Nostalgic Radio and Cars - April 27, 2011

Tuesdays 7-8PM (EST.) on WTAN-AM 1340 - FM 106.1 Clearwater/St. Petersburg/ Tampa and WDCF-AM 1350 - FM 102.3 Dade City/Zephyrhills/Wesley Chapel, Florida. Join us for some Classic Rock and some captivating conversations with our interesting and legendary guests about cars, boats and motorcycles. Topics cover collector car shows, concours, auctions, vintage and professional motorsports racing events as well as swap meets. Some of our guests have been Carroll Shelby, Jay Leno, Ted Nugent, Gregg Rolie, Mark Farner, Nick Mason, Dave Jenkins, Hulk Hogan, Larry The Cable Guy, Richard Rawlings, Adam Carolla, Tanner Foust, Adam Ferrara, Roger Penske, Mario Andretti, Stirling Moss, Bobby Rahal, Dan Gurney, Parnelli Jones, Peter Brock, Don Garlits, Shirley Muldowney, Danny "The Count" Koker, Barry Meguiar, Bob Varsha and Wayne Carini to name a few. Want to win a prize on Nostalgic Radio and Cars? Listen and be the 4th caller on select shows to WIN! CALL 1-866-826-1340 during the show. To listen to ALL of our Past Shows Click on "Podcast Archive" at the top of this page. ENJOY THE SHOW!

04-27-2011 (24.79 MB)

Duration: 54:09 m - Filetype: mp3 - Bitrate: 64 KBPS - Frequency: 44100 HZ

April 27, 2011

Your show host Robert and special guest "TV Tommy " Ivo. Tommy is known for two professions. He was a child actor starring in films and TV with big names such as William Powell, Gene Autry and Roy Rogers. He appeared in cult movies like "Dragstrip Girl" with Frank Gorshin and Fay Spain. Tommy is best known as a drag racing pioneer and innovator. He started drag racing in the late 1950's and continued through the 1990's. In the early years of racing he set record after record - 7 sec at 190 mph and another - 5 sec at 250 mph. Tommy was the first to build a twin engine dragster and later the famous "Showboat" four wheel drive, four engine Buick powered dragster. Tommy went on to race Top fuel, Funny Car and Jet Dragsters at over 300 mph. With his TV and movie fame and passion for the sport, Tommy has taken drag racing to the people and made it one of the greatest automotive racing events.

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