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Gymkhana Three, Part 2: Missing Something
Producing a follow-up to what is arguably one of the greatest car videos on YouTube is no small feat. Ken Block’s short video simply titled “Gymkhana Practice” (released in 2008) helped create a whole new category of video with its high-speed antics and amazing sound. Within weeks our email box here at Driving Sports was [...]
Block’s Gymkhana Three Lands with a Thud
It was the video that launched a new career for a rally driver relatively unknown outside of the skate fashion world: Ken Block. Simply titled “Gymkhana Practice,” his first driving video ignited a firestorm of emails amongst car enthusiasts. “Incredible driving video!” Was the subject line of a hundred emails to hit our inbox within [...]
Block Rocks for Ford at X Games 16
Finally, some rally love in Ford’s Fiesta ads. In this one, “Rock it like Block,” Ken takes on everyday tasks in his slightly modified Ford Fiesta. The result is predictable, yet a good time none-the-less. Ad made its debut during X Games 16.
Block’s Gymkhana 3 Fiesta Bonus Walkaround
Daylight walkaround of Ken Block’s new Gymkhana 3 Ford Fiesta
Ken Block Gymkhana 3 Fiesta Revealed
Episode #22 – Ken Block’s Gymkhana Fiesta is revealed in San Francisco at the 2011 Ford Fiesta press launch. This new machine puts down 850 horsepower and features the super-wide body treatment.
Outtakes: Douthit and Foust at X Games 15
Driving Sports producer Ryan Douthit goes for a ride-along with Tanner Foust in the Rallycross Ford Fiesta at X Games 15 in Los Angeles. (And yes, Ryan knows that Swedish meatballs are not normally served with pasta.)
Ken Block Looks for Fifth Win at 100AW Rally
Though he suffered a DNF at the first event of the season, Sno*Drift, Ken Block has never fared well in the season kick-off event. Therefore, it’s with great interest we now look to Round 2 and the 100 Acre Wood Rally (100AW) in Salem, Missouri, to see if Block can make magic happen behind the [...]
Extra! Sno*Drift Rally Report, Monster Fiesta, 2012 Viper
Action from Sno*Drift, Round 1 of the 2010 Rally America Championship, featuring Travis Pastrana, Ken Block, Dave Mirra, Antoine L’Estage and more. Who won, who lost and who crashed. Plus, we talk to Scott Brown from Chrysler about the future of the Dodge Viper.
Ken Block’s Fire-Breathing Ford Fiesta
A couple weeks ago we broke the news that Ken Block made a jump from the Subaru Rally Team to the new Ford-backed Monster World Rally Team. Announcements are fine, but we wanted to see the car! Voila – here it is in all its Monstery goodness. In case there was any doubt, this isn’t [...]
Ford Fiesta Super 2000 For The Monte Carlo Rally Win
Mikko Hirvonen debuted the new Ford Fiesta Super 2000 rally car in the IRC Monte Carlo Rally and rallied the hot new hatch through the snow for the win. Leading from the start, the Finnish rally star easily overcame the challenges of changing road conditions from the ice in the mountain passes to the dry [...]
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