After breaking his elbow competing in motocross, Carl focused his time on racing cars. In 2007, his first season of drifting, Carl won all three drift championships running at the time – the D1NZ Championship, NZ Drift Championship, and Drift Revolution. He backed that up with another NZ Drift Championship and runner-up D1NZ.
He has also competed in the Red Bull World Drifting Championship in USA, qualified second in the World Drift Championship rounds in Hangzhou and Tianjin China. Since then Carl won the Possum Bourne Memorial Tarmac Rally, has done 4WD drift, gymkhana, and rallycross demos. Now he is entered in the New Zealand
Off-Road Championship where he became the North Island Off-Road Champion, and North Island U class champion in his first year, and backed that up with the North Island S class Championship title this year.
Carl Ruiterman - 2009 Subaru WRX STi
After breaking his elbow competing in motocross, Carl focused his time on racing cars. In 2007, his first season of drifting, Carl won all three drift championships running at the time – the D1NZ Championship, NZ Drift Championship, and Drift Revolution. He backed that up with another NZ Drift Championship and runner-up D1NZ.
He has also competed in the Red Bull World Drifting Championship in USA, qualified second in the World Drift Championship rounds in Hangzhou and Tianjin China. Since then Carl won the Possum Bourne Memorial Tarmac Rally, has done 4WD drift, gymkhana, and rallycross demos. Now he is entered in the New Zealand
Off-Road Championship where he became the North Island Off-Road Champion, and North Island U class champion in his first year, and backed that up with the North Island S class Championship title this year.
2009 Subaru WRX STi:
The 2009 Subaru WRX was built by E & H Motors with the intention of turning it into a drift car to compete overseas. Once the roll cage, and engine was built, it was tested in its original All Wheel Drive set-up and the car was so much fun to drive, it stayed 4WD. The car has been used for select 4WD drifting demos, hill climbs, rallycross, and tarmac rally events.
It has been retired for three years but the excitement of competing in the Leadfoot Festival has been the motivation to get it running again.
It features an E & H-built EJ20 engine, Borgwarner turbo, Kaps sequential gearbox, STi diffs, relocated radiator and custom rear axles.