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Ken Block and the Monster World Rally Team are pleased to announce that professional rally driver Chris “ATKO” Atkinson will be joining Block as a teammate for the upcoming 2012 WRC Mexico.

Building on the insanity of part 1 of their 2012 schedule and all-new livery announcement—which featured Hollywood actor and comedian Nick Swardson as Ken Block during a hilarious Q&A spoof—Block and the Monster World Rally Team proudly present part 2, which consists of a video that’s been affectionately dubbed “car porn,” as well as one shot pulled from an amazing photo shoot that features both Block’s Hybrid Function Hoon Vehicle Ford Fiesta in Gymkhana FIVE trim and his dedicated Gymkhana World Tour Fiesta together.

The Monster World Rally team is pleased to reveal Ken Block’s brand-new livery and 2012 schedule. Debuting for the first time in part one of a two part season launch program (part two arrives on February 20th), Block’s 2012 program brings forth not only a new look for the Master Hoonigan, but also a new focus and more varied direction moving into the 2012 race season, which includes campaigning a full season in the highly-anticipated Global RallyCross Championship, while continuing to compete in the World Rally Championship.

The vinyl skin of the Gymkhana THREE Ford Fiesta has seen a lot of smoke and tarmac the past year and a half: The banks of Montlhery, Goodwood Hillclimb, Gymkhana World Tours, and more. So when it came time to shed the drips for the car's all-new 2012 livery (launching Feb. 15th), Monster World Rally Team couldn't just give the local trash man a lucky day – so Ken Block decided to give some pieces out to the fans. The rules are easy: just head to Ken Block's Facebook page and tell him what your favorite part about the old livery was. The best answers win a mounted piece of GYM3 history!

Monster World Rally Team driver and DC Shoes athlete, Ken Block, recently found out that his Gymkhana FOUR: The Hollywood Megamercial YouTube video for DC Shoes was the most shared viral ad video of 2011. Based on Mashable.com’s Viral Video Chart, more people globally shared the fourth installment of Block’s Gymkhana series than any other ad video last year, helping to bring the entire franchise to over 140-million views to date.

Ken Block is a man with a busy schedule: he can't be in two places at once (yet).

From the steep slopes of Snowbird to the race track at Miller Motorsports Park in Utah, eight Octane Academy contestants were put through the ringer to see who had the skill and determination to become the winner of Ken Block’s Camp of Ford’s Octane Academy.

Monster World Rally Team driver Ken Block had an extremely busy 2011 season and this video gives a taste of just how wild it was. From WRC testing footage to bonus Gymkhana FOUR clips to crazy moments from his Gymkhana World Tour and his appearances at the Goodwood Festival of Speed, Block rarely let off the throttle.
Now, with the year coming to a close, everyone’s favorite Hoonigan has put together a compilation video of some of his most exciting moments from the 2011 season, all captured entirely with GoPro video cameras.

While Ken Block’s Hybrid Function Hoon Vehicle’s purpose is to be capable of racing in three different forms of motorsport (gymkhana, stage rally and rally cross), it’s also street legal, and fitted with some road-going creature comforts like Ford SYNC.

A few months removed from the completion of his first-ever Gymkhana World Tour, Monster World Rally Team driver Ken Block is pleased to announce the release of an all-encompassing highlight video that showcases the best World Tour action from all three stops of the 2011 schedule (Vienna, Los Angeles, Melbourne).