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    Six Flags Over Tomsk: As kick-to-the-jaw awesome as the Group B beasts were, the rear-drive machinery that preceded them (Escort RS, Ascona 400, 131 Abarth, Sunbeam Lotus, ... more »
    Novaload: Wow. I wish my commute was like that. #kenblock more »
    günter macbeetle, codename: chrystlubitshi: i would like to say that the reason my fore-arms are so well developed is from twisting a steering wheel around while flying through a dirt track rall... more »
    Franzouse: This is great. For the past years (I'm thinking 1997-2008), the so-called "money years", the emphasis culturally in our world has been on money, bling... more »
    scroggzilla raids again: Psst...Block and Atkinson have been reported to be the drivers for the new Monster Energy Drink WRC team for the upcoming WRC season. Scuttlebutt say... more »
    snapoversteer 'bout to get told: Why does Ken Block always seem to be having so much fun? Screw him. #kenblock more »
    cesariojpn: Dear Mr Block I am now officially boycotting you and withdrawing my support and fandom due to your relationship with Monster Energy Drinks. Monster E... more »
    Xelmon: I had my doubts looking at the pictures. Video though made me have a change of heart. Looks bad ass! Though the wheel wells are a bit odd looking. #k... more »
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    Doshu: I need a set of those for my Evo. With lift ticket prices here, I'm sure I could recover the cost in a single season. #kenblock more »
  • #rallying

    Ken Block, Chris Atkinson Spank A Vintage Ford Escort In Woods

    What do you get when you combine one Rally America star, one factory WRC driver, and one of the coolest two-wheel-drive rally cars ever built? A bunch of grown men giggling, that's what. Strap in, kiddies. More »
  • #sema

    Ken Block's Tracked Subaru STI Begs For Snow

    This is Ken Block's latest toy, a 400HP Subaru WRX STI, stripped and caged and outfitted with a set of Mattracks all-terrain tracks debuted today at SEMA. Is it badass? Yes. Would we sell our eye-teeth for one? Probably. More »
  • #subaruwrxsti

    Ken Block Tracked Subaru WRX STI Gallery

  • #hoonoftheday

    Gymkhana 2.1: Block Vs Dyrdek, As Seen On MTV

    MTV aired a very special episode of Rob Dyrdek's Fantasy Factory last night in which he and guest Ken Block tackled some of the serious issues facing our country. Here's the full video. More »
  • #drifting

    Is Kyle Sarasin Better Than Ken Block?

    Up-and-coming rally driver Kyle Sarasin shows off his entertaining and skillful drifts while practicing at his home gymkhana fields in Michigan. Some say he's better than Ken Block. Others say he's an ass. What do you think? More »
  • #lolcars

    VW Passat Lands In Precarious Position After Failed Ken Block Impersonation

    This Virginia commuter found herself in a precarious position after losing all sense of direction traveling through a construction zone. How's she going to explain this mishap to her insurance company? More »
  • #topgear

    Top Gear: Ken Block Takes James May Sideways

    Did you miss Gymkhana sensei Ken Block take James May for a spin a few hundred spins on last night's episode of Top Gear? No need to cry. We've scoured the interwebs and found the clip for ya! More »
  • #gymkhana

    Ken Block’s Gymkhana Sequel Takes Hooning To New Level

    Don't you wish you were Ken Block? Then you'd get paid to put your sponsors' logos on a range of clothes, then paid to film an infomercial for them using your Subaru WRX STI.
  • #racingnews

    Travis Pastrana Wins 2009 Oregon Trail Rally

    MTV's "Nitro Circus" star and rally driver Travis Pastrana, along with co-driver Christian Edstrom, clocked a third win this season here at the Oregon Trail Rally situated in and around scenic, hippie-infested Portland. More »
  • #rallyamerica

    Jalopnik Heads Down The Oregon Trail, Gets Dysentery

    There's a rally afoot in the hills of Oregon and we're headin' there; giant cameras and even bigger energy drinks in hand. Keep tabs on all of these crazy, dirty happenings after the jump. More »
  • #racingnews

    Ken Block Snags Win At Rally New York USA

    Block strikes again! The HoonLord, Kenneth Block, has snagged his second win at the 2009 Rally New York USA; only his second tarmac rally ever. More »
  • #rallyamerica

    EXCLUSIVE: Ken Block's 100 Acre Wood Rally In-Car Footage

    We've taken Ken Block's winning race footage straight from his STi's DVR at the 2009 100 Acre Wood Rally, complete with real-time data readouts. Now you can learn how to be a real rally driver! More »
  • #rallyamerica

    Guess That Rally Car: 100 Acre Wood Edition

    It's bright red, loud and generally makes the greenies unhappy. No, it's not Rush Limbaugh; it's a rally car! Submit your guesses inside for fame and glory. More »
  • #rallyamerica

    Travis Pastrana In Multi-Roll Accident At 100 Acre Wood Rally

    Here on the scene in Salem, MO at the 100 Acre Wood Rally comes word of a multiple-roll accident involving Travis Pastrana and Christian Edstrom. No injuries reported and there's more information inside. More »
  • #rallyamerica

    2009 Sno*Drift Rally: The Movie

    We warned you about it. We gave you plenty of advance notice. And now it's finally here. Our full 2009 Sno*Drift Rally film. Be afraid, be very afraid, because Jalopnik don't do no lilly-livered video. More »
  • #rallyamerica

    EXCLUSIVE: Sno*Drift Pastrana, Block In-Car Rally Video

    It's impossible to imagine what it's like to blast down limited access roads in a full race rally car at far above paralegal speeds, but the exclusive video below will get you close. More »
  • #rallyamerica

    2009 Sno*Drift Rally: Michigan's Great Motorsport Secret

    Up in Northern Michigan, the rally action is as furious as ever. Join us below for our mega gallery of what can only be described as Michigan's great motorsport secret. More »
  • #rallyamerica

    2009 Sno*Drift Rally: Bring The Pain

    As far as rallies go, Sno*Drift was pretty gentle on the cars, but that doesn't mean there weren't any snowy crashes. Our teaser gallery of ice-encrusted rally cars below. More »
  • #rallyamerica

    2008 Lake Superior Performance Rally

    You won't find RallyAmerica on TV and none of the major buff books will touch such a rabid motorsport, so we're bringing you the 2008 LSPR Rally, straight and unedited. Mega-sized gallery below. More »
  • #gymkhana

    Ken Block Drifts Subie Around A Segway In Amazing "Gymkhana" Autocross Session

    No, not Gymkata... Gymkhana! It's an automotive sport taking place on an open field or a parking lot requiring drivers to skillfully maneuver their cars around a series of cones, slaloms, 180 degree turns, 360 degree turns, figure eight turns or other obstacles. Ken Block's taken this concept a wee bit further...whipping his Crawford Performance-tuned 2006 Subaru Impreza WRX STI around some unusual course obstacles... like houses and hilariously, a stunt guy driving a Segway. Epic. You can now see why 0-60mag just named the man "Hoon of the Year." Hit the jump for the full Gymkhana practice session video. We're going to pull our jaw up off the floor. More »
  • #hoonoftheday

    Get That Damn Car Off Of The Hill!

    Remember the still photos we saw of Ken Block hooning his WRX on a New Zealand mountain in the company of a bunch of snowboarders? Well, courtesy of Connor (who also gave us some great LeMons in-car video, now we get to see some video of the hoonage, all set to a Primus soundtrack. Sure, the feel of the video is on the ragin'-dude snowboard-meathead side, but remember: New Zealand is where hoonage began!
  • #motorsport

    Snowboarding with the Subaru WRX STI

    Ken Block totally wins at life. We've brought you news of his feats in the past, including the monsterous 171 ft. jump in his rally spec Subaru WRX STI. Now Block has joined with the DC Snowboarding Team for what they call Mountain Lab 1.5 - basically a chance for some the the worlds best snowboarders to screw around on their favorite phase of water and make highlight videos. The only difference this time is that Snow Park Resort in New Zealand was custom modified to accomodate both boarder and rallyist for action the Dukes boys could only dream of. More »
  • #andthenyoutouchdown

    It's the Ken Block Monster Air!

    A bit over six months ago, we ran a shot of Ken Block's 171-foot insane-o Subie-leap for the Stunt Junkies television programme. After watching this clip, we would not want to be the man's spine. Even if you've already caught the episode, this flight — exceeding the Wright Brothers' first powered trip into the air by 51 feet — is totally worth watching again. – Davey G. Johnson More »
  • #jalopnikweekend

    Troublemakers! Block and Scotto Crash Subaru Show

    Taking Rally America driver Ken "Flying Car" Block over to a Subaru gathering at a rainy Dave and Busters parking lot to sign posters and surprise the faithful seemed like a wicked awesome idea until the party got slightly out of hand. Block and Scotto himself shoed in with their Subarus to take the usual static car show to another level. All went well until Block started hooning it up around some orange cones a parking lot security guard, and got everyone booted. Well worth it according to the crowd and the 0-60 crew, who of course captured the whole thing on video. Watch for Scotto's views on signing posters. – Mike Bumbeck More »
  • #novelties

    Eastbound and Sideways: Ken Block's Playground

    As far as we know, Ken Block doesn't own an R5 Turbo 2. But he should. Regardless of that faux pas, the man does own a plot of land in Utah reserved for his own hoonage. And frankly, if there's a number-one reason for being a successful businessman, this is definitely a contender for the top spot. Plus, Jerry Reed. – Davey G. Johnson More »
  • #newsracing

    Eight Miles High: Ken Block's Subie Leap

    Sweet Mother of Hazzard County and Fuji Heavy Industries. Ken Block launched this WRX way higher and farther than any motor vehicle should ever travel without its wheels planted on the ground. And he lived to tell the tale. Sheebus. – Davey G. Johnson More »
  • #news

    Scotto Can't Get Enough of the Rallying

    Whether it's the point-to-point, party-to-party on-road banzai antics of the Bullrun and Gumball, or the off-highway, minimal-traction action of WRC, it seems like our boy Scotto just can't keep his face filled with rallying. It is food to him. As such, he's blogging over at WRC.com this week in anticipation of the upcoming first-ever X-Games rallying segment. Go show the tall man some love. More »
  • #news

    Hoons of the Day: The One Lappers

    At the end of the Cannonball Baker One Lap of America, Yates and crew unleashed the racers upon the track for celebratory burnout action. And while Ken Block did some serious whippage and created a ton of smoke, the Mopar boys of the Jeep SRT-8 team (whose Erik Heuschele once put a Neon onto its door handles during a previous One Lap) created seemingly as much smoke as a Top Fueler with its front wheels set against the Chrysler Building. Scotto'll have a full report of the final stages on Monday. More »
  • #news

    Fists Turn Into Brave Ears: Scotto Hits the Track

    Ken Block and Brian Scotto are nearing the end of their One Lap of America, and they're celebrating in style by hooning it up in a Target parking lot in Sheboygan in preparation for their morning adventure at Road America tomorrow. Below, Scotto recounts his first on-track session of the One Lap, during which he manages to both embarrass and redeem himself. More »
  • #news

    Every Little Thing Must Go Wrong: Block/Scotto One Lap VIR

    Having lived in the western United States our entire time on the planet, we forget how actually close things in the eastern half of the country things are. For example, although it was exhausting, we thought nothing of driving from the East Bay to Portland, which is the next major city after Sacramento up I-5. And that's over 700 miles. So when Scotto drops the science that it's 650 miles from Virginia to the next stop on the One Lap of America in Indiana, it gives some sort of geographical pause. Meanwhile, Block, somehow unfazed by the madness, continues with his off-road antics. More »
  • #news

    Day Three of the Block/Scotto One Lap Assault

    Brian checks in while on the road and says, "A'ight man... We got 10 hours of driving ahead of us... I am not sure if this is fun anymore." Somehow, if Jawbreaker's "Tour Song" (which Scotto ref'd jokingly yesterday) was part of the broader cultural lexicon, the easy way out of this post would be to just say, "Cue 'Tour Song' and read on." Screwit. Y'all have iTunes. Cue "Tour Song" and read on. More »
  • #news

    Well, Fix It, Dear Henry: Block/Scotto One Lap Update

    Yesterday, Scotto regaled us with the tale of Ken Block's car crapping out, no doubt leading Block to lament in a Rollins-esque tone, "Hey wait a minute! My Subie doesn't work!" To which Scotto undoubtedly replied, "It's broken!" But in true never-say-die-die-my-darling fashion, the boys from Vermont SportsCar showed up with a new mill, wrenched all night and got the boys back on the road to Georgia, where according to the man they call "Brinskan" via BlackBerry, "Ken just raced and finished his first event, he looked quick but have not seen a ranking yet." The story behind the breakage after the jump. More »
  • #news

    There is Fire Coming Out of His Thingy: Block Breaks the One Lap Subie

    So Scotto finally gets down to brass tacks and sends in his first track report from the Cannonball Baker One Lap of America, and it's a lengthy-ass doozy that ends up with Block blowing the STi's motor the first day out. Oopsers. According to our extremely tall friend, the car is fixed and they're ready to hit it. Exploding Subies are so better than donks, Brian. Click on for the continuing story of Block and Scotto's play with madness. More »
  • #news

    Block and Scotto Meet Their Subie: One Lap Update

    The One Lap of America Ken Block/Brian Scotto STi met up with its drivers today for the first time in South Bend, Indiana. Interestingly, neither of them had actually seen the car. Vermont SportsCar put it together, Block designed the graphics on his Mac and sent 'em off, and tomorrow the kids set off on their grand adventure, during which Scotto assures us mad Descendents will be played. And, y'know, the Descendents' first gig was here in Pedro, so we can totally get behind that. Remember boys, foot in gutter, fist in gold and all that. More »
  • #news

    The Block/Scotto One-Lap Machine

    The wheels of his Mustang STi exploding on the highway like a slug from a .45
    True death: 400 horsepower of maximum performance piercing the night
    This is black white sunshine
    -Iggy Pop
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  • #news

    Scotto Goes One-Lappin': To Co-Pilot WRX STi with Ken Block

    Ken Block — DC Shoes co-founder and Travis Pastrana teammate — is taking on Brock Yates' hoary and hairy One Lap of America with our pal Brian Scotto of Rides. Their steed for the duration? A 400-horse STi prepped by Vermont SportsCar, featuring trick STi bits. Bonus? El Scotto will be kicking down daily updates from the road throughout the event, starting tomorrow. We get the feeling that given the significance of the start date, there will be mad tequila action, and we're not talking Paul Reubens-style, either. Or maybe we are — one never really knows with Scotto. More »