Nick placing 2nd in Australia's National Drifting Competition (Australian Drifting Grand Prix) has secured him a FD Licence to compete in the upcoming Formula Drift Asia Event at World Time Attack (WTAC) in October.
Here is the Write up from WTAC.
Drift Kid to compete in Formula D with XForce Ute
Nick started competitive drifting in the Stadium Drift series at the tender age of 16.
The path for most youngsters who get into the sport of drift usually starts well after they have a acquired their road license. They usually attend an off street drift meeting somewhere around the country and often it progresses from there. This was certainly not the case for Queensland based Nick Coulson.
As time went by Nick graduated from the original R32 Skyline to the much more competitive Holden Ute.
He started competitive drifting in the Stadium Drift series the minute he attained his learners permit at the tender age of 16. That was back in 2009 and he had already spent many nights at Archerfield drift training nights perfecting his skills so he hit the ground running and the name “DRIFTKID” stuck due to his tender young age.
Nowadays Nick’s ute is a common sight at all national and local drift competitions.
As anyone that came up against him even in the early days would learn he was a fierce competitor then and is even more so now. As time went by Nick graduated from the original R32 Skyline to the much more competitive Holden Ute that is nowadays a familar sight at drift events around the country. This car has been in a constant state of development and for 2014 saw leading manufacturer Harrop supply a supercharger kit to push the horsepower even further up the scale.
For 2014 Nick’s ute scored a Harrop supercharger and backing from XForce Performance.
“We have never been short on power” said Nick “the guys at Hi Torque Performance are the best in the business with the LS series engines and we already had a good aspirated combo, but now with Harrop coming on board with one of their high efficiency superchargers it is in another league altogether. The torque and drive out of corners is just crazy.”
Coulson may have moved up through the ranks but the team remains a tight family affair with father Martin overseeing the operation and his uncle Craig heading up the pit crew. He is one of the few drifters to compete in almost every major series around the country including the Australian Drifting Grand Prix (ADGP) where he finished in the runner up position behind Rob Whyte in 2013/14. Hi Tec Figure 8 series and the Stadium Drift Pro tour sees the team travel the country on a regular basis.
You can follow Nick on his Facebook page here or on his website www.nickcoulson.com
