Gregory Gilligan Rust Reporter     Greg Rust born  July  in Sydney is an Australian Formula One expert and commentator with Network Ten a commercial TV network He has also worked for the Nine Network and the Special Broadcasting Service SBS as a freelance commentatorreporterpresenter mainly covering motorsport auto racing  Colleagues and fans call him Rusty or Thruster a nickname given to him by the late Barry Sheene a former World Motorcycle Champion  Radio career   Worked for  years with the Macquarie Radio Network  stations GB and CH in Sydney initially as a sport reporter and later became daytime news reader   Television career   After cutting his teeth with SBS motorsport program Speedweek Rust was drafted into Channel s commentary team for the final Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix at the Eastern Creek Raceway in  He called the support races with  F World Champ Alan Jones In  he was hired by Ten to host the Australian Super Touring Championship for litre Touring Cars  a position previously held by his close friend Leigh Diffey who had moved on to Network Tens V Supercar coverage  Rust commentated the Aust Super Touring Championship for  years before starting work as V pit reporter late in  He was a part of Tens V coverage for almost  years  even hosting and anchoring the commentary on occasions  During this period the station won numerous Logie Awards for its broadcast of the famous Bathurst  and Rusty developed a reputation as a pit specialist also working on the Gold Coast Champ Car race and the Australian Formula One Grand Prix in Melbourne Despite an offer to join the Seven Network in  Rust stayed with Ten to front the stations MotoGP and F broadcasts and its long running magazine motorsport show RPM  He also hosts and commentates Tens coverage of the Red Bull Air Race series   Racing background   Born into a family with a genuine love for all forms of motorsport he was a regular at the Sydney Showground Speedway before he could even walk   and an amateur racer who started out in Karts  In his late teens and early s Rust enjoyed some class wins as a driver in rallysprints and khanacrosses  He has also driven V Supercars Formula Holden Formula Ford Toyota Racing Series and SpeedcarsMidgets for story research     References    tencomau  wwwvxcomau  wwwparramattacityracewaycomau   Category births CategoryLiving people CategoryAustralian sports broadcasters CategoryMotorsport announcers CategoryAustralian television presenters