Hoonigan released a video compilation containing all of Block's Gymkhana videos and Gymkhana spinoff videos, apart from the two he did with Top Gear and the BBC
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Kenneth Paul Block was an American professional rally driver, extreme sports racer, and business entrepreneur with the Hoonigan Racing Division, formerly known as the Monster World Rally Team. Block was also one of the co-founders of DC Shoes. He also competed in many action sports events, including skateboarding, snowboarding, and motocross.
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business · American rally driver (1967–2023) · rally driver · businessperson · stunt performer · skateboarder · motocross · YouTuber · also Ken Block, Block
Born 21 November 1967 · Died 2 January 2023 · Q438382
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Hoonigan released a video compilation containing all of Block's Gymkhana videos and Gymkhana spinoff videos, apart from the two he did with Top Gear and the BBC
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Block died at age 55 in a snowmobile accident near his ranch in Woodland, Utah
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Died 2023-01-02.
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Would enter the Extreme E series for Carl Cox Motorsport
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A racing styled car with the name "Hoon" and number 43 was added to version 2 of CD Projekt Red's Cyberpunk 2077, as he died before major patch 2
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Winning the O2WD Driver's Championship the following year at age 16, before the end of season series, enabling her to enter the final race with her father's legendary Ford Escort RS Cosworth
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Block collaborated with Rotiform and Fuel Off-Road through Wheel Pros to make 4 sets of signature wheels
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Block started a collaboration with drag racing game CSR Racing 2, a mobile game for iOS and Android
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Block raced in the Baja 1000 in the trophy truck class finishing in 4th
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Block travelled to Ireland to Compete in the Donegal International Rally
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Appeared briefly in the documentary Dumb: The Story of Big Brother Magazine
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Block finished ninth in points, with a best finish of seventh at Britain and France
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And third in 2013 and fifth in 2012, collecting six wins and 15 podiums
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Block was third in the Norway round of the FIA World Rallycross Championship and won the Norway round of the European Rallycross Championship
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Block released his fifth Gymkhana video on YouTube, featuring Block driving his Ford Fiesta in San Francisco and Travis Pastrana on a dirtbike
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The fourth Gymkhana video, The Hollywood Megamercial was released on YouTube, featuring Block driving around the Universal Studios backlot
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Block's third Gymkhana video, featuring a Ford Fiesta, was released on YouTube
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Block released the first of a three-part Gymkhana 3 video release featuring his new Ford Fiesta
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Block co-founded Gymkhana Grid, a gymkhana race held annually around the world
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Block took the feature car from the previous episode (a Reliant Robin) for a lap of the Top Gear test track
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Before making a brief appearance in 2010 crashing a Reliant Robin, returning in 2016 where he drifted his Hoonicorn around the empty streets of London with Matt LeBlanc, and portraying a police officer chasing LeBlanc, C
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For the BBC show Top Gear, Block took James May out for Gymkhana-style driving at Block's stunt course at Inyokern Airport, an operational California airport, also starring Ricky Carmichael
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Block was provided with a brand-new rally-prepped 2008 Subaru WRX STi to compete
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Block competed in the X Games XIII rally event, where he placed second overall and won a silver medal
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Block joined the DC Shoes Snowboarding team at New Zealand's Snow Park
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Block competed in the One Lap of America competition along with Brian Scotto
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Block, along with his DC rally teammate Travis Pastrana, signed a new sponsorship deal with Subaru
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For the Discovery Channel show Stunt Junkies, Block jumped his Subaru WRX STi rally car 171 feet (52 m) and a max height of 25 feet (7
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Block, along with his DC Shoes associates, participated in the Gumball 3000 Rally
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Block began his National rallying career with the Vermont SportsCar team
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Born 1967-11-21.
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