Star Racer is a reality-genre TV show which originally aired on Discovery Channel Canada

Discovery Channel Canada

Discovery Channel is a Canadian English language Category A specialty channel devoted to nature, adventure, science and technology programming. Discovery Channel is currently owned by CTV Specialty Television Inc...

 in 2006. It has been airing from October 2008 on Discovery's HD Theater

Discovery HD

Discovery HD is the international name of the high-definition television channels from Discovery Communications.The international Discovery HD first launched in Korea on February 2005 as a programming block...

, partly filmed from Circuit Mont-Tremblant. Star Racer chronicles the discovery and episode-by-episode elimination of some of the top amateur drivers in Canada over a period of 8 weeks. Racers participate in weekly racing events on an odyssey to prove themselves as the top talent. Host Yannick Bisson

Yannick Bisson

Yannick Bisson is a Canadian film and television actor.-Career:Born in Montréal, Quebec, Canada, Bisson moved to Toronto as a teenager and there he began acting lessons; he has been acting since the age of 13. His big break was in CBC's critically acclaimed 1984 movie of the week Hockey Night with...

 sets the stakes, and is the liaison between the drivers, the judges, and the audience. Eight racers from the world of Kart racing and eight drivers from other racing disciplines vie for the title of "Star Racer" and a career-making prize. The prize is a ride in the Formula Mazda

Formula Mazda

Formula Mazda is a class of relatively affordable open wheel formula racing.Formula Mazda has its own class in SCCA club racing, and there is a North American professional series named Star Mazda Championship that is part of IndyCar's Road to Indy ladder system. The cars are very popular; seeing a...

 Championship Racing Series where they will test their skills against professional racers.

Cast

Host:

• Yannick Bisson
  Yannick Bisson
  Yannick Bisson is a Canadian film and television actor.-Career:Born in Montréal, Quebec, Canada, Bisson moved to Toronto as a teenager and there he began acting lessons; he has been acting since the age of 13. His big break was in CBC's critically acclaimed 1984 movie of the week Hockey Night with...
  
  

The Judges:

• former F1 and Indycar driver and commentator Derek Daly
  Derek Daly
  Derek Daly is a former racing driver from the Republic of Ireland. He won the 1977 British Formula Three Championship, and competed as a professional racing driver for 17 years participating in 64 World Championship Formula One Grands Prix, debuting on April 2, 1978. He scored a total of 15...
  
  
• former Champcar/CART driver Canadian Paul Tracy
  Paul Tracy
  Paul Tracy is a professional automobile racer who has competed in CART, the ChampCar World Series and the IndyCar Series...
  
  
• Champcar and DTM Driver Katherine Legge
  Katherine Legge
  Katherine Legge is a British auto racing driver, formerly racing in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters.-Early racing and Atlantics:Prior to joining the Toyota Atlantic series, she raced in several developmental open-wheel series in Britain, including Formula Three, Formula Renault and Formula Ford....
  
  

The Contestants:

• Adam Boutaleb
• Chris Green
• Stephanie Malanka
• Devin Cunningham - Winner
• Lorenzo Mandarino - Finalist
• Ed Hunt
• Kyle Herder
• Philippe Gelinas
• Pierce Herder
• Kristina Allison
• Blake Choquer
• Robin Ng
• Jenn Carlson
• Matt Champagne
• Darrell ?
• PJ Gronke
• Jenn Carlson

External links

• Discovery HD, Star Racer