Gymkhana Grid

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

Gymkhana Grid
SportGymkhana
First 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. 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 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, Greece 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 MX-5[11]

See also

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