Formula DRIFT or Formula D is the premier United States drifting series. Formula Drift, Inc. was co-founded by Jim Liaw and Ryan Sage in 2003 as a sister company to the now defunct Slipstream Global Marketing, the same partnership that introduced D1 Grand Prix to the United States. The new entity would solely own, operate and launch the first official drifting series in North America. 2014 will be Formula Drift's eleventh year of competition.

With more than 60+ currently licensed drivers competing, Formula Drift is recognized as the premier North American professional drifting championship series. The series consists of a seven round championship played out at race tracks across the United States.

Judged on execution and style, rather than who finishes the course in the fastest time, Formula Drift brings together traditional racing and extreme sports. Formula Drift works closely with a huge variety of endemic and non-endemic business partners from energy drinks to the military.

Most notably Formula Drift works with the largest amount of tire suppliers to a single series. Achilles, Falken, Hankook, Maxxis, Kenda, Nitto, GT Radial, and Yokohama all work together to supply teams and develop test their products.

Formula D uses its own scoring system that may differ from other drifting organizations. Often scoring systems for qualifying, tandem battles, and penalties are different.

Qualifying - Formula D competitors are allowed two non-consecutive judged solo runs to post their highest possible score in order to compete. The top 32 drivers with the highest qualifying scores are entered in a competition bracket pairing the highest scoring drivers against the lowest scoring drivers. 1st v. 32nd, 2nd v. 31st, 3rd v. 30th, etc. The drivers are judged on line, speed, angle, and overall impact. The judges can also make additional request at the drivers meeting for actions or techniques that will weigh in their decision making (ex; entry technique, racing line, proximity, etc.). Formula D drivers are scored on a points-deduction system where every driver will start their judged run with a perfect score of 100 pts. For every mistake, points will be deducted. These points will vary between .25 point to the most severe mistakes.

Competition - The top 32 qualifying drivers are paired up in an elimination bracket pairing the highest scoring drivers against the lowest scoring drivers. The biggest difference from qualifying is that now drivers face off head to head on the track in a tandem battle. The two cars run together side by side, each driver trying to show greater skill than the other.

Sports fans can only dream of standing in the huddle at a professional football game or sitting in a Major League Baseball dugout.

Yet in sports car racing, the spectators become part of the action throughout an event weekend, right up until the green flag waves to start the competition at a typical IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship event.

The WeatherTech Championship provides a fan-friendly atmosphere where spectators enjoy unparalleled access to the cars, drivers and competitors throughout a typical race weekend in the open paddock area.

Fans have the opportunity to tour the paddock– where they can see crews prepare their cars for practice, qualifying and racing. They can take photographs and talk with participants throughout the race weekend.

All of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship drivers also participate in an organized autograph session at each event. They are happy to sign programs or a special memento from the weekend – although many of the teams will have souvenir postcards for the drivers to autograph.

Many of the venues hosting the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship also offer open seating. This allows fans to explore and experience the race from many different locations.

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