Pancho Alvarez
Pancho Alvarez is an American stock car racing driver. A long-time sportsman and modified driver in the state of Florida, he competed in one NASCAR Grand [National Series] race in his career.
Career
A native of Tampa, Florida, Alvarez won the Florida West Coast Stock Car Championship in 1954. He spent most of his career racing on local tracks in the Tampa [Bay Area] and Polk [County, Florida], although he also raced throughout the Southeast, winning multiple track championships.Alvarez competed in a single major NASCAR-sanctioned race in his career, racing in the inaugural event of the 1952 [NASCAR Grand National season] at Palm [Beach Speedway] on January 20, 1952. Starting 9th in the event, he finished 24th, crashing heavily on the race's 113th lap.