Ken Block’s Gymkhana Five

About two years ago, I came across a clip of Ken Block's "airfield rallying" video clip from BBC's Top Gear. I was so blown away by the American rally driver's skills, I did a blog post on it here. Block, who has been driving for the Monster World Rally Team since 2010, has also also created a series of Gymkhana videos which have gone unbelievably viral over the last couple of years.  Gymkhana is basically precision driving where, according to Wikipedia, "the driver must maneuver through a predetermined 'track' performing many different driving techniques." Ken Block recently...

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Ken Block on BBC’s Top Gear

I am by no stretch of the imagination an expert on or a great driver of cars. I can do what I need to do to survive, mostly. But, I, like many others, love the BBC's Top Gear with Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May. They have found the formula for creating television around cars in a way that is damn near impossible to duplicate and has built a following world-wide. This morning, I caught part of an episode of Top Gear where James May (Captain Slow) was taken on an 'airfield rallying' experience with Ken Block, rallying and stunt-driving genius. From the driving to the way it is...

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