1. Tomy Drissi is an American professional stock and sports car racing driver, and an advertising executive in the movie industry.
16 Facts About Tomy Drissi
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Tomy Drissi began legitimate competition in 1993, when he became involved in vintage racing, primarily at Willow Springs Raceway.
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Tomy Drissi's driving style proved "too aggressive" for the fragile vintage cars, and he moved to standard, modern race cars, making his debut in professional racing in 1999.
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Tomy Drissi competed in the SCCA World Challenge series between 2006 and 2010; in 2003, he had begun competing in the sports cars of the American Le Mans Series, where he would make his primary effort in racing outside of Trans-Am; he currently drives in the series for RSR Racing, competing in the Prototype Challenge class, co-driving an Oreca FLM09 with Bruno Junqueira and Roberto Gonzalez.
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Tomy Drissi competed in nine Rolex Sports Car Series events in 2005 and 2006, posting a best finish of ninth on the road course at Phoenix International Raceway in September 2005.
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In 2010, Tomy Drissi took a test drive with Rick Ware Racing at Carolina Motorsports Park, hoping to kickstart some NASCAR activism.
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Tomy Drissi later made his debut in stock car competition, driving the No 82 Dodge Charger for MacDonald Motorsports in the NASCAR Nationwide Series, competing in the NAPA Auto Parts 200 at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal.
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Tomy Drissi finished 18th in the event; the following year he would drive in two races in the Nationwide Series, driving the No 75 Ford for Rick Ware Racing at Watkins Glen International, where he finished 27th, and at Montreal, finishing 34th.
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Tomy Drissi drove the No 26 car for Rick Ware Racing in the 2015 NASCAR Xfinity Series road course races at Road America, Watkins Glen, and Mid Ohio Sports Car Course with a best finish of 25th place.
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On lap 17 of the Zippo 200 at the Glen, Tomy Drissi was injured during a 5-car pileup in the esses.
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Tomy Drissi was not approved by NASCAR to compete in the event due to not having sufficient experience in the heavy Sprint Cup cars; Chris Cook substituted for Tomy Drissi, qualifying and driving the car in the event.
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Tomy Drissi drove aggressively towards the front, spinning out his teammate Paul Fix and was given an in-race warning by stewards.
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Tomy Drissi was assessed a match penalty, while Ruman would recover to finish in the top-20.
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Tomy Drissi returned to Trans Am for the 2017 season, but was suspended after being involved in a physical altercation at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on June 17,2017.
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Tomy Drissi is the owner of a Hollywood advertising agency that produces film displays for promoting upcoming films in cinemas.
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Tomy Drissi is married to Lacy Livingston Drissi and they have two children.