Alonzo Wins His First Modified
Saturday, April 28, 2007

Some days everything just goes right. You make the green light at the one intersection you never seem to make . . . . your IRS refund shows up the Friday before you head out camping . . . or the Utah Jazz win even though you left your good luck charm at home.

For Tod Alonzo, luck had nothing to do with winning the heat race and the feature event all the while driving a 1992 Harris (the Modifieds have not seen a chassis other than a Lefthander win a feature event since the 2000 season). Years of trying and never giving up started back in 1977 at the age of 9 while racing Quarter Midgets in Milpitas, California. He carried that experience to racing touring sedans at Laguna Seca in Monterey, California to multi-time feature wins and multiple track records at Thunderhill Park in Willows, California. Tod now hangs his helmet after the races are over up north in Sunset and makes RMR's Super Oval his home track.

Tod picked a good time to not only take the points lead to start the season, he did it at the inaugural ASA Weekly Racing Series event for the RMR Super Oval. Qualifying found him starting 16th on the grid and he worked his way through the field eventually taking the lead from tough competitor Mark Ith, Jr on lap 22. Tod never relinquished the lead the rest of the Main and found himself in the Winner's Circle with a big smile, a big trophy, and 10 friends and family!

Tod's Sponsors:  Valvoline, American Automotive Machine, MS Products, Alonzo Motorsports

Mark Pittman
Public Relations Director