Greg Rust Biography
Greg Rust is a motor racing journalist and presenter from Australia. He has previously worked as a freelance commentator/reporter/presenter for Network Ten, the Nine Network, and the Special Broadcasting Service (SBS), primarily covering motor racing.
How old is Greg Rust? – Age
He is 52 years old as of 19 July 2022. He was born in 1970 in Sydney, Australia. His real name is Gregory Paul Rust.
Greg Rust Family – Education
Rust has two siblings: a brother and a sister. As a child, he was a regular at the Sydney Showground Speedway and participated as an amateur racer in karts, having been born into a family with a true passion for all types of motorsport. After graduating from high school, he joined ANZ’s cadetship program, specializing on home loans.
Greg Rust Wife
Rust is married to Sarah and has two kids, Georgie, who is a model, and Stella. They currently reside in New Zealand, close to Supercars icon and close friend Greg Murphy.
Greg Rust Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of $5 Million.
Greg Rust Cars
For plot research, Rust has also driven V8 Supercars, Formula Holden, Formula Ford, Toyota Racing Series, and Speedcars/Midgets. He is commonly referred to as “Rusty” or “Thrusta” (a moniker bestowed to him by the late Barry Sheene, a former World Motorcycle Champion and Network Ten colleague).
Greg Rust Podcast
The V8 Supercars broadcasting rights were split in 2015 between Fox Sports and Network Ten. The broadcast featured a common commentary crew led by Rust and Neil Crompton from V8 Supercars Media. Rust also begun hosting Fox Sports’ new V8 Supercars panel series ”Inside Supercars”. He hosts coverage for different international networks and returned to pit reporting for races in 2016, in addition to commentating the Super2 Series with four-time Bathurst 1000 winner Greg Murphy. Rust announced his departure from the Supercars television broadcast team at the end of the 2017 season.
Greg Rust Network Ten
He was hired by Ten in 1997 to host the Australian Super Touring Championship for 2-liter Touring Cars. His close friend Leigh Diffey had held the position before moving on to cover Network Ten’s V8 Supercar coverage. Rust commentated the Australian Super Visiting Title for a very long time prior to beginning work as V8 pit columnist late in 1998. He participated in Ten’s V8 coverage for nearly ten years, occasionally hosting and anchoring the commentary.
During this time, the station won a lot of Logie Awards for broadcasting the famous Bathurst 1000. Rust also worked on the Gold Coast Indy 300 and the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne, earning a reputation as a pit specialist. Rust stayed with Ten in spite of an offer to join the Seven Network in 2007 to host the station’s long-running motorsport magazine show RPM and MotoGP and F1 broadcasts. Additionally, he was in charge of Ten’s Red Bull Air Race coverage as a host and commentator.
Outside of motorsport, Rust collaborated with Sandra Sully and Jason Morrison, a former 2GB coworker, to assist Channel 10 in its initial coverage of the September 11 attacks by recording footage and writing and voicing a five-minute snapshot story for a special breakfast bulletin. They worked until the sun came up. Additionally, Rust worked on One’s coverage of the Winter Olympics in 2014. and the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.