Ken Block Obituary

Ken Block was a professional rally driver from the United States who raced for the Hoonigan Racing Division, formerly known as the Monster World Rally Team.

Ken Block passed away at age 55 in a snowmobile accident near Woodland, Utah on January 2, 2023.

According to the Wasatch County sheriff’s department, Block had been riding in the Mill Hollow area when his snowmobile upended on a steep slope and landed on top of him. Block was declared dead at the scene of the accident.

Ken Block began his National rallying career in 2005 with the Vermont SportsCar team. To compete, Vermont SportsCar prepared a 2005 Subaru WRX STi for Block and was named Rally America Rookie of the Year at the end of his first rallying season.

Ken Block co-founded the skateboard brand DC Shoes in 1984. After selling the company in 2004, Block famously transitioned from marketing executive to one of the most recognizable names in motorsports.

Only five years after getting behind the wheel of a rally car, he became a World Rally and Rally America podium threat and a five-time X Games medalist in RallyCross.