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Tommy Ivo (born April 18, 1936), also known as "TV Tommy" and "Instant Ivo" is an actor and drag racer, who was active in the 1960s racing community.
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Tommy Ivo was born on 18 April 1936 in Denver, Colorado, USA. He is an actor, known for Margie (1961), Ghost of Dragstrip Hollow (1959) and The Lost Volcano (1950).
Tommy Ivo was born on 18 April 1936 in Denver, Colorado, USA. He is an actor, known for Margie (1961), Ghost of Dragstrip Hollow (1959) and The Lost Volcano (1950).
Feb 27, 2003 · The gypsy is still in TV Tommy Ivo, but instead of driving more than a million miles going from one match race to another, he and his wife travel the world.
Sep 1, 2012 · Tommy Ivo hasn't driven a dragster in 30 years, but he would agree that the race cars of today have become virtually mass produced.
Dec 31, 2009 · Tommy Ivo: What I'd Do Differently. An actor from age nine until leaving Hollywood 20 years later to go drag racing, Ivo became the first to cover the quarter-mile in less than six...
Sep 23, 2011 · Tommy Ivo is considered one of the most innovative and pioneering racers of the early years of the NHRA. Born April 18, 1936 in Denver Colorado, Ivo’s mother had him tap dancing about the same time he started walking and acting in talent shows soon after.
Mar 2, 2021 · Photographers: Matthew Howell. THE history of drag racing is a rich roll call of innovators, entrepreneurs and all-action heroes. Yet only one man can lay claim to a successful Hollywood acting career and the title of first professional drag racer. That man is ‘TV’ Tommy Ivo.
Jun 7, 2001 · Tommy Ivo, one of the West Coast's fabled Top Fuel pioneers, filled the bill as one of the premier quarter-mile showmen. Perhaps one of the major factors behind Ivo's vast...
