MitsuStyle

MitsuStyle (http://www.mitsustyle.com/forums/index.php)
-   Video Forum (http://www.mitsustyle.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=36)
-   -   Ken Block, eat your heart out (http://www.mitsustyle.com/forums/showthread.php?t=24403)

Matt D. 09-17-2009 08:29 AM

Ken Block, eat your heart out
 
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/v...oupe-at-pikes/

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

CVD 09-17-2009 08:55 AM

Re: Ken Block, eat your heart out
 
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=fMuFn...eature=channel

FattyBoomBatty 09-17-2009 09:03 AM

Re: Ken Block, eat your heart out
 
Thank you.

Tachyon 09-17-2009 10:01 AM

Re: Ken Block, eat your heart out
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Matt D. (Post 305626)
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 09-17-2009 10:18 AM

Re: Ken Block, eat your heart out
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Tachyon (Post 305642)
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 09-17-2009 10:23 AM

Re: Ken Block, eat your heart out
 
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 09-17-2009 10:30 AM

Re: Ken Block, eat your heart out
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by scheides (Post 305649)
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. 09-17-2009 10:36 AM

Re: Ken Block, eat your heart out
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by FattyBoomBatty (Post 305651)
Heeeey, come on.. lol, it's not that hard.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Autoblog
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 09-17-2009 11:00 AM

Re: Ken Block, eat your heart out
 
Agreed. Block isn't all that great. He rolled his car at Ojibwe, and even before then he was getting beaten.

cmspaz 09-17-2009 11:13 AM

Re: Ken Block, eat your heart out
 
Absolutely insane.

Tachyon 09-17-2009 11:27 AM

Re: Ken Block, eat your heart out
 
While most of you have probably see it, this is still my all time favorite Pike's Peak Climb Video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJsHlugRls4

scheides 09-17-2009 01:07 PM

Re: Ken Block, eat your heart out
 
^ great vid!

Constant_Project21 09-17-2009 01:19 PM

Re: Ken Block, eat your heart out
 
Holy spoiler batman haha!
Millen video is great. That looks like a very fun ride!

Kevin 1G Drummer 09-18-2009 08:07 AM

Re: Ken Block, eat your heart out
 
Millen definitely has way more skillz than Block or Pastrana. Block and Pastrana just get more media attention.

Jaei Sun 09-18-2009 09:28 AM

Re: Ken Block, eat your heart out
 
+3 for F the Ken Block BS, on the VG front - Dirt 2 is nothing but advertisement. The racing itself is very good, but drop all the "BRO" culture bullshit. WRC FTMFW

Kracka 09-18-2009 10:02 AM

Re: Ken Block, eat your heart out
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Jaei Sun (Post 305774)
Dirt 2 is nothing but advertisement. The racing itself is very good, but drop all the "BRO" culture bullshit.

Agreed and agreed.

HiImBrian 09-18-2009 04:56 PM

Re: Ken Block, eat your heart out
 
Psh you guys are just hatin cus you dont drive a subaru!!!


lol jk i totally agree that block and pastrana are pretty well advertised, but I wouldn't consider them bad drivers at all. Pastrana was rippin through the track at ojibwe rally. You try flying through the woods that fast and see how qucik you can do it!

and just for good measure...I'm the guy in the tree :)
http://photos-h-5.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot..._5070898_n.jpg

Halon 09-19-2009 01:48 AM

Re: Ken Block, eat your heart out
 
They're all way better than I am, so who am I too hate. All the vids in this thread, that's some badass driving.

bertrenolds5 09-19-2009 10:31 AM

Re: Ken Block, eat your heart out
 
Sweet post, had I known this was going on in rado springs I would have driven down there to check it out. Next year I'm going there and I'm gonna post up on the corner at about 2.:57 in the 12min video where he was sideways and it looked like he was going to drive into the crowd! Will roegge, the guy who made the edited vid did a nice job but he's Kind of a weirdo though, searched him to find he enjoys taking pic's of himself jumping on beds.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tachyon (Post 305655)
While most of you have probably see it, this is still my all time favorite Pike's Peak Climb Video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJsHlugRls4

This vid was also great, bug's getting squashed on the camera, the guy driving into the sun with 1 hand on the wheel with sheer cliffs right next to him, I doubt anyone in this forum has the balls to do this, you have to have a death wish like charles bronson that focker.

ctruss53 09-19-2009 11:42 AM

Re: Ken Block, eat your heart out
 
How come he wasn't hooking onto the gutters, Initial D style? Everyone knows thats the fastest way.

:-P

Awesome video.


All times are GMT -5. The time now is 06:01 AM.

Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.4
Copyright ©2000 - 2025, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.