BOISE, Idaho — Nick Persing balances college life with professional racing in the International Motor Sports Association's (IMSA) Lamborghini Super Trofeo series.

Boise State University can add another sporting accomplishment to its resume: an IMSA race winner. Nick Persing's racing career started as generically as possible.

"My dad was a car guy. And he bought me a go-kart for Christmas," Persing said.

That Christmas gift launched a racing career that progressed through karting to open-wheel United States series of Formula 4 and Formula 3, a path that could have led to Formula 1, the pinnacle of motorsport.

"There just isn't really a good path for it in the United States. I wanted to go to college, which is why I'm at Boise State now. I wanted to, you know, be able to live a little bi

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