\u201cMark Micke let me make two runs in his [Pro Mod], and I haven\u2019t really been the same since,\u201d confessed Victor Alvarez, Bradenton Motorsports Park track owner.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe goal after that was to do whatever I had to do to eventually get a Pro Mod.\u201d<\/p>\n
Now, Alvarez\u2019s dream is coming true as he announced his venture into the class with a newly built RJ Race Car that\u2019s complete with twin turbos and Pro Line powered with an M&M Transmission.<\/p>\n
Alvarez is set to get fitted in the car next week. Then from there, it\u2019ll go to paint and then return to RJ Race Cars for final assembly.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ll be pushing it, but we\u2019re going try to run the Drag Illustrated<\/em> Winter Series, so the Snowbird Outlaw Nationals, U.S. Street Nationals and World Series of Pro Mod, \u201c he said, \u201cbut we\u2019ll definitely run U.S. Street and World Series of Pro Mod.\u201d<\/p>\n However, after quickly remembering that WSOPM is an invite-only event, Alvarez said, \u201cI don\u2019t want anything handed to me. I want to work for it. That\u2019s part of the fun of what we do.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cBeing a track owner or being a shop owner, people always think that you have some sort of upper hand or advantage. In Pro Mod, there\u2019s no upper hand, or there\u2019s no advantages. You have to work for everything you get. You have to work for it, and that\u2019s what I want to do. That\u2019s part of the fun \u2013 if it was easy, it would have very little appeal to me.\u201d<\/p>\n The New York native who now calls South Florida home also recognizes that he\u2019s entering a class that\u2019s stacked with heavy hitters like Jim Halsey, Spencer Hyde and Todd Tutterow, to name a few.<\/p>\n \u201cIt is absolutely shark-infested waters, and to me, that\u2019s the appeal, right? The better your competitor is, the bigger the win is,\u201d explained Alvarez. \u201cTo go up against those guys, that alone is an accomplishment and something to look forward to, and that\u2019s extremely exciting. But to be able to compete with them and possibly beat some of those guys, which is the goal, that\u2019s the holy grail of drag racing right now.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cYou win a World Series of Pro Mod, you\u2019re a legend. You win a Snowbirds Outlaw Nationals, you\u2019re a legend,\u201d he added. \u201cIt\u2019s what I want to do. I don\u2019t want easy wins. I want to be in shark-infested waters, and I want to travel, and I want to race with the best of the best and hopefully make a name for myself.\u201d<\/p>\n After competing in the Drag Illustrated <\/em>Winter Series, Alvarez doesn\u2019t want to be committed to one series but rather check out the PDRA, NMCA, Mid-West Drag Racing Series and the NHRA to explore various opportunities in the different sanctioning bodies.<\/p>\n Even though Alvarez grew up drag racing imports, like Toyota Supras, he has always had his sights set on the class.<\/p>\n \u201cI want to give thanks to RJ, Pro Line, M&M Transmission, FuelTech, Precision Turbo and Braille Batteries,\u201d he said. \u201cAll of them have come on and made this easier than I thought it would be and have just been very helpful and they\u2019ve all supported the car quite a bit so far.<\/p>\n \u201cMy dream and my goal is to run Pro Mod. To me, Pro Mod is the holy grail of drag racing.\u201d<\/p>\n This story was originally published on August 7, 2024. <\/p>\n The post Vic Alvarez Announces Entry Into Pro Mod, Plans for Competing<\/a> first appeared on Drag Illustrated<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u201cMark Micke let me make two runs in his [Pro Mod], and I haven\u2019t really been the same since,\u201d confessed Victor Alvarez, Bradenton Motorsports Park track owner. \u201cThe goal after that was to do whatever I had to do to eventually get a Pro Mod.\u201d Now, Alvarez\u2019s dream is coming true as he announced his […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-95301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95301","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=95301"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95301\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}