Jen Horsey (born October 28, 1975) is a Canadian automotive journalist, TV personality[1] and motorsport competitor[2] with a specialty in rallying and rallycross.
Horsey is a longtime contributor to ESPN’s digital and television programming.[3] who, in 2012, became ESPN’s first-ever female motorsport analyst, broadcasting from the announce booth for X Games and other rallycross competition.[3][4] She debuted on-air at ESPN as an in-car commentator in 2009. In what was reported as a television first, she and fellow commentator Chrissie Beavis rode along in the passenger seat with top drivers during racing competition and offered their analysis and commentary live-to-air.[5][6] She and Beavis returned to the broadcast in the same capacity the following year. In 2011, Horsey joined the on-air team at X Games as a pit reporter for rallycross. In addition, her numerous articles on automotive and other topics have appeared in a vast range of media outlets, primarily in the United States and Canada.[7]
In competition, she is best known as a rally co-driver, although she has also competed as a rally driver in both the US and Canada.[8] She is the voice of the co-driver in the third installment of the Codemasters videogame, DiRT 3, and returned for Dirt 4.[9] Her most notorious co-driving appearance came in 2008 during X Games competition when, during a head-to-head race against Dave Mirra (and his co-driver Alexander Kihurani) driver Andrew Comrie-Picard shorted the 70 ft (20 m) gap jump and her team’s Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX made a spectacular front-flip. Neither Horsey nor the driver were injured.[10]
Since 2005, she has earned four division podium finishes, including two wins, in five appearances as a co-driver at the Targa Newfoundland rally. Her first Modern division victory came in 2006 as co-driver to Keith Townsend in a Subaru WRX STi.[11] She repeated in 2008 alongside Andrew Comrie-Picard in a factory supported Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X.[12][13] In 2011, she co-drove Ralph Gilles in a Dodge Viper and the duo finished third in the Modern division.[14][15] In 2012, she moved to Open division with driver Samuel Hubinette and finished in second-place in a factory supported 2012 Fiat Abarth.[16] She has also co-driven Steve Millen at Targa New Zealand in a Nissan GTR,[17] as well as competing in numerous stage rallies, primarily in Canada, with various other drivers.[citation needed]
References
edit- ^ "Driver's Seat Correspondents". Archived from the original on 2009-05-03. Retrieved 2009-08-25.
- ^ "Rally Racing: Andrew Comrie-Picard". Archived from the original on 2012-10-13. Retrieved 2013-02-06.
- ^ a b "Motorsports This Week on ESPN". 4 June 2012.
- ^ "Canadian University Press | Presse universitaire canadienne | Jen horsey: "I never did get that journalism degree… I just kept at it."". Archived from the original on 2013-04-07. Retrieved 2013-02-06.
- ^ http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/columnist/hiestand-tv/2009-07-28-espn-x-games-road-rally_N.htm
- ^ "Home". Archived from the original on March 3, 2016.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Fantastic, Improbable Things: Selected Work by Jen Horsey".
- ^ "Home". Archived from the original on March 3, 2016.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "DiRT 3".
- ^ "Drivers Andrew Comrie-Picard and Jen Horsey flip their car in a crash".
- ^ "Targa Newfoundland 2006 – Winners! - Targa 2007 - Autos - MSN CA". Archived from the original on 2013-04-11. Retrieved 2013-02-06.
- ^ http://lancerralliart.ca/EN/race-diary/read/entry/1 [dead link]
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-06-02. Retrieved 2013-02-06.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Targa Newfoundland - Updates". Archived from the original on 2012-06-08. Retrieved 2013-02-06.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-06-08. Retrieved 2013-02-06.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Stellantis Media - the Scorpion Conquered Awards and Podium Finish at Targa".
- ^ "Stillen Takes on the 2011 Targa New Zealand". 9 November 2011.
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