Ken Block was lounging on the balcony of a pleasantly elegant hotel in northern France, enjoying a view of rolling hills and vineyards while resisting the urge to theorize how fast he could rip through them in a rally car. In a day he and Ford would unveil his entry for the World Rally Championship, officially making him the first American to compete full-time in at the highest level of the ultra-popular, ultra-difficult off-road racing circuit.
It was a decidedly long way from Long Beach, Calif., and his formative days as a skateboarder, snowboarder, motocross rider, and an unwitting pioneer in what would … Details
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