TV Tommy Ivo: Drag Racing's Master Showman by Cotter, Tom

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

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Minneapolis, MN: Motorbooks, 2011. 1st . Hardcover. Very Good+/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 240pp.incl.index; HB blk.w/white; slight rub w/lt.wear on corners; clean,tight pgs. DJ orange w/blk.-color photocover; slight rub. "Follow the former child star as he evolves from teenage hot rodder to the world's most ambitious drag racer... " illus.

Motorbooks. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2011. First Edition. Hardcover. 0760338922 . Inscribed by Cotter. Clean and unmarked all around.; Inscribed by Author(s); Signed by Author(s) .