |
| 9 | DeNofa | 32 |
| 10 | Kearney | 32 |
| 11 | Bakchis | 32 |
| 12 | Field | 32 |
| 13 | Taguchi | 32 |
| 14 | Yoshihara | 32 |
| 15 | Essa | 32 |
| 16 | Castro | 32 |
2020 PRO CHAMPIONSHIP DRIVER STANDINGS
| POSITION | DRIVER | POINTS | TIRES |
| 1 | Ryan Tuerck | 372 | Nitto |
| 2 | Vaughn Gittin Jr | 340 | Nitto |
| 3 | Fredric Aasbo | 284 | Nitto |
| 4 | Chris Forsberg | 264 | Nexen |
| 5 | Chelsea DeNofa | 260 | Nitto |
2020 AUTO CUP STANDINGS
| Ford | 672 |
| Toyota | 672 |
| Nissan | 456 |
| Chevrolet | 272 |
| BMW | 204 |
2020 TIRE CUP STANDINGS
| Nitto | 904 |
| Falken | 572 |
| Achilles | 492 |
| Nexen | 456 |
| GT Radial | 368 |