Gymkhana Grid

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

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

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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. Courses 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

EditionVenueAWDRWDRef
2010 Flag of the United States.svg Irwindale Speedway, Irwindale Flag of the United States.svg Tanner Foust Ford Fiesta Flag of Japan.svg Daijiro Yoshihara Nissan S13 [3]
2012 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Santa Pod Raceway, Podington Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Dmitrij Sribnyj Subaru Impreza Flag of the Netherlands.svg Remmo Niezen BMW E30
2013
(X Games)
Flag of the United States.svg Irwindale Speedway, Irwindale Flag of the United States.svg Tanner Foust Ford Fiesta -- [4]
2013 Flag of Spain.svg Ciudad del Rock, Arganda del Rey Flag of Spain.svg Nani Roma Mini Flag of Australia (converted).svg Luke Fink Nissan S13 [5]
2014 Flag of Spain.svg Ciudad del Rock, Arganda del Rey Flag of the United States.svg Ken Block Ford Fiesta Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Luke Woodham Nissan S14 [6]
2015 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Santa Pod Raceway, Podington Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Dmitrij Sribnyj Subaru Impreza Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Luke Woodham Nissan S14 [7]
2016 Flag of Greece.svg Marathon, Greece Flag of Norway.svg Petter Solberg Citroën Xsara Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Luke Woodham Nissan S14 [8]
2017 Flag of South Africa.svg Carnival City, Brakpan Flag of Sweden.svg Johan Kristoffersson Volkswagen Polo Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Luke Woodham Nissan S14 [9]
2018 Flag of South Africa.svg Carnival City, Brakpan Flag of Sweden.svg Johan Kristoffersson Volkswagen Polo Flag of Japan.svg Daigo Saito Chevrolet Corvette [10]
2019 Flag of Poland.svg Ptak Warsaw Expo, Warsaw Flag of Norway.svg Petter Solberg Volkswagen Polo Flag of Lithuania.svg Mantas Šliogeris Mazda MX-5 [11]

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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