10/05/2026
LSPR week. The Block family is heading back to the Upper Peninsula.
Ken won this rally three times. In 2006, he and co-driver Alex Gelsomino took the win in their Subaru Impreza WRX STI. They won again in 2008, a victory that lifted Ken to second in the Rally America championship. In 2021, he swept all 15 stages and won by 9m35.4s.
Then there’s 2013. Ken came into the final round needing a win to take the championship. On one of the last stages, a missing two-letter word in the pace notes, “in,” let him run slightly wide on a corner that looked safe. The rear wheel clipped a clump of dirt, and the Fiesta went end over end. Alex stopped counting rolls at five. Ken walked away unhurt and Alex had a mild concussion, and Ken’s first instinct was to try to restart the car.
This weekend, the family carries all of it back to the forest. Follow along with 43i.