[techweenie]

I assumed it was Tanner, but after looking at the in-car, Paul Tracy is my guess. Also, the test cars were going straight through the course, not sideways.

I was in the audience at the episode 1 taping. Rutledge has the potential to be the star if he's given some more latitude.

It seems obligatory for a lot of people to trash TGUSA, but it might add perspective to compare 15 seasons of the UK show with just one episode to date of the US version. The producers themselves said the first several seasons of the UK show were "****e." FYI, TGUSA is produced and written by the producers of the UK show, so if you need to trash American versions of everything, keep in mind that this one traces its structure and direction to the originators.