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==Personal== |
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Tomy was born December 9th in [[Hollywood, California]]. He owns an advertising firm that produces upcoming [[movie|film]] displays for [[movie theater|cinemas]]. His first racing experience in motorsports was street racing on Mulholland Drive in the Hollywood Hills. Before beginning his professional racing career, Tomy started in vintage racing at Willow Springs in the mid nineties with a ‘65 Chevrolet Corvette. Other vintage cars he has raced include a Formula 5000 Lola 332, a Lola T-70 Can-Am, a 1967 Trans-Am Dana Chevrolet Camaro and a 1974 Porsche 911 RSR. He scored several vintage wins in each car. Tomy's racing idol is [[Mario Andretti]]. His favorite tracks are Long Beach and Monaco. His hobbies include playing basketball and cars. Some of his favorite movies include “Le Mans”, “The Wizard of Oz”, “Forrest Gump”, “O Brother Where Art |
Tomy was born December 9th in [[Hollywood, California]]. He owns an advertising firm that produces upcoming [[movie|film]] displays for [[movie theater|cinemas]]. His first racing experience in motorsports was street racing on Mulholland Drive in the Hollywood Hills. Before beginning his professional racing career, Tomy started in vintage racing at Willow Springs in the mid nineties with a ‘65 Chevrolet Corvette. Other vintage cars he has raced include a Formula 5000 Lola 332, a Lola T-70 Can-Am, a 1967 Trans-Am Dana Chevrolet Camaro and a 1974 Porsche 911 RSR. He scored several vintage wins in each car. Tomy's racing idol is [[Mario Andretti]]. His favorite tracks are Long Beach and Monaco. His hobbies include playing basketball and cars. Some of his favorite movies include “Le Mans”, “The Wizard of Oz”, “Forrest Gump”, “O Brother, Where Art Thou?”, and "Star Wars". He is married to Lacy Livingston Drissi. |
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==Professional Racing Highlights== |
==Professional Racing Highlights== |
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Revision as of 19:08, 27 August 2010
Tomy Drissi (pronounced /ˈdriːziː/ DREE-zee) is an American race car driver Trans Am Champion. His driver experience includes ALMS, Trans-Am, Nascar and Speed World Challenge.
Personal
Tomy was born December 9th in Hollywood, California. He owns an advertising firm that produces upcoming film displays for cinemas. His first racing experience in motorsports was street racing on Mulholland Drive in the Hollywood Hills. Before beginning his professional racing career, Tomy started in vintage racing at Willow Springs in the mid nineties with a ‘65 Chevrolet Corvette. Other vintage cars he has raced include a Formula 5000 Lola 332, a Lola T-70 Can-Am, a 1967 Trans-Am Dana Chevrolet Camaro and a 1974 Porsche 911 RSR. He scored several vintage wins in each car. Tomy's racing idol is Mario Andretti. His favorite tracks are Long Beach and Monaco. His hobbies include playing basketball and cars. Some of his favorite movies include “Le Mans”, “The Wizard of Oz”, “Forrest Gump”, “O Brother, Where Art Thou?”, and "Star Wars". He is married to Lacy Livingston Drissi.
Professional Racing Highlights
Made 92 Trans-Am starts from 1999-2005 and 2009-2010, earning 52 top ten finishes, 26 top five finishes, 18 podium finishes, 3 poles, and 3 wins at Long Beach Grand Prix, Portland Grand Prix, and New Jersey Grand Prix
1999- Trans-Am “Rookie of the Year” (Autocon Motorsports- RSR Mustang)
2000- Trans-Am “BBS Most Improved Driver” (Drissi/Stewart Motorsports- RSR Mustang); Trans-Am “Crew of the Year” (Drissi/Stewart Motorsports)
2001- Trans-Am Series with partner Dan Miller (TDM- Jaguar XKR)
2002- Trans-Am Series (Rocketsports- Jaguar XKR)
2003- Trans-Am Series (Rocketsports- Jaguar XKR); ALMS P1, finishing 5th at 12 hours of Sebring (Autocon Motorsports)
2004- Trans-Am Series, fourth place finish overall in the title championship (Rocketsports- Jaguar XKR)
2005- Trans-Am Series (Rocketsports- Jaguar XKR); Porsche Supercup race in Monaco (Tolimit Motorsports)
2007- SPEED World Challenge GT, entered 3 races, finished 3rd at Sebring
2009- ALMS GT2, Petite Le Mans (LG Motorsports- Corvette); Trans-Am Champion (Rocketsports Racing- Jaguar XKR)
2010- Trans-Am Series (RSR Motorsports); 7 Rounds- 1 win, 1 pole, 3 podiums, 4 Top Fives, 7 Top Tens; ALMS-LMP-1 Prototype at Mid Ohio- 3rd