Tristan Nunez | |
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Nationality | American |
Born | Boynton Beach, Florida | October 31, 1995
WeatherTech SportsCar Championship career | |
Debut season | 2014 |
Current team | Mazda Team Joest |
Racing licence | FIA Gold |
Car number | 77 |
Starts | 64 |
Championships | 0 |
Wins | 1 |
Best finish | 5th in 2020 |
Finished last season | 7th (2020) |
Previous series | |
2013 2013 | American Le Mans Rolex Sports Car Series |
Tristan Nunez (born October 31, 1995[1] 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.[1] Nunez has a fraternal twin brother, Dylan, who was a globally ranked junior tennis player, and is now an aspiring actor.[1]
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[1] 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 history, driving a Speedsource Mazda6 in the GX class. Driving with Charlie Shears and David Heinemeier Hansson, he finished 11th in the American Le Mans Series' 2013 12 Hours of Sebring where he competes in the LeMans Prototype Challenge class for Performance Tech Motorsports.[2]
For 2014, Nunez was signed as a Mazda factory driver in the United SportsCar Championship.[3]
For 2015, Nunez factory driver for Mazda Motorsports / SpeedSource in the Mazda SKYACTIV diesel prototype.