Tanner Lee Foust is an American professional racing driver, stunt driver, and television host. He competes in rally, drift, ice racing, time attack, hill climb and rallycross with multiple podium placements, national championships, and world records. He was a co-host of the American version of the motoring television series Top Gear.
Foust at the 2021 Utah Nitro RX round
Foust in action during the 2014 World RX of Great Britain. Later that same year he won the World RX of Finland.
Foust driving for Dreyer & Reinbold Racing in the 2021 Nitro Rallycross Championship
Foust, for Team Hot Wheels, jumping across the Indianapolis Motor Speedway's infield at turn 4
Drifting is a driving technique where the driver intentionally oversteers, with loss of traction, while maintaining control and driving the car through the entirety of a corner or a turn. The technique causes the rear slip angle to exceed the front slip angle to such an extent that often the front wheels are pointing in the opposite direction to the turn. Drifting is traditionally performed using three methods: clutch kicking, weight transfer, and employing a handbrake turn. This sense of drift is not to be confused with the four wheel drift, a classic cornering technique established in Grand Prix and sports car racing.
Steve Moore drifting his Nissan Silvia (S14) around Lydden Hill at King of Europe Round 3 (2014)
Team Drift Competition in Melbourne
A Nissan Silvia S15 and a BMW E36 tandem drifting
Nissan Silvia S15 drift car built to compete in Formula Drift Japan