Yahoo Autos Ken Block's Gymkhana 10 Adds New Detroit Footage in Ford Mustang Hoonicorn RTR V2
UPDATE, 1/18/19: A new extended cut of Gymkhana Ten: Detroit has been released featuring never-before-seen footage and fresh camera angles. The additional video highlights Ken Block plying his tire-annihilating trade in the shadows of well-known Motor City landmarks including Michigan Central Station, the Monument to Joe Louis (a.k.a. "the Fist"), the tunnel under Cobo Center (home to the Detroit auto show), and, crucially, Lafayette Coney Island and its next-door neighbor and nemesis, American Coney Island. Block, of course, is piloting his Ford Mustang Hoonicorn RTR V2 throughout the nearly five-minute-long clip.
Automotive renaissance man Ken Block has just released his latest and most ambitious drift-o-rama to date, Gymkhana Ten: The Ultimate Tire Slaying Tour. After a 10-day exclusivity window on Amazon Prime, the 10th video in Block's wildly successful Gymkhana series is now available to watch for free on YouTube.
The latest installment sees the accomplished rally driver skidding through tight spaces at high speeds, this time piloting five cars across five different locations. Over half a billion people have watched Block paint city streets with residual rubber in Gymkhana videos since the first release in 2008, and his Hoonigans team worked hard to make this newest release their best.
Production for the new project is chronicled in the Amazon Prime original series The Gymkhana Files, which premiered in November. The show covers everything from Block's start as a co-founder of DC Shoes and his early rally career to more recent efforts, like trying to keep his 1400-horsepower "Hoonicorn" Mustang from sliding off a dusty section of the Pikes Peak hill-climb.
The eight-episode Amazon-exclusive series follows Block’s Hoonigan Racing team as they orchestrate and execute the kind of stunts that rack up millions of views on YouTube and sell lots of energy drinks. What starts with a Ford Mustang driving donuts in Detroit becomes a Fiesta WRC car bombing sideways through snowy Sweden or a spark-throwing Escort RS Cosworth in Los Angeles. Gymkhana 10 even starts with a two-minute burnout montage. That being said, Gymkhana is more than just tire smoke, hydraulic hand brakes, and brilliant viral marketing. There are wild performance builds and an aural delight of hissy turbo noises and race engines bouncing off rev limiters, not to mention millimetrically precise car control from this guru of opposite lock.
The Gymkhana Files is available to stream now on Amazon Prime Video, and Gymkhana 10 is free to watch on YouTube.
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