SERIES NEWS: COMPETITION RESULTS FROM THE SEATTLE ROUND OF THE 2021 FORMULA DRIFT PRO CHAMPIONSHIP

EVENT DETAILS
Date: Saturday, July 31, 2021
Location: Evergreen Speedway, Monroe, WA
Event: Formula DRIFT PRO Championship Round 5: Throwdown

RESULTS FROM FD PRO COMPETITION
1. Chelsea DeNofa (USA) – BC Racing / Nitto Tire Ford Mustang RTR Spec 5-D
2. Ryan Tuerck (USA) – Gumout / Nitto Tire / Mobil1 Toyota Corolla Hatchback
3. Dylan Hughes (USA) – Permatex / GT Radial BMW E46

NOTES

Round 5: Throwdown took place in front of a capacity crowd at Evergreen Speedway
DeNofa won the round without competing in the Final after opponent Ryan Tuerck withdrew with an overheating engine. The same thing happened at Round 4 when Tuerck’s teammate, Fredric Aasbo (Norway), was also unable to run against DeNofa because of technical issues
FD SEA represents DeNofa’s second win in a row and his third this season, finally giving him the points lead in the 2021 FD PRO Championship from Matt Field (USA). He leads by 1 point from Field
Top qualifier Michael Essa (USA) was eliminated by Dylan Hughes who finished third and ahead of Field by virtue of a superior qualifying position
Jonathan Hurst (USA) was the top rookie at FD SEA, finishing ninth overall driving the Cash Racing Infiniti G37
During the course of the competition heats the judges requested One More Time on eight occasions, and seven drivers used their 5min Competition Time Out to effect repairs during an action-packed round

ROUND FIVE FD PRO TOP 16 DRIVER POINTS