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Old Mar 4, 2011 | 10:41 AM
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http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v...vq=medium#t=35

Enjoy
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Old Mar 4, 2011 | 11:14 AM
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Thanks for sharing.
Hell of a ride!!!!! WOW!
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Old Mar 4, 2011 | 11:20 AM
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Wow, is all I can say. LOL
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Old Mar 4, 2011 | 11:29 AM
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Awesome, I was just thinking that no set of tires could handle that one run when the sparks started flying...

Can you translate "Obama can't gymkhana"?
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Old Mar 4, 2011 | 11:35 AM
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Always loved the European rally racing. Great video, thanks Herman!
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Old Mar 4, 2011 | 12:47 PM
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That guy is off the charts! Thanks for sharing!

Stephen
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Old Mar 4, 2011 | 12:51 PM
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Originally Posted by ALKada
Always loved the European rally racing. Great video, thanks Herman!
Funny thing is, as great as a driver as he is (and I am a big fan), he struggles in the WRC.
He is very cool about it, has great respect for the other drivers, but seems to crash almost every day.
This is no indictment of Ken Block, I really am a big fan. It just shows the level of difficulty of the WRC. If this guy struggles, you know it's hard.
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Old Mar 4, 2011 | 01:22 PM
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WRC mexico is this weekend! I'll be watching it this evening I hope.

It is amazing that someone as skilled as Block still ends out of the top 10 most of the time.
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Old Mar 4, 2011 | 02:40 PM
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I saw that one in OT a while back. Amazing driving.
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Old Mar 4, 2011 | 02:59 PM
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Guys got skills. Awesome video. Thanks for posting.
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Old Mar 4, 2011 | 04:53 PM
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Ken can drive a freakin' car can't he?!
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Old Mar 4, 2011 | 04:59 PM
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The Top Gear episode where he took James May around and scared the crap out of him was priceless!
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Old Mar 4, 2011 | 05:09 PM
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What episode was that? I could find it on netflix!
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Old Mar 4, 2011 | 05:24 PM
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Awesome driver and brilliant cuts and shots in that video ... even if it is a shameless promotion for DC ... good marketing strategy for sure. If you look carefully you can see he tags the barrier at the top of the banked oval and a wire fence.

If you go to his site he has more videos like that ... one of the first ones is around what looks like an abandoned airfield and hangars, and is just as well edited and shot as this one. This one gave a few statistics, like he used four sets of tyres to do the whole thing, and the car has 530 WHP.

Here it is ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rs-jAImScms

928 content ... I'd like to see a high HP 928 do a bit of tyre burning gymkhana work.
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Old Mar 4, 2011 | 07:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Iwanna928
What episode was that? I could find it on netflix!
Google or go to YouTube and search for "Ken Block Top Gear". It's a good one! I can't remember the season, but I've got them all up to the newest one on my other computer.
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