Travis Pastrana’s world record setting New Year’s Eve rally car jump in his Subaru WRX was impressive:
What’s even more impressive though is that he managed to destroy his practice car and then walk away from the accident like it was no big deal:
The man is either a cat working on his ninth life, or he’s indestructible. Either way, I can’t wait to see what he thinks of next.
We’ve been teased, taunted and tormented, but at long last, the wait has finally paid off and the new Ken Block Gymkhana video is live and ready for viewing:
Not one to disappoint, this video includes plenty of stunts, danger and destruction, and I caught myself literally staring at the screen with my mouth open in awe at some of the moves that he manages to pull off.
Sure, it takes a bit of a budget and quite the car to pull it off, but if there is anyone out there that can start to compete with Ken in this new sport called Gymkhana, I don’t think the automotive world will know what hit it.
How can you prepare a car for the types of punishment that a driver like Ken Block can dish out while performing Gymkhana 2?
The short answer is that you can’t, but the long answer is that you give it to the guys at Crawford Performance and let them trick, tune and test the car over the course of 43 days and 800+ man hours to build a certified, track ready, punishment seeking Subaru that will do just about anything that you ask it to.
[Via: 0-60 Mag]
Watching the time lapse of the Subaru Rally Team USA strip down a fresh from the factory WRX STi and prep it for rally racing at the hands of Travis Pastrana is a thing of beauty.
Plus, where else can you watch as 800 hours of labor flash by in the blink of an eye:
[Via: Autoblog]
Ken Block and Travis Pastrana look like they’re trying out for the next superman movie on this cover shoot for Racer X magazine.
The stunt involved Travis backflipping his MotoX bike over Block’s Subaru, and then fire was added in just for fun (and to keep things interesting).
When asked about the stunt, Block replied “Glad Travis didn’t hit his head on the top of my car, and at least I didn’t break my back this time.”
Nice.
[Racer X]
[Via: 0-60Mag]