Rutledge Wood

Rutledge Wood

Rutledge Wood was one of the three presenters of the US adaptation of the popular BBC motoring show Top Gear, appearing alongside Tanner Foust and Adam Ferrara. Rutledge served as a host of the show since the first season.

Rutledge Wood is heavily involved with the American motorsport of NASCAR and starred in a show called NASCAR Smarts which airs on SPEED. According the History Channel website, Rutledge has owned over forty cars, his favorite of which is his 1953 Plymouth Suburban. Rutledge Wood has featured in all sixty two episodes of Top Gear US that have aired to date including a special episode in season 2 dedicated just to him.

He worked as a panelist and host on NASCAR Trackside until it was cancelled in 2013. Rutledge now works as an analyst for NASCAR on NBC, being hired in 2015 when they returned to broadcast the series.