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TV Tommy Ivo: Drag Racing's Master Showman
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TV Tommy Ivo: Drag Racing's Master Showman Hardcover - 2011

by Foreword by Don Prudhomme; Tom Cotter


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2011 International Automotive Media Gold Award Winner In the early 1960s, Tommy Ivo had the world in the palm of his hands. Still a young man, he was already a star of television and film with a promising Hollywood future ahead of him. Then his producers told him he had to quit drag racing. He quit the entertainment industry instead. This is the official story of Ivo's incredible life and racing career. Readers will follow "TV" Tommy as he becomes the most ambitious drag racer in the nation, building his own cars in the garage behind his Burbank home; becoming the first driver to pilot his dragsters to 170, 175, and 180 miles per hour and towing his cars to match races at small-town drag strips across the United States. Always the showman, Ivo pioneered promotional techniques that are today taken for granted. In this regard especially, his impact on the sport cannot be understated, and his legacy is detailed in this incredible bio of one of drag racing's most irrepressible characters.

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  • Title TV Tommy Ivo: Drag Racing's Master Showman
  • Author Foreword by Don Prudhomme; Tom Cotter
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First
  • Pages 240
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Motorbooks International, Minneapolis
  • Date 2011-03
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780760338926 / 0760338922
  • Weight 1.81 lbs (0.82 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.63 x 7 x 1 in (24.46 x 17.78 x 2.54 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Entertainers - United States, Drag racers - United States
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2010039586
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

About the author

Before writing his first book, Tom Cotter had long been involved in nearly every end of the automotive and racing industries. From mechanic and auto salesman to heading the public relations department at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Cotter formed his own racing and automotive PR and marketing agency, Cotter Group. The agency represented some of the largest clients in NASCAR, IndyCar/CART, drag racing and road racing. He has written biographies of the legendary Holman-Moody race team, Tommy Ivo and Dean Jeffries, but is best known for his series of barn find books, such as Cobra in the Barn, 50 Shades of Rust and Barn Find Road Trip. Cotter appears in the Barn Find Hunter video series, which is distributed by Hagerty Insurance. He teaches public relations at Belmont Abbey College, sits on the advisory board of McPherson College's Auto Restoration program, and is a member of the Road Racing Driver's Club (RRDC.) He is married to Pat, has one son, Brian, and lives in Davidson, N.C.

Tom Cotter writes regularly for Road & Track and is the author of Motorbooks? acclaimed "automotive rescue" franchise, which includes The Cobra in the Barn (winner of a 2006 International Automotive Media Award) and its follow-ups, The Hemi in the Barn, The Vincent in the Barn, and The Corvette in the Barn. Tom also authored Motorbooks? biography of car builder extraordinaire Dean Jeffries. He lives in Davidson, North Carolina.Don "The Snake" Prudhomme is one of the most legendary names in drag racing, logging 32 seasons behind the wheel as one of the sport's elite drivers. Beginning in 1962, he logged 49 career victories and won 389 of 5,989 competition rounds. He lives in Rancho Santa Fe, California. www.tommyivo.com
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Motorbooks, 2011-03-03. hardcover. Good/Good. 7x1x9. Jacket edges are tattered, corners are bumped, front endpage has a sticker affixed to the top of the page, else internally clean. DRAG RACING'S MASTER SHOWMAN In 1961, Tommy No had the world in the palm of his hand. At 25, he was not only a star of television and screen but a successful touring drag racer as well. Then his producers told him he had to quit racing. No quit Hollywood instead. Here is the story of "TV" Tommy's in-credible life and racing career, related by No to award-winning automotive journalist Tom Cotter and profusely illustrated with images from Ivo's own archives. Follow the former child star as he evolves from teen-age hot rodder to the world's most ambi-tious drag racer, building his own cars in the garage behind his Burbank home and barnstorming the nation. In addition to profiling Ivo's 31 iconic cars—including his trendsetting '23 T-bucket, his mind-bending twin- and… Read More
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