Gymkhana Grid is a gymkhana car race held annually in different venues around the world since 2010.[1]
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 was a single AWD class.
From 2013 to 2016, there were qualifier events held in different venues in Europe.
Edition | Venue | AWD | RWD | |||
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2010 | Irwindale Speedway, Irwindale | Ford Fiesta | Nissan S13 | [3] | ||
2012 | Santa Pod Raceway, Podington | Dmitrij Sribnyj | Subaru Impreza | Remmo Niezen | BMW E30 | |
2013 (X Games) | Irwindale Speedway, Irwindale | Ford Fiesta | - | - | [4] | |
2013 | Ciudad del Rock, Arganda del Rey | Mini | Luke Fink | Nissan S13 | [5] | |
2014 | Ciudad del Rock, Arganda del Rey | Ford Fiesta | Luke Woodham | Nissan S14 | [6] | |
2015 | Santa Pod Raceway, Podington | Dmitrij Sribnyj | Subaru Impreza | Luke Woodham | Nissan S14 | [7] |
2016 | Marathon, Greece | Citroën Xsara | Luke Woodham | Nissan S14 | [8] | |
2017 | Carnival City, Brakpan | Volkswagen Polo | Luke Woodham | Nissan S14 | [9] | |
2018 | Carnival City, Brakpan | Volkswagen Polo | Chevrolet Corvette | [10] | ||
2019 | Ptak Warsaw Expo, Warsaw | Volkswagen Polo | Mantas Šliogeris | Mazda MX-5 | [11] | |