This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Berocca Addict (talk | contribs) at 14:18, 1 July 2020. The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.
Revision as of 14:18, 1 July 2020 by Berocca Addict (talk | contribs)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff) American sports announcer| Rutledge Wood | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Wood interviewing Cole Custer at Darlington Raceway in 2018 | |
| Born | April 22, 1980 (1980-04-22) (age 44) Birmingham, Alabama |
| Nationality | American |
| Other names | Bearded Lady, Rut, Conehead |
| Occupation | Auto Racing Analyst |
| Known for | Co-hosting Top Gear on History and being an analyst for NASCAR on NBC |
Rutledge Wood (born April 22, 1980 in Birmingham, Alabama) is an auto racing analyst and TV show host. Wood was one of three hosts for History's Top Gear along with Adam Ferrara and Tanner Foust, which premiered on November 21, 2010. Until 2013, he was one of the hosts for NASCAR Trackside. He was also the host of the Speed Road Tour Challenge in 2007. In 2013, Wood won the 2013 Long Beach Toyota Celebrity Race with Adam Carolla winning in the Pro Category who Wood says taught him the course.
In Summer 2014 he started shooting the fifth season of Top Gear. In May 2015, a new show called Lost in Transmission appeared with him as the host which focuses on him driving around his hometown in Georgia along with a friend of his fixing up old classic cars.
He is also the host of the Netflix show Floor Is Lava, which launched in June, 2020 during the Covid 19 crisis.
Work
- Starred on NASCAR RaceDay on Fox Sports 1 along with Fox NASCAR Hollywood Hotel studio host Chris Myers, former NASCAR driver and current studio analyst Michael Waltrip, and former crew chief Jeff Hammond.
- Co-host of Top Gear
- Host of Lost in Transmission on History
- NBC Sports Network
- Olympics on NBC
- Co-host of Southern and Hungry
- Host of Floor is Lava on Netflix
References
- The Official Website of Rutledge Wood
- Speed Blog Archived 2010-03-27 at the Wayback Machine
- 3/8/2010. "Daytona". Daytonainternationalspeedway.com. Retrieved 2010-11-28.
{{cite web}}:|author=has numeric name (help) - "Top Gear to have spin-off in US". BBC News. 2010-04-21. Retrieved 2010-11-28.
- Tanner Foust (11 March 2014). "@_BradDavis Should be pretty soon, we are shooting it now" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- http://www.skirtsandscuffs.com/2011/03/rutledge-wood-from-craigslist-to-top.html
- Southern and Hungry, retrieved 2017-10-17
| NASCAR on Fox | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Networks |
| ||||||||||||
| Current programs | |||||||||||||
| Current commentators |
| ||||||||||||
| Former commentators |
| ||||||||||||
| Music | |||||||||||||
| Daytona 500 | |||||||||||||
| Coca-Cola 600 | |||||||||||||
| Related articles | |||||||||||||
| NASCAR on NBC | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Networks |
| ||||||||||||
| Current programs |
| ||||||||||||
| Current commentators |
| ||||||||||||
| Former commentators |
| ||||||||||||
| Daytona 500 | |||||||||||||
| Theme songs |
| ||||||||||||
| Related articles |
| ||||||||||||
| Thoroughbred Racing on NBC | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Related programs |
| ||
| Related articles | |||
| Commentators | |||
| Key figures | |||
| Belmont Stakes | |||
| Breeders' Cup | |||
| Kentucky Derby | |||
| Preakness Stakes | |||
| Music | |||
| IndyCar Series on NBC | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Related programs | |||||||||||
| Related articles | |||||||||||
| Networks | |||||||||||
| Indianapolis 500 | |||||||||||
| Commentators |
| ||||||||||
| Other top races (1979–1991) |
| ||||||||||
| CART/Champ Car seasons | |||||||||||
| IndyCar Series seasons | |||||||||||
| Website: NBC Sports | |||||||||||
 | This biographical article related to United States auto racing is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it. |
 | This biographical article related to television in the United States is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it. |