EVENT DETAILS
Date: Saturday, August 12, 2023
Location: Evergreen Speedway, Monroe, WA
Event: Formula DRIFT PRO Championship Round 6: Throw Down
RESULTS FROM FD PRO ROUND 5
1. Chelsea DeNofa (USA) – Pennzoil / BC Racing Ford Mustang RTR Spec 5-FD
2. Dylan Hughes (USA) – Whip Racing / Royal Purple BMW
3. James Deane (Ireland) – AutoZone Ford Mustang RTR Spec 5-FD
NOTES
- By winning Round 6, DeNofa is the first driver to claim two wins in 2023. His victory is the fourth win for the dominant RTR Motorsports this season. Teammate Deane finished third
- DeNofa’s win means he climbed to the top of the Formula DRIFT PRO Championship standings for the first time this season with a 28-point margin to Aasbo in second place
- Deane remains the only one of the four RTR drivers without a win this season as he learns the immensely powerful Ford Mustang RTR, but two races remain…
- Hughes lost a scrappy Final to DeNofa after exceeding track limits on his lead run before colliding with DeNofa in the chase position and going off course again. This was his first visit to the podium since his Orlando win in 2022. Hughes drove all weekend with a splint on a broken finger
- The judges issued eight requests for One More Time (requiring the drivers to repeat their two runs). Six of these fell to Hughes and DeNofa, who received three each throughout the day, putting the drivers, cars and teams under even more pressure
- In a major upset, both Fredric Aasbo (Norway) and Matt Field (USA) – the drivers sitting first and second, respectively, in the FD PRO Championship table coming into Seattle – were knocked out of the Top 16.
- Aasbo was eliminated by teammate Ryan Tuerck (USA), finishing the event in tenth and dropping to second in the title race. Field placed ninth and dropped to fourth. With only two rounds left, the results put a small dent in their Championship aspirations yet both remain strong contenders
- Aurimas Bakchis (Lithuania), who won the previous round, was eliminated from the Great 8 by Deane but remains third in the table. Teammate Simen Olsen (Norway) finished third in Round 5 but was knocked out of the Great 8 by Hughes. He remains fifth.
- With two races and a maximum of 206 points available, 13 drivers still have a mathematical chance of lifting the 2023 FD PRO crown. The top four drivers are separated by 40 points
- After Formula DRIFT PRO Championship Round 6, the success of RTR helped Ford extended its lead the 2023 Formula DRIFT PRO Auto Cup and returned Nitto to the top of the Tire Cup
2023 FORMULA DRIFT CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS
ROUND 6 FD PRO TOP 16 DRIVER POINTS
| POSITION | DRIVER | POINTS |
| 1 | Chelsea DeNofa | 100 |
| 2 | Dylan Hughes | 88 |
| 3 | James Deane | 76 |
| 4 | Ryan Tuerck | 64 |
| 5 | Aurimas Bakchis | 50 |
| 6 | Simen Olsen | 49 |
| 7 | Rome Charpentier | 48 |
| 8 | Kazuya Taguchi | 48 |
| 9 | Matt Field | 35 |
| 10 | Fredric Aasbo | 32 |
| 11 | Chris Forsberg | 32 |
| 12 | Diego Higa | 32 |
| 13 | Jhonnattan Castro | 32 |
| 14 | Ryan Litteral | 32 |
| 15 | Dean Kearney | 32 |
| 16 | Nick Noback | 32 |
2023 FD PRO TOP 16 DRIVER CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS
| POSITION | DRIVER | POINTS |
| 1 | Chelsea DeNofa | 363 |
| 2 | Fredric Aasbo | 335 |
| 3 | Aurimas Bakchis | 323 |
| 4 | Matt Field | 323 |
| 5 | Simen Olsen | 309 |
| 6 | James Deane | 302 |
| 7 | Dylan Hughes | 281 |
| 8 | Ryan Tuerck | 264 |
| 9 | Chris Forsberg | 264 |
| 10 | Rome Charpentier | 232 |
| 11 | Kazuya Taguchi | 224 |
| 12 | Jonathan Hurst | 208 |
| 13 | Jhonnattan Castro | 176 |
| 14 | Adam LZ | 148 |
| 15 | Dean Kearney | 145 |
| 16 | Travis Reeder | 144 |
2023 AUTO CUP TOP 5 STANDINGS
| Ford | 804 |
| Toyota | 628 |
| Chevrolet | 483 |
| Nissan | 360 |
| Dodge | 145 |
2023 TIRE CUP STANDINGS
| Nitto Tire | 944 |
| GT Radial | 916 |
| Vitour Tire | 472 |
| Kenda Tire | 290 |
| Nexen Tire | 289 |
FORMULA DRIFT SEATTLE RECAP
A recap of all the action from FD SEA will be available on Monday with event images
NEXT ROUND
Utah Motorsports Campus in Grantsville, UT will host the Final Round of the Formula DRIFT Link ECU PROSPEC Championship as well as Round 7 of the FD PRO Championship on September 14-16. Please visit formulad.com for the competition schedule, ticket information, driver profiles, special content, and the event livestream
ABOUT FORMULA DRIFT
Formula DRIFT is recognized as the leading international drifting championship. Established on the streets of Japan, drifting has evolved into a worldwide competitive sport that challenges the driver’s skill while demanding a great deal from their vehicle in terms of power and strength. Formula DRIFT provides a series for the best professional drifters from around the globe to compete for the coveted title of Formula DRIFT Champion. As the first official drifting series in North America, Formula DRIFT has taken competitive motorsports to the extreme, attracting drift fans and car enthusiasts from all walks of life, and established itself as the global leader for the sport. For a competition schedule, ticket information, special content and livestream, please visit formulad.com
