Ken Block announces brand new race series. It's called Gymkhana Grid!

[baja619]

THE MONSTER WORLD RALLY TEAM
Thursday 07/08/2010
Ken Block announces brand new race series. It's called Gymkhana Grid!

Short of sneaking into a Gymkhana film shoot, there used to be no way to experience the tire-shredding of Ken Block’s sideways antics live. But now Gymkhana Grid is set to fix all of that. This new race series, brought to you by one of the co-creators of the Redline Time Attack with help from Block himself, is going to get you as close as you want to the action…even behind the wheel if you got what it takes.

The series takes the driving style you have seen in Ken Block’s Gymkhana films and puts it into a timed, heads-up format, including both amateur and well-known professional drivers on a course co-designed by Block himself. High power engines, massive slides, and copious amounts of smoke aren’t just encouraged, they’re enforced. For 2010, there are two races on the schedule, the first is Gymkhana Grid in August, followed by the Ken Block Invitational in December, which will include some of racing's bigger names going head-to-head for the gymkhana crown.

For more info, download the press release: http://gymkhanagrid.com/GRIDrelease.pdf
and be sure to follow Gymkhana Grid on Twitter: http://twitter.com/GymkhanaGRID

To register to race Gymkhana Grid, go to Speed Ventures: http://speedventures.com/events/eventdetail.aspx?id=305

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[Chas Moore]

Question: Do we get multiple takes per corner like in the videos? I want to make sure I hit it just right.

[Crew Chief 48]

where will it be held

[spalind]

Perhaps Ken should focus on simply FINISHING a race before going off and trying to create another series...especially one as silly as this one. He does have that pesky Rallycross series to attend to in NJ later in Augest. If he can't finish a race while on a course by himself, how the heck is he going to perform head to head against Pastrana, Mirra, Foust, ACP, etc.???

[D4D]

This is already being done nation wide on a pro level too, it is called Pro Solo! Oh wait, it does not have the cool JDM name or the import kid following that gymkhana has thanks to that market being obsessed with all things from Japan.

I'm with Spalind. I would focus on the task at hand where you have some big sponsors and an entire nation counting on you being a rally driver that can run up front

[spalind]

Oh, and how did a thread on doing spins and smoking tires on pavement end up in the Rally-Raid section?

[Chas Moore]

Smart money is on the young kids with zipties holding their pos 240sx together. Cant wait to see my old FD friends tear up this course.

[bajaherbie]

dumb question but who is acp? isn't he one of the hosts of the ultimate car build on monday nite?

[spalind]

dumb question but who is acp? isn't he one of the hosts of the ultimate car build on monday nite?

Yup, that would be him...Andrew Comrie Picard...

[2pound]

Perhaps Ken should focus on simply FINISHING a race before going off and trying to create another series...especially one as silly as this one. He does have that pesky Rallycross series to attend to in NJ later in Augest. If he can't finish a race while on a course by himself, how the heck is he going to perform head to head against Pastrana, Mirra, Foust, ACP, etc.???

He still makes shoes better than you