Ken Block Absolutely Sending it in an 1100hp Race Truck: Whoopocalypse Now EP. 5

Plaster City, CA has long been the benchmark for desert truck testing in the US. It’s home to some of the gnarliest whoops this side of the border. On this episode of Whoopocalypse Ken Block and co-driver Alex Gelsomino head to the famed site to get some wide open high speed testing under their belt, ahead of the Baja 1000. To top it off, we wrapped Team mate Jax Redline’s helicopter in the same “It’s A Living” livery as the truck, and VFX wizard Ash Thorp even drops in for a ride along.
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[@steveafanador6441]

The suspension on that truck is insane.

[@kobetelesford2706]

Putting the video in 0.25 playback speed when Zac is doing his "Baja update" will never get old. 😂😂😂😂😂

[@JayRussellDuramax]

I can confirm that it does, indeed, never get old! Hahaha! Thank you for posting this!

[@ysg5932]

Oh shit Ken is going through puberty again 🤣

[@kentbeitel9966]

Wtf? This girl tryin to sell her only fan’s or something in kens video 😂😂

[@TheShoeJr]

@@kentbeitel9966 ah it’s ok I reported it as spam.

[@vladimpaler9274]

That helicopter 🚁 is sick!!

[@dpedd12]

Shoutout the the camera guys out there getting baked in the bad way. Baja is gonna be the sickest content on the internet.

[@MadmanJnr]

How awesome it to just watch the suspension on these units. Just wow! Ash : "A very angry Marshmallow!"

[@Huskeye]

Today's goal...jumpin😆👍🏻

[@jaredvalentine144]

Just watched this for the first time... Man I miss this dude 😢 thanks KB for everything you did, you absolute LEGEND!

[@buzzfightbeer8023]

Alex is an awesome co-driver and his patience when it comes to teaching along with his passion for the sport has probably helped to create a lot of new rally/offroad racing fans. It's been great watching him and Ken teaching Zac the ropes of pace notes, the learning process, etc. when it comes to learning these sports. Please keep Alex involved!

[@steveafanador6441]

Ash is a beast with his livery skills . He needs to make them from now on. 👍👍

[@journogonzo]

This is exciting watching Them go through the process of learning the Trophy truck and this style of driving. Can't wait to see them compete!

[@whytho4358]

Daaaaaaamn now that's a real render!!! Love the detail on every little piece!!!

[@LopezBOT90]

Been feeling itchy without Zac's Baja UPDATE! YEEAAAHHH!!!! ... Oh, Hey Ken! 👋🏽

[@airdevil21]

That was AWESOME to watch!!! Unbelievable how it absorbs those jumps👍

[@thezuck1596]

I've only gotten to see one of these trucks in person once and it's wild how much travel they have. So cool

[@edwinduarte6273]

Growing up in Ensenada skipping school to watch these trucks fly around since the late 90s it’s crazy how much the internals change but the trucks look just as cool

[@luv1ngu]

This is fracking INSANE! Love it

[@christophercarrera7486]

It was sick to see ash get a ride along the man is a MASSIVE inspiration for me the man is a bad ass and deserves it

[@jarodjones4796]

At this point, Ken’s raced everything but trains, planes, and boat. It’s official…….Ken Block’s a legend.

[@Roman-12543]

Dude I love plaster city. Always hit that spot on the quad

[@paulezay3599]

Brother That suspension set up is on point straight dailed in.

[@richardprice9230]

Love Plaster city, just an hour away from me. Good luck in Baja!!!

[@dragomirdosen3964]

The way that trophy truck eats up that terrain is amazing. That is the most capable high speed off terrain kind of vehicle.

[@Denuto]

I could watch slowmo of suspension travel for hours!

[@offroadgarden7650]

Yeah for sure.

[@Chkhitoooo]

This is so fun to watch. Imagine how fun would it be to actually drive it 😜

[@knightriderz13]

My favorite KZbin video I’ve watched in 6 months

[@YnnoBoy]

Been waiting for this!!

[@dillontaylor3234]

Awesome I can't wait for the 1000!!!

[@CWBmtb]

Ken literally has the best job in the world! Amazing truck

[@KostasAlbanidis]

The control Ken has over the vehicle ( any vehicle actually ... ) it is simply *A*M*A*Z*I*N*G* !

[@gregtennyson]

I hope you guys bring that thing to KOH this year 🤘🏼

[@DaOneAndOnlyKDubb]

Bruh… Ken and Alex are going to SLAY in the Baja 1000!!!

[@ice_wolf76]

if there is anything that I love more than drifting and rally its the baja 1K I was there when I was smol and the truck the sound it was awesome the smell there. god I gotta go back there on day...

[@Nick-gg6tg]

Incredible engineering

[@pusheenthecatnyancat6769]

This is what i call "Action"

[@whytho4358]

That truck lands like hot butter Looks totally indestructible (till you hit a rock :') )

[@MarcoGarcia-em1uc]

With both the hoonicorn and the greatest invention u designed the hoonitruck

[@MauroAlcaraz5674]

The Crazy Ken íts back!!!

[@joecaca4136]

RIP man ..... he had an awesome run in the game of life

[@jaxredline8158]

This is badass. Good work boys, can't wait to get down to Mexico!!!!

[@danielcowen2311]

That looks like soo much fun.

[@Socalnik66]

Beautiful truck, Traxxas needs to sell a UDR with this livery. Ken Block and Alex G are such badasses in the racing world.

[@Baja_Ian]

VERY interested to see if his codriver can keep up on dem notes for the amount of time that they will be in this thing. Good luck, and see you boys in Baja, hopefully in our rear mirror!

[@mydogdodge1054]

Agreed! That is a lot of notes to go through

[@briancalliari4421]

Those notes will be their demise. They need to learn the GPS and use LeadNav. There will be no way to read those notes at night, if Ken’s section runs at night; or the truck has issues that forces him to drive at night.

[@andywilson89]

Or they could do like they do in the rally car, and install some little LED map lights. Lots of night stages in rally

[@akagainesy]

Other thing, surely once you've prerun the course written the notes the features of the "road" will have changed. With lots of other competitor running hard burms and dips etc will have changed. Rocks and other smallish obstacles will have moved as the sand and dirt gets torn up. I'd have thought for Baja that kind of notes system can work but would be less reliable than for stage rally as the variables seem much higher as an event goes on 🤔

[@Mistercool215]

Trucks run digital screens with mapped out notes

[@angeloah]

Ash is the man, Ken is the man, Alex the man, rub a dub dub, three men hit a jump? 🤘🔥😎🔥🤘

[@davidorourkesr]

Good job!.

[@funnyclipshen7117]

Ken block for lyf🔥🔥♥️♥️

[@MrJohn0fficial]

To who ever is reading this comment You are awesome 💥 My goal is to hit 27k any help would be epic🤘

[@callumburton1287]

Good video ken👍

[@TheShoeJr]

Man, it must be exhilarating to jump over those whoops! #WhoopocalypseNow

[@Navyguy]

3:03 *Love Donut Media* 😛😉

[@derangedchicken2191]

7:58 - now that's a peformance vehicle!!!!

[@daveharding6696]

always a smile

[@abcdesignz4u548]

Love you Ken.

[@wildvandee1079]

I love the way he did the intro so perfect And I have to ask some not sure are you guys going to be in the Baja 1000 2021 are you going to be in the X games on TV I would love to know

[@BLUE_FiSH75]

Bajaaaaaaa Update!!!!

[@gtr3563]

It is the car which I want to get into even once👍👍

[@hopefloats7573]

I was at Plaster City last week. This is what you hope to find when you get there. I only saw 1 race UTV. #1945.

[@kww1966]

Ken rocks!

[@PhilipRung]

RIP Legend ❤

[@fastmtnbiker]

I want to see Alex and Ken practice a tire change in a really sandy spot.

[@jassielantonioperez9307]

I been waiting to see Ken racing Baja in a Trophy truck for like 12-13 years since a first saw him and that time Travis di it, hope to meet him down here in Baja

[@tonydincorn4472]

Your the boss Ken...🤯

[@knappdaddy]

Ken is the only person I would ever trust to ride along with at 125 mph !!

[@briancalliari4421]

Trust me, there are much better TT drivers out there. Gordon, Letner, Menzies, McMillin, Ampudia, Baldwin, Lofton, Herbst, Stewart…….. this list is long.

[@jakegaughan3807]

As someone who has coridden in Baja before those notes are going to be very tough to keep up with, gps and LeadNav is the way to go

[@jmk1788]

I was dying for a Baja update

[@flipflopgarage]

Best sport there is!

[@Seijuki]

bro ash is fucking crazy, you guys are awesome !

[@daniel_roscoe]

Holy smokes that suspension

[@MrSketchyCharacter]

That cheeky bar turn at 5:26 is so slick.

[@fisheye42]

Ha! Yes, I was going to comment on that, too. (And Thanks for the time tag.)

[@MZ-bl6wg]

The absolute punishment trophy trucks take us UNREAL!!!

[@mgmbajoquintos4236]

Ustedes ganarán 🤙 la baja 1000 bro. 💪 I Will see You in la Purísima

[@kentbeitel9966]

I’m a grippy boi! And this off roading looks so much fun! There is no line to tech or botched sessions just open desert at your disposal! 🔥🔥

[@tvs5862]

Hoonicopter? Also, would love to see a rendering of it in the livery!

[@Andrew-gm6cl]

I realized I’m watching this while drinking a Monster, how fitting.

[@rayleal2109]

Let's see if the notes can work after prerunning.. it should help out in some way ..but race track terrain changes quickly at baja. Should be interesting to see interview after baja 1000 how useful are the notes. ( overall they should help)

[@gregoryfranks7347]

what a mental vid name!!!!!!!!! i fell off my chair

[@xxruredyxx]

I'm here play Forza Horizon 5 on my couch, and Ken playing in Real Life.

[@DanielFrost79]

Wait, Horizon 5 launch is tomorrow, right? 🤔

[@baloonia1]

I was expecting for the BAAAJAAA UPDATE!!!!

[@bryanluntz1603]

Good morning Guys SIC🏆

[@irish3183]

How cool would it be to see a Recoil 5, Ken vs. BJ Baldwin? Would be dope.

[@buzzfightbeer8023]

Can anyone tell me who is making Ken and Hoonigan's beats/music they use for all of their content? The instrumental beat tracks are just so insanely sick.

[@neblolthecarnerd]

Given that Baja is in Mexico and a certain new videogame that heavily features Ken is in Mexico it would be cool to see this truck In the game. I love the livery and the truck.

[@offroadgarden7650]

Forza 5 is epic.

[@socks2441]

I think they are going to need a new truck after that.. It's amazing the things engineers are able to do these days. Seriously, that thing took some serious abuse and survived. Amazing

[@Baked-as-Bread]

trophy trucks are so rad

[@jonnyr.8202]

Far out 🤙

[@ganeezen3125]

A Gymkahana with this monster of a truck would be awesome

[@dominiquebuyck3788]

Thx Ken. ominique

[@Ayrton_Groesbeck]

Baja trucks are soo epic1

[@corentindebosscher1381]

🔥🔥

[@ebogood4441]

Bucket list # 30 go sho

[@DJTourniquet]

More like Hoon-pocalypse lol 🤣👌

[@DanielFrost79]

Holy shizzle that truck sucks up the bumps. Sick to see that in slow-mo. I still want to see that fox-body ford as a Hoonigan. 😔

[@T-o-m-s]

it's still happening, he talked about it being one of his favorite looking vehicle on renderings and that it's gonna still live without ford

[@jacksonandy218]

The hoonifox it was gonna be called

[@simonmillar9161]

new hooligan range featuring a angry marshmallow

[@austinleach6968]

Bad 🤘🏻

[@jeepgibby]

This vs that, the Redlines R44 vs merchvan

[@certifiedgoose]

I just got done playing Mx vs ATV untamed and got curious about these things irl

[@ChainsawFPV]

An angry marshmallow. That's funny.

[@SuperSecretSquirell]

You should do another one in white and name it the Angry Marshmellow.

[@caleblee4856]

Bro who can imagine a 0.5:1 gear ratio on that diff that thing would be zooming!

[@CustomiZe_]

It looks so weird seeing the bottom of the truck moving so much all the suspension moving around all individually is incredibly cool but quite odd, helicopters livery definitely looks the best out of all of them.

[@contendor7762]

Wait ..... is Ken block coming to Kenya 🤔🔥 . I would love to meet him in person 👥😓