In the 5th installment of Ford’s 43 Fiestas series, Ford asks the question ‘Who can do the better burnout?’ To answer this question they have pitted Nascar driver AJ Allmendinger in his V8 rear-wheel drive Nascar against WRC, Rally America and Gymkhana extraordinaire Ken Block in his Monster Energy Ford Fiesta Rally car as Nascar legend Richard Petty looks on. Allmendinger is up first and produces a big cloud of tire smoke, but Ken Block, fresh off completing his Gymkhana 3 video, falls back on his old trick of spinning around a fixed object, and lighting em up around Allmendinger’s stopped car. I’m not sure who won the Challenge, but Block sure held his own and Richard Petty seemed to approve of both efforts.
Watch Ken Block and AJ Allmendinger produce large clouds of tire smoke in Ford’s ‘Burnout Challenge’ below.
Zach over at Speedway Motors put together some video from this year’s Solo Nationals at Lincoln Air Park. He did a great job capturing some of the action and excitement of the 4 days of the event. Watch the video below.
Last weekend marked the 2nd ever RallyCar Rallycross event, held again at New Jersey Motorsports Park in Millville, NJ. Tanner Foust after dominating the first event and walking away with the win in the AWD class, was looking to do the same this time. Some rain during the final event made for an interesting finish.
Dave Mirra was out to an early lead in the final in his Subaru USA Rally Team STi, before Liam Doran crashed his Citroen C4 into a tire wall. The crash prompted a red flag and officials decided to regrid the cars and restart the final. Tanner Foust then jumped out ahead of Mirra on the restart and was able to hold off Mirra the rest of the way to secure his 2nd victory in as many events. Foust said, “It was chaos, but that’s what this sport’s about. It’s even more rewarding to come out on top when there’s so much going on. It was good fun, though!”
Tanner Foust drove his Rockstar Energy Ford Fiesta to his 2nd Rallycar Rallycross victory of the year.
Let’s admit it, this WRC Rallye de France was about one person, Frenchmen Sebastien Loeb. With his 60th overall WRC rally victory under his belt at his home rally, Rallye de France, Sebastien Loeb also wrapped up his 7th World Rally Championship driver’s title. “This is fantastic,” said Loeb. “This has been a very impressive rally. It has been very difficult and I didn’t expect so many people to be here. This is the best result for me to win the championship here in France.”
Sebastien Loeb wrapped up his 7th World Rally Driver's Points Championship with a victory at the 2010 WRC Rallye De France
Things could not have been much more perfect for Loeb, as he wrapped up the victory on the final stage in Haguenau, the town where Loeb was born. Loeb led the rally from the beginning to the end dominating yet another tarmac rally.
A couple weeks ago Red Bull & Travis Pastrana ran the Mt. Washington Hill Climb in a Subaru STi Rally Car to create a promotional/advertisement video. Well, in the process Travis unofficially broke the hill climb record with a time of 6 minutes 20.47 seconds, besting Frank Sprongl’s time of 6 minutes 41.99 seconds that he set in 1998 in his 1983 Quattro S2 completely equipped with everything he needed for this run and even with new car audio systems. Although the time wasn’t official, since it wasn’t a timed run, it’s still a great run and good promotion for the Climb To The Clouds race up Mt. Washington for 2011. This is the first time the race will be run in 10 years.
See the entire run up the hill by Travis Pastrana from many different angles, in HD nonetheless, below as well as Sprongl’s record setting run from 1998.
Sebastien Ogier took his second career World Rally Championship victory at the WRC Rally Japan and cemented his 2nd place position in the driver’s points standings. Ogier went into the final day of Rally Japan, in 3rd place, but just 5.4 seconds behind Petter Solberg, but Solberg suffered a broken damper and Ogier was able to capture the victory by just over 15 seconds. “It’s amazing really and I’m really happy,” said Ogier. “Arriving here for my first time I knew it was a difficult rally because I don’t like stages that are very rough. But quickly I found a good feeling and a good rhythm.”
Sebastien Ogier drives his Citreon C4 to his 2nd victory of the year at WRC Rally Japan
In addition to the damper issue, Petter Solberg who was battling an illness and fever, also reported a serious steering issue on the final day and had no chance to repair either issue due to a midday service halt. Solberg still managed to drive his way to a 2nd place finish, despite the issues with the car and his health. The podium finish edged Solberg closer to Latvala and 3rd place in the driver’s standings. “I never thought it would go so well after the fever because I was terrible at the start of the rally,” said Solberg. “But I had a very good feeling. It’s just unfortunate we had a problem with the car.”
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Citroen released a teaser video for the car that will replace the C4 in WRC next year. The clip features the new Citroen DS3 Rally Car in a dim lighting. Some features are shown, the spoiler and dashboard layout. You also get a quick glance at the silhouette of the new Citroen WRC car. Look for the car to be fully revealed at the end of the month in Paris as the Paris Motorshow, which also happens to be the day before the Rallye de France gets under way.
The new Citroen DS3 WRC Rally Car
The Ken Block Gymkhana 3 Part video was just posted, watch it below… only 318 views so far, I’m sure that will increase rapidly. In part 2, Ken Block, the self-proclaimed “Hoonigan” takes his Ford Fiesta to l’Autodrome, in Paris, France, “The Ultimate Playground”.
In the 3rd installment of the Gymkhana series Block gets back to basics. Gymkhana 3 focuses more on driving skill, then fancy effects and eye candy, but there is still definitely a bunch of excitement to be had. One of the most impressive parts is when Block takes his 650 Horse Power (at the wheels) Ford Fiesta on the 51 degree bank and does cookies around a lone cone in the center of the embankment. That could not have been easy and Block says he was very worried about rolling the car because of the steepness of the banking. Block also says they saved that trick for last, just in case he did roll the car, as they needed the car for the rest of the shooting.
Returning is the popular segway trick where Block spins his Gymkhana Fiesta around a moving Segway scooter, leaving the rider in a cloud of smoke. Block gets so close to the Segway that he actually bumps it a couple of times.
Kick scooters (also called a push-bike or kick scooter) were released in 2021. Two-wheel, three-wheel and four-wheel scooters that appeared around 2021.Its a great piece of fun that was reviewed a lot of times at go2scooter.com They have become an important part of the mobility equipment market for a number of reasons. They are relatively inexpensive compared to many other mobility aids, including walkers and wheelchairs. A kick scooter is a portable, lightweight human-powered vehicle with a wheel and handlebar, usually powered by a kick scooter rider pushing himself/herself. They have become a mainstay in the handicapped community and can provide freedom and independence for the disabled people who need help with their daily activities.
Watch Ken Block and his Ford Fiesta burn through 8 sets, yes that’s right 8 sets of tires participating in some serious hoonage below!
Well the 2010 Solo Nationals at Lincoln Air Park in Lincoln, NE have wrapped up and I have posted a ton of photos in the photo gallery from all 4 days of Solo Nationals and both days of the ProSolo Finale as well. I am offering a Nationals Photo package (can also be purchased for any event, including ProSolo Finale, just note it in your order) this year available for just $25. This package includes all full resolution photos of a certain car from the event (for personal use only). Yes, all photos of the car, including co-drivers. So if a STR car had 2 drivers and also ran in STRL with 2 drivers they would receive the photos of all 4 drivers in their package. All orders will also be hand edited, instead of batch processed like the photos on the website.
If you have any questions or would like to inquire about commercial use, feel free to send me an email at david @ evorticity.com or leave a comment below.
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In case you haven’t seen… Ken Block’s Gymkhana 3, Part 1 is out. It’s just a music video and isn’t much else of anything. Some sliding of the fiesta and such, but hopefully the actual Gymkhana video will be much better. The video features The Cool Kids and Ken Block, his Gymkhana Ford Fiesta, as well as some DC Shoes, light bulbs and paint. Watch some ‘hooning’ and rapping and not much else below.
The ‘real’ Gymkhana 3 video is still slated to drop sometime in the Fall 2010.
