Tv Tommy Ivo
Motorbooks (Verlag)
978-0-7603-3892-6 (ISBN)
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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 Ivos 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 racings most irrepressible characters.
2011 International Automotive Media Gold Award Winner
The title on Tom Cotter's business card reads: Certified Car Geek. For the past 30 years, Cotter has worked on nearly every end of the car business: mechanic, car sales, automotive public relations and marketing executive, auto racing authority, historian, racer, collector, restorer, journalist, and author. He has authored 10 automotive books, including most of the popular In the Barn series for Motorbooks. He has written for the New York Times and Road & Track magazine. Whenever he sits down at his keyboard to write another book, you can be sure that he has grease under his fingernails. Official Website: www.cobrainthebarn.comTom 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
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 4.3.2011 |
|---|---|
| Vorwort | Don Prudhomme |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 245 x 175 mm |
| Gewicht | 830 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
| Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Auto / Motorrad | |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Motor- / Rad- / Flugsport | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-7603-3892-2 / 0760338922 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-7603-3892-6 / 9780760338926 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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