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'''Gregory Charles 'Greg ' Rust''' (born 19 July 1970 in ]) is an ]n ] presenter and commentator for the ] championship. He has previously worked for ], the ]<ref name="smarttalk.com.au">{{cite web|url=http://www.smarttalk.com.au/greg-rust-media.shtml|title=Greg Rust Media Bio|publisher=Smart Talk Promotions}}</ref> and the ]<ref name="smarttalk.com.au"/> (SBS) as a freelance commentator/reporter/presenter, mainly covering motor racing. '''Gregory Charles Rust''' (born 19 July 1970 in ]) is an ]n ] presenter and commentator for the ] championship. He has previously worked for ], the ]<ref name="smarttalk.com.au">{{cite web|url=http://www.smarttalk.com.au/greg-rust-media.shtml|title=Greg Rust Media Bio|publisher=Smart Talk Promotions}}</ref> and the ]<ref name="smarttalk.com.au"/> (SBS) as a freelance commentator/reporter/presenter, mainly covering motor racing.


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Gregory Rust
BornGregory Charles Rust
(1970-07-19) 19 July 1970 (age 54)
Sydney, Australia
NationalityAustralian
Employer(s)V8 Supercars Media
Fox Sports

Gregory Charles Rust (born 19 July 1970 in Sydney) is an Australian motor racing presenter and commentator for the V8 Supercars championship. He has previously worked for Network Ten, the Nine Network and the Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) as a freelance commentator/reporter/presenter, mainly covering motor racing.

He is colloquially known as "Rusty" or "Thrusta" (a nickname given to him by the late Barry Sheene a former World Motorcycle Champion and Network Ten colleague).

Radio career

Rust worked for three years with the Macquarie Radio Network stations 2GB and 2CH in Sydney initially as a sport reporter and later became a daytime news reader.

Television career

Early years

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 Formula One World Champion Alan Jones.

Network Ten

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 Australian Super Touring Championship for 2 years before starting work as V8 pit reporter late in 1998. 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 Rust developed a reputation as a pit specialist also working on the Gold Coast Indy 300 and the Australian 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 hosted and commentated Ten's coverage of the Red Bull Air Race series.

Rust also worked on One's coverage of the 2014 Winter Olympics. and the Glasgow Commonwealth Games

V8 Media and Fox Sports

In 2015, the V8 Supercars television rights moved to a shared broadcast between Fox Sports and Network Ten. The broadcast shared a common commentary team, produced by V8 Supercars Media and headed up by Rust and Neil Crompton. Rust also began hosting Fox Sports’ new V8 Supercars panel series ‘’Inside Supercars’’. He fronts the coverage for various international networks and in 2016 made a return to pit reporting for the races. He commentates the Dunlop V8 Supercar Series with four time Bathurst 1000 winner Greg Murphy.

Personal life

Born into a family with a genuine love for all forms of motorsport, he was a regular at the Sydney Showground Speedway as a child, and competed as an amateur racer who started out in karts. In his late teens and early twenties, 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.

References

  1. ^ "Greg Rust Media Bio". Smart Talk Promotions.
  2. "About". Greg Rust. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
  3. ^ "Greg Rust Bio on Network Ten". Network Ten.
  4. Channel 10 promises more than 500 hours of Sochi Winter Olympics coverage, News.com.au 30 October 2013
  5. "Commonwealth Games". Irun.org.au. 14 April 2014. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
  6. "V8 Supercars signs $241m media rights deal with FOX SPORTS, Foxtel and Ten Network from 2015". Fox Sports Australia. 18 December 2013. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
  7. "V8 Supercars commentary team revealed". V8Supercars.com.au. 6 February 2015. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
  8. "Inside Supercars debuts this evening". V8 Supercars. 3 March 2015. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
  9. "Mark Skaife joins V8 Supercars commentary line-up". Supercars. Retrieved 10 September 2016.

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Preceded byBill Woods RPM
Host
2007-08, 2011 		Succeeded byMatthew White
Preceded byprogram started Inside Supercars
Host
2015– 		Succeeded byincumbent
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