EVENT DETAILS

Date: Sunday, November 1, 2020

Location: Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth, TX

Event: Formula DRIFT PRO Championship Round Six

RESULTS

Winner: Chris Forsberg (USA) – NOS Energy Drink Nissan 370Z on Nexen Tires

Second: Vaughn Gittin Jr (USA) ­– Monster Energy / Nitto Tire / Ford Performance Mustang RTR Spec 5-D

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

NOTES

• Forsberg becomes the fifth winner in six rounds of the 2020 Formula DRIFT PRO Championship
• The win represents Forsberg’s first FD win since FD Orlando in early 2018
• Forsberg is one of four drivers to have run in the FD PRO Championship since the series was established in 2004 and remains the most successful driver in series history
• Finishing second, Gittin Jr – another FD OG from 2004 – leads the 2020 Formula DRIFT PRO Championship and has scored podiums at the last four rounds
• Ryan Tuerck (USA), the Championship points leader coming into Round Six, was eliminated after an off-track excursion while running against FD PRO series Rookie, Adam LZ. Tuerck’s team took a Competition Timeout and narrowly missed completing repairs to the Gumout / Nitto Tire / Mobil 1 Toyota Corolla in the allotted time
• Adam LZ (USA) reached the FD PRO series Final 4 for the first time in his career, running OMT against DeNofa in the third-place run-off. Driving the Enjuku Racing Nissan S15, he leads the FD Rookie title race
• Approaching the 2020 FD PRO Final Rounds Seven and Eight on November 20-22 at Irwindale Speedway, the top five drivers are separated by only 96 points

ROUND SIX TOP 16 PRO DRIVER POINTS

POSITION	DRIVER	POINTS
1	Forsberg	100
2	Gittin Jr	88
3	DeNofa	76
4	Adam LZ	64
5	Aasbo	48
6	Tuerck	48
7	Taguchi	48
8	Yoshihara	48
9	Hull	32
10	Jones	32
11	Nerren	32
12	Kearney	32
13	Bakchis	32
14	Field	32
15	Essa	32
16	Pawlak	32

2020 PRO CHAMPIONSHIP DRIVER STANDINGS

POSITION	DRIVER	POINTS	TIRES
1	Vaughn Gittin Jr	428	Nitto
2	Ryan Tuerck	420	Nitto
3	Chris Forsberg	364	Nexen
4	Chelsea DeNofa	336	Nitto
5	Fredric Aasbo	332	Nitto

2020 AUTO CUP STANDINGS

Ford	836
Toyota	768
Nissan	604
Chevrolet	304
BMW	236

2020 TIRE CUP STANDINGS

Nitto	1068
Falken	652
Achilles	588
Nexen	588
GT Radial	448

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

EVENT DETAILS

Date: Friday, October 30, 2020

Location: Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth, TX

Event: Link ECU PRO2 Championship Round Three

RESULTS

Winner: Jonathan Hurst (USA) – Cash Racing / Achilles Radial Infiniti G37

Second: Blake Olsen  (USA) – Koruworks / Achilles Radial BMW E92

Third: Derek Madison (USA) – Inertia Garage Nissan S14.5

NOTES

• With his second podium of the season, Jonathan Hurst now leads the 2020 Link ECU PRO2 Championship by a narrow 24 points
• The top six PRO2 drivers are separated by only 68 points 
• FD TX represents the first podium finish for both Blake Olsen and Derek Madison
• The track layout at Texas Motor Speedway was changed since the series visited in 2019 to create a new challenge for the teams

LINK ECU PRO2 CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS FROM ROUND THREE

POSITION	DRIVER	POINTS
1	Hurst	100
2	Olsen	88
3	Madison	76
4	Power	64
5	Schmidt	48
6	Brutskiy	48
7	Diaz	48
8	Reynolds	48
9	Rahimi	32
10	Love	32
11	Matta	32
12	Rowlings	32
13	Hateley	32
14	Lin	32
15	Stuke	32
16	Misko	32

LINK ECU PRO2 CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS 

POSITION	DRIVER	POINTS
1	Jonathan Hurst	236
2	Dmitriy Brutskiy	212
3	Joshua Love	196
4	Austin Matta	184
5	Blake Olsen	168
6	Chase Schmidt	168
7	Micah Diaz	128
8	Hooman Rahimi	128
9	Kelsey Rowlings	112
10	Andy Hateley	112
11	Derek Madison	108
12	Mike Power	96
13	Joshua C Reynolds	96
14	Brian Wadman	96
15	Dustin Miles	80
16	Josh Robinson	80

FORMULA DRIFT TEXAS RECAP

A full recap of PRO Rounds Five and Six as well as PRO2 Round Three from Texas Motor Speedway will follow on Monday along with event images.

2020 SEASON

The 2020 Formula DRIFT PRO and Link ECU PRO2 Championships culminate on November 20-22 at Irwindale Speedway in Irwindale, CA. Please visit  formulad.com for 2020 event details, driver profiles, new content and livestream information.

 

EDITOR’S NOTE

Please use this link for images from Round Three of the Link ECU PRO2 Championship: dropbox.com/sh/2nna8vfzca5bzcr/AABTMzhGHHYD7FuN5dkLy8B5a?dl=0

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Major Sponsor, Official Energy Drink – NOS Energy Drink

Major Sponsor, Official Military Branch – United States Air Force

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Major Sponsor, Official ECU, PRO2 Title Sponsor – Link Engine Management

Major Sponsors – Achilles Tires, Falken Tires, GT Radial

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