{"id":247277,"date":"2010-01-29T14:27:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-29T19:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/01\/29\/video-ken-block-tests-his-ford-fiesta-rally-ahead-of-sno-drift\/"},"modified":"2010-01-29T14:27:00","modified_gmt":"2010-01-29T19:27:00","slug":"video-ken-block-tests-his-ford-fiesta-rally-ahead-of-snodrift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/247277","title":{"rendered":"Video: Ken Block tests his Ford Fiesta Rally ahead of Sno*Drift"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Filed under: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/motorsports\/\" rel=\"tag\">Motorsports<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/videos\/\" rel=\"tag\">Videos<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/hatchbacks\/\" rel=\"tag\">Hatchback<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/ford\/\" rel=\"tag\">Ford<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/racing\/\" rel=\"tag\">Racing<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/01\/29\/video-ken-block-tests-his-ford-fiesta-rally-ahead-of-sno-drift\/#continued\"><img decoding=\"async\" hspace=\"4\" border=\"1\" vspace=\"4\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2010\/01\/block-sno-vid-cap-630op.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong><small>Click above to view the video <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/01\/29\/video-ken-block-tests-his-ford-fiesta-rally-ahead-of-sno-drift\/#continued\">after the jump<\/a><\/small><\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/tag\/KenBlock\/\">Ken Block<\/a>&#8216;s inaugural outing in his <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/01\/26\/video-ken-block-and-new-ford-fiesta-rally-car-meet-its-love\/\">new Ford Fiesta Rally car<\/a> took place on Thursday ahead of today&#8217;s opening of the Sno*Drift <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rally-america.com\">Rally America<\/a> Series, and the crew at Monster have released some footage of Block&#8217;s maiden run.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/01\/29\/video-ken-block-tests-his-ford-fiesta-rally-ahead-of-sno-drift\/#continued\">After the jump<\/a>, you&#8217;ll find a two and a half minute clip of Block pounding down the icy roads of Gladwin, MI, blowing past trees at triple-digit speeds and topping out in sixth gear during one insanely long straight.<\/p>\n<p>Live updates from the event are available at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rally-america.com\/events\/2010\/SnoDrift\/news\/liveupdates\/\">Rally America&#8217;s website<\/a>. Follow along today and tomorrow, but in the meantime&#8230; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/01\/29\/video-ken-block-tests-his-ford-fiesta-rally-ahead-of-sno-drift\/#continued\">jump<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"postgallery\">\n<p><strong>Gallery: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/ken-blocks-monster-world-rally-team-ford-fiesta\/low\/\">Ken Block&#8217;s Monster World Rally Team Ford Fiesta<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/ken-blocks-monster-world-rally-team-ford-fiesta\/low\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2010\/01\/mwrtkbfiesta1_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/ken-blocks-monster-world-rally-team-ford-fiesta\/low\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2010\/01\/mwrtkbfiesta2_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/01\/29\/video-ken-block-tests-his-ford-fiesta-rally-ahead-of-sno-drift\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Continue reading <em>Video: Ken Block tests his Ford Fiesta Rally ahead of Sno*Drift<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/01\/29\/video-ken-block-tests-his-ford-fiesta-rally-ahead-of-sno-drift\/\">Video: Ken Block tests his Ford Fiesta Rally ahead of Sno*Drift<\/a> originally appeared on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\">Autoblog<\/a> on Fri, 29 Jan 2010 14:27:00 EST.  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