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TOM TRACE

THOMAS DANIEL TRACE (BORN OCTOBER 8, 1968) IS AN AMERICAN BORN NETWORK TELEVISON WRITER AND PRODUCER SPECIALIZING IN AUTOMOTIVE MEDIA CONTENT. HE IS A NATIONALLY PUBLISHED AUTOMOTIVE JOURNALIST FOR MAGAZINE AND WEBSITE OUTLETS. HE IS A TELEVISION PRODUCER AND WRITER FOR VARIOUS AUTOMOTIVE PROGRAMS AND A PRODUCTION CONSULTANT. TRACE PROVIDES CREATIVE INPUT AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES FOR TELEVISON NETWORKS AND CORPORATE MEDIA PROJECTS.

EARLY LIFE

TRACE, THE YOUNGEST OF FIVE CHILDREN, WAS BORN IN MARTINSVILLE, INDIANA, SEVERAL MILES SOUTH OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA. TRACE’S FATHER WAS A CAREER TELEPHONE LINEMAN AND HIS MOTHER A MEDICAL SECERTARY. TRACE’S BROTHERS WERE GIFTED DIY MECHANICS AND TRACE FREQUENTLY ASSISTED HIS BROTHERS WHILE THEY REPAIRED AND MODIFIED THEIR VEHICLES. TRACE’S PASSION FOR AUTOMOBILES QUICKLY GREW AND HE WAS ROUTINELY DISPLINED IN SCHOOL FOR AVOIDING HIS ASSIGNED STUDIES IN FAVOR OF POURING THROUGH POPULAR AUTOMOTIVE ENTHUSIAST MAGAZINES. FOLLOWING GRADUATION FROM MARTINSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL IN 1987, TRACE ATTENDED BALL STATE UNIVERSITY, INDIANA UNIVERSITY AND IVY TECH SHOOL FOR AUTO BODY CUSTOMIZING. TRACE GRADUATED FROM INDIANA UNIVERSITY IN 1991 WITH A MAJOR IN SOCIOLGY AND A MINOR IN JOURNALISM/CREATIVE WRITING. FOLLOWING UNVERSITY, TRACE HELD SEVERAL JOBS INCLUDING HOUSE PAINTER, PUB WORKER IN LONDON ENGLAND, MACHINIST, FRY COOK, APPLIANCE SALESMAN AND MARKETING DUTIES AT AN INDIANPOLIS COMEDY CLUB.

CARRER

TELEVISION

AS A TEENAGER, TRACE DEVELOPED A FASCINATION WITH TELEVISION PRODUCTION AND WRITING ALONG WITH HIS LOVE FOR AUTOMOBILES. IN 1995, AT THE AGE OF 28, TRACE MOVED TO DETROIT AFTER BEING RECRUITED BY LINGNER GROUP PRODUCTIONS AND AUTOWEEK MAGAZINE TO PRODUCE A TELELVISION SHOW ON THE NEW SPEEDVISION NETWORK. THE SHOW, NAMED AUTOWEEK, WAS BASED LARGELY ON THE POPULAR AUTOWEEK MAGAZINE.

AUTOWEEK ON SPEEDVISON WAS BASED IN DETROIT WHERE TRACE WAS ABLE TO WORK WITH NEARY EVERY AUTOMOTIVE MAKER. TRACE DEVELOPED HIS AUTOMOTIVE CARRER AS A WRITER, PRODUCER AND ON CAMERA REPORTER WHILE PRODUCING AUTOWEEK. TRACE MOVED FROM DETROIT BACK TO INDIANAPOLIS, IN 1997. WHILE WORKING FOR INDIAPOLIS BASED LINGNER GROUP PRODUCTIONS, TRACE CONTINUED TO WRITE AND PRODUCE FOR AUTOWEEK AND OTHER NETWORK MEDIA PROJECTS UNTIL 2002.

IN 2003, FOLLOWING TRACE’S TIME WORKING FOR AUTOWEEK MAGAZINE AND LINGNER GROUP PRODUCTIONS, TRACE BEGAN HIS FREELANCE MEDIA CAREER. TRACE NOW PRODUCES REGULAR CONTENT FOR NBCSPORTS, VELOCITY NETWORK, DISCOVERY CHANNEL, BARRETT JACKSON AUTO AUCTIONS, MECUM AUTO AUCTIONS AND OTHERS.

FROM 2006 TO 2012 TRACE WORKED FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (EXTERNAL AFFAIRS) AS A CONTENT PRODUCER AND MEDIA SPECIALIST TRAINER.

TRACE CONTINUES TO WORK WITH MANY COMPANIES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ESPN, FORD MOTORSPORTS, CHEVROLET, NBC, ABC, CBS, FOX NETWORKS, AND NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC.

OTHER WRITING

TRACE ALSO WORKS AS A MARKETING COPY WRITER AND COMMERCIAL SCRIPT CONSULTANT. TRACE WRITES CHILDREN’S BOOKS, SONG LYRICS AND IS A CONTRIBUTING WRITER FOR CLASSICCARS.COM.

PERSONAL LIFE

TRACE IS SINGLE AND SPLITS HIS TIME BETWEEN INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA AND PHOENIX ARIZONA. ALONG WITH AUTOMOBILES, HE IS A MOTORCYCLE ENTHUSIAST. TRACE FOUNDED “HOTRODDER’S FOR HUMANITY” IN 2012 TO RAISE FUNDS AND AWARENESS FOR THE CURE OF CHILDHOOD CANCER. HE ALSO SUPPORTS THE NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC “CURING KINDS CANCER” BASED IN DALLAS. TRACE IS IN THE FINAL STAGES OF WRITING “QUACK LIKE A DUCK” A CHILDREN’S BOOK TO BENEFIT THE “CURING KIDS CANCER” FOUNDATION.

AWARDS

RECIPIENT OF THE PRESIDENT’S AWARD FOR EXCELLENT (FEMA) 2012

RECIPIENT OF THE WHEEL AWARD FOR AUTOMOTIVE JOURNALISM, 2000