The 2009 Formula D season (officially titled Formula Drift Professional Championship) was the sixth season for the Formula D series. The series began April 11 and concluded on October 11. Chris Forsberg took his first series title in a Nissan 350Z; the third season in succession in which a Nissan car had won the championship.
Schedule Round Title Circuit Location Date Winner Car Results 1 Streets of Long Beach Streets of Long Beach Long Beach, California April 11 Ryan Tuerck Pontiac Solstice Results 2 Proving Ground Road Atlanta Braselton, Georgia May 9 Chris Forsberg Nissan 350Z Results 3 The Gauntlet Wall Township Speedway Wall Township, New Jersey June 6 Darren McNamara Saturn Sky Results 4 All In Las Vegas Motor Speedway Las Vegas, Nevada July 11 Tanner Foust Scion tC Results 5 Breaking Point Evergreen Speedway Monroe, Washington August 8 Chris Forsberg Nissan 350Z Results 6 Locked and Loaded Infineon Raceway Sonoma, California August 22 Stephan Verdier Subaru Impreza WRX STI Results 7 Judgement Day Toyota Speedway Irwindale, California October 17 Ryan Tuerck Pontiac Solstice ResultsSources:
Championship standings Event winners in bold. Pos Driver LBH ATL WTS LVS EVS SON IRW Points 1 Chris Forsberg 62 102 63 80 103 60 57 527 2 Ryan Tuerck 102 80 50 62 69 51 107 521 3 Tyler McQuarrie 48.5 62 85 69.5 82 49 89 485 4 Samuel Hübinette 90 58 65 58 67 61.25 63 462.25 5 Vaughn Gittin, Jr. 62 57 92 54.5 71 65 50 451.5 6 Tanner Foust 84 62 0 100.5 54 69 78 447.5 7 Darren McNamara 61 94 105 0 56 54.5 56 426.5 8 Robbie Nishida 72 63 62 62 55 48.25 63 425.25 9 Justin Pawlak 58 63 57 67 53 56 62 416 10 Ken Gushi 0 61.5 77 49 55 91 55 388.5 11 Daijiro Yoshihara 50 55 51 52 52 56 65 381 12 Tony Brakohiapa 62 54.25 54.5 48.25 63 49 48.25 379.25 13 Ross Petty 48.5 55 55 54.25 68 48.25 48.25 377.25 14 Taka Aono 65 48.25 61.25 48.5 50 48.25 48.5 369.75 15 Stephan Verdier 62 51 50 51 49 101 0 364 16 Ryuji Miki 0 59 55 88.5 54.25 85 0 341.75 17 Joon Maeng 48.5 70 54.5 54.25 48.5 0 57 332.75 18 Eric O'Sullivan 48.25 0 48.5 49 89 48.5 49 332.25 19 Rhys Millen 48.5 58 60 0 48.5 66 48.5 329.5 20 Patrick Mordaunt 48.25 61.25 56 54.5 48.25 49 0 317.25 21 Kyle Mohan 48.5 0 48.5 50 48.5 54.5 66 316 22 Kenji Yamanaka 0 48.5 55 49 48.5 54.5 48.5 304 23 Calvin Wan 48.5 48.25 48.25 0 48.25 48.25 48.25 289.75 24 Michael Essa 0 48.5 63 48.5 48.5 55 263.5 25 Yasu Kondo 54.25 48.5 54.5 54.5 48.25 260 26 Michihiro Takatori 48.25 49 48.5 54.25 54.5 0 0 254.5 27 Tommy Suell 0 48.25 48.25 50 48.25 0 58 252.75 28 Katsuhiro Ueo 55 61 69 48.5 233.5 29 Matt Powers 48.25 48.25 50 69.5 216 30 Kazu Hayashida 53 61.25 48.5 48.5 211.25 31 Alex Pfeiffer 48.25 48.5 58 54.5 209.25 32 Jeff Jones 54.5 48.25 48.25 0 0 48.25 0 199.25 33 Matt Waldin 48.25 48.5 48.5 48.25 193.5 34 Casper Canul 48.25 48.25 48.5 48.25 193.25 35 Carl Rydquist 48.25 48.25 51 147.5 36 Doug Van Den Brink 0 48.5 48.5 48.25 145.25 37 Ron Ewerth 0 0 48.25 0 48.25 48.25 0 144.75 38 Jodin LeJeune 0 0 0 0 54.25 0 48.25 102.5 39 Bill Sherman 48.5 50 98.5 40 Chris Kregorian 0 48.5 48.25 0 96.75 41= Cody Parkhouse 0 48.25 48.25 96.5 41= John Wagner 48.25 48.25 96.5 43 Conrad Grunewald 57 57 44 Quoc Ly 56 56 45 Mitsuru Haruguchi 53 53 46 John Russakoff 48.5 48.5 47 Gary Lang 0 48.25 48.25Source:
Footnotes
Honors https://news.formulad.com/2009/behind-the-scenes/formula-drift-2009-awards/ Rookie of the Year Eric O’Sullivan Most improved driver Stephan Verdier Driver of the Year Chris Forsberg Hardest Charging Driver
Spirit of Drifting Taka Aono Superstar of the Year
Best Style Ross Petty
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