She began working for the nhra in 2016 and was the formula e pit lane reporter at the new york city eprix in 2018 and 2019. Nhra drag racing nascar racing auto racing female race car driver women drivers car racer thing 1 grid girls girl pictures nhraashley forceashley force, daughter of drag racing legend john force and a winning racing herself, won a recent contest staged by aol to name the hottest athlete in all of sports and for both genders. In her capacity with the nhra, busick is the topend reporter during. Find amanda busicks phone, address, and email on spokeo, the leading online directory. Find why amanda busick was speculated to be married to a husband.
Fitzgerald usa nhra thunder valley nationals winners edition featuring tony schumacher, ron capps, and jeg coughlin jr. As of now, she has been serving as a broadcast nhra pit reporter and digital host for fox sports since january 2016. Detailed analysis and commentary, coupled with an honesty that is all too often missing from corporate coverage, make this a mustlistento podcast for fans of nascar, nhra, indycar, and formula 1. In october 2015, she attended her first nhra national event in dallas, writing two reports for the series by interviewing multiple drivers. Their chat, at his sons hockey game, turned into a 90minute conversation that sent busick to the texas motorplex two weeks later to create a video package for the tracks anniversary. Courtney force performs one of best burnouts youll ever see. Pictured below is amanda with her good friend and producer lauren adams. I spoke to her about racing, sport and her advice for others. Amanda busick is 29 years old and was born on 05241990. Amanda busick from fox sports nhra news interviews nhra rookie driver audrey worm at. Nhra drag racer ashley sanford, pro stock driver alex laughlin and nhra reporter amanda busick gear up to learn to ride. The nhra championship drag racing contains several subcategories meaning those working in the championship have a lot to juggle.
Pictured top is amandas qualifying run, below a super comp dragster. Lohnes brings us back to 1991 when driver pat austin took the drag racing word by storm, making history, when he became the first driver to win in two classes at the same national event, scoring in top fuel and alcohol funny car. Havoline driver alex laughlin helped nhra on fox reporter amanda busick bring back walk feet at world wide technology raceway. Amanda busick is a multimedia reporter for the nhra on fox and pit reporter for. Dec 20, 2016 courtney force performs one of best burnouts youll ever see. Jack beckman teaches amanda busick how to drag race youtube. When it comes to those reporting on it, journalists such as amanda busick must have knowledge of all drivers in all the races. Aug 26, 2017 pictured below is amanda with her good friend and producer lauren adams. Lauren official title is dpeditor nhra on fox sports.
Amanda has become fast friends with leah pritchett, a top fuel dragsters driver. Fox sports releases 2018 nhra drag racing tv schedule. Check out some of the best highlights from walk feet with amanda busick as she talks with some of the best drivers in nhra. Nhra host brian lohnes takes us for another ride on the nitro time machine. Sometimes amanda goes by various nickname including amanda m busick. Amanda was born in greensboro, north carolina usa, in 1986, but her exact date of birth is not known to the public she holds american nationality.
Nov 02, 2019 amanda busick from fox sports nhra news interviews nhra rookie driver audrey worm at sema 2018. Know her wikibio facts on age, birthday, height, salary, net worth, parents, fox sports work. Find out how amanda does on her first run down the track. Todd following his win at the strip at las vegas motor speedway. Amanda dianne busick is an american sports reporter who works as the national hot rod association s nhra multimedia reporter on behalf of fox sports. All important but we think that the single most important attribute a funny car driver can have is the ability to drive a car when it has exploded, drown the driver in hellfire, and started to shed minor partslike a rear tire. Aug 26, 2017 in 2015 she has been the feature broadcast reporter at nhra fox sports just to make sure she was in touch with the sport amanda earned her super comp driver s license at the hawleys drag racing school in tucson dragway in arizona. Amanda busick m, 29 vienna, oh has court or arrest. The north carolina native is part of a small broadcast team that is employed by the drag racing series and whose coverage appears on fox channels. The gas monkey driver joined amanda busick in the wally parks nhra studio via skype.
See the complete profile on linkedin and discover amandas. Walk 1,000 feet returns with alex laughlin and amanda busick in st. Jack beckman teaches amanda busick how to drag race. Amanda busick from fox sports nhra news interviews nhra. Walk 1,000 feet returns with alex laughlin and amanda. Ashley force hood bio factage, height, net worth, salary.
Havoline driver alex laughlin helped nhra on fox reporter amanda busick bring back walk 1,000 feet at world wide technology raceway in st. Oooo would love to hear the audio of the drivers talking to each other. In 2018, nhra today, the drag racing news and entertainment show, moves to a one. Louis as the two walked the drag strip, raced their way. In her capacity with the nhra, busick is the topend reporter during racing as well as a cohost for sunday nitro live, a prerace show airing on fs1. Amanda busick feature broadcast reporter at nhra fox. Amanda busick is a multimedia reporter for the nhra on fox and pit reporter for the fia formula e championship on fox. Oct 22, 2018 the usa is known for its proud motorsport heritage having hosted series such as nascar and indycar for decades. Standing at the top end of an nhra drag race, fox nhra reporter amanda busick regularly interviews competitors climbing out of hot rods that generate more than 11,000 horsepower, launch at nearly eight times the force of gravity, reach speeds of more than 300 mph in about four seconds, and struggle mightily not to explode, break apart or catch fire. Dec 26, 2019 pit reporters include twotime nhra lucas oil drag racing series national champion bruno massel, amanda busick, jamie howe, lewis bloom and john kernan. Driver personalities, according to busick, transcend the series in which they compete. Walk 1,000 feet returns with alex laughlin and amanda busick.
The idea that we can just kind of show up to some drivers pit and theyre so welcoming its just refreshing and it becomes you. We stayed in touch as her broadcast career took off running into each other at high school summer aau events as she was working for the former campus insiders. Amanda busick archives wfo radio motorsports podcast. Nhra reporters amanda busick, john kernan and lewis bloom discuss some of the big silly season news so far as teams get ready for the circle k nhra winternationals at auto club raceway at pomona starting. Races go live on fox, nhra brings production inhouse by jason dachman, chief editor friday, february 12, 2016 4. Amanda busicks phone number, email, address spokeo. Amanda busick is 32 years old today because amanda s birthday is on 01011988.
Alan johnson racing and 20 world champion driver shawn langdon will open. Dec 06, 2017 fox tv releases 2018 nhra mello yello dragracing series schedule. Im definitely way more comfortable than i was this time last year. This page is to connect with our awesome fans and share all things drag racing. Amanda grew up in the triangle area of north carolina and graduated from nc state. She was born in 1982, on november 29, yorba linda, california, the united states. Photo by amanda busicknhra reporter and nhra historian lewis bloom, center left, interviews funny car driver jack beckman in front of a green screen that, on camera, makes it appear they are in. In honor of some drag illustrated 14 mile racing coming up in just daysssssss.
Feb 11, 2020 the first fast five edition of 2020 is here. I think that means lauren gets the camera, lights and such already so everything looks good when amanda does an interview. In what joe castello from nhra described as a courage times two pass, marc produces one of the slickest driving jobs of his career to throw down this 5. Amanda also answers to amanda calderon, and perhaps a couple of other names. Jan 29, 2018 amandas call came during a meeting with ken addelson, who had just been hired by nhra as the vice president and chief content officer. Busick, a correspondent for the fox 1 sports coverage of the 2018 mello yello tour, is a california resident who loves telling the many tales that are written by the cast of characters at nhra events across the country. Amanda busick from fox sports nhra news interviews nhra rookie driver audrey worm at sema 2018. Amanda busick dawn, 32 kansas city, mo has court or. Apr 01, 2020 nhra fox pit reporter amanda busick amanda enjoys reporting for fox with the nhra series, as well as other freelance work such as mecum auto auctions and espn. Drivers erica enders, brittany force, leah pritchett, and angelle sampey join nhra reporter and host, amanda busick, for an indepth. View amanda busicks profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. Her career began interning at her local news television station in north carolina and later chicago.
Nhra, fox reveal 2020 television schedule autoweek. Amanda landed a great job as pit row reporter for the nhra on foxsports. Busick s first oncamera was as a sideline reporter for time warner cable sports at the north carolina high school athletic association in 2014. The best of walk feet with amanda busick 2018 nhra.
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