Youngest Sports Car Champion Competing in Longest US Race

Seventeen-year-old Tristan Nunez will compete in the 25 Hours of Thunderhill this weekend.
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Youngest Sports Car Champion Competing in Longest US Race
A much younger Tristan Nunez sits with Los Angeles Angels pitcher and race-team owner C.J. Wilson in 2009, early in both men’s racing careers. (TristanNunez.com)
12/6/2012
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12/8/2012
<a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2015/07/4540NunezPLM2012Race2.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-322498" src="https://www.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2015/07/4540NunezPLM2012Race2-676x450.jpg" alt="Tristan Nunez drives to victory in the final race of the 2012 IMSA Lites season, Oct 19 at Road Atlanta. He earned 10 win and 11 poles in the 12-race schedule to become, at 16, the youngest sports car champion in history. On Dec. 8 he will drive his first endurance race, the 25 Hours of Thunderhill. (James Fish/The Epoch Times)" width="750" height="500"/></a>
Tristan Nunez drives to victory in the final race of the 2012 IMSA Lites season, Oct 19 at Road Atlanta. He earned 10 win and 11 poles in the 12-race schedule to become, at 16, the youngest sports car champion in history. On Dec. 8 he will drive his first endurance race, the 25 Hours of Thunderhill. (James Fish/The Epoch Times)

<a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2015/07/NunezWilsonYoung1.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-322497" src="https://www.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2015/07/NunezWilsonYoung1.jpg" alt="A much younger Tristan Nunez sits with Los Angeles Angels pitcher and race-team owner C.J. Wilson in 2009, early in both men's racing careers. (TristanNunez.com)" width="400" height="266"/></a>
A much younger Tristan Nunez sits with Los Angeles Angels pitcher and race-team owner C.J. Wilson in 2009, early in both men's racing careers. (TristanNunez.com)