NEWS // BLOCK TAKES FIFTH CONSECUTIVE WIN @ 100 ACRE

This weekend, Ken Block collected his fifth consecutive win at the 100 Acre Wood Rally at the wheel of the Monster World Rally Team Ford Fiesta. Block and co-driver, Alex Gelsomino, were the overall winners of the Open Class, even though the pair started the second stage more than a minute behind Subaru Rally Team USA's Travis Pastrana... [read more]

Pastrana was leading the rally until he broke his left rear control arm on the Super Special Stage in Potosi. Pastrana's fault put Block in the lead, with Antoine L'Estage and the Rockstar Mitsubishi Evo a close second. L'Estage suffered a flat on the second stage which in turn handed the win to Block, who finished some 20 seconds ahead of the Rockstar Evo.

The next Rally America event is the Olympus Rally in Olympia, Washington on April 24-25th.

Image: Monster World Rally Team
Info: Autoblog via Rally America
Editorial: Justin W. Coffey