2017 Formula Drift New Jersey Recap [Gallery]
Competition was steep at New Jersey's Wall Speedway for Round 4 of Formula Drift, as nine drivers qualified with a score of 90 or higher. Chelsea DeNofa of Team Nitto and Mustang RTR snagged his first career pole qualifier but was unable to make it to his first Great 8 appearance of the season after an unfortunate spinout in his Top 16 run against Dai Yoshihara. Last year's FDNJ podium drivers Vaughn Gittin Jr., Chris Forsberg and Alex Heilbrunn were also eliminated before the Great 8 round, so competition proceeded without them, with Michael Essa and Odi Bakchis facing each other in the Final Battle for a tie-breaking seventh career matchup. Essa ran an Incomplete, and Bakchis earned his third career win, advancing in the Championship standings to fifth place.
See more Wall Speedway action in the photo gallery at the top.
(Photos: Andrew Jennings)
Formula D Pro Championship Standings:
- James Deane - 297 pts
- Michael Essa - 241 pts
- Fredric Aasbo - 230 pts
- Ryan Tuerck - 211 pts
- Odi Bakchis - 210 pts
- Kristaps Bluss - 207 pts
- Dean Kearney - 204 pts
- Vaughn Gittin Jr. - 179 pts
- Matt Coffman - 174 pts
- Alex Heilbrunn - 174 pts
- Daijiro Yoshihara - 157 pts
- Alec Hohnadell - 155 pts
- Chris Forsberg - 155 pts
- Piotr Wiecek - 138 pts
- Matt Field - 124 pts
- Nate Hamilton - 121 pts
- Jeff Jones - 120 pts
- Chelsea DeNofa - 112 pts
- Justin Pawlak - 110 pts
- Juha Rintanen - 107 pts
- Jhonnattan Castro - 105 pts
- Ken Gushi - 91 pts
- Cameron Moore - 88 pts
- Kyle Mohan - 86 pts
- Dan Burkett - 74 pts
- Pat Goodin - 72 pts
- Robbie Nishida - 70 pts
- Taylor Hull - 36 pts
- Georgy Chivchyan - 18 pts
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