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Watch a madman in a Polaris UTV make Ken Block look tame

Watch a madman in a Polaris UTV make Ken Block look tame

You've likely heard of Ken Block's "Gymkhana," but probably not "XP1K." That may well be due to it's rubbish name, but the stunts produced are no less impressive, as seen here in the series' second edition – the still awfully named, "XP1K2."

Driving a custom Holz Racing built Polaris RZR XP 1000 Side-by-Side, off-road racing champ R.J. Anderson takes on a playground fraught with danger. It took a team of ten more than a month to create the course, which includes multiple near-vertical drops, 100-foot gap jumps and more. When on location, 40 men and women worked for 14 straight days to capture the video. In it, Anderson makes Block's stunts seem pedestrian by comparison – and in the process, sets a new distance world record for a jumping UTV.

Set in a 600-acre forest near Mt. Baker, Wash., Anderson's off-roader is far from stock, featuring a more powerful engine and Walker Evans Racing Shocks. And the madman needs all of those updates when launching over logging trucks and driving horizontally on what can only be described as the wall of death.

With over 1 million views in a week, the XP1K series is gaining traction – which may hopefully prompt its creators to come up with a more memorable name.