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 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 Laredo, Texas and Guanajuato, GTO Mexico at world class events such as the WRC and the King of the Hammers. His determined struggle as a 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.

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 Endurance Racer * Rally Driver racing for charity * Mexican Latino Desert Racer. Multi Platform Extreme Driver * Team Mexico Dakar 2013 "The Scorpion Driver"

José Manuel "Hotrod" Ponce - Driver

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 5^th 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 17^th 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 37^th 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 4^th 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 4^th in our class. 11 European Countries participated at this off road skandinavian event.

Professional WRC Rally Experience

2008 ° Placed 9^th in Class A6 and 2^nd 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 2^nd in Class A6 at the FIA WRC® Mexico and moved up to the 144^th spot on the WRC WORLD RANKING CHART. This was our second official rally in our own car, raced with used tires.

Other Motorsports Activities and Accomplishments

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 such as the Ranch Pratt, founder of UROC, Brad and Roger Lovell. 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.

2006 ° Organized and directed UROC® Mexico, the first USA sanctioned professional rock crawling event in Mexico. Managed to host guest stars such as the Ranch Pratt, founder of UROC, Brad and Roger Lovell. 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.

2007 ° Organized the first MXRRA® Rock Racing Rally and managed to host guest stars such as the legendary Don Campbell and his son Shannon Campbell, rock racing champion. Introduced the motor sport of professional rock racing into Mexico.

2008 ° Organized another MXRRA® Rock Racing Rally and managed to host guest stars such as Tore Hansen and Finn Erick Loberg from Norway, Lance Clifford from Pirate 4x4 TV, Johnny Lamana from RP films, Becca Webster and Mike Berard of Red Bull Rock Crawlers.

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. These included USA Rock Racers Louie Keener and Heath Catron of Ballz Out Motorsports. Venezuela Rock Stars- Felipe Montilla, Alirio Legones, Diego Inamoto and Alberto and Eliana Roberti. Costa Rica Rock Stars - Freddy Rodriguez, Josue Rodriguez, Eduardo Roman, Douglas Carmona y Daniel Mora. and Magalie Fort from France. The legendary off road racer, Walker Evans, and Nascar titan, John Smith, were also among the guest stars.

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, 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 ° A cover story will be featured on my racing on LATINATION TV that airs on CBS in 2012.

2011 ° Ponce was interviewed by Off Road Mexico News.

Ponce racing the King of the Hammers

EWRC RESULTS FOR PONCE

Ponce racing in Venezuela

Ponce racing in Norway

Ponce & Bridge

WRC MEXICO 2010

Bridge y Ponce alias "Pancho & Lefty"

Team Inviscid Motorsports/Team Bongo Mexico

KOH 2012 TEAM #4472

Bill Bridge - WRC Co Driver

Nationality - American

Bill Bridge

Nationality - American

BILL BRIDGE

born in Dearborn Heights, Michigan, USA

resides in IRAPUATO, GTO MEXICO

Local club: Misfit Offroad

INVISCID MOTORSPORTS

http://www.facebook.com/InviscidMotorsports

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

EWRC RESULTS FOR BRIDGE

Team Inviscid Motorsports/Team Bongo Mexico

Ultra 4 Rig for the King of the Hammers 2012

Ragnar Robertsson joins the team for KOH 2012

Click to see more about this scandinavian formula offroad champion

Dave Gutwillig - KOH TEAM MEXICO #4472 * #37

Javier's Gulf Coast Crawl Shop www.gulfcoastcrawlshop.com

Dave Gutwillig
Houston, Tx USA

www.gulfcoastcrawlshop.com

* Cheif fabricator and Designer at Javier's Gulf Coast Crawl Shop.
* Designer and fabricator of GCCS Ultra 4 KOH Buggy.
* 2010 Winner of MOROC season opener in Bryan/College Station.
* 2010 3rd place at Canyons Endurance Race

* 2011 Driver/Co Driver. Placed 37th out of 100 at the King of the Hammers race. Started and finished in 37th spot with no pre-running. First American Texas off roader to be featured in the European Rally Buzz Magazine and Offroad Mexico's Magazine.

KOH 2011 - Photo by Will Wissman Photography