Ken Block has died.

[jondilly1974]

OMG I’m heartbroken

 

[Warby]

Very unexpected for sure. What an awful start to the year for his family.

 

[aroberson77]

So sad, I never got the chance to meet him in my time in motorsports, but have friends that built the hoonicorn and they said he was an awesome guy. I definitely feel for his family

 

[Senton_Prime]

Yep.. what a crazy world huh!! Damn

 

[Johnny b]

Oh no!!

Apologies...hit wrong button.

 

[#ARRMArcfanboy4life]

 

[CrashBoom]

RIP to one of the greats.

 

[speeding_Infraction]

Anyone with a set of "Hoons" on their r/c car, go and run a set for Ken. He'd want you to slay a set.

What compound smokes the most? Mine are worn out.

 

[Hammer Down]

Anyone with a set of "Hoons" on their r/c car, go and run a set for Ken. He'd want you to slay a set.

I definitely would had it not just snowed about 4”
Would’ve burned them suckers down to the rim for Ken!

 

[Warby]

Anyone with a set of "Hoons" on their r/c car, go and run a set for Ken. He'd want you to slay a set.

I would do if I was in the same hemisphere as my RC cars. I'll just have a drink to him instead.

 

[Streeter69]

R.I.P. Ken Block
The most ingenious motorsports person that ever lived.

 

[#ARRMArcfanboy4life]

Ken Block was the Tom Cruise of motorsports.

 

[Doom!]

Ken Block was the Tom Cruise of motorsports.

You take that back, I can't stand Tom Cruise!

 

[speeding_Infraction]

Ken Block was the Tom Cruise of motorsports.

I have no opinion about Tom cruise but I don't really understand the analysis...

 

[Sargent_Horse]

I always thought Ken Block would just live forever. Crazy to think I was just snowmobiling in Island Park the same day he was and how even one of the greats can have a fatal accident. Very curious about the circumstances to the accident.

 

[Tex Koder]

I always thought Ken Block would just live forever. Crazy to think I was just snowmobiling in Island Park the sane day he was and how even one of the greats can have a fatal accident. Very curious about the circumstances to the accident.

Right..
He was just warming up..
With ALL the other crazy car Projects, Races and Events that his company/team has lined up. He wasn't going to slow down for another decade or so..

I still can't wrap my brain around "a snowmobile" doing him in....!!??
I've never been on one. So I have no clue how heavy or how fast these things can be. But they can't be any more weighted than a motorcycle ,right?

 

[Diem Turner]

Right..
He was just warming up..
With ALL the other crazy car Projects, Races and Events that his company/team has lined up. He wasn't going to slow down for another decade or so..

I still can't wrap my brain around "a snowmobile" doing him in....!!??
I've never been on one. So I have no clue how heavy or how fast these things can be. But they can't be any more weighted than a motorcycle ,right?

Take a look at the belt that drives it across the snow. Now imagine that thing being on top of you while it's still moving at the speed of hamburger. And make no mistake, they're heavy. They weigh around 450-500lbs.

 

[Tex Koder]

Take a look at the belt that drives it across the snow. Now imagine that thing being on top of you while it's still moving at the speed of hamburger. And make no mistake, they're heavy. They weigh around 450-500lbs.
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[Johnny b]

Testing

Right..
He was just warming up..
With ALL the other crazy car Projects, Races and Events that his company/team has lined up. He wasn't going to slow down for another decade or so..

I still can't wrap my brain around "a snowmobile" doing him in....!!??
I've never been on one. So I have no clue how heavy or how fast these things can be. But they can't be any more weighted than a motorcycle ,right?

Weight does not always play a role. Snow, especially drifts changes the landscape and even familiar territory can become very different looking after several feet of snow. Barb wire fences become invisible with snow blindness. My neighbor back in Michigan tragically lost his life this way by running into barb wire at high speed. Not trying to speculate at all about what happen to this great person, but these sleds now a days are very powerful. Very unfortunate.

 

[Hector_Fisher]

Right..
He was just warming up..
With ALL the other crazy car Projects, Races and Events that his company/team has lined up. He wasn't going to slow down for another decade or so..

I still can't wrap my brain around "a snowmobile" doing him in....!!??
I've never been on one. So I have no clue how heavy or how fast these things can be. But they can't be any more weighted than a motorcycle ,right?

I don't know any details about how it went down, but I like to think he was doing some thing epic like this. He is Ken Block, after all.