| Beauty pageant titleholder | |
| Born | Nicole Manske July 2, 1980 Wausau, Wisconsin, U.S. |
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| 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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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.
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]
| Preceded by Autumn Waterbury |
Miss Illinois Teen USA 1998 |
Succeeded by Amber Dusak |
| Preceded 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 2006-2008 |
Succeeded by Krista Voda (part-time), and Bob Varsha |
| Preceded by Allen Bestwick and Ryan Burr (2007) |
Host of NASCAR Now with Allen Bestwick and Ryan Burr 2008-present |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
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