Amanda Dianne Busick is an American sports reporter who works as the National Hot Rod Association's multi-media reporter on behalf of Fox Sports.
16 Facts About Amanda Busick
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Amanda Busick's career began interning at her local news television station in North Carolina and later Chicago.
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Amanda Busick began working for the NHRA in 2016 and was the Formula E pit lane reporter at the New York City ePrix in 2018 and 2019.
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Amanda Busick is the daughter of Donna Lusk Busick and Reuben Wayne Busick, and has one brother, Matthew.
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Amanda Busick attended sporting events during her childhood, including American football, basketball, drag racing, and dirt track racing.
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Amanda Busick was first educated at Northeast Middle School, before moving to Northeast Guilford High School.
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Amanda Busick graduated from Northeast Guilford High School earlier than the rest of her class in December 2004, and enrolled at North Carolina State University in 2005.
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The Great Recession created less of an opportunity for employment as an entrepreneur who specialized in online education to students in high school, and thus Amanda Busick began her career interning at her county's local news television station.
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Amanda Busick was able to convince a Chicago-based digital sports college company called Campus Insiders to employ her as a production assistant in 2012.
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Amanda Busick later took up employment as a stage manager for ESPN.
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In early 2015, Amanda Busick found employment as a meat salesperson and a bartender in Boston after her family had a major financial difficulty that required them to reside with each other.
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Amanda Busick received a telephone call from National Hot Rod Association vice-president and chief content officer Ken Adelson in July 2015 about a job in the series.
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Amanda Busick had little knowledge of drag racing and spent the next three months researching the sport, and took up lessons at Frank Hawley's Drag Racing School to better acquaint herself with drag racing.
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Amanda Busick was offered the position of a multi-media reporter for the NHRA on November 16,2015.
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Amanda Busick took up the position with the series' official broadcaster Fox Sports at the start of the 2016 season.
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In 2018, Amanda Busick was the pit lane reporter for the all-electric Formula E racing series race, the 2018 New York City ePrix double header, and performed the same role again at the 2019 edition.