STRONG WEEKEND FOR TANNER FOUST IN EUROPE
May 6, 2015 by Rockstar Energy Drink
• Rallycross and road racing success for versatile driver at HockenheimNEWPORT BEACH, Calif. (May 5, 2015) - Rockstar Energy Drink driver Tanner Foust took home a pair of podium results at the famed Hockenheimring this weekend with guest appearances in the Audi Sport TT Cup and the FIA World Rallycross Championship. The versatile driver joined the Audi Sport TT Cup for its debut events. The new development series offers up-and-coming drivers a venue for competition in identical race prepared Audi TT competition cars. 'I was lucky to be asked in as a guest driver for the first running of this new road racing series that is going to produce some of the future stars of motorsport,' said Foust, who this season is also competing in rallycross, drifting, and short-course off-road racing. 'It's going to be fun to look back in a couple of years when these young drivers become household names and say that I raced with them back when they were just starting out.' Foust was one of six invited drivers to join the series this weekend and he finished with a pair of podiums in the guest category. The 2015 Audi Sport TT Cup is being held at six events as part of the DTM. Foust also charged back into the FIA World Rallycross Championship in the Rockstar Energy Drink Volkswagen Polo. It was the first time the series has visited the Hockenheim facility and racing took place on a newly built course that added a mixed surface challenge to the traditional track. Unpredictable weather produced tough conditions, with plenty of contact between drivers. Foust opened the weekend on pace for a strong result in the Rockstar Energy Drink Volkswagen Polo, setting top heat times among a competitive field of permanent drivers in the series. But damage caused by contact in the semi-final saw him finish that race in fourth -- one position outside the main event. Next on Foust's busy schedule is Formula Drift at Road Atlanta this Friday and Saturday, where he will make his second of three 2015 appearances in the series. There, he'll be back behind the wheel of the Rockstar Energy Drink Volkswagen Passat, his new drift machine that produces some 900 nitrous-boosted horsepower from its V-8 engine.
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Foust returns to competition with Marklund Motorsport in the Rockstar Energy Drink Volkswagen Polo May 22-24 for World RX of Great Britain. The Lydden Hill event is a favorite of the American driver, who has won it two of the past three years. After that, he returns to the United States and the Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross team for the season opener of the Global Rallycross Championship May 30-31 in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. ABOUT TANNER FOUST Tanner Foust is a versatile and multi-talented driver known for his supreme car control and a proven track record of podium placements, national championships and world records. He is a three-time U.S. rallycross champion (2012, 2011, 2010) who has also won four X Games gold medals (2013, 2010, 2007), and two Formula Drift championships (2008, 2007). He has also held multiple world records including for the astonishing Hot Wheels Double Loop Dare, which saw Foust drive a car through a 66-foot loop-the-loop. He also scored the indoor speed record for TV's Top Gear USA, and set a distance jump record with Hot Wheels when he made a 332' ramp-to-ramp leap in a truck at the Indy 500. A dominant driver in the sport of rallycross, Foust is the only American driver ever to win a round of the FIA World Rallycross Championship. He made his rallycross debut overseas in 2010 with a select campaign and finished both 2011 and 2012 ranked in the top three. At home, Foust has been a leading driver in the sport since it was first introduced to the United States in 2010, and in 2014 won the New York round of the Global Rallycross Championship for the new Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross team. His varied competition experience includes multiple years of open wheel racing, the Pikes Peak Hill Climb, rally racing, off-road truck competition, various types of sports car racing and the SCORE Baja. He has represented the USA in the annual Race of Champions three times, teaming with NASCAR star Carl Edwards in 2008, Travis Pastrana in 2009, and Mick Doohan in 2010. When he isn't racing, the professional driver also performs in films and on television. He is an on-air host for the U.S. version of the seminal BBC auto show Top Gear, produced by BBC Worldwide Productions and airing on the HISTORY channel. Episodes of his online documentary series, Life in the Foust Lane, are available on the Rockstar Energy Drink YouTube channel. Foust also handles stunt driving in numerous popular films, TV shows and commercials. He is featured as a stunt driver in the Need 4 Speed film, as well as other major releases including the Bourne Legacy, Bourne Ultimatum, Fast and Furious: Tokyo Drift, Dukes of Hazzard, Red Dawn and Iron Man 2 movies. ABOUT ROCKSTAR Rockstar Energy Drink is designed for those who lead active lifestyles -- from athletes to Rockstars. Available in over 20 flavors at convenience and grocery outlets in over 30 countries, Rockstar supports the Rockstar lifestyle across the globe through action sports, motor sports, and live music. For more information visit: www.RockstarEnergy.com
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