Yahoo Autos Herbst’s Darlington shout-out to Ken Block
During the summer of 2010, Ken Block and his team dreamed up Ken Block’s Gymkhana Three, Part 2; Ultimate Playground; L’Autodrome; France.
A 10 year-old kid from Las Vegas, Nevada was intrigued by Block’s video. Fourteen years later, Riley Herbst will have his No. 98 Monster Energy Ford Mustang Xfinity car carry the same exact Gymkhana Three ‘Drip’ color scheme at Darlington Raceway this weekend.
“I was a huge Ken Block fan. I still am,” said Herbst of the rally driver and marketing visionary who lost his life in a snowmobile accident in January.
“I just thought it was so cool with the legacy Ken left behind, and how big of a person and a personality he was. Ken was part of the Monster Energy family and it was so cool to come up with the idea with the car and then to have the upper levels at Monster Energy approve it and to have the Block family approve it.
