Sponsored Driver Information: Ryan Tuerck

Gary Gardella, Mike Whitney, Scott Davidson, Bruce Soltys, Steve Angerman

Tires - Maxxis MAz1 drifts
Engine - Gardella racing intake and exhaust manifolds, Precision HP5775, Stefs fabrication, Staubli fittings, ACT Clutch
Horsepower - Alot
Suspension - Pro shocks
Safety – Gardella racing custom roll cage
Brakes - Wilwood
Wheels - OZ racing 18/8 front 18/9 rear
Exterior - DuPont paint, County Line Auto Body, Norm’s fiberglass
Interior - Sparco evo seats, Sparco harnesses, Sparco steering wheel, Tilton gas, clutch, brake setup

Ryan has always loved the so called “Extreme Sports”. At a young age he gained much interest in BMX and Motocross. At the age of nine his father bought him his first dirtbike and at ten he started racing motocross. As he progressed through the amateur ranks he had countless podium finishes. The highlight of his amateur career was placing 7th in the nation, at Lorreta Lynn’s Amateur Nationals. When he turned 16, he received his professional license from the AMA. At 17, Ryan had the opportunity to travel Canada racing the professional Canadian Nationals. Some of the highlights of his professional career were placing 5th in the 125cc Canadian Nationals Championship as well as qualifying for Budds Creek, and Unadilla in the AMA Motocross Nationals. Though Ryan’s motocross career was looking promising, he was forced to stop due to personal reasons.

Ryan was gaining a lot of interest in cars since he turned 16. When he stopped racing, he bought his first car, a 1990 Ford Mustang. At night, feeling the need to challenge himself he would get his car sideways pulling out of stop signs and slide around in empty parking lots near his home. After having the Mustang for a year, Ryan found out on the internet that sliding your car around or “Drifting” was actually a real sport. Ryan immediately sold his Mustang to by a lighter, and better handling Nissan 240sx. He upgraded the suspension and bought a 2-way LSD for the car to help it drift. In 2003 Ryan went to his first formal event at Raceway Park in Englishtown, NJ where he met future “Drift Alliance” teammates Tony Angelo, Chris Forsberg, and Vaughn Gittin Jr. Ryan did very well at his first winning the competition. Ryan continued to do very well everywhere he went and constantly spending all his money upgrading his car to handle better and to make more power.

In 2005 Ryan Competed in Two Rounds or Formula Drift where he did well enough to get noticed by a few sponsors. In 2006 Ryan competed in the entire Formula Drift series with help from his Drift Alliance brothers, Cooper Tires, Discount Tire, and 240sxMotoring. Ryan did very well his rookie season with a 6th place finish at the Sonoma round. In 2007 Ryan moved to California with his Drift Alliance Teammate Tony Angelo and started “Team Snakebite” together and ran the whole Formula Drift season independently with help from sponsors. Bridgestone tires, Origin Lab, Peak Performance, K&N, Sam’s Autoland, Autometer, SR motorcars, Enkei wheels, Tomei, Haltech, and Exedy clutches to name a few. Ryan finished the season 15th in points. In 2008 Ryan was picked up by Gardella Racing and drives a 2007 Pontiac Solstice GXP sponsored by Gardella Racing, Mobil 1, GM Racing, ACT Clutches and Maxxis Tires.

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2008 Mobil 1 Pontiac Solstice

2009: Finished 2^nd in Formula D Championship

2008 Finished 6^th in Formula D points

                Earned FD “Driver of the Year” award

2007: Formula D Top 16 Seeded Driver

2006: Formula D Most Improved Driver

1^st place in D1GP Qualifier

2006: Canadian Drift Champion

2005: Canadian Drift Champion

1^st Place Falken Drift Showoff