KEN BLOCK'S PORSCHE 911 HOONIPIGASUS TO BE DRIVEN BY DAUGHTER LIA BLOCK AT THE 2023 PIKES PEAK INTERNATIONAL HILLCLIMB

In May last year, months before his untimely death, legendary race driver and personality Ken Block was set to tackle the world-famous Pikes Peak International Hillclimb in his purpose-built Porsche 911 which was given the name #Hoonipigasus. The pink Porsche was built by Hoonigan Industries at the Hoonigan Racing Division, in partnership with BBi Autosport. The racecar’s name was a tribute to the Pink Pig, a rather famous 917 Porsche that competed way back in 1971, as well as being a nod to the partnership with Mobil 1 fuels and lubricants and their Pegasus logo. The car’s livery was designed by Guccighost (real name Trouble Andrew). At the time he said “When Ken and the team at Hoonigan called, there was no doubt in my mind that I wanted to team up to create something unique and memorable. Reimagining iconic imagery and taking it in new, creative directions drives me, and in many ways, my design parallels what Hoonigan and BBi have done with the car. This collaboration allows me to combine two things I love, art and competition, and for me, there’s no better partner for that journey than Ken Block.” When the 2022 instalment of Pikes Peak arrived, the car was ready to go and many placed bets on the duo’s performance. Unluckily for Ken, the Porsche suffered damage on one of the practice runs, it dropped a valve and lunched the engine. The crew from BBi Autosport and Hoonigan Racing Division teams few parts in from California in an attempt to get the car sorted in time, but the job was too big for the available spanner time and the clock ran out and that meant the car never made it to qualifying. The motorsport world missed out on something epic, and with Ken no longer with us, it seemed that we’d never see Hoonipigasus in action.