Here are a few clips of the types of driving he was capable of.









He will be missed.

Even his early stuff was off the hook.

Unbelievable what the guy has done and a snowmobile falls on him. Just a shame.

I can't think of anyone with better car control; the stuff he did on the UK Top Gear programs was just about unbelievable, yet not his most amazing.
When everyone from F1 drivers & Rally drivers on "down" - as a figure of speech, not a judgement - respects his ability, you know he was special.
Really sad.

sad to hear about what happen , have to admit i was a little bit of a troll towards him sometimes about his wrc stuff

I feel like I''ve been under a rock, can't say I ever heard of him. BUT, what a driver!! What caused his death?

Snowmobile accident.

When the tires are spinning and smoking the car is not going as fast as it can
I guess his deal is not about going as fast as you can, it maybe, probably is about trying to impress some folks with the noise and smoke while making videos
Not my cup of tea, go fast or go home
I hope he was a Christain
May he rest in peace and God have pity on his sou if he wasn't l

What a BS comment to make.

The point, basically, was to thread a car that appeared out of control through a maze.
How close he could get to objects that would ruin the day always amazed me.
He wasn't just puttering through, but attacking the route like a madman; yet not touching anything.
Way more impressive than drifting on a skidpad, IMO.

RIP

Do you race or watch?

Amazon Prime the Gymkhana Files. Its a series they did on the making of some of those crazy videos. It was very interesting. The level or work they put into those videos is insane.

Consider the source.

Yes, very unfortunate but if we knew what was going to cause our demise we probably not do it and just stayed home that day.

i really liked the pennzoil commercial he made in the streets of pittsburgh, as i have been on those streets many, many times.

When he raced, which was often, he had full grasp of what wheelspin did to forward motion and he managed to win often for both Subaru and Ford.

When he was entertaining, he drove in a manner that created a lot of smoke and slides and was a demonstration of control on the edge of the line where most can't manage their vehicle. His work in these efforts generated a lot of interest, which was good for his advertisers, which afforded him a very lucrative living.

Had no clue who he was….

Ya know, I sat on this for the entire day, but I cant any longer. I called you out on a callous, disrespectful comment in a thread which you clearly know nothing about. And now, instead of realizing that you would have appeared wiser to remain quiet or even looked into the man's racing and business backround....you want to know about me? okay, I'll bite.

I drag race (albeit casually), i build engines for other street and drag users, I race MX and Off-Road pretty darn successfully in my little world, and I crew on a Sprint car. I also compete in USPSA and 3Gun, so you could say I 'race guns and myself'. So, yeah, I race. More than the average bear. And I still find time to be a decent Christian.

I'll tell you what I DONT do. I dont:

-Espouse snarky comments which attempt to diminish a dead man and father's accomplishments in a thread someone else started
-Pretend that I have a higher understanding of what that man was about or what he was or was not trying to accomplish
-Compare my own motorsports acumen to another/ completely unrelated discipline
-Criticize what others may view for entertainment
-Inject my own commentary relating to one's Christianity or COMPLETELY UNKNOWN lack thereof.

I BOLDED a particular sentence in your comment because even a cursory amount of investigation would reveal the KB had accomplished pretty impressive success in sanctioned racing on a world-wide stage. But you couldnt be bothered.

Now, those videos that "arent your cup of tea"...those videos have done more to legitimize motorsport and draw in young people to the possibilities in motorsport than anything in the last 10 years. They made motorsport for the sake of being a HOBBY bankable to outside sponsors. The reason is Ken Block and those videos.

Ive never seen any of the membership here call you out for your willingness to mention you own "next build" in a completely unrelated topic of discussion....yet you do it non-stop. No one has said, "Hey Cab, we get it, pump gas is junk, but stop calling it 'pump swill' MULTIPLE times in a single post like its a cleaver dig that youve created.

Maybe, just maybe, this was one that you should have sat out so as to not make your personal biases attempt to out-shine folks commenting on a legend of motorsport who met an untimely demise and leaves behind a young family and a company that is more heavily in Racing than you or I will hope to be.


I just noticed that you were in on a PRIOR thread about KB. So you chose to come in to this one and pull your crap with your emojis. You and I must have grown up in different Churches, jack.

Touche, Essay

Rest In Peace and Godspeed Ken Block,



Apparently, someone hasn't watched any tire spinning World Rally Championship races or motorcycle Flat Track, Speedway or Motocross races for that matter. Funny too is that Top Fuel and Funny Car RACING is the mega act of managing wheel/tire spin up to the point of 1 to 1 through the clutch from the engine to the tires to win. Also funny is how the race announcers always praise a driver for "pedaling" a car when it loses traction and getting control back and then somehow winning the RACE. Ken Block could "pedal" a car like very few in the world, What a DRIVER!!! Godspeed KB I got great enjoyment watching your on the edge driving.

MikeR