Rutledge Wood

Rutledge Wood
Born	April 22, 1980 (age 36) Birmingham, Alabama
Nationality	American
Other names	Bearded Lady, Rut, Conehead
Occupation	Auto Racing Analyst
Known for	Co-hosting Top Gear USA on History and being an analyst for NASCAR on NBC

Rutledge Wood (born April 22, 1980 in Birmingham, Alabama^[1]) is an auto racing analyst employed by NBC. ^[2]^[3] Wood is 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.^[4]

In Summer 2014 he started shooting the fifth season of Top Gear. ^[5] 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.

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 U.S.^[6]
Host of Lost in Transmission (U.S. History TV series)
NBC Sports Network
Olympics on NBC

References

↑ The Official Website of Rutledge Wood
↑ Speed Blog
↑ 3/8/2010. "Daytona". Daytonainternationalspeedway.com. Retrieved 2010-11-28.
↑ "Top Gear to have spin-off in US". BBC News. 2010-04-21. Retrieved 2010-11-28.
↑ https://twitter.com/TannerFoust/status/443179722047229954
↑ http://www.skirtsandscuffs.com/2011/03/rutledge-wood-from-craigslist-to-top.html

Fox NASCAR

Networks

Fox Sports (2001–present)
Fox Sports 1 (2013–present)
FX (2001–2006)
Fox Sports Net (2001)
Fox Sports 2 (2015–present)
Fox News Channel (2015)
Fox Business Network (2016–present)

Commentators

Miscellaneous

Current figures

Sprint Cup	Mike Joy Larry McReynolds Darrell Waltrip Jamie Little Matt Yocum Chris Neville Vince Welch Michael Waltrip Chris Myers Andy Petree Jeff Gordon

Xfinity	Adam Alexander Michael Waltrip Kevin Harvick

Camping World Truck	Vince Welch Phil Parsons Michael Waltrip Hermie Sadler Matt Yocum Kaitlyn Vincie

Personalities	Bootie Barker Todd Bodine Jeff Hammond Chad Knaus John Roberts Elliott Sadler Danielle Trotta Kenny Wallace

Former figures

Rick Allen (2003–2014)
Dick Berggren (2001–2012)
Jeanne Zelasko (2001–2006)
Ken Squier (2001)
Krista Voda (2007–2014)
Steve Byrnes (2001–2015)

Current programs (Fox Sports 1)

Lore

Music

Daytona 500

NASCAR on Speed

Commentators	Sprint All-Star Race broadcasters Budweiser Duel broadcasters

Former personalities	Johnny Benson, Jr. Dick Berggren Dave Despain Rick Allen Adam Alexander Bootie Barker Allen Bestwick Steve Byrnes Ray Dunlap Jeff Hammond Mike Joy Chad Knaus Larry McReynolds Phil Parsons Kyle Petty John Roberts Elliott Sadler Hermie Sadler Matt Yocum Jimmy Spencer Ken Squier Danielle Trotta Kaitlyn Vincie Wendy Venturini Krista Voda Kenny Wallace Darrell Waltrip Michael Waltrip Rutledge Wood

Former programs	NASCAR Live! NASCAR Race Hub NASCAR RaceDay NASCAR Trackside NASCAR Victory Lane NASCAR Beyond the Wheel NASCAR Classics NASCAR Inside Nextel Cup NASCAR Nation NASCAR in a Hurry This Week in NASCAR Totally NASCAR WindTunnel with Dave Despain SPEED Center

Lore	Three-wide photo finish Musgrave's costly mistake Controversial finish No pit stops necessary Busch brothers collide Darnell barely edges Benson Hornaday clinches record 4th title Inaugural Induction of the Hall of Fame John King's upset victory First major NASCAR race on dirt since 1970

NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race	2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

NASCAR on NBC

Networks	NBC (2001-06, 2015-present) NBCSN (2015-present) CNBC (2006, 2015-present) USA Network (2016) Comcast SportsNet (2015-present) Telemundo (2015-present) NBC Universo (2014-present) NBC Sports Live Extra (2015-present)

Commentators	Rick Allen Jeff Burton Steve Letarte Mike Massaro Kelli Stavast Leigh Diffey Allen Bestwick Wally Dallenbach Jr. Benny Parsons Bill Weber Kyle Petty Ralph Sheheen Dave Burns Marty Snider Matt Yocum Joe Gibbs Lindsay Czarniak Adam Alexander Liz Allison Chris Neville Larry McReynolds Krista Voda Mike Wallace

Lore	First race at Daytona after Earnhardt's death First race after September 11 attacks Marlin's Mistake McMurray's Upset Sadler goes for a ride Earnhardt Jr.'s first Daytona 500 win Hendrick plane crash In Loving Memory All The Way First Chase for the Cup Late Night Firecracker: Smoke Climbs the Starter's Stand Mexico Series Comes to Phoenix (2014) Late Night Firecracker 2: Dillon Takes a Hit Harvick's Fuel Mileage The Southern 500's Return to Labor Day Kenseth vs. Logano Busch Completes Remarkable Comeback Buescher Uses Fog to Pull Off Stunning Upset Jimmie Johnson ties two legends

Daytona 500	2002 2004 2006

Theme songs	"Fuel" (2001–03, NBC and TNT) "Bringing Back the Sunshine" (2015-present)

Related articles	NASCAR America NASCAR on TNT NASCAR on USA

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