Tanner Foust

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Tanner Foust
2011
Championship titles
2007-2008 2011–2012
2019		Formula D
Global Rallycross
Americas Rallycross Championship
Medal record
X Games
Representing  United States
Gold medal – first place 2007 Los Angeles Rally
Gold medal – first place 2010 Los Angeles Rally
Gold medal – first place 2010 Los Angeles Super Rally
Silver medal – second place 2008 Los Angeles Rally
Silver medal – second place 2011 Los Angeles Rallycross
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Los Angeles Rally
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Munich Rallycross
Silver medal – second place 2013 Los Angeles Rallycross
Gold medal – first place 2013 Los Angeles Gymkhana
Nitro World Games
Representing  United States
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Erda Nitro Rallycross
Websitehttp://tannerfoust.com/

Tanner Foust (born June 13, 1973) is an American professional racing driver, stunt driver, and television host. He competes in

Top Gear
.

Background

Growing up in a naval family, Foust spent several years as a child in

Hollywood films. With his passion for cars, he has rapidly become one of the busiest professional drivers in the United States. He considers himself fortunate that, in just over ten years of professional racing, he has had the opportunity to compete against the likes of Rod Millen, Colin McRae, Michael Schumacher, Jenson Button and Sebastian Vettel.[1]

Career

SuperCars Exposed, SPEED Channel's Redline TV and ESPN
's Import Tuners. On November 21, 2010, he made his debut for the History Channel series, Top Gear, the American version of the BBC hit series of the same name.

Foust has been a stunt driver for films such as

Global RallyCross
- winning the championship. In 2012, Foust continued his success with another Global RallyCross championship.

For 2013, Foust medaled in both racing events at

X Games XIX Los Angeles with a gold in Gymkhana Grid and silver in RallyCross. These marked his eighth and ninth X Games
medals.

In Summer 2015 he started shooting the sixth and final season of Top Gear completing 72 episodes.[2]

At the

Andretti Autosport. He drove a Volkswagen New Beetle for the 2014 Global RallyCross Championship season as well as selected events with Marklund Motorsport in the inaugural season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship. He became the first, and so far only, driver from outside Europe to win a round of the championship, winning the 2014 World RX of Finland
. As the US rallycross series has changed its name from Global Rallycross to America’s Rallycross and Nitro Rallycross, Foust has finished runner up in the championship 3 times and won the NRX championship in 2019. He holds the longest running streak of Heat victories in rallycross worldwide at 25 and is currently the winningest driver in the US.

Foust signed with

Hydro X-Prix.[6] McLaren withdrew from Round 8 at the Island X-Prix II due to the car being badly damaged in Round 7's redemption race.[7] In December 2023, McLaren announced that Foust and Gilmour will leave the team after two season.[8]

Foust driving for Dreyer & Reinbold Racing in the 2021 Nitro Rallycross Championship

Achievements

Rally America
  • 2005 Rally America - PGT Champion (Subaru WRX)
  • 2006 Rally America - PGT Class Championship Second place overall (Subaru WRX)
  • 2007 Rally America - Fourth Place (with 6 podium placements)[9]
X Games
  • 2006 X Games - Rally Third fastest time in the Stadium Super Special
  • 2007 X Games - Rally Gold Medalist (Subaru STI)
  • 2008 X Games - Rally Silver Medalist (Subaru STI)
  • 2009 X Games - Rally Bronze Medalist (Ford Fiesta)
  • 2010 X Games - Super Rally Gold Medalist (Ford Fiesta)[10]
  • 2010 X Games - Rally Gold Medalist (Ford Fiesta)[11]
  • 2011 X Games - RallyCross Silver Medal (Ford Fiesta)[12]
  • 2013 X Games Munich - RallyCross Bronze Medalist Ford Fiesta) [13]
  • 2013 X Games Los Angeles - Gymkhana Grid Gold Medalist (Ford Fiesta)[14]
  • 2013 X Games Los Angeles - RallyCross Silver Medalist (Ford Fiesta) [15]
Rallycross championships
Formula D
Other
  • 2009 Race of Champions - Nations Cup semi-finalist
  • 2010 Gymkhana Grid Gold Medalist AWD Division (Ford Fiesta)[23]
  • 2011 World record for longest jump in a four-wheeled vehicle (332 feet)[24]
  • 2011 World indoor speed record (until February 2013)
  • 2012 World record for largest loop-the-loop in a car (60 feet in diameter)[25]

Racing record

Complete FIA European Rallycross Championship results

(key)

Division 1

Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ERX Points
2010 Rockstar Energy Rallycross Team Ford Fiesta POR
8 		FRA GBR
6 		HUN SWE
6 		FIN BEL GER
0 		POL CZE
8 		11th 40

Supercar

Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ERX Points
2011
 Rockstar Energy Rallycross Team Ford Fiesta GBR
8 		POR
1 		FRA
6 		NOR
6 		SWE
1 		BEL
8 		NED
NC[a] 		AUT
3 		POL
3 		CZE
3 		2nd 116
2012
 Olsbergs MSE Ford Fiesta GBR
1 		FRA
13 		AUT HUN
2 		NOR
1 		SWE BEL
2 		NED
6 		FIN
6 		GER 3rd 100
2013
 Olsbergs MSE Ford Fiesta ST GBR
1 		POR HUN FIN
1 		NOR SWE FRA
6 		AUT GER 9th 68
2014
 Marklund Motorsport Volkswagen Polo GBR
3 		NOR BEL GER ITA 18th 14
  1. ^ Excluded by the Stewards of the Meeting, but exclusion was later quashed by FIAs International Court of Appeal

Complete FIA World Rallycross Championship results

(key)

Supercar

Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 WRX Points
2014
 Marklund Motorsport Volkswagen Polo POR GBR
5 		NOR FIN
1 		SWE BEL CAN
NC 		FRA GER ITA TUR
DNP 		ARG 13th 42
2015
 Marklund Motorsport Volkswagen Polo POR HOC
9 		BEL GBR
16 		GER SWE CAN
3 		NOR FRA BAR
5 		TUR ITA ARG 15th 44
2016
 Volkswagen RX Sweden Volkswagen Polo POR HOC BEL GBR
22 		NOR SWE CAN FRA BAR LAT GER
18 		ARG 29th 0

Complete Global RallyCross Championship results

(key)

AWD

Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 GRC Points
2011
Ford Racing
 Ford Fiesta IRW1
3 		IRW2
2 		SEA1
2 		SEA2
1 		PIK1
1 		PIK2
6 		LA1
4 		LA2
2 		1st 134

Supercar

Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 GRC Points
2012
Ford Racing
 Ford Fiesta CHA
2 		TEX
2 		LA
5 		LOU
4 		LV
1 		LVC
1 		1st 94
2013 Olsbergs MSE Ford Fiesta ST BRA
8 		MUN1
6 		MUN2
3 		LOU
4 		BRI
7 		IRW
2 		ATL
2 		CHA
10 		LV
2 		2nd 123
2014
Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross
 Volkswagen Polo BAR
11 		AUS
18 		DC
5 		NY
1 		CHA
8 		DAY
6 		9th 209
Volkswagen Beetle LA1
8 		LA2
13 		SEA
10 		LV
6
2015
Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross
 Volkswagen Beetle FTA
5 		DAY1
1 		DAY2
5 		MCAS
12 		DET1
10 		DET2
10 		DC
5 		LA1
2 		LA2
3 		BAR1
1 		BAR2
1 		LV
9 		3rd 388
2016
Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross
 Volkswagen Beetle PHO1
1 		PHO2
1 		DAL
3 		DAY1
5 		DAY2
1 		MCAS1
8 		MCAS2
C 		DC
3 		AC
4 		SEA
1 		LA1
2 		LA2
4 		2nd 565
2017
Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross
 Volkswagen Beetle MEM
2 		LOU
4 		THO1
1 		THO2
9 		OTT1
2 		OTT2
1 		INDY
2 		AC1
10 		AC2
9 		SEA1
1 		SEA2
1 		LA
1 		2nd 807

Complete Americas Rallycross Championship results

Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 Rank Points
2018
Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross
 Volkswagen Beetle SIL
1 		AUS1
3 		TRO
2 		AUS2
1 		2nd 107
2019 MO1
4 		GTW1
6 		GTW2
3 		TRO
1 		AUS
1 		MO2
7 		1st 143

Complete Nitrocross results

Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NRX Points
2021 Dreyer & Reinbold Racing Audi S1 UTA
7 		ERX
7 		WHP
6 		GHR
13 		FIRM
6 		6th 82
2023-24 Xite Energy Racing FC1-X MID
 UMC1
9 		UMC2
3 		WHP1
 WHP2
 HLN1
 HLN2
 STA
 TBA
 TBA
 11th* 84*

Complete Extreme E results

(key)

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pos. Points
2022 NEOM McLaren Extreme E[a]
Spark ODYSSEY 21
 DES
5 		ISL1
10 		ISL2
6 		COP
5 		ENE
2 		7th 46
2023 NEOM McLaren Extreme E
Spark ODYSSEY 21
DES1

6
DES2

7
HYD1

8
HYD2

2 		ISL-I1
7 		ISL-I2
9 		ISL-II1
10 		ISL-II2
WD
COP1

5
COP2

5 		8th 67

* Season still in progress.

TV and film

Foust, for Team Hot Wheels, jumping across the Indianapolis Motor Speedway's infield at turn 4

Notes

  1. ^ McLaren entered round 1 as McLaren XE.

References

  1. ^ "Tanner Foust Official Page Biography". Archived from the original on March 1, 2014. Retrieved May 8, 2014.
  2. ^ Twitter: Tanner Foust filming now
  3. ^ "McLaren Racing - Tanner Foust to race for McLaren Extreme e in 2022".
  4. ^ "Emma Gilmour makes history as first female driver to podium for iconic race team McLaren". Stuff. November 28, 2022.
  5. ^ "10 reasons to be excited for 2023". www.mclaren.com. January 23, 2023. Retrieved May 14, 2023.
  6. ^ "Veloce Racing take the win in Round 4 at the Hydro X Prix". Extreme E - The Electric Odyssey. May 14, 2023. Retrieved May 14, 2023.
  7. ^ Wilde, Dominik (September 16, 2023). "McLaren withdraws from Island X Prix II after second roll". RACER. Retrieved September 17, 2023.
  8. ^ "Emma Gilmour and Tanner Foust to depart the NEOM McLaren Extreme E Team". McLaren. December 13, 2023. Retrieved December 13, 2023.
  9. ^ "Rally America Champion Standings 2007" rally-america.com
  10. ^ "Summer X 16 Rally Car Super Rally Results". espn.go.com. July 31, 2010. Archived from the original on August 4, 2010.
  11. ^ "Summer X 16 Rally Car Racing Results". espn.go.com. July 31, 2010. Archived from the original on August 4, 2010.
  12. Orange County Register
    . Retrieved July 4, 2016.
  13. ^ "Rockstar Energy". Archived from the original on August 12, 2013. Retrieved August 5, 2013.
  14. ^ "X Games Day 3 recap" Archived August 5, 2013, at the Wayback Machine espn.com
  15. ^ "Tanner Foust wins Gymkhana GRID". Archived from the original on August 6, 2013. Retrieved August 5, 2013.
  16. ^ "FIA European Championship for Rallycross Drivers 2011". rallycross.com. Archived from the original on January 31, 2013.
  17. ^ "2011 Championship Standings". global-rallycross.com. Archived from the original on April 30, 2011.
  18. ^ "2012 Championship Standings". global-rallycross.com. Archived from the original on October 22, 2012.
  19. ^ "2007 Formula DRIFT Pro Championship Standings". formulad.com. Archived from the original on August 26, 2008.
  20. ^ "2008 Formula DRIFT Pro Championship Standings". formulad.com. Archived from the original on August 20, 2012.
  21. ^ "2009 Formula DRIFT Pro Championship Standings". formulad.com. Archived from the original on September 6, 2012.
  22. ^ "2010 Formula DRIFT Pro Championship Standings". formulad.com. Archived from the original on September 2, 2012.
  23. ^ Horsey, Jen (December 10, 2010). "Foust Wins Gymkhana Invitational". sports.espn.go.com.
  24. ^ Woodyard, Chris (May 30, 2011). "World Record Jump Rattles Indianapolis 500". usatoday.com.
  25. ^ Bane, Colin (June 30, 2012). "Hot Wheels Double Loop Success". espn.go.com.

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