Nick Mancuso

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:

2006: *Competed in SCCA Regional competition in the Sports2000 class winning nearly every race in his first season
*Earned SCCA National Competition License

2007:
*Competed in SCCA National competition in the Sports200 class earning an invite to the National Championship Runoffs
*Placed 3rd in the U.S. in first appearance at the Championship Runoffs
*Selected as 2007 SCCA National Rookie of the Year

2008:
*Selected from a pool of over 800 applicants to become a Volkswagen factory driver for the innagural Volkswagen Jetta TDI Cup season
*Winner of North America's longest endurance race: The 25 Hours of Thunderhill, E1 class