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TRISTAN: The Athlete

Tristan Nunez is a 26-year-old professional racing driver that competes in the IMSA WeatherTech
SportsCar Championship as a factory driver for Cadillac with Action Express Racing's
championship-winning No. 31 Whelen Engineering DPi-V.R.

Nunez became the youngest class winner in GRAND-AM & ALMS history in 2013 and became the
youngest SportsCar champion in 2012 when he captured the Cooper Tires Prototype Lites
powered by Mazda Series championship. 

 
Born to a now-retired professional tennis player, Nunez ventured from the family business and
began his racing career at the age of 11. He advanced his career with multiple karting
championships and then transitioned into the Skip Barber formula cars, where he was named
2010 Rookie of the Year in the Skip Barber Southern Series and won the Skip Barber Summer
Series overall points championship. The teen also won the 2012 Team USA Scholarship, going on
to win the Walter Hayes Trophy at Silverstone, and was named by Sports Illustrated as a "Face in the Crowd".

 
The Floridian stays active on and off the race track as he advocates for and works to spread the word on the dangers of texting and driving through his foundation, The Dnt txt n drV Foundation.
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