Tanner Foust

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European Rallycross Championship 2011: Tanner Foust signs autographs
2011: Tanner Foust and his Ford Fiesta Mk7 4 × 4 in rallycross use

Tanner Foust (born June 13, 1973 in Denver ) is an American racing driver and stuntman . He takes part in drift events , rallies , ice races and rallycross competitions and has won many podiums and various championships. He is also a (co-) presenter in some American TV shows, including the motorsport TV series Top Gear USA until 2016 .

Career

He graduated from the University of Colorado with a degree in biology. He was scheduled to co-host the American edition of Top Gear , but NBC did not publish the show. The broadcaster History Channel finally included the program, which had been modified in the meantime, in 2010. Tanner Foust was the only driver to co-host the show.

Foust has appeared in films like The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift , Iron Man 2, and Ein Duke rarely seen alone as a stunt double and stunt driver. He is also a participant in Formula Drift, where he won the championships in 2007 and 2008. This makes him the first driver in Formula Drift history to win the championship twice in a row. Foust is also a rally driver; He has been taking part in the X-Games since 2007 and won gold in 2007, silver in 2008, bronze in 2009 and double gold in 2010 at the so-called rally events . In 2010, he was the first American driver to take part in the FIA European Rallycross Championship sporadically . In 2011 he contested all ten races for this series with a Ford Fiesta Mk7 4 × 4 of the Swedish OMSE team and ended them as Vice European Champion behind the Norwegian Sverre Isachsen and ahead of the Russian Timur Timerzyanov .

At the 2014 Chicago Auto Show, Foust announced a new partnership with Volkswagen & Andretti Autosport . In the FIA World Rallycross Championship 2014 he was the first non-European to take first place in the World RX 2014.

In the second season of the Americas Rallycross Championship 2019, he took first place in the overall standings after his team partner Scott Speed ​​received the championship title the previous season .

successes

Foust on his 101-meter jump
  • 2019 Americas Rallycross Championship
  • 2013 X Games - gold medalist in Gymkhana GRID, silver medalist in rallycross
  • 2011 world record for the longest jump with a car (101 meters)
  • 2010 Gymkhana GRID - Gold Medalist (Rockstar-Etnies Ford Fiesta)
  • 2010 Race of Champions - participant
  • 2010 X Games Rally - Gold Medalist (Rockstar-Etnies Ford Fiesta)
  • 2010 X Games Super Rally - Gold Medalist (Rockstar-Etnies Ford Fiesta)
  • 2010 Formula Drift - Silver Medalist (Rockstar-Scion Scion TC)
  • 2009 Race of Champions - participant
  • 2009 Formula Drift - sixth place (Rockstar-Scion Scion TC)
  • 2008 Formula Drift Pro Drift Champion (Rockstar-AEM 350z)
  • 2008 Race of Champions - participant
  • 2008 X Games Rally - Silver Medalist (Rockstar Subaru STI)
  • 2007 X Games Rally - Gold Medalist (Rockstar Subaru STI)
  • 2007 Formula Drift Pro Drift Champion (Rockstar-AEM 350z)
  • 2007 Rally America - fourth place
  • 2006 Formula Drift Championship - third place (McKinney Nissan Silvia)
  • 2006 Rally America PGT Class Championship - second place
  • 2005 Rally America PGT Winner
  • 2006 Summer X Games Rally - third fastest time in the Stadion Spezial

Filmography (selection)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bio. Retrieved June 6, 2020 (American English).
personal data
SURNAME Foust, Tanner
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American racing driver
DATE OF BIRTH June 13, 1973
PLACE OF BIRTH Denver , Colorado