Hometown: Puyallup, WA
Birthdate: November 11, 1995
Years in Racing: 13 total(6 driving, 7 active with family)
How Did You Get Started in Racing: Older brother started racing quarter midgets when I was 2, and then I started racing when I was 6 and raced until I was 12. Then I took on a different role by taking up photography and started documenting my brothers racing career as he moved up into sprint cars.
Racing Heroes: TJ Hartman
Racing Number: 2(Andy Hillenburg)
Favorite Track: Alpenrose - Portland QMA
Favorite Food: Ice Cream
Racing Accomplishments:
*2004 I-5 QMC Jr Honda Season Points Track Champion
*2005 Region 9 Sr Stock 3rd Place Region Series Season Points
*2005 I-5 QMC Lt 160 Season Points 5th Place (1st year)
*2005 Magic City QMA Region 8 States Race Sr Stock Track Record
*2006 QMA Dirt Grand Nationals Sr Stock 9th Place A-Main
*2006 I-5 QMC Lt 160 Season Points 2nd Place
Racing Hi Lite: Finishing 1st and 2nd with my brother in his very last quarter midget race. Winning that race against the only driver to ever win a Lt 160 season championship for 7 straight years, with him right behind me, was pretty cool.
Proudest Racing Achievement: Going straight into Lt 160 from Jr Honda and getting 5th in Season Points
Non-Racing Accomplishments:
*Maintaining higher than a 3.5 GPA in school
*Being chosen for the solo ensemble for school band in my beginning year
*Having a picture I took of the race winner published on Hoseheads
Proudest Non-Racing Achievement: Knowing I can accomplish anything I set out to do.
Who is Nicki Hartman:
Nicole Rene Hartman was born on November 11, 1995 in Puyallup, WA to Ted & Ann Hartman. She attends Glacier View Junior High School where she is active in School Band and is in the Honor Society. Her involvement in racing began when she was still in diapers, where she cheered on her older brother from the sidelines. And it continues to this day as the photographer and keeper of her older brothers racing career. A short stint driving a quarter midget proved that she has what it takes to compete on the track, but her smiles are just as big off the track, where she has been her brothers biggest supporter and helper. The morning after any race she can be found working alongside the family, cleaning and maintaining the family race car. Later that same day she is busy uploading the pictures and information for all of TJ's fans to see.
Nicki (as she is known to everyone) is always wearing a smile, and prides herself of the fact that she is a happy person with a good attitude. Known for being the first to bed and the first to rise, Nicki is a go-getter. A bowl of ice cream is her only vice, and making other people happy is something that comes natural for her. She loves animals, and contends that one day she will live on a farm, and that she will be driving a red truck. With her drive and ambition, you can't help but know that she means what she says. Nicki is easy to spot - she's the one wearing the biggest smile and the one cheering the loudest for her favorite driver!
Her only pet peeve is that her name be spelled correctly.....................that's Nicki....... one C and one K!