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Ken Block’s Family Is Now A Rally Racing Dynasty
Ken Block’s Family Is Now A Rally Racing Dynasty-July 2024
2024-02-19 EST 22:10:51

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Roosevelt. Kennedy. Bush. Some names echo through history, returning in waves as each new generation comes of age. These are families with a certain weight, impact, heritage; families whose last name alone can conjure respect, admiration, or even fear in those who hear it. Now, another family seeks to enter those vaunted, dynastic halls: The House of Block.

What started with a and a became a and purveyor of seemingly all clothing except shoes, but it’s also birthed a that competes in the American Rally Association Championship. That team will run three Blocks in ARA competition this season: Father, mother, and fifteen-year-old daughter.

From front to back: Ken’s i20 N, Lia’s Fiesta R2T, and Lucy’s Fiesta Rally3

Ken Block appears to have left Subaru once again, moving from a to a full-fat . He’ll be using it to directly compete with his wife Lucy Block for the first time, as they’ve entered the same class for the upcoming season. Her Fiesta isn’t expected to run times competitive with Ken’s Hyundai, but stranger things have happened.

Lucy isn’t running the only Fiesta in the Block family, however. Lia Block, , will be putting her learner’s permit to use in a front-wheel-drive Fiesta. A rally co-driver counts as a “licensed adult” for driving instruction purposes, right? Can she count this as hours driven towards her license?

No image has ever been as nyoom as this one. It is simply the nyoomiest image there is. Lookit its little face. Lil angry eyes. Nyoom.

The 2022 ARA season kicked off with last weekend’s Rally in the 100 Acre Wood, during which both in his class and overall. Lucy, in her debut year of Open Four-Wheel-Drive, . Despite the two-wheel-drive classing, Lia actually placed between the two — . Watch out, Ken. She’s coming for you.

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