A while back we published an open letter to Ken Block offering to furnish him with a Polo shirt along with a set of white sox (short) and loafers if he would abandon his well choreographed and edited Gymkana videos in favor of something inspired by the one video that arguably started it all, Stefan Roser ripping in the RUF Yellowbird at the 'Ring, circa 1987.
That video, without a doubt part of the origins of drifting along with cats from Japan, certainly cemented the Nürburgring legend forever. Up to now, we've all seen it as a very period correct crappy 1980's video but check this out, not only a much better copy but also a complete onboard lap showing "ZFG" Roser skating what must be one of the worst handling, most terrifying cars in history, with total ease.
Your Gymakana videos are some of the most awesome automotive footage ever filmed and what you have accomplished in terms of exposing hundreds of millions to... well, hooning, is beyond description.
But let's face it, as fantastic as your videos have been, they are a variation on the same theme: awesomely produced shots of a monster 4WD rally car dodging assorted obstacles on a closed course.
As you are certainly planning future hooning excellence, let us humbly propose a new challenge for you.
Axis will gladly provide a polo shirt, white socks and loafers for you to properly recreate what is possibly the one video that got us all started thinking sideways: Stefan Roser's classic RUF Yellowbird run at the Nürburgring.
Picture it, Schwedenkreuz sideways at 140 this time in glorious multi camera HD. Maybe you could throw in a loop around a biker!
I know you have a deal with Ford, I know you have your own line of shoes and clothes but you're Ken Block, you can do anything you want at this point, will you not find a way make the most rabid of your fans happy?
