COMPETITION RESULTS FROM FINAL ROUND OF 2024 FORMULA DRIFT LINK ECU PROSPEC CHAMPIONSHIP IN UTAH

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Tommy Lemaire claims 2024 FD Link ECU PROSPEC Championship title. Dmitriy Brutskiy wins Round 4

EVENT DETAILS

Date: Friday, August 30, 2024
Location: Utah Motorsports Campus, Grantsville, UT
Event: Formula DRIFT Link ECU PROSPEC Championship Final Round 4

RESULTS FROM FD PROSPEC ROUND 4

  1. Dmitriy Brutskiy – Never Settle BMW
  2. Margaritis Katsanidis (Greece) – LS Doctor E46 BMW
  3. Austin Matta (USA) – Austin Matta Motorsports Nissan S14

2024 FD PROSPEC CHAMPIONSHIP

  1. Tommy Lemaire (Canada) – XPN Carbon-Kevlar Nissan S14.9
  2. Connor O’Sullivan (USA) – O’Sully Racing / RTS E46 BMW
  3. Austin Matta (USA) – Austin Matta Motorsports Nissan S14

NOTES

  • Canadian Tommy Lemaire claimed the 2024 FD Link ECU PROSPEC Championship title by winning his Top 32 heat against DJ Stubstad (USA)
  • After Championship points leader Connor O’Sullivan (USA) was knocked out of the Top 32 by Dmitriy Brutskiy, Lemaire simply needed to win his heat to claim the title. But in a dramatic move, Lemaire withdrew from the starting line to investigate an engine problem. The team replaced a damaged plug wire and Lemaire returned to win the heat
  • Lemaire would finish the Final Round in fifth position and claim the 2024 title by 26 points over O’Sullivan
  • Lemaire, O’Sullivan and third-place Matta all receive automatic Formula DRIFT PRO licenses to move up next year if they wish
  • Round winner and two-time PROSPEC Champion Brutskiy has been competing in both the FD PRO and PROSPEC Championships this year. His Round 4 win catapulted him from a lowly 23rd to sixth in the 2024 PROSPEC standings
  • By finishing second in Round 4, Katsanidis recorded his first ever Formula DRIFT podium and best result since joining the series last year. He lost in the Final to Brutskiy after a rear tire de-beaded in Outside Zone 1
  • Matta finished third in both Round 4 and the PROSPEC Championship. He scored equal Championship points with Cody Buchanan (USA) but was awarded the position by achieving a podium in the St Louis Round
  • As the leading Rookie driver, Nik Jimenez (USA) placed 12th in Round 4 driving the Jimenez Racing Nissan Z, reaching the Top 16 where he was defeated by Lemaire. The result placed him 15th overall, locking up the 2024 PROSPEC Rookie Driver of the Year award
  • All FD PROSPEC teams run GT Radial spec tires and Link ECU engine management

ROUND 4 FD PROSPEC TOP 16 DRIVER POINTS

POSITION DRIVER POINTS
1 Dmitriy Brutskiy 100
2 Margaritis Katsanidis 84
3 Austin Matta 70
4 Cody Buchanan 70
5 Tommy Lemaire 56
6 Rudy Hansen 56
7 Jayden Martorana 56
8 Joshua Love 56
9 Justin Chesnutt 42
10 Shawn Illingworth 42
11 Cory Talaska 42
12 Nik Jimenez 42
13 Dustin Miles 42
14 Faruk Kugay 42
15 Richard Advani 42
16 Chris Leonard 42

 

2024 FD PROSPEC TOP 16 CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS

POSITION DRIVER POINTS
1 Tommy Lemaire 296
2 Connor O´Sullivan 270
3 Austin Matta 238
4 Cody Buchanan 238
5 Joshua Love 210
6 Dmitriy Brutskiy 198
7 Nate Chen 196
8 Margaritis Katsanidis 182
9 Jayden Martorana 182
10 Rudy Hansen 168
11 Justin Chesnutt 168
12 Amanda Sorensen 168
13 Shawn Illingworth 154
14 Cory Talaska 154
15 Nik Jimenez 154
16 Cole Richards 154