Gymkhana Grid

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Gymkhana Grid was a gymkhana car race held annually in different venues around the world from 2010 to 2019.[1]

First season2010
Ceased2019
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Gymkhana Grid
SportGymkhana
First season2010
Ceased2019
OwnerKen Block
CountryWorldwide
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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 it has single AWD class.

From 2013 to 2016, there were qualifier events held in different venues in Europe. The final event was held in 2019.

Winners

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