Nick Boulle

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Nicholas Bernard Wilkie Boulle (born March 28, 1989) is an American-British professional racing driver, athlete, entrepreneur and jeweler from Dallas, Texas, who is currently competing for United Autosports in the 2025 IMSA SportsCar Championship and for Inter Europol Competition in the 2025 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Racing career

Boulle began racing go karts at the age of 12 and went on to compete nationally as an official VW Motorsport Junior Driver.{{Cite web|url=https://www.driverdb.com/drivers/nicholas-boulle/|title=Driver Database}} In 2016, he earned a 2nd-place finish at the ROLEX 24 Hours of Daytona in the PC class with PR1 Motorsports where he drove alongside Jose Gutierrez, Robert Alon and Tom Kimbersmith.{{Cite web|url=http://houston.culturemap.com/news/entertainment/02-11-16-nick-boulle-rolex-24-daytona-second-place/#slide=6|title=Texas rookie, with de Boulle, races to a second-place finish at demanding Rolex 24 at Daytona}} Later that year he placed 3rd in PC (Prototype Challenge) in the Lone Star Le Mans with co-driver James French.{{Cite web|url=http://results.imsa.com/|title=IMSA Timing Results}} In January 2017, Boulle became the first ever Rolex dealer to win the ROLEX 24 Hours of Daytona Prototype Challenge. His team was composed of Kyle Masson, Patricio O'Ward and James French.{{Cite web|url=https://www.texasmonthly.com/promotion/nick-boulle-wins-rolex-24-hours-daytona/|title=Nick Boulle Wins ROLEX 24 Hours of Daytona}} He then came in 2nd place in the IMSA Weather Tech Sports Car Championship at Circuit of the Americas. In 2018 he raced for a third time in the ROLEX 24 Hours of Daytona and came in 12th in his class.{{Cite web|url=https://sportscarchampionship.imsa.com/schedule-results/current-results?eventid=84&sessid=573| title=WeatherTech: Home }} A few months later, Boulle debuted in the 24 Hours of Le Mans as a part of Jackie Chan DC Racing’s team, alongside drivers David Cheng and Pierre Nicolet. The team came in 8th in the LMP2 class.{{Cite web|url=https://houstonhotelmagazine.com/sports/texas-de-boulle-is-taking-on-frances-le-mans-race/|title=Texas' de Boulle is Taking on France's Le Mans Race}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.livetradingnews.com/24-hours-of-le-mans-results-for-2018-93215.html#.Wz57gvZFyUm|title=24 Hours of Le Mans: Results for 2018}}

Personal life

Boulle graduated from Southern Methodist University and earned his BBA at the Cox School of Business. For several years he competed with the Elbowz Racing Elite Cycling Team and was medaled at the USA Cycling Collegiate National Cycling Championship for SMU Cycling in the D2 division. After University he founded a digital marketing firm called WowBirds and in 2015 began working at his family’s business, de Boulle Diamond & Jewelry.{{Cite web|url=https://www.papercitymag.com/culture/race-car-hottie-nick-boulle-dashing-dallas-social-star-turns-heads-on-track-finishes-second-daytona-auto-race/|title=Dashing Dallas Social Star Turns Heads On Track|date=February 2016 }}{{Cite web|url=https://southernjewelrynews.com/featured-articles/3920-son-of-elite-dallas-jeweler-wins-2017-rolex-24-hours-of-daytona-prototype-challenge|title=Son of elite Dallas jeweler wins 2017 ROLEX 24 Hours of Daytona Prototype Challenge|date=15 March 2017 }}

Racing record

=American Open-Wheel racing results=

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest race lap)

==Complete USF2000 National Championship results==

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! Year

! Entrant

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! 10

! 11

! 12

! Pos

! Points

2005

! Cape Motorsports

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ATL1
26

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ATL2
30

|style="background:#CFEAFF;"| MDO1
7

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MDO2
11

|style="background:#CFEAFF;"| CLE1
10

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| CLE2
16

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ROA1
29

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ROA2
15

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MDO3
5

|style="background:#CFEAFF;"| MDO4
9

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| VIR1
3

|style="background:#CFEAFF;"| VIR2
8

! 10th

! 113

=Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results=

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Year ! Team ! Co-Drivers ! Car ! Class ! Laps ! {{Tooltip\|Pos.\|Overall Position}} ! {{Tooltip\|Class Pos.\|Class Position}}
2018 \|align="left"\| {{flagicon\|CHN}} Jackie Chan DC Racing \|align="left"\| {{flagicon\|CHN}} David Cheng {{flagicon\|FRA}} Pierre Nicolet \|align="left"\| Oreca 07-Gibson \| LMP2 \| 355 \| 12th \| 8th
2019 \|align="left"\| {{flagicon\|FRA}} Larbre Compétition \|align="left"\| {{flagicon\|FRA}} Erwin Creed {{flagicon\|FRA}} Romano Ricci \|align="left"\| Ligier JS P217-Gibson \| LMP2 \| 355 \| 17th \| 12th

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Year

! Team

! Co-Drivers

! Car

! Class

! Laps

! {{Tooltip|Pos.|Overall Position}}

! {{Tooltip|Class
Pos.|Class Position}}

2018

|align="left"| {{flagicon|CHN}} Jackie Chan DC Racing

|align="left"| {{flagicon|CHN}} David Cheng
{{flagicon|FRA}} Pierre Nicolet