Rally Pat Posted February 23, 2012 Report Share Posted February 23, 2012 If you missed it, Ken Block is running 4 North American rallies this year, including this weekend's 100 Acre Wood. Ken's test video - Dillon Van Way's - There's supposed to be more released by other drivers, but I am hoping that Antoine L'Estage and David Higgins lay the smack down on Block. M-Sport's car has a lot more money pumped in to it, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bahd-ler Posted February 24, 2012 Report Share Posted February 24, 2012 shreadin' I'd love to be in that car.... probably scare the shit out of me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TTQ B4U Posted February 24, 2012 Report Share Posted February 24, 2012 2:10-2:17 is kick ass driving and camera work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
92Supra Posted February 24, 2012 Report Share Posted February 24, 2012 God he's a beast Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Posted February 24, 2012 Report Share Posted February 24, 2012 I predict either a transmission failure or a flip, resulting in a retirement for Mr. Block :gabe: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TurboGoKart Posted February 24, 2012 Report Share Posted February 24, 2012 I predict either a transmission failure or a flip, resulting in a retirement for Mr. Block :gabe: He's breaking something or crashing for sure. The dude cannot go anything other than 110% lol. Great driver though for sure! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rally Pat Posted February 24, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2012 Hes not that good, honestly. Hes just one of the few who makes high production quality videos of him driving. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rally Pat Posted February 24, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2012 I predict either a transmission failure or a flip, resulting in a retirement for Mr. Block :gabe: I wouldn't count on transmission failure this time. His old North American Fiesta was a Olsbergs MSE built rallycross car adapted for stage rally. Adapted rather poorly actually. You can see in the video below the difference in suspension articulation between the two cars. The rallycross based car is a lot stiffer, which hurt him a lot. This car is a Fiesta WRC (basically) built by M-Sport. Ultra reliable. He can definitely still flip it, though. Side by side with our cars, there is really only 1 person (that I know of) who has driven the new generation WRC cars and our heavier production based cars, and thats Patrick Richard. He said in an interview that the WRC cars, while nimble, don't have the power that our cars have (more than likely from the fact that the WRC cars are 1.6l turbos, and ours are up to 2.5l turbos). I could see them being very equally matched. He can sling it through the corners quicker, but our cars will be going faster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rally Pat Posted February 24, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2012 For funsies, heres the recaps of the last 2 years' 100AW events. 2011 - 2010 - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rally Pat Posted February 28, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2012 More 100 Acre Wood Videos! David Higgins/SRT USA - http://www.subaru.com/enthusiasts/rally/article.html?uri=/rally/posts/02262012_140300/ Antoine L'Estage/Libra Racing - "Crazy" Leo Urlichich/CAN-JAM Motorsports - Official Event Highlights - Meegan Rally Video's Highlights - For the record, Ken won, but it was by an incredibly close margin with David Higgins. I also made a slight McSteak. Ken's "HFHV" Fiesta has a 2.0 Focus motor in it, not the 1.6 that the standard WRC car has. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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