Formula Drift Round 3 2013: Palm Beach, FL

Event Coverage Jacob Leveton | Photography by Jose Chocar

Formula D 2013 Championship Standings:

1. Daigo Saito                          Achilles Tire / Bridges Racing Lexus SC430      257 Points
2. Vaughn Gittin Jr.                  Monster Energy / Nitto Tire Ford Mustang            244 Points
3. Michael Essa                      GSR Autosport / Yokohama BMW M3                    241.5 Points
4. Chris Forsberg                    NOS Energy Drink / Hankook Nissan 370Z        202 Points
5. Fredric Aasbo                    Hankook Tire Scion Racing tC                               197.5 Points
6. Daijiro Yoshihara                America's Tire / Falken Tire Nissan S13              195 Points
7. Kenny Moen                         Lutz Performance Nissan 350Z                             184 Points
8. Justin Pawlak                      Falken Tire Ford Mustang                                       182.5 Points
9. Darren McNamara              Falken Tire Nissan S14                                          180.5 Points
10. Aurimas"Odi" Bakchis     Nexen Tire Nissan S14                                           166.5 Points
11. Ryan Tuerck                      Team Retaks Scion FR-S                                        150.5 Points
12. Matt Field                           CX Racing / Blacktrax Nissan S14                         144.5 Points
13. Forrest Wang                    Get Nuts Labs Nissan S14                                     136.5 Points
14. Chelsea DeNofa              BC Racing BMW 3 Series                                        130 Points
15. Matt Powers                      Nitto Tire / Fatlace Nissan S14                               127.5 Points
16. Robbie Nishida                Bridges Racing / Achilles Tire Lexus SC300       119 Points

Tire Manufacturer Championship Standings:

1. Falken – 461 points
2. Achilles – 417.5 points
3. Nitto – 408 points
4. Hankook – 399.5 points
5. Yokohama – 320.5 points
6. Nexen – 307.25 points
7. Maxxis – 295 points
8. Kenda – 24.25 points

OEM Championship Standings:

1. Ford – 426.5 points
2. Lexus – 414.5 points
3. Nissan – 386 points
4. Scion – 379 points
5. BMW – 371.5 points
6. Chevy – 189 points
7. Toyota – 153 points
8. Mazda – 134.5 points
9. Subaru – 49 points
10. Hyundai – 24.25 points
10. Dodge – 24.25 points

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