Happy 80th Birthday to TV Tommy Ivo. Drag racing’s ultimate entertainer turns 80, and we went to the party. Elana Scherr Writer Apr 18, 2016. See All 94 Photos.

Check out the Hot Rod bio of showman and drag race legend TV Tommy Ivo. Along with exclusive pictures and footage of his past adventures, you can see what motivated this racer to not only enter ...

“TV” Tommy Ivo began acting in films in the early 1940s, and in television in the mid-1950s. He appeared in episodes of The Lone Ranger, The Donna Reed Show, Leave It To Beaver, and Father ...

Tommy Ivo: What I'd Do Differently. ... Then TV—lots of westerns, plus Donna Reed, My Three Sons, Mike Hammer, Father Knows Best, Leave it to Beaver, Lassie.

"TV Tommy" Ivo combined a love of racing and acting in his career, and he shared the love at the Dan Garlits birthday bash in Pomona, Calif.

Every professional sport has had its share of characters. All the major stick-and-ball activities are peppered with colorful types who have given fans something – or someone — to root ...