Tristan Nunez (born October 31, 1995 in Boynton Beach, Florida) is an American racing driver from in 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 championSperos, Bill
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. In 2013, he became the youngest class winner in

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history, driving a Speedsource

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in the GX class. Driving with Charlie Shears and

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, he finished 11th in the

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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

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factory driver in the

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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

Tristan Nunez on Driver DatabaseTristan Nunez Racing
1995 births Racing drivers from Florida 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 {{US-autoracing-bio-stub Multimatic Motorsports drivers Team Joest drivers Action Express Racing drivers Michelin Pilot Challenge drivers Le Mans Cup drivers