Guest Driver Ken Block runs American Gymkhana

[fabiuz1996]

every body loves the sunshine!!

[a9iron1]

automatic cars are so boring get a really car, love ken block

[ryrysb777]

Crawford needs to come and rebuild my wrx for me =p

[InitialDsTak]

I feel like they could've done more for the camera angles, like external cameras or fixed cameras at certain points throughout the track. But Ken Block really is amazing.

[kylepope519]

okay don't get me wrong here, I think Ken Block is a good driver, as is every pro driver, but I think the majority of people could pull off all of his maneuvers with a little bit of practice in a car that someone else paid for that they don't give a isht about. Just my .02

[havasuspud]

he payed for all that with the help of the little company he own you might of heard of it, it is dc shoes

[c0nv1ct1337]

There are several maneuvers that lots of people can do with some practice however not with the same precision as Ken. To give you an example, in his first gymkhana when he does circles around the guy on the segeway (or w/e its called). Anyone with some practice can do circles around the person but not with that precision and close distance.

But then again, I assume 90% of the people can't drive manual so technically a lot people can't pull off these maneuvers in Ken's cars heh.

[Dave4A]

Tis sad that few people in North America drive standard. I think it's the generation behind us who favored the automatics. Now everyone grows up driving autos and simply don't know how to drive stick. It's not that we don't want to, every guy i've know who drives stick will never go back to automatic.

[c0nv1ct1337]

Seeing on your channel that you're 19, I do not doubt that most people you know think they will never go back to automatic. At that age I though I would never go back as well. However, I'm turning 30 soon and I am currently driving an automatic. I had my fun in my old old MT Civic Si but today I live in a city and everyday I have to go through stop and go traffic, even on highways to get to work. It's just not fun anymore and the cons and this point outweigh the fun.

[Dave4A]

Well my parents both drive stick so i grew up driving stick. They have not grown tired of it, but you do make a point. I suppose I may get tired of it after a while. However i cannot imagine ever having any sort of performance car that is automatic.

[c0nv1ct1337]

Good point. However, the high end performance cars are automatic. You probably heard of the twin clutch gearbox. There is wide variety of cars ranging from EVO X MR, Nissan GT-R, Ferrari F430 and so on that have this transmission. Well they are actually two manual transmissions but since they shift for you, most people consider them automatics.

[ReedAndrewSutherland]

that wasnt real gymkhana.... look up the definitions and then watch real gymkhana.

[c0nv1ct1337]

@ReedAndrewSutherland

Who said this was a gymkhana? I said "in his first gymkhana" because he has two. This is video is more of an autocross type of driving.

[ReedAndrewSutherland]

nah, this is gymkhana. You dont do donuts around cones in autocross.

[aMaserJohnson]

@c0nv1ct1337 90% of people? Do you mean 90% of americans?

[c0nv1ct1337]

Point taken. However, due to my observations most richer countries like UK, France, Germany, etc are starting to "convert" to automatics.

[mikebass90]

These maneuvers are pretty difficult. Ken Block just makes it look THAT easy.

[Guruver]

video quality chews dick !

[aluisious]

Yeah 1 star for fucked up artifacting.

[onecrzyfather]

I wish i could drive like that.

[AJS2008]

practice makes perfect or close to perfect or w/e floats your boat

[rabobanks]

why is quality so bad

[ScubaSteve57]

Ken Block Is freakin amazing... He's Very good at what he does.. wish I could meet The fucker someday

[NosBlaster]

totally out of sync

[RefRef19]

what a car !

[peejaa]

The driver is killer!! the fucking Video sucks!

[STi500]

Agree the driver is awesome but YouTube knows how to f*** up the conversion process for videos.

[bentley8787]

The link doesnt work to see the high def version. I found it, but just letting you know

[Juice14G]

how the hell does he know whre to go? all the cones are down.

[matw8]

That's how he knows where to go. The cones laying down point to the side to pass on.

[heeschenaar0412]

And the tire marks of course

[matw8]

Except that won't work for the first few runs will it ;-)

BTW the clip says "Gymkhana" but that's not really correct. Motorkhana is more accurate, or alternatively Autocross. Gymkhana is an equestrian event.

[heeschenaar0412]

Thanks for the information Mat!

[wknose]

Wow, I just noticed how much YouTube really messes up the video. Sorry about that guys. I would just say watch it on our site, the quality is a lot better. Sorry...

[wknose]

I do not really mind what you say about the video but try to keep the swearing out of the comments, that is all I ask.

So what could make it better?

[yavartoghrol]

wow incredibly amazing driving in an incredibly shitty quality video...what a waste...gotta love Ken though

[STi500]

Just gotta hate on something... What an ass...

[Clanmemberkalvin]

I was gonna agree with you... but then I watched the vid... lol, I wouldn't call him an ass. The quality was absolutely terrible in many parts... could barely even tell what was happening. haha, that's not hating at all. Thats just truth.

[LCCDrummer]

What song is that at the end?

[bboymantyzz]

Billy brooks - 40 days, but dj worked on it

[ganjasaurusrex]

Ken Block is a dope, dope man.

[herjazz]

Looks almost like an SCCA ProSolo at the first half, then he starts doing loops around a pin cone and then I realized it was a gymkhana... Very cool.

[KuostA]

you have to be fucking kidding me...what is your definition of a pro driver? He is a fucking rally champion and driver, is on a team, is sponsored, has skills beyond belief, you are a real prick.

[anonmassive]

X2, debougie has no idea what the hell hes talking about. cant argue with results....

[FormulaDStock]

Debougie is right. Ken Block isn't a "professinal" ... he's a PROFESSIONAL driver. lol

[tokyosmash]

Good call FormulaD

[Recce80]

He is talking about Money.

[mattmcnew]

You're an idiot.

[krookedKiller13]

Debougie, that was the stupidest comment I've ever seen. Congrats!!!

[sleepy98]

Ken's videos are soo cool!