About me and my passion for cars

Fireball Tim Lawrence is a Hollywood Studio Car Designer, President of Fireballed Design (a Division of Fireballed! Enterprises) and Host of MYRIDE.com!!

Whether it's MOVIE CARS, PROMOTIONAL VEHICLES or just plain INSANE TUNERS and HOT RODS, Fireball Tim Lawrence has designed them ALL, and given them a WILD style like no other. Innovative, creative, and crazy as Hell, this RED HEAD is just plain WACKED!

Educated at Pasadena's world famous Art Center College of Design (Transportation '89), Fireball Tim developed insane, unique concept vehicles and environments. Creating his own Entertainment Minor and paving the way for future film vehicle designers, Fireball Tim went on to develop Corvettes for GENERAL MOTORS ADVANCED CONCEPT CENTER and stealth vehicles for NISSAN INTERNATIONAL, as well as to design theme parks and vehicles for DISNEYLAND’S futuristic "New Tomorrowland" and "The Indiana Jones Ride." He went on to head projects for UNIVERSAL STUDIOS, from the "Jurassic Park Ride" to Steven Spielberg's Dive Restaurant. From there, it was to the movie industry. He was called upon by some of the greatest directors in the industry to envision designs for over 50 films and 300 commercials. Conceptualizing cars, weapons, spaceships and wild environments for films like SON OF THE MASK, ESCAPE FROM L.A., PITCH BLACK, JURASSIC PARK, RAT RACE, CATS AND DOGS, THE CORE, X-MEN, STARSHIP TROOPERS, CLOCKSTOPPERS, IMPOSTER, MIMIC, MOUSE HUNT, INDEPENDENCE DAY, TWISTED, MARS ATTACKS, SPEED, THE MONEY TRAIN, ED WOOD, BATMAN RETURNS, TIMECOP, and GONE IN 60 SECONDS. He is also responsible for the All Star Vehicles for the hit TV Show “MONSTER GARAGE,” being selected as top designer among 86 episodes and the MINI PURSUIT for Speed Channel's "STREET TUNER CHALLENGE."

Fireball Tim has set a new standard for unique and wacky cars through FIREBALLED! ENTERPRISES™, INC. and film/tv/web projects through FIREBALLED ENTERTAINMENT™. He's been labeled the "Big Daddy Roth for the Tuner Generation" by mags and "One of the wackiest designers alive" by the press. Cars all over the globe have been FIREBALLED, and there's no stopping him. He's currently struck deals with MINI USA/BMW, BIOMETICS, AUTOBYTEL'S MYRIDE.COM, MILLUSIONS, CAR-TATTS, CINEMAVEHICLES SERVICES, APG MEDIA/HIN, NEW LINE CINEMA, WARNER BROS STUDIOS and tons more!

But Fireball Tim's real passion is the new MINI COOPER. With his own personal ride, THE MACH 3, Fireball has laid the groundwork for MINI EXPRESSIONISM among the Tuner Circuit, attending over 75 shows a year including THE HUNTINGTON BEACH CONCOURS d' ELEGANCE, RADIO CONTROLLED DIECAST EXPO, VIP, and MAJOR AUTO SHOWS worldwide. He's teamed up with "Tuner Legend" Hubie Fuh, "Entertainment Web Expert Adam Chapnick and “Licensing Powerhouse” Howard Finelt of IPM to create FIREBALLED!, having been featured in AUTOWEEK, MOTOR TREND, MAX POWER, MC2, POPULAR MECHANICS, ADDX, DSPORT, PERFORMANCE AUTO AND SOUND and many others. Working with CINEMAVEHICLE SERVICES, a 100,000 sqft facility in North Hollywood, FT is designing and building the most insane cars on the planet.

He is currently the host for the most popular Automotive Internet Buying site, www.myride.com with over 25 million hits a month! Hi shows, "WORLD OF CARS" and "AUTO DISSECTION" are the most popular shows on the web.

Currently, Fireball has EBOOKS, FIREBALL FUEL NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENTS andf a host of products coming to the market.

Has YOUR car been Fireballed? Look out, it may be soon... Visit him at these following sites.

www.fireballtim.com
www.fireballed.com
www.fireballfuel.com
www.myride.com
www.drivewithpassion.tv

PARTIAL FILM DESIGN LIST
METRIC REVOLUTION/ ESPN2
STREET TUNER CHALLENGE/ Speed Channel
SIX CITIES/ In Development
LIBERTY/ In Development
ME AND MY MONSTER/ In Development
GONE IN 30 SECONDS/ In Development
ARTEMIS FOWL/ In Development
SON OF THE MASK
TWILIGHT ZONE
CARRIE
CLOCKSTOPPERS
LOONEY TUNES BACK IN ACTION
THE CORE
GONE IN 60 SECONDS
ABANDON
RAT RACE
CATS AND DOGS
IMPOSTOR
PITCH BLACK
X-MEN
CURIOUS GEORGE
MONSTER GARAGE
A CIVIL ACTION
MIMIC
MOUSE HUNT
STARSHIP TROOPERS
PLASTIC MAN
GEORGE OF THE JUNGLE
JURASSIC PARK
TWISTER
INDEPENDENCE DAY

My first car

A lemon yellow Volkswagen Dasher. Looked like a lemon, smelled like a lemon. ...It was... a lemon.

Car I wish I still had

Still have the lemon. But now it Turbo'd with 612whp!!!!

My dream car

I'm drivin' it. The MACH 3!!

Car clubs I’m in

Not enough space. The WORLD CAR CLUB!

Favorites

• Type of racing: Drag, Road Racing, Autocross
• Driving song: Lowrider
• Car movie: Son of the Mask Muscle Car
• Car book: www.drivewithpassion.tv
• Car magazine: Fast Car

— Profile last updated: Aug 31, 2008