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Nicholas Alan Bollea (born July 27 , 1990 ) also known as '''Nick Hogan''', is the son of Professional Wrestler Hulk Hogan and his wife Linda Hogan , and the younger brother of singer Brooke Hogan . He is one of the stars of the reality show '' Hogan Knows Best '' and lives with his parents in Miami Beach, Florida . He has expressed interest in acting, wrestling, and motorsports careers. MOTORSPORTS Participation He has been drifting for several years {Link without Title} . He is active in the NOPI Drift series, qualified 10th at the Denver NOPI drift event of 2007, and placing third at their Pittsburg event.http://hogandrift.com/ Nick earned a Formula D competition license in 2006and is often described as a professional Drifter . 1, but formula drift spokesman John Pangilinan says that Bollea has only competed in one of their competitions. This was the Formula Drift event that was held in Atlanta on May 12, 2007. {Link without Title} Nick is currently scheduled to compete in the formula d championship at Irwindale, California on October 13 {Link without Title} , pending any legal ramifications due to the Supra incident (see below). Nick is not listed in Formula D's Professional Championship standings for 2007 or 2006[http://formulad.com/standings.php?id=2006 , is not a member of any of the teams participating in Formula D's Team Drift Series {Link without Title} , and is not in the current list of Formula D drivers {Link without Title} . Nick also occasionally attends amateur drifting competitions. Chris Tyler organizes drifting events in the Tampa Bay area. Nick has attended two of these events. One of these was a drifting competition in DeSoto county the Friday prior to the crash of Nick's supra. Nick did not compete, but he did give drifting demonstrations between the runs of competitors. {Link without Title} Competition vehicles Nick has two vipers with steering that has been modified to enhance their drifting capability but his current competition vehicle is a Nissan 350Z[http://news.tbo.com/news/metro/MGBRQEATV5F.html [http://www.nopidrift.com/drivers.php?driver_id=1176989727]. Sponsorship Nick's celebrity status and enthusiasm for drifting have attracted sponsors who are eager to associate themselves with his name. Nick was briefly signed to Dodge , but company spokesman Todd Goyer said that he "is not a Dodge driver or a Mopar driver", and that his relationship with Dodge/Mopar ended two months prior to his 2007 crash.[http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/News/articleId=122339#4] He is currently sponsored by Polaroid, Mac Tools, BF Goodrich and Sparco.[http://www.hogandrift.com]. Time will tell whether or not these sponsors will continue to support Nick after the Supra crash legal issues have been resolved. PRIOR SPEEDING TICKETS Within the first year of obtaining his licence, Nick was ticketed five times and received four points on his licence.2http://www.aolcdn.com/tmz_documents/0827_nick_hogan_wm_01.pdf] Those charges included a violation for going 115 mph in a 70 mph zone, 57 mph in a 30 and 106 mph in a 70.http://www.tmz.com/2007/08/27/nick-hogan-speed-demon The most recent ticket prior to his crash occurred on August 10, 2007, when Nick was ticketed after his 1998 Toyota was recorded going 82 mph in a 45 mph construction zone while workers were present.http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2007/0827071hogan1.html]In an interview with ''Rides Magazine'', Nick said he was pulled over three times in the same day while driving over 100 mph, and that the final time - the only one where he was ticketed - his actual speed was 123 mph in a 50 mph zone. He was quoted as saying "In my silver Viper, I was driving from Miami to Tampa. I got pulled over going 107 and the guy let me off. He’s like, “Hey, I know who you are, just keep going, ya know.” Dude, I got back on the road and two minutes later I get pulled over going 113 [mph . Another highway patrol from the same county said, “I just heard on the radio that my buddy pulled you over and let you go. I’ma let you go this time. It’s your second warning. You get pulled over again, you’re probably going to go to jail.” Three minutes later, was doing 123 in a 50 [mph zone . The guy is like, “Hey, I just heard you got pulled over twice in the last 10 minutes. I got to write you a ticket.”[http://www.rides-mag.com/online/?p=770] REFERENCES EXTERNAL LINKS |
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