ZENITH RACING DRIVER PROFILE

Driver: Craig Van Der Stelt
Date of Birth: 11 February 1975
Occupation: Company Director
Lives: Mt Barker, Adelaide, South Australia

Craig has over 25 years of motorsport experience. He began racing junior dirt go-karts before moving up the speedway ranks into 410ci Sprintcars.

Craig obtained his passion for Sprintcars as a teenager by joining the pit crew of a South Australian Sprintcar team learning valuable lessons on race car preparation.

Craig made his speedway debut in 1995 driving a Formula 500 before stepping up to V6 Sprints in 1997. In 2000 Craig moved into the 360ci V8 Sprintcars with immediate success winning two feature races in his rookie season at Waikerie Speedway (SA) & Timmis Speedway in Mildura (Vic).

In 2006 Craig took a diversion away from the Sprintcar scene and competed on pavement in the Australian Drift Series.