EVENT DETAILS
Date: Saturday, September 18, 2021
Location: Streets of Long Beach, Long Beach, CA
Event: Formula DRIFT PRO Championship Round 7: AutoZone Streets of Long Beach Presented By TYPE S
RESULTS
- Aurimas Bakchis (Lithuania) – Falken Tire / Feal Suspension Nissan S15
- Fredric Aasbo (Norway) – Rockstar Energy Drink Toyota GR Supra
- Vaughn Gittin Jr (USA) – Monster Energy Ford Mustang RTR Spec 5-D
NOTES
- It’s been 897 days since the Formula DRIFT PRO Championship last ran on the Streets of Long Beach, but you’d never know after the action the fans witnessed this weekend
- Bakchis claimed his first win since the opening round at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta and pulled himself to within 43 points of the Championship leader
- Aasbo claimed his third second-place finish of the year, and together with his win at the previous round in St Louis, he climbed to the top of the FD PRO Championship from third
- Matt Field (USA) in the Falken Tire / Drift Cave Chevrolet Corvette, who was leading the points chase coming into Long Beach, was knocked out of the Top 16 by a suspension failure during his One More Time battle against Vaughn Gittin Jr (USA) in the Monster Energy Ford Mustang RTR Spec 5-D. Gittin went on to finish third. Field dropped to third in the Championship chase, 20 points behind Aasbo
- Championship contender, Chelsea DeNofa (USA) in the BC Racing / Nitto Tire Ford Mustang RTR Spec 5-D, was eliminated from the Top 8 by team leader, Gittin. DeNofa remains second in the points table, but is now 19 points behind Aasbo
- Top qualifier Justin Pawlak (USA) driving the Falken Tire Ford Mustang was eliminated from the Top 16 by Chris Forsberg (USA) driving the NOS Energy / GT Radial Nissan 370Z
- Top FD PRO Rookie finisher was Jonathan Hurst (USA) who placed 14th in the Cash Racing Infiniti G37
ROUND 7 FD PRO TOP 16 DRIVER POINTS
| POSITION | DRIVER | POINTS |
| 1 | Aurimas Bakchis | 100 |
| 2 | Fredric Aasbo | 91 |
| 3 | Vaughn Gittin Jr | 80 |
| 4 | Chris Forsberg | 80 |
| 5 | Chelsea DeNofa | 67 |
| 6 | Michael Essa | 67 |
| 7 | Jhonnattan Castro | 67 |
| 8 | Wataru Masuyama | 67 |
| 9 | Justin Pawlak | 52 |
| 10 | Daijiro Yoshihara | 52 |
| 11 | Matt Field | 52 |
| 12 | Ryan Tuerck | 52 |
| 13 | Dylan Hughes | 52 |
| 14 | Jonathan Hurst | 52 |
| 15 | Jeff Jones | 52 |
| 16 | Kyle Mohan | 52 |
2021 FD PRO CHAMPIONSHIP TOP 16 STANDINGS
| POSITION | DRIVER | POINTS |
| 1 | Fredric Aasbo | 557 |
| 2 | Chelsea DeNofa | 538 |
| 3 | Matt Field | 537 |
| 4 | Aurimas Bakchis | 514 |
| 5 | Vaughn Gittin Jr | 474 |
| 6 | Ryan Tuerck | 470 |
| 7 | Dylan Hughes | 418 |
| 8 | Chris Forsberg | 412 |
| 9 | Kazuya Taguchi | 375 |
| 10 | Michael Essa | 375 |
| 11 | Travis Reeder | 360 |
| 12 | Dean Kearney | 358 |
| 13 | Jeff Jones | 356 |
| 14 | Justin Pawlak | 338 |
| 15 | Yves Meyer | 326 |
| 16 | Alec Robbins | 311 |
2021 AUTO CUP TOP FIVE STANDINGS
| Toyota | 1042 |
| Ford | 1040 |
| Chevrolet | 537 |
| Nissan | 517 |
| BMW | 375 |
2021 TIRE CUP STANDINGS
| Nitto Tire | 1242 |
| Falken Tire | 1068 |
| GT Radial | 984 |
| Nexen Tire | 833 |
| Federal Tire | 675 |
FORMULA DRIFT LONG BEACH RECAP
A full recap of Round 7: AutoZone Streets of Long Beach Presented By Type S will be available on Monday, along with event images
NEXT ROUND
Irwindale Speedway – the House of Drift – will host Round 8 TYPE S Title Fight. This is the Final Round of the Formula DRIFT PRO and Link ECU PROSPEC Championships, scheduled for October 22-23. Please visit formulad.com for ticket information, event schedule, driver profiles, special content, and the event livestream