Nick Mancuso
www.nickmancusoracing.com
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Personal:
Birthdate:
December 31, 1986
Birthplace:
Lake Forest, IL
Residence:
Chicago, IL
Education:
Graduate of the University of California Santa Barbara with a Business-Economics degree
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, Krav Maga, 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 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
2009:
*Placed 8th 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 9th in debut race
2010:
*Raced in the Toyota Long Beach Grand Prix in World Challenge GT. Finished 17th in the Aston Martin DBRS9




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