Saturday Morning Man: Tanner Foust!

Hey, there are other cute race car drivers besides Jeff Gordon!

I saw one in the flesh a few weeks back when Tanner Foust appeared before us at the TV Critics Association Summer Press Tour to promote the new History Channel show Top Gear of which he is a co-host.

Tanner is 37 and has a degree from the University of Colorado with a degree in molecular biology. How that led to race cars, I do not know.

Well, actually this guy does more than race since he’s also a stunt driver and television host. He competes in in rally, drift, ice racing and time attack with multiple podium placements and national championships. (Dunno what that last sentence means, lifted it right out of Wikipedia!)

Tanner is the 2007 and 2008 Formula D champion and the first driver in Formula D history to win back-to-back series championships.

He also competed in X Games XIII where he won the gold in the rally racing event.

All that and he’s a TV host too!