EVENT DETAILS
Date: Saturday, May 22, 2021
Location: Orlando Speed World, Orlando, FL
Event: Formula DRIFT PRO Championship Round 2: Scorched & Formula DRIFT PROSPEC Championship Round 1
RESULTS FROM FD PRO COMPETITION
1. Chelsea DeNofa (USA) – BC Racing / Nitto Tire Ford Mustang RTR Spec 5-D
2. Fredric Aasbo (Norway) – Rockstar Energy Drink Toyota GR Supra
3. Justin Pawlak (USA) – Falken Tire Ford Mustang
RESULTS FROM FD PROSPEC COMPETITION
1. Nick Noback (USA) – KoruWorks BMW E46
2. Blake Olsen (USA) – KoruWorks / GT Radial BMW E92
3. Dmitriy Brutskiy (Belarus) – Essa Autosport / ISC Suspension BMW E46
NOTES
- FD ORL 2021 represents the first win for DeNofa since FD STL at the start of the 2020 season
- The FD PRO Final between DeNofa and Aasbo was delayed after Pawlak’s engine blew at the beginning of his Top 4 heat against Aasbo. Track officials had to clean oil from the course and moved the startline forward to allow the Final to take place
- By finishing fourth, Aurimas “Odi” Bakchis in the Falken Tires / Feal Suspension Nissan S15 retains his lead of the FD PRO Championship points table
- Top placed FD PRO Rookie was Simen Olsen (Norway) driving a Toyota GR Supra who finished 15th
- FD ORL started in daylight but ended after dark, requiring all PRO competitors to run TYPE S undercar LED lighting
- The winners of the FD PRO and Link ECU PROSPEC rounds both qualified in first place
- FD ORL marked Nick Noback’s first win, and occurred at the inaugural round of the Link ECU PROSPEC Championship
- Noback was a series rookie in 2020 who scored a second place at the final round. The win means he continues his momentum into 2021
- Third place Dmitriy Brutskiy was the 2020 FD PRO2 Champion
- All three Link ECU PROSPEC podium finishers drove BMWs
- The top Rookie in the FD Link ECU PROSPEC Championship was Rich Whiteman driving the Freedom Motorsports Toyota JZX100 who finished fourth
- GT Radial is the Official Tire of the 2021 Link ECU PROSPEC Championship, with all teams serviced by TireStacks
ROUND TWO FD PRO TOP 16 DRIVER POINTS
| POSITION | DRIVER | POINTS |
| 1 | Chelsea DeNofa | 100 |
| 2 | Fredric Aasbo | 91 |
| 3 | Justin Pawlak | 80 |
| 4 | Aurimas Bakchis | 80 |
| 5 | Matt Field | 67 |
| 6 | Vaughn Gittin Jr | 67 |
| 7 | Kazuya Taguchi | 67 |
| 8 | Deane Kearney | 67 |
| 9 | Ryan Tuerck | 52 |
| 10 | Chris Forsberg | 52 |
| 11 | Jeff Jones | 52 |
| 12 | Travis Reeder | 52 |
| 13 | Dan Burkett | 52 |
| 14 | Alec Robbins | 52 |
| 15 | Simen Olsen | 52 |
| 16 | Yves Meyer | 52 |
2021 FD PRO CHAMPIONSHIP TOP 16 STANDINGS
| POSITION | DRIVER | POINTS |
| 1 | Aurimas Bakchis | 180 |
| 2 | Matt Field | 158 |
| 3 | Chelsea DeNofa | 152 |
| 4 | Justin Pawlak | 147 |
| 5 | Vaughn Gittin Jr | 147 |
| 6 | Fredric Aasbo | 143 |
| 7 | Dean Kearney | 134 |
| 8 | Jeff Jones | 132 |
| 9 | Kazuya Taguchi | 119 |
| 10 | Yves Meyer | 119 |
| 11 | Ryan Tuerck | 104 |
| 12 | Travis Reeder | 104 |
| 13 | Adam LZ | 102 |
| 14 | Branden Sorensen | 87 |
| 15 | Chris Forsberg | 87 |
| 16 | Jhonnattan Castro | 87 |
2021 AUTO CUP TOP FIVE STANDINGS
| Ford | 327 |
| Toyota | 247 |
| Chevrolet | 158 |
| Dodge | 134 |
| Nissan | 87 |
2021 TIRE CUP STANDINGS
| Falken Tire | 351 |
| Nitto Tire | 338 |
| Nexen Tire | 253 |
| GT Radial | 251 |
| Federal Tire | 191 |
ROUND ONE PROSPEC TOP 16 DRIVER POINTS & CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS
| POSITION | DRIVER | POINTS |
| 1 | Nick Noback | 100 |
| 2 | Blake Olsen | 91 |
| 3 | Dmitriy Brutskiy | 80 |
| 4 | Rich Whiteman | 80 |
| 5 | Tommy Lemaire | 67 |
| 6 | Joshua Love | 67 |
| 7 | Cory Talaska | 67 |
| 8 | Austin Matta | 67 |
| 9 | Evan Bogovich | 52 |
| 10 | Ben Hobson | 52 |
| 11 | Josiah Fallaise | 52 |
| 12 | Alex Schlagel | 52 |
| 13 | Amanda Sorensen | 52 |
| 14 | Alex Jagger | 52 |
| 15 | Daniel Stuke | 52 |
| 16 | Kelsey Rowlings | 52 |
NEXT ROUND
Old Bridge Township Raceway Park will host Round Three of the Formula DRIFT PRO Championship and Round Two of the Link ECU PROSPEC Championship on June 18-19. Please visit formulad.com for the competition schedule, ticket information, driver profiles. special content and the event livestream