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fter an exhaustive Rock, and the last turn into
search, we’re proud the straightaway, the down-
A to announce the hill right-hander is a very
hosts of Top Gear America, precarious turn. It’s surreal.
coming exclusively to You’re all in or you’re all out.
the MotorTrend app in And then Fontana, which is
spring 2020: Dax Shepard, basically you’re racing in a
Rob Corddry, and Jethro parking lot and then the huge
Bovingdon. Or, as they tell it: bank oval, which is an incred-
two comedians, a guy who’s ible feeling, as well. And then
actually British, and The Stig. of course Laguna [Seca],
“If we’re ever given a script, which is basically if you live
I promise the viewers that in California, the track. That’s
I’m going to light it on fire and the track I probably am on the
throw it away,” Corddry said. most frequently.”
“So you can count on me for Bovingdon, who doesn’t
that, at least. I really think own a ranch to fill with 17
that the strength of this show different vehicles and trailers
is going to be an honest inter- like Shepard does, is all about
play between the three of us.” the driving.
Corddry, like Shepard and “I love cars, I love driving
Bovingdon, is both a lifelong cars, and I love doing stupid
car enthusiast and a big Top stuff in cars,” Bovingdon said,
Gear fan. “and if we get to do all of those
“I feel like that’s the one things, I don’t see how it can’t
prerequisite the host should be fun and fun to watch.”
have,” Shepard said. “Cars are Bovingdon is well
my full-time hobby. It’s the known among MotorTrend
only reason I act: to acquire subscribers as the co-host
money to buy s--t that you of Head 2 Head, where he’s
put gas in.” pitted some of the greatest
Shepard, known for shows sports cars, trucks, and
like Parenthood, Bless This SUVs in the world against
Mess, and the movie CHiPS, is each other. Off camera, he’s
no stranger to a track. been found on the pages and
“Road America is my websites of MotorTrend,
favorite track,” he said. “It’s Automobile, CAR, and evo. In
unbelievable. The fact that between all that, he occasion-
you could hit a deer out on the ally finds time to win his class
back straightaway is always at the 24 Hours of Nürburg-
thrilling. I think that track is ring endurance race and set
spectacular. There’s so much lap records around the world.
going on. “One of my first cars was
“I also really like Road an E36 BMW M3 GT,” he
Atlanta,” he continued. “It’s said. “I’d read it had done an
certainly a fun track, too. I got 8:23 lap or something, and I
to race in that Lamborghini foolishly—having never been
Super Trofeo series at Lime to the Nürburgring—was like,
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