janstett
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I think he would have been a better Stig than presenter (unless he IS the Stig already).
My issue with Tanner is that while he may be a drifting champion, drifting is to autosport what rap is to music. Anyone can do it and it takes a minimum of talent. It takes far more talent to keep a car from drifting on a highspeed racecourse than it does to make it lose traction. Hell...I used to drive drift-style all the time when I lived around Chicago and there was any snow on the roads. Yes, I know doing it on pavement is harder, but I don't have the money to waste a set of tires to do much practicing.
Tanner's also a stunt driver in many hollywood movies (Bourne Ultimatum, Iron Man, Dukes of Hazard, Fast and Furious, several TV shows), and competed in X Games winning the gold medal for rallying (ahead of Ken Block). He became the first American to compete in the European Rally Cross Championship. Just this year he won 2 gold medals in rally racing at X Games.
I understand the dislike for drifting, but Tanner's got skill.
Watch this head-to-head battle v. Ken Block for the Gold, you'll have a new respect for Tanner.
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