Grant Denyer Biography
Grant Denyer is an Australian television and radio presenter, as well as a motor racing driver, who lives in Bathurst. He has worked for a number of television networks, including Seven Network and Network 10, primarily as a presenter.
How old is Grant Denyer? – Age
He is 44 years old as of 12 September 2021. He was born in 1977 in Gosford, Australia. His real name is Grant Craig Denyer.
Who is Grant Denyers father? – Family
He is the son of Glenice Denyer and Craig Denyer. He relocated to Dandenong, Victoria, at the age of 13, and spent his vacations at the Denyer family farm in Ariah Park, New South Wales.
Grant Denyer Wife
He is married to Mummy Time founder and TV producer Cheryl Rogers. They have three daughters between them.
Grant Denyer Radio
Denyer joined 2Day FM in December 2017 to anchor the Em, Grant, and Ed breakfast show with comedians Em Rusciano and Ed Kavalee, according to Southern Cross Austereo. In 2019, Ash London took over for Rusciano on the show. Southern Cross Austereo announced in August 2019 that Grant, Ed, and Ash would leave on Friday, August 16th owing to a ‘new direction.’ A music-focused show took the place of Grant, Ed, and Ash. Denyer and Yvie Jones will host a new radio show, the Grant and Yvie Show, in December, which will run across Hit Network’s major metro markets, excluding 2Day FM in Sydney.
Grant Denyer Accident
Denyer broke his back while participating in a monster truck advertising event on September 17, 2008. He had a compression fracture of the lower vertebrae and was transferred to Wollongong Hospital by ambulance.
Denyer was driving a monster truck at Dapto Showground in preparation for the Monster Truck Championships when he was involved in an accident. Denyer lifted his foot from the pedal too soon after practicing a jump over five cars in the truck, causing the vehicle to crash severely and breaking his lower vertebrae in eight places. He was transferred to a Sydney hospital, where he spent months recovering. He claimed that his injuries had reduced his rather short stature by one centimeter.
Denyer was later transferred to intensive care, but there was no evidence of nerve damage or significant injuries, and he returned to television in 2009 to host Australia’s Got Talent; however, he did not return to It Takes Two in May.
Grant Denyer Salary
He earns an annual salary of $10 Million.
Grant Denyer Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of $30 Million.
Grant Denyer Motor racing
Denyer competed in the Fujitsu V8 Supercar championship for Speed FX Racing alongside Michael Caruso and Daniel Elliot in a Ford Falcon. In 2005, he made his debut with Dick Johnson Racing. In the same year, he was named Mike Kable Rookie of the Year after finishing in the top 10 in his rookie season (10th).
Denyer raced for DJR and Alex Davison in the Sandown 500 and the famous Bathurst 1000 in 2006. At Bathurst, Denyer and Alex finished 9th overall. Denyer also competed in tarmac rallying, finishing third in the 2007 Suncoast Rally in a Les Walkden-prepared Subaru Impreza WRX STi.
He finished 37.8 seconds behind Ray Vandersee’s Skelta G-Force and 3.6 seconds ahead of Matt Close’s Porsche Turbo in third place. He was 4.7 seconds behind Close going into the last stage, but he overtook the Porsche to clinch second place.
Denyer raced in the Bathurst 24-hour Endurance Event with a Nissan 200SX in 2002. He raced in the same event in 2003, driving a Porsche 996 GT3 and placing second in his class and sixth overall. Denyer won his maiden Supercars race in the Development Series on June 7, 2008, in the second race of the weekend at Sandown. Denyer had another successful season in 2009, placing fourth in the Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series.
Denyer indicated in early 2010 that he would no longer pursue full-season driving in motorsport, but in 2011, he was named the main driver of Shannons-Mars Racing, a V8 Supercar team founded for the purpose of a TV show called the Shannons Supercar Showdown. Cameron Waters, Denyer’s Bathurst 1000 co-driver, won the race, beating runner-up British racing driver Andrew Jordan. Waters joined ProDrive as a full-time Supercars regular in 2016.
Denyer also raced in the Australian GT Championship with Maranello Motorsport in 2015, but switched to Tekno Autosports’ McLaren 650S in 2016, occasionally in collaboration with car owner and eventual 2016 Bathurst 1000 winner Jonathon Webb. Denyer and Nathan Morcom won the Australian Endurance Championship, an offshoot of the GT Championship, in 2016.