Tom LaPointe
My blogs
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Automotive |
| Occupation | Exotic car writer / exotic car wholesale manager |
| Location | Dunedin, Florida, United States |
| Introduction | I currently publish iParent Magazine in the Tampa Bay area and work as a freelance writer for Affluent Page Index, in NYC. I grew up in Michigan near the Motor City and finished high school in Fernley NV. After attending the University of Nevada as a music major, I joined the Marine Corps as a combat correspondent. As a writer and editor, I won many publishing awards for photography, writing and editing. What led me to the auto industry is simply this: I love cars. I have raced stock cars and sports cars and competed in Land Rover off-road competitions in Vermont and Colorado. I have been a pit official for the 24 Hours of Daytona and 12 Hours of Sebring, and a pit crewman for Indy and a Hooters Pro Cup races. I've served as a manager of both sales and service for one the largest luxury car groups in the world. I'm still active as an off-road instructor for Land Rover and HUMMER dealers and owners. I enjoy crawling an off-road vehicle through the most severe obstacles as much as heel-toeing sports cars into hairpin turns! I am also a freelance writer for several automotive publications. |
| Interests | Exotic car lifestyle - Concours Events, Racing, Ferrari, Rolls-Royce, Bentley. |
| Favorite movies | Top Gun, Fast & Furious, Blackhawk Down |
| Favorite music | All but hardcore rap, yo! |
| Favorite books | Of Mice & Men...life sucks, then you die...in the real world, there are few "happy ever afters", Steinbeck kept it real. |