Courtney Hansen

Courtney Hansen is an American television hostpersonality syndicated columnist published author and former fashion model Courtney Hansen was born on October 2 1974 in Minneapolis Minnesota to Gerald John Jerry and Constance Walker Hansen Her father is a winner of 27 SCCA national racing championships From 19732006 her family owned Brainerd International Raceway and she grew up in Orono Minnesota 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 After graduating with a degree in marketing from Florida State University she undertook a corporate job in marketing After leaving the corporate world Hansen hosted the Jack Nicklaus pilot Killer Golf and segments on the Travel Channel worked as a fashion and fitness model and was on the cover of Hot Rod Magazine Muscle Fitness and other major magazines Hansens first major TV role was cohost of the hit car makeover series Overhaulin She went on to host Spike TVs Powerblock which was composed of four halfhour automotive shows for eight seasons She hosted a special for Spike TV called Great Builds was host of the travel adventure series Destination Wild for Fox Sports Net which won a Telly Award In the past she hosted for TLCs automotivethemed shows Rides and Million Dollar Motors Hansen has been a spokesmodel for Matco Toolscitation needed Dodge and RollsRoyce Her participation in Overhaulin was far from superficial she helped with the disassembling and assembly of cars for the show Additionally Hansen wrote a column for FHM and has written a nationally syndicated automotive newspaper column titled Courtney Hansen Full Throttle since 2005 She is the published author of The Garage Girls Guide To Everything You Need To Know About Your Car a book offering women and first time car buyers advice on how to care for their cars Hansen hosted Autoweeks Vinsetta Garage for Discovery Channels Velocity network The show was named after Vinsetta Garage a centuryold Detroit landmark that Autoweek Magazine saved from demolition The garage serviced everything from carriages to Ford Model Ts to Chevrolet Corvettes In January 2014 Hansen started duties as host of the new NBC Sports Spike TV and CBS Sports TV series PowerNation and is currently the spokesperson for Endurance Warranty Services LLC Endurance Warranty On July 5 of 2014 she had her first child Holland Marysia Walker Hartington a daughter with 35yearold entrepreneur Jay Hartington owner of Rumbatime and MarissaCollectionscom among other ventures Hansen dated Idiotest host Ben Gleib in 20062007 Courtney announced she is leaving Powernation at the end of 2015 to pursue other endeavors