57 Facts About Ken Block

Kenneth Paul Block was an American professional rally driver with the Hoonigan Racing Division, formerly known as the Monster World Rally Team.

Ken Block competed in many action sports events, including skateboarding, snowboarding, and motocross.

Ken Block was the co-owner and "Head Hoonigan In Charge" at the company before his death in a snowmobile accident in January 2023.

In 2005, Ken Block began his National rallying career with the Vermont SportsCar team.

Ken Block competed in the first-ever X Games rally event at X Games XII.

Ken Block went on to compete in the 2006 Rally America National Championship, where he finished second overall.

In 2007, Ken Block competed in the X Games XIII rally event, where he placed second overall and won a silver medal.

In Rally New Zealand, Ken Block recorded two top-five stage times in the Group N class.

In 2008, Ken Block was provided with a brand-new rally-prepped 2008 Subaru WRX STi to compete.

Ken Block decided to compete in the Rallye Baie-des Chaleurs of the Canadian Rally Championship to gain some experience with his new 2008 rally car and prepare for the World Rally Championships later in the year.

Ken Block gained his first Canadian rally win at the event.

Ken Block competed in the Rally New York USA competition and finished in first place.

Ken Block, who made it to the semi-finals of the event, had a radiator problem after landing the car awkwardly on a jump.

Ken Block competed in the 2008 Rally America National championship, which concluded on October 17,2008.

Ken Block appeared in a segment of motoring show Top Gear.

For 2010, Ken Block ended his partnership with Subaru, and joined Ford to compete part-time at the World Rally Championship for Monster World Rally Team, where he drove a Ford Focus RS WRC 08 together with long time co-driver Alex Gelsomino.

Ken Block therefore became the first ever American driver to campaign for the World Rally Championship.

Ken Block scored two points after finishing 9th in Spain.

Ken Block finished 8th at the France and 9th at Wales, scoring 6 points.

On his first race of 2013 season, Ken Block scored well, entering top-ten in the Mexican rally, thus receiving his first six points for the championship and scored a best-ever 7th overall finish.

Ken Block participated in the WRC located in Catalunya, Spain.

Ken Block was in 10th place until the last stage where he suffered a tire puncture and lost a significant amount of time.

Ken Block finished in 12th, which was his second to last season at the WRC.

Ken Block competed at the Global RallyCross Championship from 2011 to 2015.

Ken Block finished runner-up in 2014 and third in 2013 and fifth in 2012, collecting six wins and 15 podiums.

Ken Block returned full-time for the 2018 Americas Rallycross Championship, where he claimed two podiums and ranked fourth in points.

In 2014, Ken Block was third in the Norway round of the FIA World Rallycross Championship and won the Norway round of the European Rallycross Championship.

At Hockenheimring, Germany, Block finished third in the Super car Final and achieved his second podium in the series.

Ken Block produced a series of gymkhana videos which have drawn millions of views on YouTube.

In 2009, for the BBC show Top Gear, Ken Block took James May out for Gymkhana-style driving at Ken Block's stunt course at Inyokern Airport, an operational California airport, starring Ricky Carmichael.

In 2010, Ken Block took the feature car from the previous episode for a lap of the Top Gear test track.

Ken Block rolled the car and was unable to complete a lap but was unhurt.

On July 9,2012, Ken Block released his fifth Gymkhana video on YouTube, featuring Ken Block driving his Ford Fiesta in San Francisco and Travis Pastrana on a dirtbike.

In 2006, Ken Block competed in the One Lap of America competition along with Brian Scotto.

In 2006, for the Discovery Channel show Stunt Junkies, Ken Block jumped his Subaru WRX STi rally car 171 feet and a max height of 25 feet.

In 2007, Ken Block joined the DC Shoes Snowboarding team at New Zealand's Snow Park.

Ken Block did massive jumps and assisted in snowboarding tricks while driving his rally car on the mountain alongside the snowboarders.

In 2010, Ken Block co-founded Gymkhana Grid, a gymkhana race held annually around the world.

Ken Block won all-wheel-drive event in 2014, beating Jake Archer in the final duel.

In 2019, Ken Block travelled to Ireland to Compete in the Donegal International Rally.

In 2021, Ken Block raced in the Baja 1000 in the trophy truck class finishing in 4th.

Ken Block holds the world record for the world's fastest snowcat, a modified Ford Raptor called the RaptorTrax.

Ken Block appeared in three installments of Codemasters' Dirt racing video games.

Ken Block is featured as a driver in 2009's Colin McRae: Dirt 2, along with his Subaru Rally Team USA Impreza.

In 2011's Dirt 3 he is seen as a driver and gymkhana teacher, his Monster World Rally Team vehicles are available in the game, including the Ford Fiesta GYM 3, and the Ken Block Ford Focus WRC.

Ken Block appears in the 2015 Need for Speed video game as the style icon.

Ken Block's Hoonigan-branded cars have featured in Microsoft's Forza racing video game series.

In 2021, Ken Block started a collaboration with drag racing game CSR Racing 2, a mobile game for iOS and Android.

In 2021, Ken Block collaborated with Rotiform and Fuel Off-Road through Wheel Pros to make 4 sets of signature wheels.

Ken Block has made a minor appearance on the MotorTrend show Ignition with Jonny Lieberman.

Ken Block appeared four times on the BBC motoring show Top Gear, being interviewed by presenter James May in 2009, 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, Chris Harris and Rory Reid in 2018.

Ken Block has appeared in Daily Driven Exotics vlog as Damon Fryer was invited to race against Lia Block in "Hoonicorn vs the World", a YouTube series on the Hoonigan YouTube Channel.

Ken Block's daughter Lia was born on October 1,2006 and began competing in the American Rally Association in 2022, 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.

Ken Block became a member of the Williams Driver Academy in November 2023 and was announced to compete in F1 Academy for the 2024 season with ART Grand Prix.

On January 2,2023, Ken Block died at age 55 in a snowmobile accident near his ranch in Woodland, Utah.

The Wasatch County sheriff's department reported that Ken Block had been riding in the Mill Hollow area when his snowmobile upended on a steep slope and landed on top of him.

Ken Block was declared dead at the scene of the accident.