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is an American sports reporter and former Miss Illinois Teen USA. She became nationally known in the United States when she assumed the co-host role on The Speed Report on Speed Channel as well as the host of the daily news show NASCAR Now on ESPN2.[1] On December 2009, Nicole married her boyfriend of 4 years, IndyCar series driver Ryan Briscoe in an outdoor ceremony in Hawaii[2]
Early lifeA native of Roscoe, Illinois, she graduated from Hononegah High School in 1998. She and future auto racer Danica Patrick were cheerleaders there in 1996.
Nicole won the Miss Illinois Teen USA 1998 and competed in the Miss Teen USA pagean
is an American sports reporter and former Miss Illinois Teen USA. She became nationally known in the United States when she assumed the co-host role on The Speed Report on Speed Channel as well as the host of the daily news show NASCAR Now on ESPN2.[1] On December 2009, Nicole married her boyfriend of 4 years, IndyCar series driver Ryan Briscoe in an outdoor ceremony in Hawaii[2]
Early lifeA native of Roscoe, Illinois, she graduated from Hononegah High School in 1998. She and future auto racer Danica Patrick were cheerleaders there in 1996.
Nicole won the Miss Illinois Teen USA 1998 and competed in the Miss Teen USA pageant in Shreveport, Louisiana, in August 1998. Nicole was a semi-finalist in the pageant, placing third (of ten) in the evening gown competition, seventh in swimsuit and tenth in interview, placing her eighth overall on average. Two years after passing on her title she competed in the Miss Illinois USA 2001 pageant and placed first runner-up to Rebecca Ambrosi.
[edit] Early careerNicole attended Northern Illinois University in Dekalb, Illinois, earning her first job while at Northern Illinois for WREX-TV, the NBC station in Rockford. She worked as a general assignment reporter for WANE-TV in Fort Wayne, Indiana before going to WISH-TV in Indianapolis, Indiana in April 2004. During her career at WISH-TV, Nicole covered the Indianapolis 500, the United States Grand Prix, the NFL's Indianapolis Colts, and the NBA's Indiana Pacers. She was also a pit reporter for the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Radio Network. In the May 15, 2006 edition of The Indianapolis Star , Nicole announced that she would be leaving WISH-TV for Speed Channel in Charlotte, North Carolina with the 2006 Indianapolis 500 on May 28 being her last day.
Nicole was the co-host of The Speed Report (formerly Speed News), a Sunday motorsports program on Speed Channel. She replaced Connie LeGrand, and hosted the show from July 1, 2006, to January 27, 2008, when she left to become the new host of the daily news show NASCAR Now on ESPN2.[3]
[edit] References1.^ Goodman, Doug (Aug 20, 2009). "Watch former Roscoe resident Manske interview Obama". Rockford Register Star. [Link removed - login to see]. Retrieved 2009-08-21.
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3.^ Goodman, Doug (Aug 20, 2009). "Watch former Roscoe resident Manske interview Obama". Rockford Register Star. [Link removed - login to see]. Retrieved 2009-08-21.
[edit] External linksNicole Briscoe ESPN Bio
Indianapolis 500 coverage with Danica Patrick
Miss Teen USA 1998 competition (Shown as Miss Illinois Teen USA)
Indianapolis Star column on Manske's dating of 2005 Indy 500 winner
Indianapolis Star column on Manske's departure from WISH-TV to SPEED Channel.
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