EVENT DETAILS
Date: Friday, August 8, 2025
Location: Evergreen Speedway, Monroe, WA
Event: Seeding Bracket Qualification for Formula DRIFT PRO Championship Round 6
RESULTS FROM FD PRO SEEDING BRACKET
- Branden Sorensen (USA) – US Airforce / Sorensen Motorsports BMW
- Aurimas Bakchis (Lithuania) – Feal Suspension / GT Radial Nissan S14.9
- Simen Olsen (Norway) – Simen Olsen Drifting Toyota GR Supra
PRO NOTES
- In the Type S PRO Seeding Bracket, the first 16 competition places were locked by ranking achieved at the previous Round, which was lowered from 20 because exactly 32 drivers entered the event. Having 32 or fewer drivers precipitates a format change, in which both Seeding and Top 32 competition are full: 16 Seeded and 16 Locked. The 16 drivers in Seeding are battling for points and tomorrow’s Main Event order instead of risking elimination
- Driver are awarded three points for every win, helping them to improve their Championship positions, with Sorensen receiving a total of 12 points for winning the Seeding Bracket after a fierce battle with Bakchis. Branden was awarded the victory over Odi after a flawless chase run
- Third place went to Olsen who lost an equally close battle against Bakchis in the semi-finals, but in this instance it was a superior chase run from Odi that jettisoned the Norwegian driver
- With former title contenders and teammates, Bakchis and Olsen, having to qualify for Saturday’s competition heats, it’s an indication of the intense pressure in the 2025 Formula DRIFT PRO Championship. Both drivers will be hoping to get their season’s back on track, especially Bakchis who holds sixth in the title race but an early dismissal from Round 5 dropped him down the rankings
- Seattle saw the return of Wataru Masuyama (Japan) to FD PRO. He left the series after placing 11th overall in 2022 but has returned to fill Daigo Saito’s seat in the Enjuku Racing / BC Racing / Jerry Yang Racing Toyota GR86 after Saito experienced an issue with his travel visa before the previous round
PRO ROUND 5 SEEDING BRACKET RESULTS*
| POSITION | NAME | POINTS |
| 1 | Branden Sorensen | 12 |
| 2 | Aurimas Bakchis | 9 |
| 3 | Simen Olsen | 6 |
| 4 | Derek Madison | 6 |
| 5 | Rudy Hansen | 3 |
| 6 | Jonathan Hurst | 3 |
| 7 | Federico Sceriffo | 3 |
| 8 | Wataru Masuyama | 3 |
| 9 | Nick Noback | 0 |
| 10 | Dan Burkett | 0 |
| 11 | Dmitriy Brutskiy | 0 |
| 12 | Austin Matta | 0 |
| 13 | Ben Hobson | 0 |
| 14 | Dan Stuke | 0 |
| 15 | Jhonnattan Castro | 0 |
| 16 | Ken Gushi | 0 |
* Preliminary standings. Final results pending official confirmation
FD PRO ROUND 5 COMPETITION HEATS BRACKET