Van Eldik began rallying in 2002, competing in Dutch national events.

At the end of the year he competed in Wales Rally GB in a Group N Mitsubishi, finishing 41st.

[1] For 2007, van Eldik purchased an Impreza S12 from Prodrive, which he used to take the Dutch championship title.

[1] In 2008, van Eldik competed on just the one WRC event, 2008 Rallye Deutschland, where he finished 23rd.

At the 2010 Rallye Deutschland, van Eldik scored his best WRC result to date with a ninth-place finish, also picking up two world championship points.