Tristan Nunez (born October 31, 1995
in Boynton Beach, Florida) is an American racing driver from Boca Raton, Florida. He is the son of
Juan Nunez, a former professional tennis player and coach.
Nunez has a fraternal twin brother, Dylan, who was a globally ranked junior tennis player, and is now an aspiring actor.
Nunez began his racing career in the Skip Barber Summer Series in 2011 where he won the championship. In 2012 he was the 2012 Cooper Tires Prototype Lites champion
[Speros, Bill]
"Nunez looks to write his story on race track"
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'', November 16, 2012. Retrieved on June 24, 2013. and won the Team USA Scholarship to compete in the
Formula Ford Festival. In 2013, he became the youngest class winner in
Rolex Sports Car Series
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history, driving a Speedsource
Mazda6
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in the GX class. Driving with Charlie Shears and
David Heinemeier Hansson
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, he finished 11th in the
American Le Mans Series
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'
2013 12 Hours of Sebring where he competes in the LeMans Prototype Challenge class for
Performance Tech Motorsports.
For 2014, Nunez was signed as a
Mazda
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factory driver in the
United SportsCar Championship
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.
['' Mazda Motorsports'']
"2014 Mazda Prototype Lineup"
January 4, 2014. Retrieved on July 29, 2014.
For 2015, Nunez factory driver for Mazda Motorsports / SpeedSource in the Mazda SKYACTIV diesel prototype.
Racing record
Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship
References
External links
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Tristan Nunez Racing
1995 births
Racing drivers from Miami
American Le Mans Series drivers
Rolex Sports Car Series drivers
24 Hours of Daytona drivers
Sportspeople from Boynton Beach, Florida
Living people
WeatherTech SportsCar Championship drivers
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Multimatic Motorsports drivers
Team Joest drivers
Action Express Racing drivers
Michelin Pilot Challenge drivers
Le Mans Cup drivers
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