Title: DiRT2
Platform: X360, Playstation 3, PC-DVD
Release Date: September 2009

RACE STARS

Ken Block

Known to DC employees as the guy who co-founded the brand over 15 years ago, Ken’s picked up fans over the last couple of years as a top rally car racer. Though he’s only been driving rally cars for a short amount of time, but his list of accomplishments reads like that of a seasoned pro. In 2005, Block's first year of rallying, he was aptly named Rally America's Rookie of the Year. As his career continued, Block's speed and skill behind the wheel became apparent and he was signed by Subaru Rally Team USA in 2006. From there Block has confirmed himself as one of North America's fastest rally drivers. He has won two Bronze medals and one Silver in the last three X Games Rally Car events and has finished 2nd overall, 3rd overall and 2nd overall respectively in the past three Rally America National Championship seasons. Block won five rallies in 2008, including a win in the hotly contested Canadian Rally Championship.

Block has gained worldwide notoriety for his exploits outside of rally competition, having successfully jumped his rally car 171 ft for Discovery Channel’s popular ‘Stunt Junkies’ show in 2006. Then in 2007, for a segment in DC’s MTN.LAB DVD series, Block slid and jumped his rally car in the snow with pro snowboarders at New Zealand’s SnowPark. The session resulted in an epic Snowboarder Magazine cover shot featuring Block jumping his rally car alongside a Torstein Horgmo from the DC Snowboarding team, plus an amazing video sequence that was included as the last part of the DVD. He also created an insane gymkhana “on steroids” course around El Toro airfield to showcase his high-speed technical prowess on the tarmac and released the videos, Gymkhana Practise and Gymkhana Two. The videos became an instant viral success in all circles, capturing over 20 million viewers.

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