Nick Mancuso:

Nick Mancuso Racing LLC

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Nick Mancuso:

Personal and Professional Information:

Personal:

Birthdate:

December 31, 1986

Birthplace:

Lake Forest, IL

Residence:

Santa Barbara- currently attending the University of California Santa Barbara as a Business-Economics major

Height/Weight:

6'1" / 175

Family:

Father: Rick

Mother: Shelley

Brother: Adam

Sister: Cassie

Philosophy:

Live every day to its fullest

Favorite Food:

Sushi and other seafood

Favorite T.V. Shows:

Family Guy, Survivorman, The Office

Personal Car:

2007 Subaru WRX STi

Hobbies:

SCUBA diving, free-dive spearfishing, catching/photographing snakes and other reptiles, hiking, shooting, golf and other sports, playing guitar and too many other hobbies to list here

Most Memorable Off-Track Achievement:

At the age of 16 I became one of the world's youngest successful captive breeders of a rare and exotic species of python (the Green Tree Python: Morelia viridis)

Other Notable Off-Track Achievements:

Awarded a black belt in Shotokan Karate in 1996. Played high school and college lacrosse. Spent 40 days hiking in the Australian Outback in 2005.

Academic Achievements:

Inducted into Cum Laude Society in 2004 and the National Honor Society in 2005. Also, in 2005 I was selected as a National Merit Scholar from an entrant pool of over 1.4 million students

Professional Highlights:

2011:

-Competed in first season of open-wheel competition in the Star Mazda series championship.

-Competed in 7 of the 11 race weekends

-Advanced from 13th on the grid to finish 7th in first ever open wheel race at the St. Petersburg Grand Prix

-Finished inside the top 10 in 6 of 7 races entered

2010:

-Raced in the Toyota Long Beach Grand Prix in World Challenge GT. Finished 17th in the Aston Martin DBRS9

2009:

-Placed 8^th out of 44 competitors in the 2009 SCCA Pro Playboy Mazda MX5 Cup

-Competed in first Speed World Challenge GT event in Aston Martin DBRS9; earned Sunoco Hard Charger award for passing 13 cars to finish 9^th in debut race

2008:

-Selected from a pool of over 800 applicants to become a Volkswagen factory driver for the inaugural Volkswagen Jetta TDI Cup season.

-Winner of North America's longest endurance race: The 25 Hours of Thunderhill, E1 class.

2007:

-Competed in SCCA National competition in the Sports200 class earning an invite to the National Championship Runoffs.

-Placed 3rd in the US in his first appearance at the Championship Runoffs

*Selected as 2007 SCCA National Rookie of the Year*

2006:

-Competed in SCCA Regional competition in the Sports2000 class winning nearly every race in his first season.

-Earned SCCA National competition license

Nick Mancuso Racing, LLC. Contact: Nick@NickMancusoRacing.com