http://www.drivingsports.com/site/20...wrc-with-ford/

and gets a ford?!

 

whoa.

 

An American in WRC? Cool

 

yup

 

big mistake!!! hope it works out for him he is a good driver

 

he doesnt need a subie to drive well

 

that mazda2-i mean ford fiesta-looks really good in race trim.

 

I'm sure he can still drive the hell out of any well tuned car.

 

Awesome! Go Ford!

 

Good for Ken, but I have a feeling he will get killed by the likes of Loeb and Hirvonen

 

^^^Agreed, it won't be an easy transition, the competition is a lot tougher than compared to Rally America. I Think it will take him at least the better part of, if not a full season to be near the podium.

I think it's so funny how some people are getting all bent out of shape about it. Ken will drive the hell out of any car. Just so happens he started with Subbies. But with them pulling out of WRC they couldn't offer what Ford put on the table. He's already confirmed a Gymkana 3 with the Fiesta. I'm excited for this, it's a great opportunity and if he does well maybe more Americans will get in on it too.

 

Say it aint so Ken say it aint so......

 

Block will take his bumps and he knows this, hell he even said so in the article. This is huge for him, ford and American Rally. Even if he runs mid pack for the next 2 or 3 seasons, it will help Ford out a ton, as well as create a bigger fan base for WRC and the ARC. This is a good thing. Good luck Ken. I for one can't wait to see the racing this season!

 

+1 Matt.

 

Although, I agree that this is good for rallying in the US. God knows I would fly anywhere in the states to see a rally.

Another thing is coverage is so limited here that we will be lucky to see more than a few seconds of Ken racing during each rally =/

Edit - unless he is top of the pack each race!

 

Yeah, being as Ford and Citroen are the only two manufactured backed teams in the WRC this next season so far that I know of, working for Subaru in WRC is out of the question. Hopefully Subaru will return soon and it would be nice to see other manufacturers back in as well. Ford was testing it's Fiesta rally cars up at Pikes Peak this last summer and Marcos Gronholm was even there but unfortunately, I didn't get to go last year.

 

Ford was running the Focus in the 2009 WRC. I'll bet, with Ken's involvement, the US will have better coverage of the events (eg. SpeedTV, ESPN).

 

I saw this and wondered why but at least we will have an american racing. Get with the program Subaru!

 

WRC coverage was supposedly coming to Discovery HD by now. Does anyone have this channel that can confirm this? I would order it if it's true and decent coverage. For now I will continue to get WRC coverage the same way I get Top Gear - torrent based downloads.

 

^ Yes the broadcasting is delayed but I do not know how much. I was able to watch the last half of the season at the end last year

It IS in HD too, looks very good

http://dhd.discovery.com/tv/world-ra...hip/about.html

 

Yes, Discovery HD did show the 2009 WRC season. They didn't start showing the events until November.

 

i hope this is a mothersmurfing joke

 

No smurfing joke, it's the real deal.

 

Cool, I may have to check this channel out then. HD WRC would be great.

 

Good for Ken, but I'm caring less about WRC because it looks like another year of just Ford and Citroen and NO MONTE CARLO RALLY. I'm only watching to see if Petter Solberg gets a good run.

Subaru is entering Intercontinental Rally Series with Abarth (Fiat), Honda, Skoda, Ralliart(Mitsubishi), Peugeot and VW. And they're hitting up the Monte.