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The 2019 Formula D season (officially titled Formula DRIFT Black Magic Pro Championship) was the sixteenth season of the Formula D series. The season began on April 6 at Long Beach and concluded on October 19 at Toyota Speedway at Irwindale after eight events.

James Deane won his third consecutive championship with the Worthouse Drifting team, and his teammate Piotr Więcek placed fourth in points. However, the team and both drivers would leave Formula Drift at the end of the season: it was announced in 2020 that Worthouse had withdrawn from the series and that both its drivers were pursuing other opportunities. Deane would return to the series in 2023.

Driver Travis Reeder made Formula Drift history by becoming the first driver to compete with an electric vehicle. His team Napoleon Motorsports developed a fully electric Chevrolet Camaro dubbed the Chevrolet Camaro EL1. Reeder was unable to run it during the opening round at Long Beach since the event's fire safety teams had not been given training on electric vehicle fires. He practiced with the car during the second round at Orlando but competed with his regular Nissan 240SX S13. The car made its first competitive appearance in the third round at Road Atlanta, and he campaigned it until the finale at Irwindale when minor issues forced him to revert to his S13.

Two drivers also made history during the season by scoring a perfect 100 on a qualifying run, something that had only been previously achieved by Tanner Foust at Sonoma Raceway in 2006. Justin Pawlak recorded a perfect score during the fourth round at Wall Speedway, and James Deane recorded a perfect score during the seventh round at Texas Motor Speedway.

Two drivers made a one-off appearance at Long Beach: Mitch Larner, renting a Toyota 2JZ powered Nissan 240SX S14 from fellow competitor Forrest Wang, and Manuel Vacca, driving a BMW E46.

Entries

Team No. Car Tires Driver Round(s)
Asphalt Anarchy 82 Cadillac ATS-V Achilles Tires United States Taylor Hull All
Bakchis Motorsports 723 Nissan Silvia S14 Falken Lithuania Aurimas Bakchis All
Bridges Racing 43 Dodge Viper ZB II Achilles Tires Republic of Ireland Dean Kearney All
Chris Forsberg Racing 64 Nissan 370Z Nexen United States Chris Forsberg All
Coffman Racing 959 Nissan 240SX S13 Achilles Tires United States Matt Coffman 1–6
Drift Cave Motorsports 46 Nissan 240SX Achilles Tires United States Patrick Goodin 1–7
777 Chevrolet Corvette C6 Falken United States Matt Field All
Enjuku Racing 352 Nissan Silvia S14 Achilles Tires United States Kevin Lawrence All
Essa Autosport 101 BMW M3 E46 Achilles Tires United States Michael Essa All
FFF Drifting Department 117 Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano Nexen Italy Federico Sceriffo All
Get Nuts Lab 11 Nissan 240SX S14 Achilles Tires Australia Mitch Larner  R  1
808 Nissan Silvia S15 Achilles Tires United States Forrest Wang All
Greddy Racing/Ken Gushi motorsports 21 Toyota GT86 Achilles Tires Japan Ken Gushi All
Hohnadell Racing 118 Nissan 240SX S14 Nexen United States Alec Hohnadell 1–3
HP Garage 19 BMW M3 E46 Achilles Tires Italy Manuel Vacca  R  1
Huddy Racing 129 BMW M3 E46 Achilles Tires United States Dylan Hughes  R  1–7
Jeff Jones Racing 818 Nissan 370Z Nexen United States Jeff Jones All
Jhonnattan Castro 717 Subaru BRZ Nexen Dominican Republic Jhonnattan Castro All
Kazuya Taguchi 123 Nissan GT-R
Nissan Silvia S15 		Achilles Tires Japan Kazuya Taguchi All
KORUWORKS 909 Nissan 350Z Nexen United States Ryan Litteral All
Kyle Mohan Racing 99 Mazda RX-8 Nexen United States Kyle Mohan All
Meeks Drift 316 Cadillac ATS-V Nexen United States Austin Meeks All
Nando Drift Team 357 Chevrolet Corvette C7 Z06 Achilles Tires Brazil João Barion  R  1–3, 6–8
Napoleon Motorsports 77 Nissan 240SX S13
Chevrolet Camaro EL1 		Nitto United States Travis Reeder  R  All
Papadakis Racing 151 Toyota Corolla (E210) Nexen Norway Fredric Aasbø All
Pawlak Racing 13 Ford Mustang Falken United States Justin Pawlak All
RAD Industries 34 Toyota Supra A80 Nexen United States Dan Burkett All
RTR Motorsports 25 Ford Mustang RTR Spec 5-D Nitto United States Vaughn Gittin, Jr. All
88 Ford Mustang RTR Nitto United States Chelsea DeNofa All
Ryan Tuerck Racing 411 Toyota GT86 Nitto United States Ryan Tuerck All
SSG Motorsport 111 Nissan Silvia S14 Nexen Canada Sebastien Gauthier  R  1–4, 6–8
Stratton Racing 33 Chevrolet Corvette C6 Achilles Tires United States Dirk Stratton All
Team DAI. 9 Subaru BRZ Falken Japan Daijiro Yoshihara All
Team IMR 17 BMW M3 E46 Nitto Peru Alex Heilbrunn 1–4
Worthouse Drift Team 130 Nissan Silvia S15 Falken Republic of Ireland James Deane All
215 Nissan Silvia S15 Falken Poland Piotr Więcek All
R Eligible for Rookie of the Year

Schedule

Round Title Circuit Location Date Winner Car
1 O'Reilly Auto Parts The Streets of Long Beach
Presented by Permatex 		Streets of Long Beach Long Beach, California April 6 Lithuania Aurimas Bakchis Nissan Silvia S14
2 AutoZone Scorched
Presented by Black Magic 		Orlando Speed World Orlando, Florida April 27 Lithuania Aurimas Bakchis Nissan Silvia S14
3 O'Reilly Auto Parts Road to the Championship
Presented by Permatex 		Road Atlanta Braselton, Georgia May 11 Norway Fredric Aasbø Toyota Corolla (E210)
4 The Advance Auto Parts Gauntlet
Presented by Black Magic 		Wall Stadium Wall Township, New Jersey June 8 United States Ryan Tuerck Toyota GT86
5 Permatex Throwdown
Presented by AutoZone 		Evergreen Speedway Monroe, Washington July 20 Poland Piotr Więcek Nissan Silvia S15
6 Pep Boys Crossroads
Presented by Rain-X 		World Wide Technology Raceway Madison, Illinois August 10 Republic of Ireland James Deane Nissan Silvia S15
7 Advance Auto Parts Showdown
Presented by Rain-X 		Texas Motor Speedway Fort Worth, Texas September 14 United States Chelsea DeNofa Ford Mustang RTR
8 Auto Zone Title Fight
Presented by Rain-X 		Toyota Speedway at Irwindale Irwindale, California October 19 Japan Ken Gushi Toyota GT86
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Championship standings

Scoring system

Points were awarded for qualifying and for the main event. During qualifying, drivers performed solo runs which were judged on parameters such as line, angle, fluidity and commitment and assigned a numerical score up to 100. These scores were then ranked to determine the qualifying classification and hence populate the brackets for the competition phase. Up to 6 points were then awarded for the top 32 qualifiers.

The qualifiers proceed through a series of competition heats, with those eliminated in the first round (Top 32) receiving 16 points, the second round (Sweet 16) receiving 32 points, the third round (Great 8) receiving 48 points, and the fourth round (Final Four) receiving 64 points and classifying 3rd and 4th. Of the two drivers eliminated in the Final Four, the driver who qualified highest is awarded third place and the final step on the podium. In the Final, the runner-up receives 80 points and the winner 100 points. Final classification within each round is then determined by highest qualifying position; for example, of the two drivers eliminated in the Final Four, the driver who qualified higher is awarded 3rd position and the final place on the podium.

Qualifying stage

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th–8th   9th–16th   17th–32nd 
Points 6 5 4 3 2 1

Competition stage

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th–8th   9th–16th   17th–32nd 
Points 100 80 64 64 48 32 16

Pro Championship standings

Pos Driver LBH ORL ATL WNJ EVS WWT TEX IRW Pts
1 Republic of Ireland James Deane 6 11 3 3 2 1 2 3 565
2 Norway Fredric Aasbø 4 9 1 2 14 2 4 13 513
3 Lithuania Aurimas Bakchis 1 1 5 11 12 5 5 4 497
4 Poland Piotr Więcek 7 6 6 6 1 3 6 6 482
5 United States Ryan Tuerck 17 16 2 1 9 4 8 5 443
6 United States Chris Forsberg 3 2 7 12 4 10 3 10 439
7 United States Michael Essa 12 15 4 14 7 8 10 2 385
8 United States Chelsea DeNofa 10 3 9 13 10 9 1 9 384
9 Japan Daijiro Yoshihara 9 5 10 9 3 12 7 8 360
10 United States Vaughn Gittin, Jr. 11 4 16 4 15 6 18 7 350
11 Japan Ken Gushi 13 13 17 7 5 19 11 1 343
12 United States Justin Pawlak 8 7 21 5 6 13 17 11 311
13 United States Forrest Wang 2 8 11 10 24 11 19 14 305
14 United States Matt Field 5 12 13 8 11 7 15 17 305
15 Japan Kazuya Taguchi 23 19 18 16 20 15 9 12 204
16 United States Travis Reeder  RY  15 18 31 31 16 21 12 16 202
17 Republic of Ireland Dean Kearney 14 17 12 22 25 18 14 19 187
18 Dominican Republic Jhonnattan Castro 19 21 15 25 21 16 20 15 186
19 United States Ryan Litteral 16 25 26 21 17 20 13 18 171
20 United States Patrick Goodin 25 10 8 17 18 25 30 171
21 United States Jeff Jones 32 24 20 15 23 27 29 25 153
22 United States Dirk Stratton 26 26 14 24 22 24 22 22 152
23 United States Dylan Hughes  R  DNQ 22 19 19 8 17 27 139
24 United States Taylor Hull 27 27 25 27 26 31 24 23 136
25 United States Dan Burkett 24 31 23 23 27 23 28 26 136
26 Italy Federico Sceriffo 28 29 27 29 28 22 26 28 136
27 United States Matt Coffman 20 23 22 20 13 14 136
28 United States Kevin Lawrence DNQ 32 32 30 19 30 25 27 120
29 United States Kyle Mohan 31 DNQ 28 28 30 29 23 20 119
30 United States Austin Meeks 30 28 DNQ 26 29 28 31 24 119
31 Brazil João Barion  R  DNQ 30 30 26 16 29 101
32 Peru Alex Heilbrunn 18 14 24 18 87
33 Canada Sebastien Gauthier  R  29 DNQ 29 DNQ 32 21 21 85
34 United States Alec Hohnadell 21 20 DNQ 34
35 Australia Mitch Larner  R  22 17
NC Italy Manuel Vacca  R  DNQ 0
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In-line notation
Qualifying position
Bold Top qualifier
 RY  Rookie of the Year
 R  Rookie

Auto Cup standings

Auto Cup points are awarded each round to the two drivers with the highest classified finish for each manufacturer. To be eligible, both the chassis and engine must have been constructed by that manufacturer.

Pos Manufacturer LBH ORL ATL WNJ EVS WWT TEX IRW Pts
1 Japan Toyota 4 9 1 1 5 2 4 1 1059
13 13 2 2 9 4 8 5
2 United States Ford 8 3 9 4 6 6 1 7 789
10 4 16 5 10 9 17 9
3 Japan Nissan 3 2 7 12 4 10 3 10 644
23 19 18 16 19 15 9 12
4 United States Chevrolet 5 12 13 8 11 7 15 17 473
26 26 14 24 22 24 16 22
5 Germany BMW 12 15 4 14 7 8 10 2 385
6 United States Cadillac 27 27 25 26 26 28 24 23 255
30 28 DNQ 27 29 31 31 24
7 United States Dodge 14 17 12 22 25 18 14 19 187
8 Italy Ferrari 28 29 27 29 28 22 26 28 136
9 Japan Mazda 31 DNQ 28 28 30 29 23 20 119

Tire Cup standings

Tire Cup points are awarded each round to the two drivers with the highest classified finish for each tire manufacturer.

Pos Tire LBH ORL ATL WNJ EVS WWT TEX IRW Pts
1 Falken 1 1 3 3 1 1 2 3 1189
5 5 5 5 2 3 5 4
2 Nexen 3 2 1 2 4 2 3 10 952
4 9 7 12 14 10 4 13
3 Nitto 10 3 2 1 9 4 1 5 932
11 4 9 4 10 6 8 7
4 Achilles Tires 2 8 4 7 5 8 9 1 845
12 10 8 10 7 11 10 2

Footnotes

  1. Taguchi competed in a Nissan GT-R at Long Beach but used a Nissan Silvia S15 for the remainder of the season.

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