Sept 22nd, 2014, Los Angeles, California: Hoonigan Racing Division’s Ken Block had a hugely successful three days of racing during the Global Rallycross Championship doubleheader this past weekend in Los Angeles. Following a Saturday event where he pulled off a podium finish in third overall, Block took to the track again on Sunday for the second event of the weekend, managing to improve on Saturday’s performance by one spot, bringing home a second overall finish as well as moving himself into overall championship points lead, 18 points ahead of the rest of the field.
The podium finish for Block on Sunday’s event marks his 5th consecutive podium appearance in the Global Rallycross Championship (New York – 3rd, Charlotte – 1st, Daytona – 2nd, Los Angeles 1 – 3rd, Los Angeles 2 – 2nd) and sets Block up in good position with only two races left on the race season calendar.
“I’m definitely pleased with how the weekend in Los Angeles went for me,” said Block. “Obviously I wanted to come out and do well, but between performing well and having some luck fall my way, I’m coming out of here in the lead for the overall championship, which is awesome! I’m also excited about this coming weekend in Seattle at Dirtfish because I’ve heard that the track there has a lot more gravel than what we’ve seen the last two races and I feel that sort of surface really favors my driving style. Hopefully I can bring home another podium finish in five days.”
In addition to Block bringing home a third place finish on Saturday, a second place finish on Sunday and moving into first overall in the championship points standings, Block and his team also helped contribute to Ford locking in their 4th consecutive manufacturer title in GRC this weekend as well.
