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.

"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