(1995-10-31) October 31, 1995 (age 28) Boynton Beach, Florida
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.
^ abcdSperos, Bill. "Nunez looks to write his story on race track". ESPN.com, November 16, 2012. Retrieved on June 24, 2013.
^AutoWeek. "Audi, Corvette Racing score big wins at 12 Hours of Sebring ALMS season opener". March 16, 2013. Retrieved on June 24, 2013.
^Mazda Motorsports. "2014 Mazda Prototype Lineup". January 4, 2014. Retrieved on July 29, 2014.
TristanNunez (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...
Tincknell P 541 Ret Ret Mazda Team Joest 77 Mazda RT24-P Oliver Jarvis TristanNunez René Rast P 530 Ret Ret 2019 Mazda Team Joest 55 Mazda RT24-P Jonathan...
VisitFlorida.com sponsored car using the number #00, driven by TristanNunez, Spencer Pigot, and Tristan Vautier, and Yojiro Terada, and the third car was driven...
model Greg Norman, golfer Petter Northug, Norwegian cross-country skier TristanNunez, professional racecar driver Terry Pegula, billionaire natural gas tycoon...
able to get on the inside of turn one to pass the #77 white Mazda of TristanNunez. Meanwhile, the #52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports Oreca 07 and #9 Pfaff...
Marketing Inc. Retrieved August 7, 2021. Dagys, John (October 21, 2021). "Nunez Joins Action Express as Nasr Replacement for 2022". sportscar365.com. John...
Marketing Inc. Retrieved January 7, 2021. Dagys, John (January 7, 2021). "Nunez Lands Full Season LMP2 Drive in K2R-Run Oreca". sportscar365.com. John Dagys...
lap time of 1:31.056, ahead of the No. 31 Cadillac of Mike Conway. TristanNunez was fastest in LMP2 with a time of 1:33.836. Oliver Askew set the fastest...
11–12 Olivier Pla 1–2, 6, 12 Ryan Hunter-Reay 4 77 Oliver Jarvis All TristanNunez All Timo Bernhard 1–2, 6, 12 René Rast 1 JDC-Miller MotorSports Cadillac...
Max Angelelli Jordan Taylor John Edwards Robin Liddell Joel Miller TristanNunez 6 Mid-Ohio #5 Action Express Racing #94 Turner Motorsport #70 Speedsource...
Ben Keating led the Drivers' Championship with 1087 points, ahead of TristanNunez and Steven Thomas. With 1468 points, Gar Robinson led the LMP3 Drivers'...
Curb-Agajanian Katherine Legge 1:25.195 +1.550 5 6 P 55 Mazda Motorsports TristanNunez 1:25.365 +1.934 6 7 P 70 Mazda Motorsports Tom Long 1:25.749 +3.756...
position. The duo of Mazda Team Joest Mazda RT24-Ps were fourth and sixth: TristanNunez in the No. 77 car was faster than the sister No. 55 entry of Jonathan...
Racing Renger van der Zande 1:23.558 +1.285 7 8 P 77 Mazda Team Joest TristanNunez 1:23.969 +1.696 8 9 P 55 Mazda Team Joest Jonathan Bomarito 1:24.566...
48 +3 Laps Gibson Technology GK428 4.2 L V8 20 LMP2 11 WIN Autosport TristanNunez Steven Thomas Oreca 07 48 +3 Laps Gibson Technology GK428 4.2 L V8 21...
races. During the first race, the No. 55 Mazda Prototype driven by of TristanNunez started in first position overall and held the lead until a slow pit...
Performance Tech Motorsports Oreca FLM09 Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8 C 18 TristanNunez All Charlie Shears 1–3, 5–8, 10 David Heinemeier Hansson 1 Ryan Booth...
in DPi, 6 in LMP2, 9 in LMP3, 5 in GTD Pro, and 11 in GTD. In LMP2, TristanNunez replaced Jonathan Bomarito in the #11 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports entry...
Global Information
American
FIA Gold