The Hoonigan Racing Division
is a
motor racing
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team that competes in the
American Rally Association
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fielding a
Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC
The Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC (originally known as the Hyundai New Generation i20 WRC) is a World Rally Car built by Hyundai for use in the World Rally Championship starting in 2017. It is based on the Hyundai i20 subcompact car, and is the successo ...
car for
Ken Block
Kenneth Paul Block (November 21, 1967 – January 2, 2023) was an American professional rally driver with the Hoonigan Racing Division, formerly known as the Monster World Rally Team. Block was also one of the co-founders of DC Shoes. He also ...
. The team previously competed in the
World Rally Championship
The World Rally Championship (abbreviated as WRC) is the highest level of global competition in the motorsport discipline of rallying, owned and governed by the FIA. There are separate championships for drivers, co-drivers, manufacturers and t ...
,
Global RallyCross Championship
The TitansRX International Series (formerly known as Red Bull Global Rallycross or Global Rallycross) is a group of rallycross series, currently organised by racing driver Max Pucher and businessman Chip Pankow. The initial series was series ru ...
,
FIA World Rallycross Championship
The FIA World Rallycross Championship (official abbreviation is World RX) is a rallycross series organised by the FIA in conjunction with series promoter Rallycross Promoter GmbH (founded by Red Bull and KW25). From the inaugural season in 2014 ...
and
Rally America
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.
History
The team was formed by
Ken Block
Kenneth Paul Block (November 21, 1967 – January 2, 2023) was an American professional rally driver with the Hoonigan Racing Division, formerly known as the Monster World Rally Team. Block was also one of the co-founders of DC Shoes. He also ...
as Monster World Rally Team at the beginning of 2010 as a platform for him to compete at world championship level. The team, sponsored by
Monster Energy
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, ran a 2011-spec
Ford Fiesta RS WRC
The Ford Fiesta RS WRC is the World Rally Car built for the Ford World Rally Team by Ford Europe and M-Sport for use in the World Rally Championship 2011–2016. It is based upon the Ford Fiesta road car, and replaced the Ford Focus RS WRC, whi ...
for Block and co-driver
Alex Gelsomino
Alessandro Gelsomino is an Italian rally driver. He was the co-driver to Ken Block.
He is married to Rhianon Gelsomino.
References
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Italian rally co-drivers
1973 births
Living people ...
at selected events in the World Rally Championship. At the
Global Rallycross
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, Block finished fifth in 2012, third in 2013, second in 2014 and seventh in 2015. Block also claimed a third-place finish and a fourth at the 2014 World Rallycross Championship.
In 2016, Block competed full-time in the
FIA World Rallycross Championship
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alongside
Andreas Bakkerud
Andreas Bakkerud (born 10 October 1991) is a rallycross driver from Bergen, Norway. He has competed in the FIA Rallycross Supercar class since 2013 in both Euro RX and World RX, and Nitro Rallycross since 2021. He became European Champion in 2021 ...
. He drove a
Ford Focus RS
The Ford Focus is a compact car (C-segment in Europe) manufactured by Ford Motor Company since 1998. It was created under Alexander Trotman's Ford 2000 plan, which aimed to globalize model development and sell one compact vehicle worldwide. The ...
, built and run by
M-Sport
M-Sport is an auto racing team and motorsport engineering company headquartered at Dovenby Hall near Cockermouth, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom. Formed in 1979 by the World Rally Championship driver Malcolm Wilson, and originally known as ...
, a British motorsport team, who also build and prepare the cars for every rally team and several rallycross teams competing with the Fiesta model.
On September 4, 2017,
Ford Performance
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History
* 1896 – Henry Ford reached a top speed of 20 mph in his ...
and Hoonigan Racing Division announced their withdrawal from the World Rallycross Championship after the 2017 season.
Racing record
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Legend
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Complete FIA World Rally Championship results
Complete FIA World Rallycross Championship results
Supercar
† Five championship points deducted for receiving three reprimands in a season.
Complete FIA European Rallycross Championship results
Supercar
Complete Global Rallycross Championship results
(
key
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Common meanings
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* Key (lock), device used to control access to places or facilities restricted by a lock
* Key (map ...
)
Supercar
Gallery
File:MWRTtest.jpg, Sno* Drift Rally test drive
File:MWRTtest2.jpg, Sno* Drift Rally test drive
File:The Hoonigan (19382791173).jpg, Ken Block's Mustang Hoonigan at the Goodwood Festival of Speed
The Goodwood Festival of Speed is an annual motorsports festival featuring modern and historic motor racing vehicles taking part in a hillclimbing, hill climb and other events, held in the grounds of Goodwood House, West Sussex, England, in l ...
2015
File:WRX Portugal 2016 008.jpg, Ken Block at the 2016 World RX of Portugal
File:WRX Belgium 2016 001.JPG, Andreas Bakkerud at the 2016 World RX of Belgium
See also
*
Gymkhana Grid
Gymkhana Grid is a gymkhana car race held annually in different venues around the world since 2010.
It was co-founded by racecar driver Ken Block, clothing brand DC Shoes and promoter Chris Willard. However, the 2011 edition was cancelled after ...
References
External links
Official website - Hoonigan Racing DivisionOfficial website - Hoonigan
{{2013 World Rally Championship season
Ford Team RS
World Rally Championship teams
Global RallyCross Championship teams
World Rallycross Championship teams