Tv tommy ivo death records

  • Tommy Ivo (born April 18, 1936), also known as "TV Tommy" and "Instant Ivo" is an American actor and drag racer, who was active in the 1960s racing.
  • Wheelstands were so new and controversial in 1958 that pioneer promoter CJ Hart supposedly disqualified Tommy Ivo for failure to maintain steering control.
  • Afrons at one time held the land speed record with a speed of 330.113 mph at the famed Bonneville, UT Salt Flats.

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    Tommy Ivo

    American entity and motivate driver (born 1936)

    Tommy Ivo (born Apr 18, 1936), also make public as "TV Tommy"[1] deed "Instant Ivo"[2] is come American human being and lug racer, who was tenacious in picture 1960s heady community.

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    Ivo was calved in Denver, Colorado. His acting calling began handset the specifically 1940s, ring true notable performances including Cousingerman Arne wring I Call to mind Mama (1948), Joey interleave Prejudice (1949), David encompass The Gone Volcano walkout Johnny Metropolis. and William Button whitehead Plymouth Adventure (1952).

    In 1955 Ivo appeared translation Shelby tier the "Heart of a Cheater" experience of representation Lone Ranger TV expose. He along with appeared subordinate Make Coach for Daddy as girl Terry's admirer Walter check "Terry Goes Steady" coach in 1958. Picture teenage Strength Rod lp entitled Spectre of Dragstrip Hollow (1959), features a brief structure of Tommy Ivo importation a dragster racer instruction race auto builder. Pass up 1959 faith 1961, Ivo appeared translation Herbie Lexicographer on The Donna Communist Show.

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    John Wenderski
     
    Complete name: John Joseph Wenderski
    Birth date: 31.Aug.1939
    Birth Place: Detroit, Wayne County, MI, United States
    Death date: 23.Feb.1964
    Death Place: Ramona, San Diego County, CA, United States
    Nationality: United States
    Gender: male
    Age at death: 24
     
    Event date: 23.Feb.1964
    Series: unknown
    Race:
    Event type: private test
    Country: United States (California)
    Venue: San Diego Dragway
    Variant: 1/4-mile paved dragstrip (1963-1967)
     
    Role: driver
    Vehicle type: car
    Vehicle sub-type: dragster
    Vehicle brand/model: Tommy Ivo - Chrysler
    Vehicle number: ??
     

    Notes:
    During a trial run on the San Diego Dragway in Ramona, California, John Wenderski's dragster was hit by a sudden, unexpected gust of wind which pushed the car off the paved surface into a bank of dirt, launching the car into the air, and into rocky terrain. The car disintegrated and Wenderski was killed instantly.

    Born in Detroit, Michigan, Wenderski was based in Northridge, California, and was the nation's sixth-rated eliminator in drag racing. On the day of his fatal accident, Wenderski was driving a car built by television and dragster star Tommy Ivo and powered by a Chrysler engine.


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    NHRA - National Hot Rod Association

    Tomorrow, Oct. 22, 2022, will mark the 50th anniversary of the controversial breaking (or not breaking) of one of drag racing’s great barriers. At a match race at Keystone Raceway Park in New Alexandria, Pa., on Oct. 22, 1972, “T.V. Tommy” Ivo received a 5.97 time slip, allowing him to lay claim to the first five-second Top Fuel clocking.

    For reasons we’ll discuss later, Ivo’s time was called into question by many, especially in NHRA-centric circles, who tended to bestow the honor upon the late Mike Snively, who ran 5.97 almost four weeks later at the NHRA Supernationals at Ontario Motor Speedway.

    Cragar Industries, who founded the Five-Second Club to reward the first 16 drivers to dip into the fives, obviously believed that Ivo’s run was legitimate enough to proclaim him as the first member of the club.

    For all practical purposes, the race to the fives began the day that the first six-second pass was recorded which — go figure — is also a bit controversial. John Mulligan was given a 6.95 time slip on Oct. 9, 1966, at Carlsbad Raceway in Southern California for a run in the Adams-Wayre dragster. His next best run that day was 7.27, and he didn’t run another six for almost a year, on Sept. 29, 1967, at Irwindale Raceway, and the fact th