A Look at Formula Drift Victories After 40 Championship Rounds
Posted by Wrecked Magazine on 10 May 2010 at 09:35 am | Tagged as: Calvin Wan, Chris Forsberg, Daijiro Yoshihara, Darren McNamara, Formula D, Ken Gushi, RESULTS, Rhys Millen, Ryan Tuerck, Sam Hubinette, Stephan Verdier, Tanner Foust, Vaughn Gittin Jr.
I thought this would be a cool post to look back at since Formula D just put the 40th event in the books. They also incorrectly listed some of these numbers/drivers on the Formula Drift Live Stream so I wanted to offer some clarity. Only 14 drivers have ever won a Formula D event to date. Of those 14 drivers only 10 are still currently active in the series. Here is the list:
1. Sam Hubinette (9 Wins)
2004 Road Atlanta
2004 Houston, Texas
2004 Sonoma (Infineon Raceway)
2005 Road Atlanta
2005 Chicago
2006 Streets of Long Beach
2006 Chicago
2006 Wall Speedway
2007 Summit Point
2. Chris Forsberg (6 Wins)
2005 Irwindale Speedway
2007 Road Atlanta
2007 Sonoma (Infineon Raceway)
2008 Streets of Long Beach
2009 Road Atlanta
2009 Seattle
3. Rhys Millen (5 Wins)
2004 Irwindale Speedway
2005 Wall Speedway
2006 Sonoma (Infineon Raceway)
2008 Road Atlanta
2008 Seattle
4. Tanner Foust (5 Wins)
2006 Road Atlanta
2007 Irwindale Speedway
2008 Englishtown
2008 Sonoma (Infineon Raceway)
2009 Las Vegas
5. Daijiro Yoshihara (4 Wins)
2006 Irwindale Speedway
2007 Seattle
2007 Wall Speedway
2010 Road Atlanta
6. Vaughn Gittin Jr. (2 Wins)
2008 Irwindale Speedway
2010 Streets of Long Beach
7. Ryan Tuerck (2 Wins)
2009 Streets of Long Beach
2009 Irwindale Speedway
8. Ken Gushi (1 Win)
2005 Houston, Texas
9. Calvin Wan (1 Win)
2005 Sonoma (Infineon Raceway)
10. Yukinobu Okubo (1 Win)
2006 Seattle
11. Mitsuru Haraguchi (1 Win)
2007 Streets of Long Beach
12. Toshiki Yoshioka (1 Win)
2008 Las Vegas
13. Darren McNamara (1 Win)
2009 Wall Speedway
14. Stephan Verdier (1 Win)
2009 at Sonoma (Infineon Raceway)
Sad
dozens of events held over the pass 6 years and only 14 different winners.
And some of them no longer even compete in FD.
Okubo
Haruguchi
Yoshioka
Wan (ok, he acutally lost his touch)
Yamamoto(not on the list but finished second back in 07 or 08)
All those guys are gone…
only 14 winners (1st place) … yet how many podiums has there been and by which divers drivers? a lot of effort to get a podium. do potential sponsors and fans take into account?
only 14 winners (1st place) … yet how many podiums has there been and by which drivers drivers? a lot of effort to get a podium. do potential sponsors and fans take into account?
If you play Fantasy Drift podium is just one general point!
We’ve been talking about doing a podium post. Let me try and start working on it.
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