Altamonte Springs, FL -- (SBWire) -- 04/20/2011 -- If you don?t know the name yet, you soon will! Tristan Nunez, of Boca Raton, Florida, is just 15 years old and is sky rocketing into a professional racing career that started with karting a brief three years ago. Catching the eye of many seasoned veterans and top professionals from around the world, Nunez quickly started getting recognized around the karting community as one of the top drivers to enter the ranks in a very long time.
Graduating from Karting and into the Skip Barber Racing Series in 2009, Nunez captured „Rookie of the Year? honors, and in 2010 became a scholarship winner in the series for the upcoming 2011 season. But that wasn?t enough. Performance Tech, a South Florida based race team that competes in the IMSA Lites L-1 class, as well as running an LMPC Prototype in the American Le Mans Series, quickly took notice of the local driver, and arranged a test for him in the teams? IMSA Lites car for the American Le Mans Series Winter Test taking place at Sebring International Raceway.
Nunez did not disappoint in his first official professional series test, finishing third overall among a cast of seasoned veterans and race winners. Recognizing talent when he sees it, O?Neil quickly signed the young driver to the IMSA Lites season opening races on the same weekend as the famed 12 Hours of Sebring for the ALMS. States O?Neil; “For his first professional race Tristan showed a lot of consistency and maturity. You would never guess this is a 15 year old behind the wheel. He?s got a great career ahead of him, and I?m very happy he?s with Performance Tech, our team structure is such that we can help him achieve his goals of racing the prototypes in the American Le Mans Series before long.”
The youngest driver in IMSA Lites history, Nunez finished on the podium his very first race in a very strong second place. He will also be taking on the ranks in the Skip Barber Racing Series this season, as well as having made the decision to stay in the IMSA Lites program after such a strong start.
Recognizing what?s ahead of them in the way of a professional career, Tristan and the Nunez family chose to seek a management team that can maximize the opportunities, and limit the pitfalls that can often stumble a budding career. For this, they signed with professional motorsports management company P1 Groupe. "I am very excited to team up with P1 Groupe as I enter into this 2011 racing season. As an up and coming new driver, I feel that P1 Groupe has what it takes to help me get to the next level in my motorsports career" states Nunez. The Orlando, Florida based P1 Groupe is a full-service management company with past experience in all disciplines of motorsport.
About P1 Groupe
P1 Groupe is a Motorsports Management company representing some of the best drivers and teams across the globe. P1 Groupe offers their high-speed clientele an amazing array of options all designed to allow a more dedicated focus to the most important task at hand: Winning. Whether through marketing, management, branding, or design, P1 Groupe provides quality solutions with the speed and efficiency demanded by the sport.
Additional information on Tristan Nunez may be obtained at http://www.tristannunez.com or http://www.p1groupe.com.
P1 Groupe Signs Up-And-Coming Driver Tristan Nunez