Ford and Ken Block have parted ways after 10 years

1 of Ford’s star motorists, Ken Block, is parting methods with the Blue Oval just after 10 many years. The partnership is ending amicably, with the two Block and Ford CEO Jim Farley sending out many thanks by means of social media.

“I want to thank you for every little thing you’ve got done for the business and how proud we are of every little thing that you’ve got attained,” Farley stated in a YouTube video clip crammed with video clip clips of Block’s automotive stunts.

Block has also presented a statement, from his Hoonigan Racing web-site, stating “It’s only been a aspiration arrive legitimate to function with the business that crafted the truck that my Dad drove when I was a teenager. I’m tremendous appreciative to Ford for the assistance in excess of the many years, but I am also looking ahead to what an unrestricted 2021 holds, and the skill to spread my wings a little bit and engage in with a lot other toys.”

Some of those other toys may involve autos these kinds of as the Audi Quattro S1 Team B rally car or truck, which Block recently tweeted a picture of, stating, “1 of my most loved rally autos of all time … and now with my open up relationship with Ford, I could get to last but not least drive one particular!”

Block now calls himself a “free agent,” as the finish of the partnership indicates he will now be in a position to drive non-Ford autos on camera. Block was catapulted into throughout the world fame with the Gymkhana collection, which he started with his a Subaru WRX STI, a car or truck he continue to owns. Ford snatched Block away from Subaru, and put him in the driver’s seat of a Fiesta WRC car or truck.

Which of my 1st 3 Gymkhana autos is your most loved? pic.twitter.com/IdIBB8GrzU

— Ken Block (@kblock43)
January 9, 2021

In his 10 years with Ford, Block ongoing his Gymkhana video clip collection and crafted autos these kinds of as the all-wheel-drive, one,400-horsepower ’65 Mustang-bodied Hoonicorn and the Ford F-150-centered Hoonitruck. Previous December, Block handed the Gymkhana baton to Travis Pastrana and back again to Subaru.

What the foreseeable future holds for Block is anyone’s guess, but it can be absolutely sure to be entertaining and will very likely involve loads of tire smoke.