2011 MEDIA KIT
MEDIA CONTACT:
JEN HORSEY
[email protected]
// ABOUT
RACE-CAR DRIVER / TV HOST / STUNT DRIVER
Tanner Foust is a winning competitor in rally and drift, with a proven track
record of multiple podium placements and national championships.
He has achieved enormous motorsport success, winning double X Games
Rally Gold medals in 2010. He is a two-time Formula Drift champion (2008 and
2007) and has Gold, Silver and Bronze medals from previous X Games
appearances. Foust won the inaugural Ken Block Gymkhana Grid invitational
event late in 2010, besting the event’s namesake, Block, in the final round.
Foust has also competed three times at the International Race of Champions,
where he raced the world’s fastest drivers and riders from Formula One, World
Rally Championship, Superbike and Touring Car racing. In 2008, he teamed
with Nascar star Carl Edwards at Wembley Stadium in London, UK. In 2009,
he raced for Team USA alongside Travis Pastrana at the Olympic Stadium in
Beijing, China. In 2010, he returned to the event again, this time in Germany,
where he competed as a member of the All-Star team alongside motorcycle
legend Mick Doohan.
Even if you haven’t seen Foust on the track you’ve likely witnessed his
precision car control on TV or the big screen. He was a lead stunt driver in Iron
Man 2, Fast and Furious: Tokyo Drift, Bourne Ultimatum and Dukes of Hazzard
movies, and also handles stunt driving in numerous popular TV shows and
commercials.
As a TV host, Foust can be seen in 2011 on Season 2 of the popular US
remake of the seminal UK car show, Top Gear, on HISTORY. He is also
featured on Speed TV’s Battle of the Supercars.
// RACING
ONE OF THE WORLD’S MOST VERSATILE RACERS
Foust is a versatile and multi-talented driver known for his supreme car
control with winning experience on and off road. His varied race experience
includes two Formula Drift Championships, three X Games Gold medals
multiple seasons of open wheel competition, the Pikes Peak Hill Climb, a
Rally America Production Championship, the Baja 1000 and the Race of
Champions.
In 2011, Tanner’s core racing programs switches focus from Formula DRIFT
to Rallycross competition, and several additional special events. With title
support from Rockstar Energy Drink, he is committed to running the full, 10event European Rallycross calendar as the first American ever to contest
championship. He will also compete in domestic Rallycross events and
return to X Games for the sixth-straight year, this time to defend his 2010
double Gold medals. He competes in a Rockstar Energy Drink Ford Fiesta,
which boasts nearly 600 horsepower and two-second 0-60 acceleration
times.
// 2011 SCHEDULE*
FD // Feb 25: Yas Marina, Abu Dhabi
USA // March 25/26: Irwindale, CA
USA // April 15/16: Seattle, WA
ERC // April 24/25: Lydden Hill, GBR
ERC // May 14/15: Montalegre, PRT
ERC // May 21/22: Essay, FRA
USA // June 17/18: Fountain, CO
ERC // June 25/26: Lanke, NOR
ERC // July 2/3: Holjes, SWE
X GAMES // July 30/31: Los Angeles, CA
ERC // Aug. 6/7: Maasmechelen, BEL
ERC // Aug. 13/14: Valkenswaard, NLD
ERC // Sept. 3/4: Greinbach, AUT
ERC // Sept. 10/11: Slomczyn, POL
ERC // Oct. 1/2: Sosnova, CZE
(* Subject to change.)
// SPECIAL
SPECIAL PROJECTS AND HIGH-PROFILE APPEARANCES
As a celebrity driver and TV personality, Foust frequently takes part in one-off
high-exposure events, including the 2011 Formula DRIFT invitational event in
Abu Dhabi that gathers the best drft drivers in the world for an ultimate
showdown at the Yas Marina Formula 1 track. He will also take part in the 2011
Dream Ride program, taking a thrilled passenger on an exciting drift ride of the
entire Infineon Raceway for SPEED TV.
The first in his special online video series, “Mulholland Drift,” on which Foust
was not only the driver but also Executive Producer and director, saw viral
online distribution in 2010, amassing over a million hits in a short time and
gaining coverage in many media outlets, including Britain’s Channel 4. More
video projects are planned.
Foust is frequently called upon for speaking engagements, interviews and
other appearances and has been featured on countless television shows
including 2010 guest spots on both the Tonight Show and the Today Show. He
is also regularly featured in racing coverage as a guest expert. A special stunt
project is in the planning stages for mid-2011.
New for 2011 is a branded merchandise line, produced in collaboration with
Rockstar Energy Drink and etnies, which is set for global distribution through
etnies retailers beginning late in the year.
Coverage of these special activities reaches widely beyond traditional
automotive channels to mainstream media.
// AWARDS
MULTIPLE CHAMPIONSHIPS AND RACING RECORDS
COMPETITION HIGHLIGHTS
• X GAMES DOUBLE GOLD Medalist in Rally Racing, 2010
• X GAMES BRONZE Medalist in Rally Racing, 2009
• X GAMES SILVER Medalist in Rally Racing, 2008
• X GAMES GOLD Medalist in Rally Racing, 2007
• International Race of Champions contender, 2008, 2009, 2010
• Regular top finishes in FIA European Rallycross series
• DRIFT 2007 and 2008 Formula Drift National Champion
• Record holder for highest qualifying score in both Formula D and
D1 history
• RALLY Racing, 5 years (2009 4th overall in Rally America Championship)
• 2005 PGT Nation Champion
• PIKES PEAK Hill Climb, 2002-2006: (3rd / Open Wheel Rookie of the Year /
Rally Class PGT Record Holder
OTHER RACING HISTORY
• 6 Years Road Course Racing
• Formula Mazda
• Spec Ford Racing
• Miller Motorsports Park Street Legal Track Record (Crawford Subaru)
• 3 years Baja 1000 (finished 2nd in BC class 2008)
// TV
HOSTING EXPERIENCE
• Top Gear USA, 2010-2011 (20 episodes)
• Battle of the Supercars (Host/Contributing producer) on SPEED, 2010 (26 episodes)
• SuperCars Exposed on SPEED, 2007 – 2009 (26 episodes)
• Redline TV on SPEED 2005-2007 (39 episodes)
• Import Racers on ESPN2 2007 Season (13 episodes)
• RM Auctions on ESPN 2007 Season (26 episodes)
• Auto Access consumer auto TV show 2004-2005 seasons (16 episodes)
• Global Tuning Awards 2006 airing on FOX Sports Net
• 2008 Grand Turismo Awards
OTHER TV
• Ford: Taurus launch videos. Media and Training videos with Mike Rowe,
• Quaker State National Principal Talent, Acura Industry Videos Principal
Talent
• Honda: Commercials Principal Talent/Driver, Honda Spokesperson and
Dealer Meeting Host, Good Morning
• America Special Features (Ice Driving Specialist), National
• Geographic Films: Ice Driving Specialist
• Discovery Channel: Ice Driving Specialist
• CNN: Bridgestone Teen Driver
• Training Videos, BMW M5 Car Control Clinic for Fine Living Channel,
Daimler
• Winter Driving Special, NBC Live BMW Stunts for Various Morning Shows,
Audi, Saab, Dodge, Toyota, Jaguar
// STUNT
PRECISION AND STUNT DRIVING
• Contrafilm: Red Dawn Stunt Double Driver for lead actor
• Paramount Pictures: Stunt Double Driver for Robert Downey Jr
• Universal Pictures: Bourne Ultimatum Stunt Driver
• Universal Studios: Fast and the Furious 4 Stunt Driver, Double for Paul Walker
• Universal Studios: Fast and the Furious Tokyo Drift Stunt Driver, (1X Double for DK)
• Warner Brothers: Dukes of Hazzard Stunt Driver (1X Double for Bo Duke driving
INSTRUCTION / PRIVATE COACHING
• Founder and Lead Instructor- Secret Service Car
Control Program, United States Special Warfare
Development Groups, SAE Car Control Training For
Engineers, TRW Performance Driving School, Cadillac
Performance and Engineer Evaluation Driving Program
(used to seed engineers for high performance projects),
High and Low-Friction Performance Driving Schools for
Borg Warner, Bosch, Chrysler, Visteon
OTHER CONSULTING
• Emotive, Inc. Senior Driving Instructor, Chief Driver,
Drive Course Curriculum Design 2002-2006
• Society of Automotive Engineers Professional
Development Consultant for Car Control Training
2002-2005
• General Motors, TRW, Visteon ABS and Vehicle
Stability Control Systems Consultant 2000-2003
the General Lee shared with Rhys Millen, 2X Double Pricket)
• Network TV: Various TV stunt credits including CSI Miami, Numbers, Dirt
• Audi: Allroad, tt Roadster, S8, S4 Avant, Avant Thrill Rides, A4 3.0, Quattro
Challenge Stunt Demonstrations
• BMW: M5, M6, M4, M3, X5, X3, Z4, 330XI, 325XI, 5 Series, 6 Series, 7 Series,
Ultimate Driving Experience Stunt Demonstrations
• Bridgestone: Official Winter Tire Tester, Tire Rack Challenge Stunts on Calgary
Olympic “O” Ring
• Chrysler: SRT-8, SRT-6, 300C, Pacifica, ESP intro
• Dodge: Viper, SRT-10, SRT-4, Durango, Gravity Games Thrill Rides, MTV Viper Thrill
Rides, Drift Demos
• Ford: Running footage and various spots for Explorer, 2007-2008 F150, Various
cars
• Honda: 2006 Civic SI Commercial, Various 2006 Honda Accord Commercial, 2007
Honda Civic, Accord spots principal
• Infinity: Q45, VX, FX, Commercials
• Mini: Convertible release, New York Auto Show Stunts
• Pontiac: GTO Final Four Performance Drive, Drift Demos
• SAAB: Aero Wagon, Vigen, Vector, Arc, Linear
• Volvo: S60 R, V70 R
• Various Events: Kia, Saturn, Mitsubishi, Michelin, Ford, Cadillac, GM, Mazda,
Lexus
MEDIA CONTACT:
JEN HORSEY
[email protected]
www.tannerfoust.com