Fortunately, Block (and co-driver Alex. Something interesting has to go down when you leave a 16-year-old behind the wheel of a 300-hp plus rally car. Block died while snowmobiling on January 3, he was 55. The 06 STI was a properly fast and excellent looking car too. Block and the team set up an obstacle track at where they tested Toyo Tires’: RR, R888R, and R1R. Ken Block has been drifting his way into our hearts since the release of the first Gymkhana video in 2006. The late Ken Block and his love of New Zealand. Getty Images. K. Some of the most notable ones include the Ford Mustang Hoonicorn, Ford Escort Cosworth, and Subaru WRX STI. Mar. K. He co-founded DC Shoes back in 1994 and went on to compete professionally as a skateboarder and motocross racer. The M-Sport team, which Block drove for in 2018, added: "Ken’s work and passion for the sport touched the imaginations of hundreds of millions around the world. Last week Ken Block revealed the new Ford Escort Cosworth he's taking rallying in 2019. What type of car did Ken Block ride? Ken rode a 2016 Ford Focus RS. In this year he also one the Rally America rookie of the year award Jan 1, 2006. 5L. This 2011 Ford Fiesta was built for GymkhanaTHREE, where Block does donuts around his friend on a Segway at l’Autodrome in France. By L. May 17, 2022. Ken Block's 14-Year Old Daughter Is Going to Drag Race a Bunch of Cars in His 1400-HP Hoonicorn. The announcement has come from the Hoonigans Instagram feed that Ken Block, 55, has died as a result of a snowmobiling accident today. Jax Redline is Ken Block's Baja 1000 teammate. His presence wasn't as a crowd enter. She has two younger siblings. Ken Block is a talented driver that can drift pretty much anything with four wheels. The Escort can make 600hp and 660ft-lb of torque at 4000rpm. 0-liter turbo four built to 1997 WRC standards with an aluminum (ahem) block and as much as 620. Ken Block’s Sightseeing Tour Of London. Appears In: Gymkhana 9 & 10. His skill and car control became quickly apparent and Block aptly nabbed Rookie of the Year that season in the Rally. 2021 is proving to be wide open for rally driver and gymkhana guru Ken Block. Search and Rescue, along with law enforcement from Wasatch County Sheriff's Office, Utah State Parks and the U. The driver, Kenneth Block, 55-year-old male out of Park City, Utah, was riding a snowmobile on a steep slope when the snowmobile upended, landing on top of him. There’s been racing, Gymkhana, and some utterly insane one-off builds over the course of the partnership that began in 2010. This was one of the most memorable Gymkhana films of the lot. All Heritage. Rallying 2005. It led to cars like the 1,400-horsepower all-wheel drive "Hoonicorn" Mustang, the. Now that Lia Block has her championship wrapped up, she's taking a victory lap. After learning of the death of Ken Block, Forza Horizon 5 players have been paying tributes to the rally star from within the open-world racing game. Show and go. The car had to be towed off the course by his team van. The 1994 Ford Escort RS Cosworth WRC, fondly called. Block has. Ken Block drove the 2009 Subaru Impreza WRX STI for Gymkhana Two. . It was released two weeks ago and has already accumulated over 877,000 views. Jan 3, 2023. Ken Block. Even though homologation rules stated that 200 needed to be built to be eligible for the category, it’s documented that only 146 cars were ever fully constructed and sold, with the remainder. . Ken Block’s five maddest stunts as rally legend and ex-Top Gear star is crushed to death. Ken Block is about to take you for a spin in his one-of-a- kind, 'roided-up rally ride, the one specially modified for stunt driving. Ken Block death: The legendary rally racer, stunt drifter and Hoonigan co-founder, Ken Block died at the age of 55 in a tragic snowmobile accident that happened earlier this week on Monday. The world of motorsport paid tribute to American Ken Block, the professional rally driver whose daring stunts made him an internet sensation, after his. READ: 2016 Chevrolet Camaro First Drive The car is near and dear to Ken's heart as it is the first Ford rally car. Block was also one of the co-founders of DC Shoes. He was 55. 4. Affectionately known as Ken Block’s “Dream Car,” this is his Ford RS200. 0 four, it did the 0-60 in the same time as a Ferrari 348 and ran on to nearly 150mph, which was a lot for any car back then, let alone an Escort. 3, 2023 5:36 a. After losing his previous 1991 Ford Escort Cosworth Group A rallycar to a fire while racing in the summer of 2018, Ken Block knew exactly what he had to do for 2019: build an all-new Cossie! And for his “Cossie V2,” he’s taken all of the things both he and the fans loved about the original Ford Escort Cosworth and has enhanced them in a. But it was a fitting farewell between the duo. It is a little-known fact that Gymkhana 1 actually took 2 days of filming spread out over a full month. Ken Block said his Escort Cosworth currently produces around 400 horses, mated to a custom-fitted seven-speed sequential manual gearbox. DC’s “about us” page reads: “In 1994, DC created a line of shoes specifically for skateboarders with a mission to make a significant change in skateboard shoe style and elevate skateboarding. The Escort RS Cosworth was a fully homologated rally. Wells. Current. In the driver seat, he controlled chaos with apparent ease. This was our introduction to Ken Block. . 185 votes, 36 comments. The final set of renders I made to showcase all of the work I did on the interior, based off the previous “Cossie” Ken raced in 2018 & in Gymkhana 10. To many of our readers, Ken Block is that affable guy who wheels cars in unimaginable ways in cool locations for the Gymkhana video series. Ken Block. Need any drivers, Ken? We were devastated when Ken Block's classic Ford Escort Cosworth Group A rally car crashed and burned last summer during the New England Forest Rally in Maine. His engine died. After the death of Ken Block, the audience was curious about his parents. The driver is now a "free agent," according to Hoonigan. During the 2019 Goodwood Festival of Speed, I have filmed the legendary and famous rally legend Ken Block driving his Ford Escort RS Cosworth "Cossie V2", do. Ken Block was one of the most famous rally drivers. Ken Block is about to take you for a spin in his one-of-a- kind, 'roided-up rally ride, the one specially modified for stunt driving. Unfortunately, we have learned that the famous Escort has burned to the. When Lia was 13, she learned how to drive her dad's 1978 Mk2 Ford Escort, which gave birth to an early start to her career in driving. This time around Block is going with a rear-wheel-drive 1978 Ford Escort Mk2 RS. October 2006) began competing in the American Rally Association in 2022, winning the O2WD Driver's Championship the following year at age 16, enabling her to enter the final race with her father's troublesome Ford Escort RS Cosworth. Starting in the mid-’00s and running up to the present day, here’s the over-13-year legacy Ken Block leaves to racing games. Despite learning how to drive stick just three days prior on Block's Focus RS street car, Lia is able to get the high-strung, race-clutch-equipped Escort moving without issue. via Hoonigan. I’ve said many times that the greatest thing about Speedhunters is the variety of automotive material that we cover. Block's RS200 is one of 200 units that Ford was required to build to meet the homologation rules. Ken Block is rebuilding his Escort Cosworth Rolled and burned car to make a comback Photo by Ken Block. The internet god's 1991 Ford Escort Cosworth Group A rally car has been featured all over. Only owned one car that had dual pumps and they were in there when I bought it. Those watching this. K, with a “bigger video project” featuring the Escort slated for 2016. Forest Service responded The driver, Kenneth Block, 55-year-old male out of Park. Ken Block has been teasing everyone about his new project and finally unveiled it today. Twitter. It was equipped with fifteen52 Turbomacs and Toyo R1R tires, it’s the ideal around-town ride for Block. Ken Block and Pennzoil kicked off the 2017 SEMA Show by unveiling his new-to-him 1991 Ford Escort Cosworth Group A Rally Car. Supplied. I thought of his second video on this channel with a ford escort rs500 with the same livery as his cossie!!! 500+. The sequence of unfortunate events. When “Hoonicorn vs The World” was revived towards the end of 2021, the second season showed Ken Block handing over the keys of his Hoonicorn Mustang to his daughter Lia Block. For 2010, Block ended his partnership with Subaru, and joined Ford to compete part-time at the World Rally Championship for Monster World Rally Team, where he drove a Ford Focus RS WRC 08 together with long time co-driver Alex Gelsomino. I took it upon myself to put this much effort into the interior so that we would be able to render the car from virtually any perspective and have the appropriate details in the cockpit to be. . Ken Block died on January 2, 2023 in a snowmobiling accident. Of course, Block owned his fair share of cool rides over the years as well – many of them wearing a Blue. Watch Ken Block driving up the Goodwood hill, doing some 4WD donuts and burning tyres in his new Ford Escort RS Cosworth "Cossie V2" during the 2019 Festival. 8, 2023. His latest video with the Hoonigans crew features a nifty second-generation Ford Escort that's been turned into a wicked Gymkhana drifter. Thanks to a heavily modified Evolution variant of the turbocharged, 4-cylinder engine, Ken’s car produces over 700 hp. For the second, consecutive year Ken Block was at San Marino's RallyLegend with his Ford Escort RS Cosworth "Cossie V2". Rear-wheel-drive unsurprisingly goes to Seamus Burke, for yet another year of domination in the coolest MkII Escort anyone has ever built, as. He was 55. This season marks the first time that Lucy and Ken are competing. The car features bodywork designed by Japanese artist Ken Muira/Rocket Bunny. The Focus RS RX can reach from 0-100 km/hr in under 2 seconds. 0’, and is arguably the most wild-looking Escort RS ‘Cossie’ in existence. Block gets behind the wheel of his Cossie V2 for the first time in a shakedown. The Ford Escort is one of multiple cars that will be featured in the. Ken Block. He began his rallying career with Vermont SportsCar team in 2005 and made his competitive debut at Sno*Drift. At least, not with his latest race car. You can also build the White/red wheels RWB Porsche with a Comet Classic. He’d co-founded the skateboarding and apparel brand in the early 90s with his friend Damon Way and went on to build into a global empire, eventually selling it to Quiksilver for a cool $87 million [£65 million] in 2003. in 10 years and over 50 events I never had a fuel pump fail. Via - Motor1. Defying the laws of physics was half the fun. But at his core, he was always an enthusiast. 95 million. Ken Block's Cossie World Tour, presented by Sonax: Episode 001:Check out my all-new Ford Escort Cosworth racecar AND 2019 livery launch! Car design by Ash Th. Celebrated drift and rally driver Ken Block has revealed his latest car, a 333bhp Mk2 Ford Escort RS. The 55-year-old was known as a competitive rally driver in championships such as Rally America and Global Rallycross. Uh, and we did everything from skate brands to snowboard brands. 11467. Last year, Ken Block built an Escort Cosworth rally car for Gymkhana 10. Now Ken and his team build the “Cossie 2. 2nd Overall in 2006, 2008, and 2013. For his next effort, Block has blown us away once again with the debut of his all-new Gymkhana ride, a highly modded 1978 Ford Escort MkII RS. The 2016 Ford Focus RS RX was a result of a global collaboration between Ford Performance, Block's Hoonigan Racing Division and U. Oct 26, 2018 at 1:00pm ET. Thirteen-year-old Lia Block recently got a private lesson from her pops in a 1972 Ford Escort Mk2 RS, just three days after learning to drive stick in a Ford Focus RS. Ken Block is rebuilding his Escort Cosworth Rolled and burned car to make a comback Photo by Ken Block. When the first episode went live, it garnered 1. During the 2019 Goodwood Festival of Speed, I have filmed the legendary and famous rally legend Ken Block driving his Ford Escort RS Cosworth "Cossie V2", do. His latest video with the Hoonigans crew features a nifty second-generation Ford Escort that's been turned into a wicked Gymkhana drifter. Block and his team custom tuned the engine to produce 700 horsepower, not bad considering the car has 2. During the 2nd of January, 2023, in the snowy wilds of Utah, automotive legend Ken Block was taken from us. Back in 2011 Ken Block and his partnership with Ford introduced me into the world of rallycross and inspired me to pick a fiesta as my 1st car after watching his gymkhana videos. Oh, yes. We get a ringside seat as Block drives the custom Ford at. With a garage full of fast Fords, Block and the Hoonigan team travelled the world to film five different cars in five locations. Racer, Gymkhana superstar, and extreme sports legend Ken Block died in a snowmobile accident on Monday, January 2, 2023. In fact, just last summer Block was racing his newly minted 1991 Ford Escort Cosworth RS Group A rally car through New England. Long Beach, CA – Ken Block and Hoonigan Industries are proud to introduce Block’s first-ever, rear-wheel-drive Gymkhana machine. Along with his own company, a faithful social media following, and $200 million to his name, Ken Block also has these insane cars in his garage. He was plowing his property (he apparently lives in the Lake Tahoe area) and had an accident that left him with orthopedic injuries (mainly his legs) and blunt trauma injuries (crushed, basically). Forest Service responded. Ken Block will return to the World Rally Championship at next month’s Rally Mexico, driving his Ford Escort RS Cosworth. On January 2, 2023 at approximately 2:00 p. The Wasatch County Sheriff's Office confirmed via social media that it had responded to a snowmobile. Ken Block Took His Escort Cosworth All the Way to New Zealand to Go Rallying. 4. Lia earned finishes driving UTVs in the Lucas Off-Road Racing Series. . Suddenly an event taken seriously by fans who have a passion for all things rally was over taken by, and let's say it, fucking bogans everywhere drinking monster energy drinks and acting like chads. Slowly, more and more power was added to it, with the help of Garrett Turbochargers and a 6. Last week Ken Block revealed the new Ford Escort Cosworth he's taking rallying in 2019. Search and Rescue, along with law enforcement from Wasatch County Sheriff's Office, Utah State Parks and the U. julian. Block and his team custom tuned the engine to produce 700 horsepower, not bad considering the car has 2. • 2. Well, this is not your average 16-year-old. Ken Block, pictured here at the 2017 World Rallycross Championship in Barcelona, Spain, died yesterday in a snowmobile accident, his company said. This isn't just some 25-year-old economy car. S. Here are aftermath pictures of Ken Block's burned Escort Cosworth After the fire, there's not much left of the RS Ford. The first, DC Shoes: Ken Block Gymkhana Practice, arrived in September 2008 and featured Ken Block shredding a decommissioned airbase in a rally-bred Subaru Impreza WRX STi.