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04-19-2011, 07:21 PM
Filed under: Motorsports (http://www.autoblog.com/category/motorsports/), Videos (http://www.autoblog.com/category/videos/), Ford (http://www.autoblog.com/category/ford/)
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Ken Block wreck at Rally of Portugal - Click above to watch the video after the jump (http://www.autoblog.com/2011/04/19/video-new-footage-of-ken-blocks-crash-in-portugal/#continued)
During a shakedown run before the 2011 Rally of Portugal, Ken Block (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/ken+block) wrecked his Ford Fiesta WRC (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/ford+fiesta+wrc) car in a big way (http://www.autoblog.com/2011/03/24/video-ken-block-destroys-fiesta-wrc-car-before-rally-of-portuga/). The high-sprung rally car clipped a berm at the start of a turn, and the resulting series of flips were both violent and scary. Block and his teammate Alex Gelsomino (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/alex+gelsomino) checked out of the hospital with a clean bill of health, but the same prognosis can't be said of the car.
That means we don't feel guilty for showing you more footage of the wreck, which comes courtesy of the Monster World Rally team. The post-jump clip is over two minutes long, with the oddball goofiness we've come to expect from Block and Co. We're thinking the theme here is that of a near-death experience - we can't fathom another reason why Block would be floating around a pool, in full racing gear, with an angelic glow all around him.
Hit the jump (http://www.autoblog.com/2011/04/19/video-new-footage-of-ken-blocks-crash-in-portugal/#continued) to watch the horrific crash, which makes its entrance at 2:13, followed by a slow-motion replay.
[Source: YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocYI1CYgz4g)]Continue reading Video: New footage of Ken Block's crash in Portugal (http://www.autoblog.com/2011/04/19/video-new-footage-of-ken-blocks-crash-in-portugal/)
Video: New footage of Ken Block's crash in Portugal (http://www.autoblog.com/2011/04/19/video-new-footage-of-ken-blocks-crash-in-portugal/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com) on Tue, 19 Apr 2011 19:58:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2011/04/ken-block-wreck.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/2011/04/19/video-new-footage-of-ken-blocks-crash-in-portugal/#continued)
Ken Block wreck at Rally of Portugal - Click above to watch the video after the jump (http://www.autoblog.com/2011/04/19/video-new-footage-of-ken-blocks-crash-in-portugal/#continued)
During a shakedown run before the 2011 Rally of Portugal, Ken Block (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/ken+block) wrecked his Ford Fiesta WRC (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/ford+fiesta+wrc) car in a big way (http://www.autoblog.com/2011/03/24/video-ken-block-destroys-fiesta-wrc-car-before-rally-of-portuga/). The high-sprung rally car clipped a berm at the start of a turn, and the resulting series of flips were both violent and scary. Block and his teammate Alex Gelsomino (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/alex+gelsomino) checked out of the hospital with a clean bill of health, but the same prognosis can't be said of the car.
That means we don't feel guilty for showing you more footage of the wreck, which comes courtesy of the Monster World Rally team. The post-jump clip is over two minutes long, with the oddball goofiness we've come to expect from Block and Co. We're thinking the theme here is that of a near-death experience - we can't fathom another reason why Block would be floating around a pool, in full racing gear, with an angelic glow all around him.
Hit the jump (http://www.autoblog.com/2011/04/19/video-new-footage-of-ken-blocks-crash-in-portugal/#continued) to watch the horrific crash, which makes its entrance at 2:13, followed by a slow-motion replay.
[Source: YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocYI1CYgz4g)]Continue reading Video: New footage of Ken Block's crash in Portugal (http://www.autoblog.com/2011/04/19/video-new-footage-of-ken-blocks-crash-in-portugal/)
Video: New footage of Ken Block's crash in Portugal (http://www.autoblog.com/2011/04/19/video-new-footage-of-ken-blocks-crash-in-portugal/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com) on Tue, 19 Apr 2011 19:58:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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