One of the world’s most spectacular drivers, Ken Block, will give the all-new Ford Focus RS its UK debut at the Goodwood Festival of Speed during the event held on June 25-28th 2015.
This year’s Festival of Speed theme is ‘Flat-Out and Fearless: Racing on the Edge’ and few drivers hold this philosophy as close to their hearts as Block, whose amazing Gymkhana videos have won worldwide acclaim and achieved over 300 million views on YouTube.
The Monster Energy Athlete’s reputation has been forged with these wonderful displays of car control – his Gymkhana videos often being created in city-centre locations with buildings, bridges and other immovable objects often just millimetres from the action.
He will drive the new Focus RS, which has been developed by Ford Performance and is the 30th Ford to carry the RS badge, up the iconic 1.16-mile Goodwood Hillclimb throughout the weekend.
Block will also bring his incredible ‘Hoonicorn’, a 1965 Ford Mustang ‘notchback’ that has been customised with four-wheel-drive, an 845bhp Ford V8 engine, bespoke suspension and tyres and bodywork inspired by rally and racing cars plus toys he owned as a child!
The Hoonicorn was used in Block’s most recent viral video, Gymkhana 7, which has gained more than 24 million views on YouTube since its release in November 2014.
Ticket information is available from www.goodwood.com or via the Goodwood Ticket Office on 01243 755055.
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