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Hotrod Ponce

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Hotrod Ponce
A unique documentary style adventure film about the real truth about racing and putting everything on the line to make things happen. In search for the Ultimate Rally Adventure, a group of minority racers decide to organize the first true outlaw race in the Americas racing through the most treacherous tarmac and off road terrain. They experience numerous epic adventures and a twist develops that makes them head back to Norway. Adapted from the real life adventures of Hotrod Ponce, the Minority Racer.
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The Ultimate Rally (2018)
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Hotrod Ponce was born in Morelia, Michoacán México as José Manuel Ponce Navarrete who lived sometime in the USA where he studied international business. He grew up in Guanajuato, Guanajuato México and lived in southern Norway and now resides in Mahahual, Quintana Roo México & Piran, Slovenia. Ponce is a self-taught Mexican race car driver & innovative showman who has achieved considerable success on the racing circuit at some of the world's major races & personal explorations in the USA, Mexico, Venezuela, Germany & Norway. He remains the only Mexican American to ever race & finish in various motorsports like the King of the Hammers & WRC without any previous experience or special training. These accomplishments resulted in Discovery Channel International contacting him to cast for some new TV shows, as well as getting contacted by a CNN TV Producer about appearing on a new TV series about Minorities in Motorsports. He is part Purhépecha (Tarascan) Indian with incredible people skills, capable of adapting to any environments and situations. His multitasking skills and unique international character make him a very marketable tool in the entertainment world. His way of being brought up combined with all the adventures and different places that he has lived makes him a very flexible putty that is ready to be molded into any role for almost any project to deliver a clear depiction of the unfolding events. He has always been a ghost-like figure in the racing world and enjoys innovating out ways to prove that using your brain is a better investment than using your wallet. He has appeared in several TV Shows covering motorsports, as well as televised interviews in México from 2005-2010 to discuss why and how he introduced the extreme motorsports of professional rock crawling and rock racing into Mexico, as well as how to race and finish the WRC Mexico without any previous rally experience. These aired in Central México and on Direct TV in the USA and Canada. From 2010-2012 he kept busy modifying classic vehicles that he resold while living in Norway. During that time he also worked with Discovery Channel UK and continued racing at the Gorm 24 Race in Germany while also organizing and pre-running a cannonball-style underground race in Mexico requiring death insurance that he named the Ultimate Rally. In 2014, his elite private partners in México promoted him to the producers of 2017 Gatwick Gangsters film where he played a difficult role of a Mexican Cartel Boss residing in Scandinavia with no previous acting experience. Ponce recently finished his first indie film, the Ultimate Rally movie adapted from his real-life adventures, which he directed and wrote as well as perform all the stunts in this unique action adventure thriller using a group of his real friends and family. All the stunts were created by Ponce and filmed in uncontrolled environments in various parts of Mexico. One of these unpracticed stunts featured his modified Jeep racing through underground tunnels and complex off-road terrain in Guanajuato Mexico which was filmed in 2015, making him the first filmmaker to ever accomplish this on an extremely low budget. This avant-garde indie film took him 3 years to make without any film schooling, the film debut in 2018 and three months after entering various film festivals his creation was awarded Best First Time Director in Los Angeles. In May of 2018, the Ultimate Rally movie was nominated Best Documentary, Best First Time Director, and Best B movie in London. He is now working on two indie films entitled the Broker Breakers and Rock Star Isle that are closely related and deal with what Ponce does for a living in real life. He is also looking for partners for the sequel of the Ultimate Rally.
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    Known for

    The Ultimate Rally (2018)
    The Ultimate Rally
    8.8
    • Hotrod Ponce
    • 2018
    Broker Breakers
    Broker Breakers
    • Ponce
      Hotrod Ponce and Jose Carlos Casanova in Rock Star Isle
      Rock Star Isle
      • Ponce
        Gatwick Gangsters (2017)
        Gatwick Gangsters
        2.8
        • Jose de Jesus aka la mano negra
        • 2017

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        Actor



        • Rock Star Isle
          • Ponce
          • In Production
        • Broker Breakers
          • Ponce
          • In Production



        • The Ultimate Rally (2018)
          The Ultimate Rally
          8.8
          • Hotrod Ponce
          • 2018
        • Gatwick Gangsters (2017)
          Gatwick Gangsters
          2.8
          • Jose de Jesus aka la mano negra
          • 2017

        Writer



        • Rock Star Isle
          • story by
          • In Production
        • Broker Breakers
          • Writer
          • In Production



        • The Ultimate Rally (2018)
          The Ultimate Rally
          8.8
          • Writer
          • 2018

        Director



        • Rock Star Isle
          • Director
          • In Production
        • Broker Breakers
          • Director
          • In Production



        • The Ultimate Rally (2018)
          The Ultimate Rally
          8.8
          • documentary director (attached)
          • 2018

        • In-development projects at IMDbPro

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        Trailer for The Ultimate Rally movie by Hotrod Ponce
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        Trailer for The Ultimate Rally movie by Hotrod Ponce
        Trailer for The Ultimate Rally movie by Hotrod Ponce
        Trailer 2:42
        Trailer for The Ultimate Rally movie by Hotrod Ponce

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        • Height
          • 5′ 9¾″ (1.77 m)
        • Other works
          Awarded Long Distance Driving Trophy at Rocktober Off Road event in Texas. (2006) First Latino to race and finish UROC World Extreme Rock Crawling Championship at Firebird Raceway in Phoenix, Arizona USA. (2007) First Mexican to race and finish in Norway at the Nordic Trials. (2008) Finished 2nd place in Puegeot Class and named Mexican rookie driver of WRC Mexico 2008 without any previous rally experience. (2008) First Mexican to race and finish at the Euro Trials in Norway. (2009) First Mexican to race and finish the Fun Race 4x4 in Venezuela. (2010) Finished 2nd place in Class A6 WRC Mexico. (2011) First Mexican American to race and finish the King of the Hammers without any previous desert racing experience. (2012) First Mexican to race and finish the 24 Hour GORM race in Germany.

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            Studies the background of his characters to make it more real.
        • Nicknames
          • Hotrod Ponce
          • Bongo Ponce
          • One Man Movie Maker
          • Pinche Ponce
          • The Indie Racer
          • Minority Racer
          • Mexican King of the Hammers
          • Rey de Guanajuato
          • doroteo arango of guanajuato
          • conde of valenciana guanajuato

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