How can I learn to drive like Ken Block?

[ViviTheMage]

pretty sweet run, as usual.

 

[destrekor]

Not one continuous run. At least according to fox news.

Thinking about it more, that definitely makes sense.

That would have been a logistical nightmare to keep those streets closed, the entire course, for a day or two of practice + filming.

Street circuits for major racing events usually aren't major thoroughfares, or they've they are to receive so much money that it's all worth the planning nightmare in the end. Block and associates probably aren't throwing down what ALMS, Indy, and/or F1 would produce in revenue for the event.

And a whole day of testing plus filming would be hella terrible for any single driver of any racing event type - it's a mind and body torture test and exhausting, especially when throwing that type of pain/punishment of rally, jumps, and pavement into the mix!


I don't doubt some of the previous Gym circuits were filmed in a single pass - but I do have a feeling even Gym 4 was pasted together from multiple takes/segments.

 

[homercles337]

How did they manage to block off the bay bridge for him to do that?!

It was closed for construction on President's Day.

EDIT: Also, multiple runs were not so much for "practice" because they did multiple takes from different angles.

 

[Childs]

Ken Block Reveals Secrets Behind Gymkhana 5 -- ROAD TESTAMENT

 

[Ns1]

Ken Block Reveals Secrets Behind Gymkhana 5 -- ROAD TESTAMENT

thanks!

 

[Aikouka]

You could always check your local SCCA chapter to see if they hold Rallycross or Autocross events in your area. I've been debating doing it for awhile, but I want to wait until I have a separate car to avoid screwing up my daily driver.

EDIT:

The problem keeps compounding itself though as I'd like to work on the car myself. That would require a garage, which would most likely require me to own a home. That's something I refuse to do until I believe I'm in a great financial position to do it. So, it might be a year or two.

 

[Aharami]

its not a single run

 

[ViviTheMage]

Ken Block Reveals Secrets Behind Gymkhana 5 -- ROAD TESTAMENT

That Mike guy canNOT speak.

 

[Childs]

That Mike guy canNOT speak.

Yeah, he ruins the show. I put that in the comments of every video he does. They have top notch guests, yet the shows are mediocre because he can't articulate his thoughts.