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Ken Block gone. Snowmobile accident #3107851
01/02/23 10:49 PM
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Friend sent me the bad news.

He was the guy that did the crazy drifing in the 1400hp AWD early Mustang (well sort of a Mustang)


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Re: Ken Block gone. Snowmobile accident [Re: 71TA] #3107871
01/02/23 11:33 PM
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I saw that to. A great driver.

RIP Ken!


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Re: Ken Block gone. Snowmobile accident [Re: 67vertman] #3107882
01/03/23 12:17 AM
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HOONIGANS Main guy is gone, and he just signed to do AUDI for his new season of Exabition cars. He will be missed.

Re: Ken Block gone. Snowmobile accident [Re: migsBIG] #3107898
01/03/23 01:48 AM
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Sad.
I enjoyed/loved/laughed my butt off watching his drifting videos in the little Ford he ran for a while.
RIP Mr Block



Re: Ken Block gone. Snowmobile accident [Re: Stroker] #3107911
01/03/23 08:18 AM
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Puttin' on the foil in Charles...
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Re: Ken Block gone. Snowmobile accident [Re: not_a_charger] #3107973
01/03/23 12:26 PM
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A collage of whims
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Shocking. One of those guys I figured would outlive us all.
Some of the most incredible car control I've ever seen, time & time again.
Sadly reminiscent of Michael Schumacher just goofin' off in the snow, and BAM.

Re: Ken Block gone. Snowmobile accident [Re: 71TA] #3107980
01/03/23 12:37 PM
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I faintly remember hearing his name, was he a magazine writer and if so which magazines?
A good friend of mine from SO CA had a similar snow mobile accident in Montana years ago while doing a midnight full moon ride with a bunch of local riders that knew the trail, he ended up in a tree 50 ft. off the ground with the snowmobile stuck in the tree also shock
Luckily, with God's grace, he wasn't hurt badly, it did scare the hooty out of him. He said he got too close to the rider in front of him trying to pass at a sharp corner in the trail and off he went for a ride into the tree. They got him down that night with a rope and they went back the next day to retrieve the snow mobile, he never rode another one at night againshruggy work

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Re: Ken Block gone. Snowmobile accident [Re: Cab_Burge] #3109570
01/06/23 09:35 PM
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Try this to start on a gymkhana rabbit hole-
https://youtu.be/4TshFWSsrn8



Re: Ken Block gone. Snowmobile accident [Re: Stroker] #3109629
01/07/23 01:40 AM
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Saw elsewhere his helmet mounted GoPro mount punched through his helmet and got him.


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Re: Ken Block gone. Snowmobile accident [Re: slantzilla] #3109647
01/07/23 07:40 AM
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From what I understand he started the DC shoe company because nobody made good shoes for skateboards. That took off, he sold it for a lot of money and got into cars.

Amazon prime made a series called the Making of GymKhana or something along those lines. It was very interesting and showed the good and the bad of making that stuff.


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