Courtney Hansen is a television host/personality, syndicated columnist, author, and actress.

Biography

Courtney is the daughter of Jerry Hansen, once owner of the Brainerd International Raceway and winner of 27 SCCA national racing championships. She grew up in Orono, Minnesota

Orono, Minnesota

As of the census of 2000, there were 7,538 people, 2,766 households, and 2,196 families residing in the city. The population density was 468.9 people per square mile . There were 2,909 housing units at an average density of 181.0 per square mile...

 and spent lots of time around the pits and garages at racing tracks. As a result, she is an automobile enthusiast, and much of her work to date has revolved around automobiles.

Career

After graduating with a degree in Marketing from Florida State University

Florida State University

The Florida State University is a space-grant and sea-grant public university located in Tallahassee, Florida, United States. It is a comprehensive doctoral research university with medical programs and significant research activity as determined by the Carnegie Foundation...

, she undertook a corporate job in Marketing. After leaving corporate work, Courtney hosted the Jack Nicklaus

Jack Nicklaus

Jack William Nicklaus , nicknamed "The Golden Bear", is an American professional golfer. He won 18 career major championships on the PGA Tour over a span of 25 years and is widely regarded as one of the greatest professional golfers of all time. In addition to his 18 Majors, he was runner-up a...

 pilot Killer Golf and segments on the Travel Channel

Travel Channel

The Travel Channel is a satellite and cable television channel that is headquartered in Chevy Chase, Maryland, US. It features documentaries and how-to shows related to travel and leisure around the United States and throughout the world. Programming has included shows in African animal safaris,...

, worked as a fashion and fitness model, and was on the cover of Hot Rod Magazine

Hot Rod Magazine

Hot Rod is an American monthly magazine devoted to hot rodding, —modifying automobiles for performance and appearance.-History:Hot Rod is the oldest magazine devoted to hot rodding having been published since 1948. Robert E. Petersen founded the magazine and his Petersen Publishing Company...

 and Muscle & Fitness. She was named one of FHM's "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2005."

Courtney currently hosts Spike TV

Spike TV

Spike is an American cable television channel. It launched on March 7, 1983 as The Nashville Network , a joint venture of WSM, Inc...

's Powerblock

Powerblock

Powerblock is a weekend television programming lineup that airs on Spike TV consisting of how-to automotive shows. The current host of the Powerblock is Courtney Hansen. Previous hosts were IRL driver Danica Patrick and entertainer/model Michelle Spaziano...

, which is composed of 4 half-hour automotive shows. She also hosted a recent special for Spike TV called "Great Builds." She is the host of Fox Sports Net's travel adventure show "Destination Wild". The show received a Telly award for best travel & recreation show on cable. In the past she was the host for TLC

TLC (TV channel)

TLC is an American cable TV specialty channel which initially focused on educational content. Since 1991 TLC has been owned by Discovery Communications, the same company that operates the Discovery Channel, Animal Planet and The Science Channel, as well as other learning-themed networks...

's automotive-themed shows Overhaulin'

Overhaulin'

Overhaulin' is an American automotive reality TV show that ran for five seasons on TLC between 2004–2009. The show remains available via re-runs and syndication.-Hosts:...

, Rides and Million Dollar Motors. Courtney has been a spokesmodel for Matco Tools

Matco Tools

Matco Tools, Inc. is a professional tools manufacturer for the automotive and other industries and is based in Stow, Ohio, United States. This includes over 13,000 different tools such as wrenches, screw drivers, gauges, and specialty tools. Matco also produces their own line of high quality...

, Dodge

Dodge

Dodge is a United States-based brand of automobiles, minivans, and sport utility vehicles, manufactured and marketed by Chrysler Group LLC in more than 60 different countries and territories worldwide....

and Rolls-Royce

Rolls-Royce Motors

Rolls-Royce Motors was created from the de-merger of the Rolls-Royce car business from Rolls-Royce Limited in 1973. The original Rolls-Royce Limited had been nationalised in 1971 due to the financial collapse of the company, caused in part by the development of the RB211 jet engine...

. Her participation in Overhaulin was far from superficial; she helped out with the disassembly and assembly of cars for the show.

Additionally, she wrote a column for FHM

FHM

FHM, originally published as For Him Magazine, is an international monthly men's lifestyle magazine.- History :The magazine began publication in 1985 in the United Kingdom under the name For Him and changed its title to FHM in 1994 when Emap Consumer Media bought the magazine, although the full For...

 magazine, currently writes a nationally syndicated automotive column titled "Courtney Hansen: Full Throttle", and is the published author of The Garage Girl's Guide To Everything You Need To Know About Your Car, a book offering women & first time car buyers advice on how to care for their cars.

On March 20, 2010 Hansen married Ilya Sapritsky.

External link

• Jerry Hansen, MyF5000