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| First Mexican American Norwegian Pirate Viking Racing in Norway since 2007 |
José Manuel Ponce (born in Morelia, Michoacan, México) is the first and only Mexican American race car driver that races
extreme rock crawling, desert rock racing, drag racing, plus rally in the USA, México, Venezuela, Germany and Norway.
He is part Purhépecha Indian (Tarascan Indian). Ponce currently owns and is the main driver for the World Rally Team who represent
the folks of city of Guanajuato, GTO Mexico and Norway at world class events such as the WRC, King of the Hammers, GORM 24
Hour Race, and the SCORE BAJA 250. His determined struggle as a true minority underdog racer has helped him gain many fans,
friends and admirers among his fellow racers as well as making him a unique competitor. Ponce is also the founder of CHARITY
RACER, a non-profit organization racing for different charities such as the Lopez Foundation.
Tags: #Self taught race car driver. #International rally, off road and desert race
car driver that has been featured in the world class motorsports events in the USA, Mexico, Venezuela, and Norway. #Multi platform Latino * #Purhépecha Indian * #Tarascan Indian
Race Car Driver * #Long Distance 24hr Endurance Racer * #Rally Driver racing for charity * #Mexican Latino Desert Racer *
#24 Hour Lemans Minority Racer for hire, #Multi Platform Extreme Driver * #Team Mexico Dakar 2014 " #The Scorpion Driver"
* #Hispanic Race Car Driver * #One man gang * #Adventure Racer * #High Roller * #Multitasker * First Norwegian resident
to race the Score Baja 250
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| José Manuel "Hotrod" Ponce - Driver |
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| Mexican American Purhépecha Indian * Tarascan Indian |
Racing History and Past Accomplishments
for Ponce - The Minority Racer
Off
Road Experience * USA, Mexico, and Venezuela
2002 ° Placed 5th at the Ramsey Off Road Challenge in Morelia,
Michoacan Mexico.
2009 ° First Mexican to ever
participate in the VENEZUELA Extreme Rally Fun Race. Managed to navigate Team Roberti
to a 16th spot of out 200 teams. Was interviewed by 2 TV motor sports shows and 2
popular magazines viewed by many in South America.
Extreme
Rock Crawling and Rock Racing Experience
2006 ° First Mexican to compete in the UROC® Super Crawl rock crawling world championship.
Phoenix, Az USA. Placed 17th in our class. 42 teams in total from USA, Canada, Japan and Mexico. The
event was featured on CRAWL MAGAZINE Dec 2006.
2009 ° Placed 3rd in modified
class at the MOROC ROCK RACE held in Spring, Texas. Was interviewed for being the
first Mexican national to ever compete in this race.
Desert
Rock Racing Experience
2009 ° King of the Hammers LCQ competitor. This race was filmed for a movie entitled King of the Hammers First Crusade. First Mexican to ever participate at this endurance LCQ race.
2010 ° King of the Hammers LCQ competitor. Pinned TV mounted a camera
in our rig to cover our action for the movie “Anarchy”. Second year
in a row to be the only Mexican National racing at this event.
2011 ° First Mexican American to ever compete and finish the King
of the Hammers, placed 37th out of 100 teams, representing Mexico and the city of Laredo, Texas USA. Started
and finished on 37th spot.
European Off-Road Racing Experience
2007 ° First Mexican to co drive for Nordic Trial Champion Tore
Hansen in the Nordic Trial Cup held in Brokelandsheia, NORWAY. We placed 4th
in our class. Interviewed and featured on Off Roads Magazine of Iceland.
2008 ° First Mexican to co drive with Tore Hansen in the EUROTRIAL® Cup in Brokelandsheia, NORWAY. Placed 4th in our class. 11 European Countries participated at this off road skandinavian event.
Professional WRC Rally Experience
2008 ° Placed 9th in Class A6 and 2nd in the Peugeot 206 Class and was also awarded
the Bernardo Audibert Cup for Rookie driver of the FIA WRC® Mexico. We had no prior experience or special
training, and raced in a rental car with street tires. First Mexican American to ever finish a WRC event.
First Minority Racer to finish a WRC.
2010 ° Placed 2nd in Class A6 at the FIA WRC® Mexico and moved up to the 144th spot on the WRC WORLD RANKING CHART
in 2010. This was our second official rally in our own car, raced with
used tires.
Other Motorsports Activities and Accomplishments *
FILM
2001-2002 ° Founded and organized the Annual
Booze Cruz/Ultimate Rescue fundraiser for the children of Guanajuato, GTO Mexico.
2002 & 2003 ° Founded and organized the first
free Jeep Jamboree Bash in Guanajuato, GTO Mexico. There were 2 Jamborees in total.
2005 ° Won the Longest
Distance Driving Award at the ROCKTOBER run in Rough Canyon, Texas USA.
2006 ° Organized and directed UROC® Mexico, the first USA sanctioned professional rock crawling event
in Mexico. Managed to host guest stars from the USA.
Introduced the motor sport of professional rock crawling on natural courses into Mexico. Discovered and Founded PLANET
GTOROCKS®, the first
offroad park in Mexico to be featured on various international media. Featured on Crawl Magazine.
2011 ° Contacted by LatinationTV
for an interview and cover story. LatinationTV airs on CBS and NBC.
2007 ° Organized the first MXRRA® Rock Racing Rally and introduced the motor sport of
professional rock racing into Mexico.
2008 ° Organized another MXRRA® Rock Racing Rally in Mexico. Managed to bring
teams from Norway and the USA.
2009 ° Appeared in a cover story in Wicked Magazine and the Laredo
Morning Times.
2009 ° Organized and hosted the final MXRRA Rock
Racing Rally. Managed to get teams to race from Venezuela, Costa Rica, USA, France and Mexico.
2010 ° First Mexican American to appear on the European RALLY BUZZ online magazine.
2010 ° First Latino national
to be interviewed and featured on World Rally Sport Magazine.
2010 ° Ponce founded CHARITY RACER.ORG, a non profit
organization to help promote different causes such as helping the "Cause:Reduce Emigration - Promote Literacy" by importing
bilingual books for the kids of the Summerland - Tierra de Verano in Cajones, Guanajuato, México.
2011 ° Ponce partnered up comedian
George Lopez to help promote the Lopez Foundation.
2011 ° Ponce was interviewed
by Off Road Mexico News for being the first Mexican national to compete and finish the King of the Hammers and 2 WRC events.
2011
° Discovered and contacted by a UK TV firm to cast for a new extreme offroad car show on Discovery Channel International.
2012 ° Coordinated the importation and transportation of 3 USA Rally America Team's vehicles
for WRC Mexico 2012. 2012 ° Ponce gets contacted by Discovery Channel
International to be a co-presenter in a new TV show.
2012 ° First Mexican American to ever compete and finish the
GORM 24hr race, the toughest endurance rallye race in Germany. Raced with Michael
Podlogar, Dennis Meyer, and Jutta Kleinschmidt (the Paris Dakar Legend) of Team WERK1.
2012 ° Participated
in the Maya Rally by helping guide 4 international teams from Laredo, Texas to Guanajuato, GTO Central Mexico. Organized
the logistics for the shakedown and rock crawling trail run for the end of the world Maya Rally. 2013 °
Pre Ran the Score Baja 250 & 500 successfully. 2014
° Started racing the Ultimate Rally that runs thru the USA, Mexico, Norway, Germany, Poland, and Portugal. 2014 ° Contracted to play the role
of José de Jesús alias la Mano Negra, Leader of the Mexican Cartel CF6 in the new Gatwick Gangster Film under production in
the UK. 2012 ° Interviewed by a CNN TV producer to appear in an upcoming TV Series about Minorities
in Motorsports that debuts on Speed Channel. 2012 ° Participated in a Sizzle Reel for an upcoming outdoors show on National Geographic Channel.
| Livin and Racing i Norge since 2007 |
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| The Real Lillyhammer av Norge! |
| Ponce racing the King of the Hammers 2011 |
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| First Mexican to ever compete and finish the King of the Hammers |
| EWRC RESULTS FOR PONCE |
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| Ponce racing in Venezuela |
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| Ponce racing in Norway |
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| Ponce & Bridge |
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| WRC MEXICO 2010 |
| Bridge y Ponce alias "Pancho & Lefty" |
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| Team Inviscid Motorsports/Team Bongo Mexico |
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| KOH 2012 TEAM #4472 |
| Bill Bridge - WRC Co Driver |
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| Nationality - American |
| Bill Bridge |
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| Nationality - American |
BILL BRIDGE
Local club: Misfit Offroad
INVISCID MOTORSPORTS
Experience
- 2003: Driver for numerous SCCA Autocross race events in Michigan, Stock class
- 2003-2004: Kettering
University Offroad Club Treasurer and Event Planner
- 2004-2005: Driver, mechanic and designer for a self-sponsored SCCA vehicle, modified
class
- 2007: Wolverine Truck show voted "Most capable rig" by the audience for my personally
designed and built 1981 Jeep CJ8 Scrambler.
- 2008: Co-pilot for team Wendler at Turtle Ridge Rock Challenge in Michigan.
- 2009: Driver and lead designer for my personal professional self
sponsored team at the Turtle Ridge Rock Challenge in Michigan.
- 2009: Co-pilot for Canadian team "South of Sanity" at the Turtle Ridge Rock Challenge
in Michigan
- 2009: Driver for our
team at the KING OF THE HAMMERS LCQ 2010
- 2010: Co Driver for
our team at the WRC MEXICO 2010. 2nd in Class A6. Featured in the team articles on the european RALLY BUZZ and
the USA WRS Mag.
- 2011: Fabrication of the new Inviscid Motorsports Ultra 4 / TREC / Trail rig vehicle
#9009
- 2012: Qualified for the King of the Hammers 2012 Race
- 2012:
FIRST PLACE AT TREC RACE
| EWRC RESULTS FOR BRIDGE |
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| Team Inviscid Motorsports/Team Bongo Mexico |
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| Ultra 4 Rig for the King of the Hammers 2012 |
| KOH 2011 - Photo by Will Wissman Photography |
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| Ponce and Gutwillig racing the King of the Hammers 2011 with no GPS, no beadlocks, and no prerunning |
| John Despain's KOH & MOROC competition rig |
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| Driven by Ponce |
| TEAM FOR THE SCORE BAJA 2013 SEASON |
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| Bongo, Bongo, Bongo! Que Nadien te quite tu Bongo! |
WORLD
RALLY TEAM®
Jose Manuel "Hotrod" Ponce alias "El Bongo"- Owner/Driver/Co Driver - The Minority Racer
Bill Bridge – Driver/Co Driver (WRC & KOH 2009)
Dave Gutwillig - Driver/Co Driver (KOH 2011)
Heath Catron - Co Driver (KOH LCQ 2009)
Ing. Rafa Gutierrez - Crew Chief
Jaiver & Marcos Ibarra - Crew Chiefs (King of the Hammers 2011)
Jorge Segoviano – Accounting & PR
Perla Vallecillo - Translations & Media
Dr. Juan Zavala & Mike "Dirty" Sanchez - Footage and PR
Carlos Casanova Jr. and Fred Riojas - Logistics and party chase crew
| Pre Running the Baja 250 & 500 |
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| Old School Class 8 Race Truck for the 2013 Score Baja Season |
| Bill Bridge & Ponce - Team Bongo Mexico LCQ #44 |
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| First Mexican American Team to race the King of the Hammers LCQ |
| Team Mexico logra terminar King of the Hammers |
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| First Mexican American Team to finish the King of the Hammers |
| King of the Hammers 2012 |
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| Score Baja 2013 |
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Minorities in Motorsports * Hispanic Race Car Driver
Racing World Class Events!
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photos from off-road desert racing, extreme rock crawling, wrc rally racing, cross country world cup, score baja 2013 pictures,
maya rally and outlaw cannonball racing pictures. Fundador del 4x4 en Guanajuato
Mexico * Organizador del primer evento off road en Guanajuato Mexico * Founder of extreme 4x4 events Guanajuato Mexico * bilingual locator
and restorer of Yank Tanks / Classic Cars from Cuba * Solo racer soon to be famous
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