Ken Block, eat your heart out

[Matt D.]

I'm sick of all the Ken Block fanboys thinking he's some magical driver. Good? Sure. Great? Let me know when he's the Rally America champion, because right now he's a mile behind Pastrana, is getting beaten by a privately funded Evo 9 for 2nd and has two other Evos within 3 points of him in 4th and 5th.

Now, on with the show. Here we have Rhys Millen in a Hyundai Genesis coupe setting the 2WD world record at Pike's Peak.

http://www.autoblog.com/2009/07/29/video-in-car-with-rhys-millens-hyundai-genesis-coupe-at-pikes/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfF55LIxZo4

[CVD]

Jesus. Fucking. Christ. That man's got some giant steel balls.

Matt get's post of the day. That in-car video was incredible.

*edit* this is the video I'm talking about in case you don't see it in the article, the full 12 min run:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMuFnaKCuaQ&feature=channel

[FattyBoomBatty]

Thank you.

[Tachyon]

I'm sick of all the Ken Block fanboys thinking he's some magical driver. Good? Sure. Great? Let me know when he's the Rally America champion, because right now he's a mile behind Pastrana, is getting beaten by a privately funded Evo 9 for 2nd and has two other Evos within 3 points of him in 4th and 5th.


And Pastrana sucks in comparison to the level of skill required for the WRC.

Seriously, he couldn't even compete with the J-WRC guys without crashing or finishing super far down the list.

Rally in America is just not on the same level.

+1 on tired of the Ken Block dick swinging. Rally results matter, not a bunch of rehearsed and edited maneuvers with a ton of marketing behind it.

[awd-drifter]

And Pastrana sucks in comparison to the level of skill required for the WRC.

Seriously, he couldn't even compete with the J-WRC guys without crashing or finishing super far down the list.

Rally in America is just not on the same level.

+1 on tired of the Ken Block dick swinging. Rally results matter, not a bunch of rehearsed and edited maneuvers with a ton of marketing behind it.

x2. I didn't hear much about those 2 in WRC. I hear them ALOT by their fans though. I mean, the video looks sweet and all, but it's rehearsed, edited and directed...if it was an all-out "guerilla"(sp) video, than i'd be suprised but still, they're still for show, not for go.

[scheides]

I

LOVE

RALLY

RACING!


Tarmac sections look like so much fun, then you get to the gravel area and hold onto your pants! To do this all with RWD no less.....damn.

[FattyBoomBatty]

I

LOVE

RALLY

RACING!


Tarmac sections look like so much fun, then you get to the gravel area and hold onto your pants! To do this all with RWD no less.....damn.

Heeeey, come on.. lol, it's not that hard.

[Matt D.]

Heeeey, come on.. lol, it's not that hard.
Many stretches of road don't even have guard rails, which makes the fact that Millen wore his tires down to their steel belts that much more amazing.
Oh, really? :shocked:

[s1ngletracker]

Agreed. Block isn't all that great. He rolled his car at Ojibwe, and even before then he was getting beaten.

[cmspaz]

Absolutely insane.