Tony founded TC Design in late 2002 in a small shop in Novato, CA. With a MIG welder, a TIG welder, and a tubing bender, Tony started building winning race cars. Word of mouth about Tony’s skills spread quickly and 2003 brought a move to Milpitas for a larger shop space and closer proximity to TCD customers.

In 2005, years after joining Tony in building a VW Rabbit GTI for NASA’s then-new GTI Cup series, brother Joe Colicchio brought his newly-minted CSEE degree to TCD. TC Design’s reputation for excellence expanded to include the key elements of electrical and data acquisition systems, adding more competitive advantages to TCD’s racing customers.

In 2013, after relocating to Campbell and over a decade of building the fastest, safest, most reliable race cars in Northern California, Tony and Joe set their sights on the national stage. It was time to show the entire USA what a winning TCD car looked like. They focused their efforts on NASA’s GTS3 class, one of the most popular classes for BMW and Porsche club racing in North America. After an intensive development process, Tony won all races entered that year, with zero DNF’s, in TCD’s GTS3 BMW, “Dreamkiller.” At the 2013 NASA Nationals at Miller Motorsport Park, Tony out qualified the entire GTS3 field by almost 2 seconds. In the final race, Tony started 11th in the GTS run group with the faster GTS4 and GTS5 cars ahead of him. On a track damp from morning rains, Tony took the green flag on Hoosier dry tires and by turn 5 Tony had the overall race lead and kept that lead for 4 laps until it started drying out. Eventually Tony finished 4th overall and 1st in GTS 3 by over 45 seconds. This dominating performance solidified TC Design’s status as the place to go for BMW race cars on the West Coast.