EVENT DETAILS

Date: Thursday, July 18, 2024
Location: World Wide Technology Raceway
Event: Formula DRIFT PRO Championship Round 5: Type S Crossroads & Link ECU PROSPEC Championship Round 2

RESULTS FROM FD PRO SEEDING BRACKET

1. Dmitriy Brutskiy – Never Settle E46 BMW
2. Daniel Stuke (USA) – MspeK Performance Nissan Silvia S15 Spec-R
3. Mike Power (USA) – Power Racing Nissan S15

NOTES: PRO

• World Wide Technology Raceway and Formula DRIFT made significant course revisions, which included K-rail additions to Outside Zones 1 and 4 to prevent vehicles damaging the infield
• The weather for the Link ECU PROSPEC Seeding Bracket was sunny with scattered clouds and a cool breeze. Conditions were cooler for the K&N PRO Seeding Bracket, which took place at night under floodlights
• Solo qualifying runs have been replaced this year by competitive tandem runs. Only the lower ranked drivers are required to qualify this way once the top positions have been determined by the previous round. For PRO that meant Round 4, while PROSPEC was based on Round 2, both in New Jersey
• In the PRO Championship, New Jersey preset the first 24 positions, while the remaining 12 drivers competed in the Seeding Bracket to claim one of the remaining eight competition places, populating positions 25-32
• The K&N Top 16 Seeding Bracket for the PRO Championship was won by Brutskiy, with Stuke second and Power third
• The full list of PRO drivers who qualified through the Seeding Bracket drivers is listed below, with the top eight finishers advancing to the Top 32 competition heats. The remainder were eliminated
• There was a delay to the start of the PRO Seeding Bracket after it was discovered that the paint markings in Outer Zone 4 hadn’t fully dried, causing drivers to spin. An appeal was lodged and the judges decided to re-run the first two battles to ensure fairness.
• For the repeated matches, Brutskiy advanced to the Top 8 while Andy Hateley (USA), who was judged to have won his first heat against Derek Madison (USA), was unable to start the re-run after his water pump broke. And despite experiencing power steering problems himself, Madison advanced to the Top 8
• After an incredibly frustrating 2024 season, the 2023 PROSPEC Champion Ben Hobson (USA) driving the Pennzoil / BC Racing Mustang RTR Spec 5-FD finally reached the FD PRO Top 32 competition heats for the first time this season after defeating Alec Robbins (USA) in the Seeding Bracket
• The PRO Championship drivers eliminated from the Seeding Bracket were Rudy Hansen (USA), Alec Robbins (USA), Andy Hateley (USA) and Federico Sceriffo (Italy)

NOTES: PROSPEC

• In PROSPEC, the first 16 positions were preset, with the remaining 30 drivers competing in a seeding bracket to claim one of the remaining 16 places in Top 32 competition. With so many drivers, the PROSPEC Seeding Bracket is sudden death, with the loser of each tandem run eliminated
• The names of drivers who advanced or were eliminated are listed in the PROSPEC table below. The successful drivers will compete in the competition heats today (Friday), populating positions 17-32
• Two drivers are competing in both the 2024 Formula DRIFT PRO and PROSPEC Championships: Dmitriy Brutskiy and Rudy Hansen. In St Louis, Brutskiy qualified for both but Hansen narrowly missed out on PRO. Brutskiy has different cars tailored to each Championship, while Hansen has entered the same Team Hansen Supercharged Nissan S13 in both

ROUND 5 PRO SEEDING BRACKET

POSITION	NAME
1	Dmitriy Brutskiy
2	Daniel Stuke
3	Mike Power
4	Robert Thorne
5	Derek Madison
6	Ben Hobson
7	Joao Barion
8	Kyle Mohan
9	Rudy Hansen
10	Alec Robbins
11	Andy Hateley
12	Federico Sceriffo

BRACKET FOR ROUND 5 PRO COMPETITION HEATS 

ROUND 3 PROSPEC SEEDING BRACKET

ADVANCING	ELIMINATED
Faruk Kugay	Matthew Bystrak
Margaritis Katsanidis	Brandon McDowell
Coty Demster	Brian Wills
Rudy Hansen	Lee Yearwood
Justin Chesnutt	Kasey Kohl
Adam Knapik	Jayce Habich
Zandara Kennedy	Josh Stuart
Allen Boss	Adam Heishman
Ricky Hofmann	Clarke Hatton
DJ Stubstad	Tyler Foley
Trevor Root	Alex Lichliter
Cole Richards	Alex Jagger
Jack Davis
Hooman Rahimi
Dmitriy Brutskiy
Dustin Miles

 

BRACKET FOR ROUND 3 PROSPEC COMPETITION HEATS