Chris Forsberg

Christopher Forsberg (born April 6, 1982), is an American Formula D driver from Doylestown, Pennsylvania.

He currently competes in the Formula Drift series in his Nissan Z (Z34) for NOS Energy Drink, and is the owner, driver and shop manager of Forsberg Racing.

As a teenager, Forsberg learned how to work on cars with his black 1988 Mazda RX-7 FC.

Forsberg credits his brother Erik, Tony Angelo, Initial D and Option Magazine with introducing him to the RX-7 and drifting.

In the winter of 2003, Forsberg held a drift event in Old Bridge Township Raceway Park, New Jersey.

By March 2003 Mike Napp, then president of the facility, gave the Forsberg permission to organize motorsport events.

Forsberg lands on the podium at Round 5 and backs it up with a 1st Place finish in Round 6.

Engine failure during rounds 7 and 8 took them out of the championship contention.

Forsberg finished 5th overall.

After two years of struggling with the VQ platform, the team committed to the Nissan VR38DETT engine.

The team finished sixth overall and were able to prove the VR engine’s reliability.

Forsberg takes control of the race team yet again and rebuilds the car with his team in southern California.

This was a year of growth for the pit crew at Forsberg Racing and a lot of work was put into making the car more competitive.

Even with multiple engine failures, the team managed several podiums as well as a win in Round 3.

The team finished fourth overall.

Chris moved back to California from Maryland.

Nameless Performance took over the race team management and vehicle prep.

The team decided to develop a twin-turbo VQ35HR engine package versus the V8.

Forsberg has competed in every round of Formula Drift since 2004, and is a three-time Formula Drift champion.

During this time he has amassed the all-time head-to-head battle wins and most podium finishes in Formula Drift history.

Forsberg Racing (with Bryan Heitkotter as their driver) will compete in the 2021 Gridlife Touring Cup wheel-to-wheel racing championship.

Their entry is a Nissan 370z.

The season’s 11th overall finish was due to multiple engine issues and having to use the backup car several times

Despite not winning an event, Forsberg was crowned Formula Drift champion once again piloting his V8-powered Nissan 370Z.

His consistency (two third-place finishes and four second-place finishes, all consecutively) allowed him to take the championship lead after round six in Seattle, which he continued to defend until the final round in Irwindale.

He also won the Formula Drift World Championship after participating in a Formula Drift World Championship round in Okayama, Japan, which made him eligible to score World Championship points.

Third overall.

Ran the first half of the season without major financial support.

Third year in a row of top-three championship finishes.

This season Chris and the team held points position from the first round to the last round (*never lost points position*) and would clinch his second Formula Drift title.

Lost NOS Energy Drink as a primary sponsor due to the company’s corporate restructuring resulting in fewer funds and a raw carbon fiber matte black livery.

This season the car was upgraded by 150hp which included nitrous.

The Forsberg Racing team also expanded to include two cars for 2014, with Jhonnattan Castro taking the second seat in an updated version of Forsberg's 2012 370Z chassis.

Forsberg also presented the idea of the "Start Line Chicane" to Formula Drift which has now been implemented in nearly every drifting series in the world.

This season proved to be a contentious one.

Closing out the 2020 Formula Drift season, Forsberg won the award for Best Drifting Style and Forsberg Racing's James Caldwell won Crew Chief of the Year at the Virtual Awards Banquet as voted on by Formula Drift teams.

Forsberg Racing also has two entries in the eSports World Championships.

This esports racing series mimics the FIA GT World Challenge and uses the Assetto Corsa Competizione software platform.

The team consists of Bryan Heitkotter driving a Nissan GT-R GT3 Nismo and Chris Forsberg himself.

Forsberg will complete his second eSports racing season in the Forsberg Racing Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3.