Daniel Woolhouse, also known as "Fanga Dan", is a four-time D1NZ Champion and professional drifting driver from

Whangārei Whangārei () is the northernmost city in New Zealand and the largest settlement of the Northland Region. It is part of the Whangarei District, created in 1989 from the former Whangarei City, Whangarei County and Hikurangi Town councils to admi ...

, New Zealand. Competing with the iconic Driftcorp team, Woolhouse began drifting competitively in 2003, entering his first full season in 2005 driving a Nissan Laurel C33 in the D1NZ National Drifting Championship and finishing third overall in his rookie year.2011-2012 CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS
at

D1NZ D1NZ is a production car drifting series in New Zealand, a sanctioned championship under Motorsport New Zealand, the official FIA appointed governing body of motor-racing in New Zealand. It began early in 2003 as a small competition consisting o ...

.com, Retrieved 1 May 2013 Moving to a purpose-built Nissan S15

Silvia Silvia () is a female given name of Latin origin, with a male equivalent Silvio and English-language cognate Sylvia (given name), Sylvia. The name originates from the Latin word for forest, ''Silva'', and its meaning is "spirit of the wood"; the m ...

, he would go on to win the 2006

Championship in just his second year of competition, also becoming the third Driftcorp driver to win a national title. In 2008, Woolhouse built and drove one of the first

Holden VZ Commodore The Holden Commodore (VZ) is a full-size car that was produced by Holden from 2004 to 2006 as a sedan and to 2007 as a wagon and Coupé utility, Ute sold alongside the new Holden Commodore (VE), VE series. It was the fourth and final iteration ...

s in competitive drifting, powered by a

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. In 2010, Woolhouse represented New Zealand and competed in Thailand, Singapore and Malaysia driving for Goodyear Racing in the Holden VZ Commodore, claiming wins and podium finishes in

Formula Drift Formula DRIFT (also known as Formula D or FD) is an American drifting series, and was co-founded by Jim Liaw and Ryan Sage in 2003 as a sister company to Slipstream Global Marketing, the same partnership that introduced D1 Grand Prix to the ...

Asia and the Goodyear International Drift Series.Goodyear International Drift 2010
at formuladriftasia.com Retrieved 1 May 2013 He competed overseas again in 2011 and 2012, driving for Castrol Edge in the Tectaloy International Drift Challenge as part of the annual World Time Attack event in Sydney, Australia.
at worldtimeattack.com Retrieved 1 May 2013 After retiring his championship winning Nissan Silvia#S15, Nissan S15 in 2010, now driven by Driftcorp team-mate Robee Nelson, Woolhouse went on to compete an LS2 V8-powered

in the 2013 D1NZ Championship Series for his naming rights sponsor,

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Edge, in which he became the 2013 New Zealand drift champion.Daniel "Fanga" Woolhouse
, at Fangadan.com Retrieved 1 May 2013

References

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