Ken Block’s New Whip – 2010 Fiesta Rally Car – Revealed

Gravity Bureau — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 16:04:16 +0000

The 2009 OMSE Ford Fiesta used by Marcus Gronholm at last year’s Pikes Peak hill climb Fiesta is officially Ken Block’s new rally car for the 2010 season. Ken wil be entering 6 Rally-America events with Alex Gelsomino as his co-driver. The RA events that Ken & Alex will be attending include:
Sno*Drift – January 29-30, 2010
100 Acre Wood – February 26-27, 2010
Olympus Rally – April 24-25, 2010
Oregon Trail Rally – May 14-16, 2010
STPR Rally – June 4-5, 2010
New England Forest Rally – July 16-17, 2010

And here’s the official list of WRC events that Ken will be crashing in a Ford Focus RS:
Mexico – March 5-7, 2010
Turkey – April 16-18, 2010
Portugal – May 28-30, 2010
Germany – August 20-22, 2010
France – September 30-October 3, 2010
Spain – October 22-24, 2010
Wales – November 11-14, 2010

Last, but not least, Ken will be crashing X-Games 16 in LA on July 29-August 1, 2010.

There are plans to shoot the Gymkhana 3 video later this year with a OMSE Ford Fiesta. “To build the Gymkhana car feels thrilling. It is something over the top where we have totally free hands engineering wise which is very inspiring”, says Andréas Eriksson of OMSE Ford.

Ken’s new rally-car looks stunning and the Gravity Bureau team can’t wait to get some coverage of the 2010 Fiesta in action at Rally-America events this season!

Source: RallyBuzz, Rally-America.

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