Ben is a 34-year-old professional driver for Polaris NZ and competes in the Oranz Off Road Championship. In 2015 he was NZ1 overall and first in UTV class. Ben was also the 2016 Shortcourse champion.
He has been involved in national Motorsport all his life including motorcross for 15 years before a life-changing accident in 2008 left him with a spinal cord injury and forced the change back to four wheels. Ben competed in D1NZ drifting from 2003-2006 with a highlight 3rd in NZ placing in the 2004 season. He began rallying in his 2005 Subaru Impreza from 2010 with the best result of 2013 HillClimb Champion.
The Leadfoot Festival is one of his favourite events of the year and Ben and his team are grateful to be a part of it.

Ben Thomasen - 2017 Polaris Razor XP 1000 Turbo

Ben is a 34-year-old professional driver for Polaris NZ and competes in the Oranz Off Road Championship. In 2015 he was NZ1 overall and first in UTV class. Ben was also the 2016 Shortcourse champion.
He has been involved in national Motorsport all his life including motorcross for 15 years before a life-changing accident in 2008 left him with a spinal cord injury and forced the change back to four wheels. Ben competed in D1NZ drifting from 2003-2006 with a highlight 3rd in NZ placing in the 2004 season. He began rallying in his 2005 Subaru Impreza from 2010 with the best result of 2013 HillClimb Champion.
The Leadfoot Festival is one of his favourite events of the year and Ben and his team are grateful to be a part of it.

2017 Polaris Razor XP 1000 Turbo:

This 2017 model Polaris Razor XP 1000 Turbo is powered by a Prostar 1000cc twin cylinder turbo charged 4stroke engine, with a CVT transmission with 2 or 4WD selected on the dash. Standard they are 105hp at the wheels but currently our race UTV is 160hp at all 4 wheels. Top speed is standard 121kmh, while our race UTV clocks 150kmh. It weighs about 700kgs having added an extra roll cage. It is suspended by FOX Shocks. The Polaris is currently running in the Oranz S UTV class which is for turbo models and allows modifications, although factory engines including internals and drive lines must remain factory. Suspenion, wheels, track and bolt on parts are allowed.