Ken Block RIP

[Steveml63]

Just heard the awful news that Ken Block has passed away at the age of 55 in a snowmobile accident

 

[sgregory124]

An absolutely legendary driver who will be missed. Got to say that the Pikes Peak film he made was probably the pinnacle for me.

 

[Skd884]

RIP G

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[SmartAmg]

WOW, That's a shock, what a driver. RIP.

 

[LTD]

Not afraid to push his talent and machinery to the limit

Certainly a loss to the wide genre of motorsport

 

[SmartAmg]

As I've said above, very sad news, but just a thought, seems to me, anyone who excels in any sort of driving, should stay clear of Snow sports.

 

[Bobby Dazzler]

Christ, I didn’t see that coming. RIP Ken.

 

[Spider10]

RIP Ken epic driver

 

[RogerSausage]

Car culture icon, very tragic news.

 

[Mr E]

RIP KB - a truly nice guy. My lad remembers him as one of the best guys in the Goodwood FoS paddock and KB spent time with a number of the marshals who were fans like him. He even stopped for me to take some decent shots of him in the Hoonigan when the boy was trying to get him out onto the hill... on the way back in he stopped and wanted to see the pics.

Sorely missed.

 

[poormansporsche]

Very sad. Least he died doing something he loved and not a "Renner' (also a shock !!!!)

 

[Mactech]

He really was a one off talent. I got to meet him briefly at M-Sport in 2014 when he was picking up a very special Fiesta for an upcoming gymkhana run.
A Fiesta with over 600bhp was quite an epic machine. I remember Malcom Wilson (not a guy easily scared!) saying that he had tested it and it was one of the very few cars which had genuinely frightened him. Gives some insight as to the talent of Ken Block.
PS The first time I met Malcolm Wilson was back in 1980 when he had his foot in a pot after the footbox of a rally Escort had attacked him on some forest stage! He'd come to get a stouter roll cage in his next car at a fabrication shop where I was putting together the prototype of a new F3 car...

 

[Darrell]

He really was a one off talent. I got to meet him briefly at M-Sport in 2014 when he was picking up a very special Fiesta for an upcoming gymkhana run.
A Fiesta with over 600bhp was quite an epic machine. I remember Malcom Wilson (not a guy easily scared!) saying that he had tested it and it was one of the very few cars which had genuinely frightened him. Gives some insight as to the talent of Ken Block.
PS The first time I met Malcolm Wilson was back in 1980 when he had his foot in a pot after the footbox of a rally Escort had attacked him on some forest stage! He'd come to get a stouter roll cage in his next car at a fabrication shop where I was putting together the prototype of a new F3 car...

My daughter and her ‘Asda car park’ posse are all meeting up tonight and will no doubt do some doughnuts, figures of 8 etc and give respec to a bloke she’s never heard of.

 

[HB]

Great loss. I’m sitting watching his videos with my 2 sons.

 

[ChrisHGTV]

Such a shame, an incredible talent but also a great entertainer. I was really looking forward to his Delta Integrale car. That would have been a stunning combination - Ken and a ‘grale!