Adam Carolla is set to star in the U.S. version of the long-running U.K. reality television show Top Gear. Co-hosts auto racer Tanner Foust and HGTV's Over Your Head host Eric Stromer will join Carolla in challenges and testing fast cars.
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"This franchise is a proven winner worldwide and the hosting team of Adam, Tanner and Eric that we have brought together for the U.S. version offers a perfect match of humor, insider know-how and priceless track experience. We are going to create a high-powered show that, like the original, will keep viewers in every demographic clutching the edge of their seat"The Hollywood Reporter: Adam Carolla Gets in Top Gear (June 16, 2008)—Craig Plestis, head of alternative programming at NBC
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Executive producers: Tod Mesirow and Kevin Harris
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Adam Carolla, Tanner Foust and Eric Stromer
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Original show aired on the BBC network
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Jay Leno turned down the host position
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Carolla's car collection includes Lamborghinis and Ferraris
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Carolla is the current host of The Adam Carolla Show
