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WRC is televised in 188 countries in
21 languages, including the Discovery Channel HD, with a total audience of over 816
million plus 12 million visitors to wrc.com. 2012 will see a total of 12 rallies staged across the world, including Mexico.
WRC MEXICO has an attendance of more than 300,000 spectators. Ponce, the Minority Racer has survived 2 WRC Mexico events withour any prior
rally experience, a super limited racing budget, and racing gear back in 2008 and 2010.
Ponce and Bill Bridge will return to Guanajuato, for WRC Mexico as the local favorite
team for the 3rd consecutive time to race against the top world teams in 2012, they also plan on adding the WRC GERMANY
to their challenge in the future. Ponce raced for the host city of Guanajuato in 2008 & 2010, he was the first and
remains the only driver to ever race and finish from Guanajuato Capital. Ponce is
the only Mexican American driver in the history of WRC MEXICO to ever finish 2 consecutive rallies without any prior rally
experience.
The King of the Hammers race has grown since 2008 to be
the Ultimate Desert Race in the world and now has over 50,000 spectators, Ponce remains the first and only
Mexican racer.KOH is covered by Pinned TV, ESPN, Spike TV, Speed Channel,
FOX Sports and popular magazines such as Crawl Magazine, that prints 80,000 magazines per month and are distributed in
the USA, Canada and Europe. Ponce returned in 2011 with new teammate Dave Gutwillig in an Ultra 4 rig (alias
the Piņata) built by Dave Gutwillig and Javier's Gulf Coast Crawl Shop, to
be the first mexican american team to race and finish 37th out of 100 teams. They started off on spot 37th
and maintained a constant pace thru the desert and rock sections, without any pre running. 3 Movies have been released
by Pinned TV, "First Crusade 2008", "Second Crusade 2009", "Anarchy 2010", and "Valley of the Kings 2011. The
team appears in 3 of the recent movies. Bridge and Ponce reunite for 2012, more updates coming soon...
Bill Bridge drove his supercharged Ford Buggy while Ponce rode shot gun for the KOH LCQ 2010.
Pinned TV mounted a camera in their race rig to capture the action and carnage of this unique team.
Ponce and Dave Gutwillig and Jaiver Ibarra joined forces to take on the
The King of the Hammers 2011 race, Ponce planned a unique team strategy that proved
to be a success. Ponce started and finished the race doing the desert sections then jumped into the co
driver seat to navigate Dave Gutwillig, who raced and crawled his fabrication in the desert and rock sections. Both
managed to start and finish in spot #37, without any pre-running, no beadlocks, only 4 good sticky comp tires, no radio communication with
their pit team, and no GPS! The team flag waved proudly and never fell down, the fans cheered on this team at every
check point, it was an unbelievable experience.
Unlike other high budget racers, Ponce and his Minority racing crew
practice with what is available even if it means racing along the Rio Grande River between Nuevo Laredo Mexico where gun fire
is heard frequently, but they are used to it and say it helps to add more adrenaline to the pre running. Here
are some videos of Ponce pre running his JeepSpeed capturing all the video with the new state of
the art VEHO MUVI HD cameras. "No Proof, No Glory" - "Sin Prueba, No hay Gloria"
The GORM (German Off Road Masters) 24hr Race
is an intense endurance off road rallye race with multiple vehicle classes held each year in Schwerin, GERMANY. This world
class event is a televised event. This was the first time a Mexican American participates in an off road endurance rallye
race of this kind in Germany. Ponce partnered up with professional race car driver Michael
Podlogar and Dennis Meyer of WERK-1 Racing Team for this event, Paris Dakar winner Jutta Kleinschmidt
also joined the team, they raced in a Petrol Suzuki Jimny 4x4 and placed 5th in Class T1 and 16th overall out of 45
teams. Here are 2 videos of some of the action.
The Score Baja Races are
the toughest, most spectacular off-road races in the Americas since 1962 and are covered by several major networks at a worldwide level. Ponce plans on using all the skills that he has learned from past multi world class motorsports where
he managed to finish even though he had zero experience in those motorsports; such as UROC Super Crawl 2006, WRC 2008 &
2010, MXRRA 2007-2009, Venezuela Extreme Rally 2009, King of the Hammers 2011, Nordic and Euro Trials 2007, GORM (German Off
Road Masters) 24 Hour Race 2012, and the Ultimate Rally Mexico. Ponce has partnered up with Arturo N.
Benavides, owner of Laredo Choppers Inc. and SNORE 2011 VORE Champion, to take on the Baja 250, 500 and 1000 in a Class
8 2wd Full Size Ford Truck. These two Mexican American Minority Racers will be a team to watch during the Baja 2013
season.
Here is some footage of Ponce's new teammate Arturo N. Benavides, the 2011 SNORE VORE Class Champion.
Ponce and Arturo have teamed up to race the Baja 2013 season in a Class 8 Truck.
Ponce, the Minority Racer, helps guide 4 USA and 1 Australian Team from Texas to colonial
Guanajuato for the Maya Rally 2012. He managed to safely guide them thru the Nuevo Laredo the most dangerous bodertown
in the Americas. Then give the teams a trail run at a private off road park that he founded back in 1999 known today
as Planet GTOROCKS.
The
FIA Baja Poland race is the most popular FIA cross country off-road rally race in Europe that consists of
800kms (500miles) held in the desert like terrain of Szczecin Poland.Ponce is excited
to use his unique old school navigational and driving skills.Joining Ponce on this european
venture is his new minority teammates Arturo N. Benavides, Miguel
Sandoval, & Carlos Durazo. This will be the first time a Mexican American team competes in the FIA Cross Country
World Cup Rally Series.
Ponce, the Minority Racer, has innovated a great concept of locating and restoring American
classic cars for his Norwegians friends. He calls this job "Chasing classics all over the world
to make you happy." Here is a video of a Classic 1970 Ford Pony Convertible that grew up in Texas but now resides
in the southern coast of Norway.
Full length feature film directed by Pinned Productions Mike Badami.
King of the Valleys 2011 Movie
King of the Hammers, potentially the hardest single day off road race in the World!
2011 King of the Hammers "Valley of the Kings"
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2010 King of the Hammers "Anarchy" Movie
Directed by the award winning Mike Badami and Pinned Productions.
KOH Ultra 4 Racing 2011 Series DVD
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