Gymkhana Grid

Gymkhana Grid is a gymkhana car race held annually in different venues around the world since 2010.[1]

Gymkhana Grid
SportGymkhana
Inaugural season2010
Owner(s)Ken Block
CountryWorldwide

It was co-founded by racecar driver Ken Block, clothing brand DC Shoes and promoter Chris Willard. However, the 2011 edition was cancelled after business conflicts and Willard left the organization.[2]

The racecourse is symmetrical, so drivers make a timed run on each one. The driver with best aggregate times advances to the next round of the bracket. Curses have tight corners, which encourage drivers to apply drifting techniques, and feature obstacles such as barrels, tyres, ship containers and tanks.

The event features several rallycross and drifting champions and also amateur racers, sometimes split in different classes. Likewise, each event had all-wheel drive and rear-wheel drive classes, except at the X Games Los Angeles 2013 where there was a single AWD class.

From 2013 to 2016, there were qualifier events held in different venues in Europe.

Winners
EditionVenue AWD RWD Ref
2010 Irwindale Speedway, Irwindale Tanner FoustFord Fiesta Daijiro YoshiharaNissan S13 [3]
2012 Santa Pod Raceway, Podington Dmitrij SribnyjSubaru Impreza Remmo NiezenBMW E30
2013
(X Games)		 Irwindale Speedway, Irwindale Tanner FoustFord Fiesta -- [4]
2013 Ciudad del Rock, Arganda del Rey Nani RomaMini Luke FinkNissan S13 [5]
2014 Ciudad del Rock, Arganda del Rey Ken BlockFord Fiesta Luke WoodhamNissan S14 [6]
2015 Santa Pod Raceway, Podington Dmitrij SribnyjSubaru Impreza Luke WoodhamNissan S14 [7]
2016 Marathon Petter SolbergCitroën Xsara Luke WoodhamNissan S14 [8]
2017 Carnival City, Brakpan Johan KristofferssonVolkswagen Polo Luke WoodhamNissan S14 [9]
2018 Carnival City, Brakpan Johan KristofferssonVolkswagen Polo Daigo SaitoChevrolet Corvette [10]
2019 Ptak Warsaw Expo, Warsaw Petter SolbergVolkswagen Polo Mantas ŠliogerisMazda Miata [11]

See also

References
  1. When The Rodeo Came To Town - Remembering The Gymkhana Grid Ken Block Invitational - Bob Hernandez, Super Street / Motor Trend, 10 August 2020
  2. DC Shoes aiming to shut down Gymkhana GRID events for trademark infringement - Drew Phillips, Autoblog, 4 October 2011
  3. Tanner Foust shreds at Ken Block Invitational Gymkhana Grid - Michael Harley, Autoblog, 6 December 2010
  4. First X Games Gymkhana GRID race is officially in the books - Jeremy Korzeniewski, Autoblog, 4 August 2013
  5. Gymkhana Grid, el espectáculo visitó Madrid - Igor Zamorano, Motorpasión, 03 November 2013
  6. Ken Block takes 2014 Gymkhana GRiD final top spot - Vince Pettit, The Checkered Flag, 3 November 2014
  7. Gymkhana GRiD Final lights up Santa Pod - Dominik Wilde, The Checkered Flag, 27 October 2015
  8. Petter Solberg se console avec le Gymkhana GRiD - Thibaut Emme, Le Blog Auto, 2 November 2016
  9. Kristoffersson & Woodham win Gymkhana GRiD in South Africa - Motorsport.com, 21 November 2017
  10. Gymkhana GRiD 2018 smashes record as Saito and Kristoffersson win in South Africa - Wheels24, 7 December 2018
  11. Gymkhana GRiD 2019 Champions! - Extreme Sports Action, 9 October 2019
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