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Nicole Briscoe Beauty pageant titleholder Born Nicole Manske
July 2, 1980
Wausau, Wisconsin, U.S.Hair color Auburn Eye color Green Title(s) Miss Illinois Teen USA 1998 Major
competition(s)Miss Teen USA 1998 (semi-finalist) Nicole Briscoe (née Manske) (born July 2, 1980) 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] and the host of NASCAR Countdown that airs on ESPN before NASCAR races.[2] On December 2009, Nicole married her boyfriend of 4 years, IndyCar series driver Ryan Briscoe in an outdoor ceremony in Hawaii.[3]
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Early life
A 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 10) 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.
Early career
Nicole 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.[4]
References
- ^ Goodman, Doug (Aug 20, 2009). "Watch former Roscoe resident Manske interview Obama". Rockford Register Star. http://www.rrstar.com/sports/x1886171785/Roscoe-s-Manske-at-White-House-today-will-interview-Obama. Retrieved 2009-08-21.
- ^ "Nicole Briscoe". ESPN Media Zone. November 12, 2009. http://www.espnmediazone3.com/us/2009/11/12/briscoe_nicole/. Retrieved July 31, 2011.
- ^ . http://penskeracing.com/news/index.cfm?cid=24525.
- ^ Goodman, Doug (Aug 20, 2009). "Watch former Roscoe resident Manske interview Obama". Rockford Register Star. http://www.rrstar.com/sports/x1886171785/Roscoe-s-Manske-at-White-House-today-will-interview-Obama. Retrieved 2009-08-21.
External links
- Nicole 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.
Preceded by
Autumn WaterburyMiss Illinois Teen USA
1998Succeeded by
Amber DusakPreceded by
Connie LeGrand (2002-2006) with Bob Varsha (1996-2006), Bob Jenkins (2005-6), Ralph Sheheen (2004-6), and Drew Johnson (2006-present)Host of The Speed Report with Drew Johnson
2006-2008Succeeded by
Krista Voda (part-time), and Bob VarshaPreceded by
Allen Bestwick and Ryan Burr (2007)Host of NASCAR Now with Allen Bestwick and Ryan Burr
2008-presentSucceeded by
IncumbentIllinois pageant winners Miss Illinois Lois Delander (1927) · Judith Ford (1968) · Karen Moncrieff (1985) · Jeri Zimmermann (1989) · Marjorie Vincent (1990) · Chuti Tiu (1994) · Katherine Shindle (1997) · Jenny Powers (2000) · Erika Harold (2002)Miss Illinois USA Myrna Hansen (1953) · Marianne Gaba (1957) · Marite Ozers (1963) · Amanda Jones (1973) · Karen Morrison (1974) · Jill Gulseth (2005) · Catherine Warren (2006) · Mia Heaston (2007)Miss Illinois Teen USA AL • AK • AZ • AR • CA • CO • CT • DE • FL • GA • HI • ID • IL • IN • IA • KS • KY • LA • ME • MD • MA • MI • MN • MS • MO • MT • NE • NV • NH • NJ • NM • NY • NC • ND • OH • OK • OR • PA • RI • SC • SD • TN • TX • UT • VT • VA • WA • WV • WI • WY Categories:- 1980 births
- Hononegah Community High School alumni
- Indianapolis, Indiana television anchors
- Fort Wayne, Indiana television anchors
- Living people
- Miss Teen USA 1998 delegates
- Motorsport announcers
- Northern Illinois University alumni
- People from Charlotte, North Carolina
- People from Rockford, Illinois
- People from Wausau, Wisconsin
- People from Indianapolis, Indiana
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