Greg Rust
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| Gregory Rust | |
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| Born | Gregory Rust 19 July 1970 Australia |
| Nationality |  Australian |
Greg Rust (born 19 July 1970 in Sydney) is a motor racing commentator and the front man for Australia's coverage of Formula One and MotoGP on the Network Ten[1] digital sports channel One HD, a commercial TV network. He has also worked for the Nine Network[2] and the Special Broadcasting Service[2] (SBS) as a freelance commentator/reporter/presenter, mainly covering motorsport (auto racing). Colleagues and fans call him "Rusty" or "Thruster" (a nickname given to him by the late Barry Sheene a former World Motorcycle Champion).[1]
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Radio career
Rust worked for 3 years with the Macquarie Radio Network stations 2GB and 2CH in Sydney initially as a sport reporter and later became daytime news reader.[1]
Television career
After cutting his teeth with SBS motorsport program Speedweek, Rust was drafted into Channel 9's commentary team for the final Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix at the Eastern Creek Raceway in 1996. He called the support races with 1980 F1 World Champ Alan Jones. In 1997 he was hired by Ten to host the Australian Super Touring Championship for 2-litre Touring Cars - a position previously held by his close friend Leigh Diffey who had moved on to Network Ten's V8 Supercar coverage. Rust commentated the Aust. Super Touring Championship for 2 years before starting work as V8 pit reporter late in '98. He was a part of Ten's V8 coverage for almost 10 years - even hosting and anchoring the commentary on occasions. During this period the station won numerous Logie Awards for its broadcast of the famous Bathurst 1000 and Rusty developed a reputation as a pit specialist also working on the Gold Coast Champ Car race and the Australian Formula One Grand Prix in Melbourne. Despite an offer to join the Seven Network in 2007, Rust stayed with Ten to front the station's MotoGP and F1 broadcasts and its long running magazine motorsport show RPM. He also hosts and commentates Ten's coverage of the Red Bull Air Race series.
Racing background
Born into a family with a genuine love for all forms of motorsport, he was a regular at the Sydney Showground Speedway before he could even walk and an amateur racer who started out in Karts. In his late teens and early 20’s, Rust enjoyed some class wins as a driver in rallysprints and khana-crosses. He has also driven V8 Supercars, Formula Holden, Formula Ford, Toyota Racing Series and Speedcars/Midgets for story research.
Footnotes
- ^ a b c "Greg Rust Bio". Network Ten. http://ten.com.au/one-hd-greg-rust.htm.
- ^ a b "Greg Rust Media Bio". Smart Talk Promotions. http://www.smarttalk.com.au/greg-rust-media.shtml.
