{{short description|American sports reporter|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Use American English|date=August 2019}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2019}} {{Infobox person | name = Amanda Busick | image = | birth_name = Amanda Dianne Busick<ref name=HSchool>{{cite news|title=Guildford County High School Honor Roll|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A113075672/GPS?u=wikipedia&sid=GPS&xid=63cb021c|work=News & Record|date=February 8, 2004|access-date=August 26, 2019|page=20|via=Gale OneFile: News|url-access=subscription|url-status=live|archive-date=September 18, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200918060320/https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?p=GPS&u=wikipedia&id=GALE%7CA113075672&v=2.1&it=r&sid=GPS&asid=63cb021c}}</ref> | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1986|11|07}} | birth_place = Greensboro, North Carolina, United States | occupation = Sports reporter | employer = Fox Sports | years_active = 2014–present }} '''Amanda Dianne Busick''' is an American sports reporter who works as the National Hot Rod Association's (NHRA) multi-media reporter on behalf of Fox Sports. Her career began interning at her local news television station in North Carolina and later Chicago. Busick's first on-camera was as a sideline reporter for Time Warner Cable Sports at the North Carolina High School Athletic Association in 2014. She 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.
==Biography==
=== Early life and education === Busick was raised in Greensboro, North Carolina.<ref name="FTFArticle">{{cite web|title=Amanda Busick: NHRA & Formula E Reporter/Host|url=https://fuelthefemale.org/news/lg328j8wyy69g7gdnebdmxprgptgcs|publisher=Fuel the Female|date=July 21, 2018|access-date=August 26, 2019|url-status=live|archive-date=August 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190826183036/https://fuelthefemale.org/news/lg328j8wyy69g7gdnebdmxprgptgcs}}</ref><ref name="FoxSportsBio" /> She is the daughter of Donna Lusk Busick and Reuben Wayne Busick, and has one brother, Matthew.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.greensboro.com/guilford-county-obituaries/article_6eb0f835-bf10-564e-a75b-553bd2809f01.html|title=Guildford County Obituaries|date=June 28, 1990|work=News & Record|access-date=August 27, 2019|archive-date=August 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190827053027/https://www.greensboro.com/guilford-county-obituaries/article_6eb0f835-bf10-564e-a75b-553bd2809f01.html|url-status=live}}</ref> She attended sporting events during her childhood, including American football, basketball, drag racing,<ref name="F&FOct18">{{cite web|last=Allen|first=Georgia|title=Amanda Busick: "Having the trust of our drivers to share sometimes the most initimate parts of their journey is something I am very proud of"|url=https://fast-and-fearless.com/2018/10/22/amanda-busick-having-the-trust-of-our-drivers-to-share-sometimes-the-most-intimate-parts-of-their-journey-is-something-i-am-very-proud-of/|publisher=Fast and Fearless|date=October 22, 2018|access-date=August 26, 2019|url-status=live|archive-date=August 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190826183036/https://fast-and-fearless.com/2018/10/22/amanda-busick-having-the-trust-of-our-drivers-to-share-sometimes-the-most-intimate-parts-of-their-journey-is-something-i-am-very-proud-of/}}</ref> and dirt track racing.<ref name="DIJan18">{{cite web|last=Mudd|first=Brandon|title=Hottest 2017: Amanda Busick Dishes on Drag Racing Reporting Experience|url=https://dragillustrated.com/hottest-2017-amanda-busick-dishes-on-drag-racing-reporting-experience/|work=Drag Illustrated|date=January 29, 2018|access-date=August 26, 2019|url-status=live|archive-date=August 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190826183047/https://dragillustrated.com/hottest-2017-amanda-busick-dishes-on-drag-racing-reporting-experience/}}</ref> Busick was first educated at Northeast Middle School,<ref name="MiddleSchool">{{cite news|title=Guildford County Schools "A-Team"|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A61807337/GPS?u=wikipedia&sid=GPS&xid=440ef07b|work=News & Record|date=February 27, 2000|access-date=August 26, 2019|page=11|via=Gale OneFile: News|url-access=subscription|url-status=live|archive-date=September 18, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200918060323/https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?p=GPS&u=wikipedia&id=GALE%7CA61807337&v=2.1&it=r&sid=GPS&asid=440ef07b}}</ref> before moving to Northeast Guilford High School.<ref name="HSchool" /> In her school years, she held a strong interest in journalism and writing by watching a local news bulletin.<ref name="F&FOct18" /> 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.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://yesweekly.com/Amanda-Busick-a5621/|title=Amanda Busick|last=Clarey|first=Brian|date=May 17, 2005|work=Yes! Weekly|access-date=August 27, 2019|archive-date=August 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190827071615/https://yesweekly.com/Amanda-Busick-a5621/|url-status=live}}</ref> In December 2008, she graduated cum laude with a bachelor of science degree in business administration and a concentration in entrepreneurship.<ref name="NCSU08">{{cite web|last=Rzewnicki|first=Anna|title=College Commencement Ceremony Marks Student Achievements|url=https://poole.ncsu.edu/news/2008/12/17/college-commencement-ceremony/|publisher=North Carolina State University|date=December 17, 2008|access-date=August 26, 2019|url-status=live|archive-date=August 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190826183039/https://poole.ncsu.edu/news/2008/12/17/college-commencement-ceremony/}}</ref>
=== Career === The Great Recession created less of an opportunity for employment as an entrepreneur who specialized in online education to students in high school,<ref name="F&FOct18" /><ref name="NCSU08" /> and thus Busick began her career interning at her county's local news television station.<ref name="F&FOct18" /> In 2010, she relocated from North Carolina to New York City with the ambition of obtaining employment as a sports reporter.<ref name="FTFArticle" /> During the daytime, Busick worked as an intern and took employment as a waitress at a restaurant during the night hours.<ref name="FTFArticle" /><ref name="DIJan18" /> She was able to convince a Chicago-based digital sports college company called Campus Insiders to employ her as a production assistant in 2012.<ref name="FTFArticle" /><ref name="F&FOct18" /> To help her become financially stable, Busick took a second job at a restaurant.<ref name="FTFArticle" />
In late 2014, she had her first on-camera role as a sideline reporter for Time Warner Cable Sports covering the North Carolina High School Athletic Association. Soon after Busick signed a contract with an agent to advance her career.<ref name="FTFArticle" /> She later took up employment as a stage manager for ESPN.<ref name="SBD17">{{cite web|last=Stern|first=Adam|title=Plugged In: Amanda Busick, NHRA|url=https://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2017/09/25/People-and-Pop-Culture/Plugged-In.aspx|work=Sports Business Daily|date=September 25, 2017|access-date=August 26, 2019|url-status=live|archive-date=August 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190826183033/https://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2017/09/25/People-and-Pop-Culture/Plugged-In.aspx}}</ref> In early 2015, 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.<ref name="FTFArticle" /><ref name="DIJan18" />
She received a telephone call from National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) vice-president and chief content officer Ken Adelson in July 2015 about a job in the series. 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.<ref name="FTFArticle" /><ref name="DIJan18" /> In October 2015, she attended her first NHRA National event in Dallas, writing two reports for the series by interviewing multiple drivers.<ref name="FTFArticle" /> After the weekend, the NHRA invited her to report on its red carpet ceremony prior to its official banquet in Los Angeles.<ref name="DIJan18" /> Busick was subsequently offered the position of a multi-media reporter for the NHRA on November 16, 2015.<ref name="FTFArticle" />
She took up the position with the series' official broadcaster Fox Sports at the start of the 2016 season.<ref name="DIJan18" /> From February to November each year,<ref name="SBD17" /> Busick covers NHRA events, works as a co-host for the Fox Sports 1 pre-race program ''Sunday Nitro Live''.<ref name="FoxSportsBio">{{cite web|title=Amanda Busick: Reporter, NHRA & Formula E|url=https://www.foxsports.com/presspass/bios/on-air/amanda-busick|work=Fox Sports|access-date=August 26, 2019|url-status=live|archive-date=August 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190826132042/https://www.foxsports.com/presspass/bios/on-air/amanda-busick}}</ref> She reports on a reoccurring broadcast feature concerning the personality of drivers called ''Walk 1,000 Feet''.<ref name="FoxSportsBio" /><ref name="SBD17" /> In 2018, Busick was the pit lane reporter for the all-electric Formula E racing series race, the 2018 New York City ePrix double header,<ref name="FoxSportsBio" /> and performed the same role again at the 2019 edition.<ref>{{cite press release|last=B. Wilson|first=Steven|title=Fully Electric Formula E Finale on Fox, FS1 Live From Brooklyn July 13–14|url=https://speedwaydigest.com/index.php/news/racing-news/51134-fully-electric-formula-e-finale-on-fox-fs1-live-from-brooklyn-july-13-14|publisher=Speedway Digest|date=July 1, 2019|access-date=August 26, 2019|url-status=live|archive-date=August 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190826183033/https://speedwaydigest.com/index.php/news/racing-news/51134-fully-electric-formula-e-finale-on-fox-fs1-live-from-brooklyn-july-13-14}}</ref>
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