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Video: A day in the life of Ken Block and his SYNC-equipped H.F.H.V.

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Filed under: Videos , Hatchback , Ford , Specialty Ken Block has extended his tireless Ford promotion to SYNC , equipping his Hybrid Function Hoon Vehicle with FoMoCo’s infotainment system to star – along with DC BMX rider Kelly Bolton – in his latest video. The day-in-the-life comes in three acts, beginning with Block driving one of his Gymkhana-prepped Fiestas to LA’s Cars and Coffee, followed by a brief lunch, filming of the previously released Gymkhana 4 and wrapping up with a parking lot smoke fest where Block and Bolton do what they do best. Although we’re not sure what we’re impressed with more: Bolton doing a backflip off a ladder after Block topples it going sideways or the fact that Ken was able to drive his hardly street-legal H.F.H.V. around LA for the day

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Video: A day in the life of Ken Block and his SYNC-equipped H.F.H.V.

Report: Ken Blocked: Rally driver too big for F1 car

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Filed under: Motorsports , Etc. Ken Block was prepared to suit up for some seat time in Pirelli’s Toyota TF109 Formula One test car . Problem is, the car wasn’t prepared to suit Block. The man is too large for the seat, which typically holds diminutive F1 pilots

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Video: Ken Block Gymkhana, tilt-shift edition

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Filed under: Marketing/Advertising , Videos , Toys/Games Ken Block’s DiRT 3 promo in tilt shift – Click above to watch video after the jump We don’t know when tilt-shift video will be old and busted, but it isn’t today. Ken Block’s recent busting-through-boxes DiRT 3 Gymkhana at the Battersea power station rocked hard enough in full scale. It looks even cooler – or perhaps it’s just wackier and funnier – shot with a tilt-shift lens so that it looks like a tiny Ken Block is piloting a tiny Escort knocking over tiny boxes. The only thing stranger than the images is the music, which kept us wondering when the Harajuku girls were going to appear

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Video: Ken Block Gymkhana, tilt-shift edition

Ken Block’s official RC Gymkhana car arrives just in time for Christmas [w/video]

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Filed under: Videos , Ford , Toys/Games Traxxas channels its inner 1/16-scale Ken Block – Click above to watch the video after the break Master of the Gymkhanna (with a minor in marketing) Ken Block has teamed up with Traxxas to create a radio-controlled version of Block’s #43 Ford Fiesta . The 1/16-scale Fiesta is fitted with a brushless motor that turns all four wheels and sends the mini-Block car down your driveway at up to 30 miles per hour. If that’s not enough juice to play out your dreams of winning a Gymkhana event, you can opt for another setup that features a new pinion gear, second NiMH battery and series connector.

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Ken Block’s official RC Gymkhana car arrives just in time for Christmas [w/video]

Tanner Foust shreds at Ken Block Invitational Gymkhana Grid

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Filed under: Motorsports , Performance , Specialty Ken Block Invitational Gymkhana Grid – Click above for image gallery When the smoke cleared this weekend at the inaugural Ken Block Invitational Gymkhana Grid event at Toyota’s Irwindale Speedway, Tanner Foust had claimed the top spot. The head-to-head event, which had drivers like Foust, Vaughn Gittin Jr., Andrew Comrie-Picard and host Ken Block cording brand-new tires in a matter of minutes, pitted powertrains (AWD or RWD) in the same brackets to keep things interesting. After several rounds of eliminations, it came down to just Foust and Block for the final – both drivers in similar 550 horsepower AWD Ford Fiestas. In the best-of-three sprints, Block ran nearly flawlessly, but Foust demonstrated inhuman levels of car control (720-degree spins just inches from a barrel) to take the first two races and the resulting overall win

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Video: Ken Block in Gymkhana Three Part 2

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Filed under: Motorsports , Videos , Celebrities Ken Block Gymkhana Three Part 2 – Click above to view the video after the jump Gymkhana Three Part 1 left most of us cold, but the second installment of Ken Block ‘s Gymkhana series is finally upon us, and consider the series officially redeemed. If you haven’t clicked past the break yet… SPOILER ALERT : 360 alley-oop at the top of France’s l’Autodrome de Linas’ 51-degree bank.

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