Leo Parente of DRIVE channel’s Shakedown segment conducts an absolutely fascinating interview with Ken Block. They talk about the secret of motorsports marketing success and then Ken’s rally driving career in the World Rally Championship, the Global Rallycross Championship and American rally.
This is a tribute to Ford Racing’s contribution to the World Rally Championship. It starts in the Ford Focus era with Marcus Gronholm and moves into the current car, the Fiesta.
Red Bull put together this compilation of highlights of Sebastien Loeb in this year’s X-Games Rallycross. It gives a glimpse of what the culture is like in the Global Rallycross Championship. Unfortunately, Marcus Gronholm was injured in a pre-race practice crash so we didn’t get to see a showdown between WRC champions. With his win, Loeb showed that he was probably the only one who could challenge Gronholm’s dominance in the series. Now that the car is built, maybe Sebastien Loeb can do a few more races in the GRC and X-Games next year. Go here if you want to watch ESPN’s full coverage of the event.
Ken Block is at it again with Gymkhana Five. This time he turns the city of San Francisco into a playground. This is the best Gymkhana video yet. I think Ken has finally mastered the Ford Fiesta as shown by the more technical nature of some of the stunts this time around. Sliding cars is universally exciting to watch and nobody proves that better than Ken Block.
This is 8 time World Rally Champion, Sebastien Loeb, doing a minor rally event in Switzerland. They’re probably practicing and doing testing on the Citroen DS3. The video is well edited and there’s some great in-car footage.