Ken Block on your average trip to work in San Francisco

I wish I had a 650bhp Fiesta! 0-60 in 1.8s?

From the inside it sounds like a jet

From some of the shots...it looked like one too!

My Dad owns a rally team and we often get tickets for FIA World Rally events. Block is good at this kind of thing, but can't really do it on a world stage. He's seen as a bit of a showboater.

An Jonzee, most 650bhp cars would sound ridiculous! When not wearing a helmet, I've got to wear ear defenders when in our cars.

It's Gran Turismo crossed with Bullitt! Love it.

rocknrollnobody wrote:My Dad owns a rally team and we often get tickets for FIA World Rally events. Block is good at this kind of thing, but can't really do it on a world stage. He's seen as a bit of a showboater.

An Jonzee, most 650bhp cars would sound ridiculous! When not wearing a helmet, I've got to wear ear defenders when in our cars.

What series does his team race in? I love rally although never been to an event

He competed in the BRC and also in the IRC. His eyesight's going now though (at 56) so he's pretty much the brains rather than anything else. We've had a few drivers in and out. Some act like the chavs you see on a Saturday night in town with their saxos and fiestas, and some are scared of hitting the 100 mark.

You only need look at the FIA World Rally Championship leaderboards to see how well Block does with the big boys.

1. Sebastien Loeb - FRANCE - 145pts
2. Mikko Hirvonen - FINLAND - 107pts
3. Petter Solberg - NORWAY - 90pts
4. Mads Ostberg - NORWAY
5. Evgeny Novikov - RUSSIA
6. Jari-Matti Latvala - FINLAND
7. Martin Prokop - CZECH REPUBLIC
8. Thierry Neuville - BELGIUM
9. Dani Sordo - SPAIN
10. Nasser Al-Attiyah - QATAR
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20. Ken Block - USA - 4pts

Haha I know how bad Ken Block is in the WRC, still enjoy the videos though

Thats very cool about your dad. Anyone involved with british motorsports is awesome in my books

Just for you Beef. Here's my Dad in his last few events.











By the time he retired last year, service crew (me and about 4 mates) were able to change a full set of wheels, a petrol fill, a radiator top up, and an oil top up in under 3 mins.

By the time he retired last year, service crew (me and about 4 mates) were able to change a full set of wheels, a petrol fill, a radiator top up, and an oil top up in under 3 mins. [/quote]

Better than McLarens pit crew, then

How would you fancy Kobyashi as your driver?

For anyone wanting to see how hard the drivers push their cars:

Cheers for posting those pics, they look great!

My Desktop at work.

You use SpeechExec? I work a little bit with that software.

Awesome pic, I do miss the 90's WRC though

I'm the network admin and I get no end of issues from medical secretaries who save stuff in the wrong folders, delete them accidentally and try to both open the same voice file.

You feel my pain then

mc_homer wrote:You use SpeechExec? I work a little bit with that software.

Awesome pic, I do miss the 90's WRC though

You are such a geek...

ronnie pander wrote:

You are such a geek...

Ok I might be a geek too

mc_homer wrote:You feel my pain then

To be honest (and I'm sure you'll agree) if it was my full-time role to support Speechexec, then I'd be able to train the staff a lot better, and they'd be more efficient. Since it's 1 of 11 applications I look after, then I don't get to spend as much time as I'd like changing the behaviours of the users.

And as for 90's WRC, Lancia Delta HF Integrale FTW.

Yeah although my situation is a little different, I supply support for many companies but mostly other software besides Speechexec, we only have a couple of clients who really use that. My pain stems from plain stupidity from the masses for the most part

Integrale was one of my favourites! I went to an Italian car show for my 21st birthday and the field was full of them....I was in heaven!

Also the Ford RS200 is another of my favourites