2008 Formula D season
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The 2008 Formula D season (officially titled Castrol Syntec Power Cup) was the fifth season for the Formula D series. The series began April 12, 2008 and concluded on October 11. The highest scoring drivers of the series were invited to a non-point scoring All-Star event to compete with other drivers from other series all over the world on November 16, 2008.
Schedule
[edit]Round | Title | Circuit | Location | Date | Winner | Car | Results |
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1 | Streets of Long Beach | Streets of Long Beach | Long Beach, California | April 12 | Chris Forsberg | Results | |
2 | Feel the Heat | Road Atlanta | Braselton, Georgia | May 10 | Rhys Millen | Pontiac Solstice | Results |
3 | The Gauntlet | Englishtown Raceway Park | Englishtown, New Jersey | June 14 | Tanner Foust | Results | |
4 | High Stakes | Las Vegas Motor Speedway | Las Vegas, Nevada | July 12 | Toshiki Yoshioka | Results | |
5 | Breaking Point | Evergreen Speedway | Monroe, Washington | August 9 | Rhys Millen | Pontiac Solstice | Results |
6 | Locked and Loaded | Infineon Raceway | Sonoma, California | September 13 | Tanner Foust | Results | |
7 | Final Fight | Toyota Speedway | Irwindale, California | October 11 | Vaughn Gittin, Jr. | Results | |
nc | Red Bull Drifting World Championship | Purpose-built | Port of Long Beach, California | November 16 | Rhys Millen | Pontiac Solstice | Results |
Source:[1] |
Championship standings
[edit]Event winners in bold.
Pos | Driver | LBH | ATL | ENG | LVS | EVS | SON | IRW | Points |
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1 | Tanner Foust | 83 | 69 | 107 | 62 | 76 | 107 | 95 | 599 |
2 | Samuel Hübinette | 96 | 66 | 66 | 85 | 96 | 69 | 66 | 544 |
3 | Rhys Millen | 103 | 84 | 67 | 101 | 93 | 62 | 510 | |
4 | Daijiro Yoshihara | 65 | 75 | 77 | 91 | 58 | 57 | 58 | 481 |
5 | Chris Forsberg | 106 | 56 | 64 | 56 | 56 | 65 | 56 | 459 |
6 | Ryan Tuerck | 63 | 80 | 56 | 55 | 63 | 72 | 64 | 453 |
7 | Michihiro Takatori | 54 | 88 | 54 | 69 | 61 | 55 | 71 | 452 |
8 | Vaughn Gittin, Jr. | 58 | 68 | 56 | 0.25 | 0.25 | 71 | 103 | 356.5 |
9 | Conrad Grunewald | 55 | 55 | 63 | 0.25 | 56 | 65 | 55 | 349.25 |
10 | Robbie Nishida | 0.25 | 55 | 0 | 62 | 83 | 55 | 63 | 318.25 |
11 | Ryuji Miki | 55 | 0.25 | 64 | 0.25 | 64 | 55 | 62 | 300.5 |
12 | Darren McNamara | 61 | 56 | 55 | 65 | 0 | 0.25 | 237.25 | |
13 | Stephan Verdier | 0.25 | 58 | 55 | 56 | 0.25 | 55 | 0.25 | 224.75 |
14 | Ken Gushi | 56 | 0.25 | 0.25 | 55 | 55 | 56 | 0.25 | 222.75 |
15 | Bill Sherman | 0.25 | 63 | 0 | 84 | 56 | 203.25 | ||
16 | Justin Pawlak | 57 | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.25 | 55 | 0.25 | 84 | 197 |
17 | Kyle Mohan | 70 | 0.25 | 0 | 0.25 | 55 | 56 | 0.25 | 181.75 |
18 | Kenji Yamanaka | 55 | 55 | 0 | 0.25 | 0.25 | 56 | 0.25 | 166.75 |
19 | Kazu Hayashida | 63 | 0 | 60 | 0 | 0.25 | 123.25 | ||
20 | Manabu Orido | 64 | 58 | 122 | |||||
21 | Mitsuru Haruguchi | 64 | 0 | 0.25 | 55 | 119.25 | |||
22 | Tony Angelo | 0.25 | 0.25 | 56 | 0.25 | 56 | 0.25 | 0.25 | 113.25 |
23 | Toshiki Yoshioka | 0.25 | 104 | 0.25 | 0.25 | 104.75 | |||
24 | Tyler McQuarrie | 0.25 | 0.25 | 92 | 0.25 | 0 | 0 | 0.25 | 93 |
25 | Tony Brakohiapa | 0 | 0.25 | 0 | 63 | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.25 | 64 |
26 | John Russakoff | 58 | 0.25 | 58.25 | |||||
27 | Hiro Sumida | 0 | 57 | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0 | 0.25 | 57.75 | |
28 | Yasu Kondo | 0.25 | 56 | 0 | 0.25 | 0.25 | 56.75 | ||
29 | Taka Aono | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.25 | 55 | 56.5 |
30 | Patrick Mordaunt | 0.25 | 55 | 0.25 | 0 | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.25 | 56.25 |
31= | Ross Petty | 0.25 | 0.25 | 55 | 0 | 0.25 | 0.25 | 56 | |
31= | Calvin Wan | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.25 | 55 | 0.25 | 0 | 56 | |
33 | Blake Fuller | 0 | 0.25 | 55 | 0 | 0.25 | 0.25 | 55.75 | |
34 | Henry Schelley | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0 | 1.25 | |
35= | Joon Maeng | 0.25 | 0 | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0 | 1 | |
35= | Stephan Papadakis | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0 | 0 | 0.25 | 1 | |
35= | Seigo Yamamoto | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0 | 0 | 0.25 | 0 | 0.25 | 1 |
38= | Chris Kregorian | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0 | 0 | 0.25 | 0.75 | ||
38= | Quoc Ly | 0 | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.75 | |||
38= | Brian Peter | 0 | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0 | 0.25 | 0 | 0.75 | |
41= | Gary Lang | 0 | 0 | 0.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.25 | 0.5 |
41= | Tommy Suell | 0 | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.5 | ||||
41= | Jairus Wharerau | 0 | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.5 | ||||
44= | James Bondurant | 0 | 0.25 | 0 | 0 | 0.25 | |||
44= | Alex Pfeiffer | 0 | 0.25 | 0.25 | |||||
44= | Doug Van Den Brink | 0 | 0.25 | 0.25 | |||||
44= | Dan Willie | 0 | 0.25 | 0 | 0.25 | ||||
Source:[2] |
Driver did not compete in event.
Honors
[edit]- Rookie of the Year
- Michihiro Takatori
- Most improved driver
- Driver of the Year
- Ryan Tuerck
- Hardest Charging Driver
- Robbie Nishida
- Spirit of Drifting
- Patrick Mordaunt
- Superstar of the Year
- Best Style
- Daijiro Yoshihara
References
[edit]- ^ "Formula Drift - Professional Drifting Championship". formulad.com. Archived from the original on 26 October 2008. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
- ^ "2008 Formula DRIFT Pro Championship Standings". formulad.com. Archived from the original on 20 January 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2022.