2012
True Drag Racing Excellence!
TOMMY MAUNEY
TOMMY MAUNEY
Tommy, currently residing in Shelby, North Carolina, began his professional career at Bristol in 1974. He won is first IHRA Pro Stock Championship in 1990 and has been one of the few racers to successfully move to Pro Modified where he won another IHRA Championship in 1995 and went on to win many National events in the Pro Modified class.
A noted and highly respected owner of TM Race Cars, he designs and builds cars for many Pro Modified racers. Among his early influences in racing he's included Jerry Joyce, Ronnie & Virgil Church, Gene Fulton and Larry Wright. Tommy credits his crew members, the Willifords, Shannon Jenkins, Dean Jonas and all the guys at the shop for much of his sucess in racing.
A Pro Modified pioneer and race car fabricator, makes him a drag rac
ing warrior and a member of the North Carolina Drag Racing Hall of Fame. 