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Hoonigan Racing Division

Founded	2010
Team principal(s)	Ken Block estate
Current series	American Rally Association
Former series	World Rally Championship Global RallyCross Championship European Rallycross Championship World Rallycross Championship

The Hoonigan Racing Division is a motor racing team that competes in the American Rally Association. The team previously competed in the World Rally Championship, Global RallyCross Championship, FIA World Rallycross Championship and Rally America.

History

The team was formed by Ken Block as Monster World Rally Team at the beginning of 2010 as a platform for him to compete at world championship level. The team, sponsored by Monster Energy, ran a 2011-spec Ford Fiesta RS WRC for Block and co-driver Alex Gelsomino at selected events in the World Rally Championship. In 2013 the team was renamed to Hoonigan Racing Division, with Hoonigan being a play on the Australian English slang hoon for a reckless driver and the word hooligan. At the Global Rallycross, Block finished fifth in 2012, third in 2013, second in 2014 and seventh in 2015. Block also claimed a third-place finish and a fourth at the 2014 World Rallycross Championship.

In 2016, Block competed full-time in the FIA World Rallycross Championship alongside Andreas Bakkerud. He drove a Ford Focus RS, built and run by M-Sport, a British motorsport team, who also build and prepare the cars for every rally team and several rallycross teams competing with the Fiesta model.

On September 4, 2017, Ford Performance and Hoonigan Racing Division announced their withdrawal from the World Rallycross Championship after the 2017 season.

In September 2024, Hoonigan filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The company will use bankruptcy in efforts to improve financing and support long-term growth.

Racing record

Legend

Complete FIA World Rally Championship results

Year	Entrant	Car	No.	Driver	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	WDC	Points	WCC	Points
2010	Monster Energy World Rally Team	Ford Focus RS WRC 08	43	Ken Block	SWE	MEX 18	JOR	TUR 24	NZL	POR Ret	BUL	FIN	GER Ret	JPN	FRA 12	ESP 9	GBR 21	19th	2	-	-
2011	Monster Energy World Rally Team	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	43	Ken Block	SWE 14	MEX 12	POR DNS	JOR	ITA	ARG 18	GRE	FIN	GER 17	AUS 19	FRA 8	ESP Ret	GBR 9	22nd	6	8th	27
2012	Monster Energy World Rally Team	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	21	Chris Atkinson	MON	SWE	MEX Ret	POR	ARG	GRE	NZL	FIN	GER	GBR	FRA	ITA	ESP	20th	4	-	-
			43	Ken Block	MON	SWE	MEX 9	POR	ARG	GRE	NZL 9	FIN Ret	GER	GBR	FRA	ITA	ESP	28th	4
2013	Hoonigan Racing Division	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	43	Ken Block	MON	SWE	MEX 7	POR	ARG	GRE	ITA	FIN	GER	AUS	FRA	ESP	GBR	17th	6	-	-
2018	Hoonigan Racing Division	Ford Fiesta WRC	43	Ken Block	MON	SWE	MEX	FRA	ARG	POR	ITA	FIN	GER	TUR	GBR	ESP Ret	AUS	-	0	-	-

Complete FIA World Rallycross Championship results

Supercar

Year	Entrant	Car	No.	Driver	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	WRX	Points	Teams	Points
2014	Hoonigan Racing Division	Ford Fiesta ST	43	Ken Block	POR	GBR	NOR 3	FIN	SWE	BEL	CAN	FRA 4	GER	ITA	TUR DNP	ARG	16th	32	N/A	N/A
2016	Hoonigan Racing Division	Ford Focus RS	13	Andreas Bakkerud	POR 4	HOC 12	BEL 14	GBR 6	NOR 1	SWE 1	CAN 2	FRA 2	BAR 7	LAT 4	GER 3	ARG 1	3rd	239	4th	302
			43	Ken Block	POR 18	HOC 3	BEL 19	GBR 14	NOR 14	SWE 13	CAN 10	FRA 6	BAR 16	LAT 16	GER 12	ARG 15	14th	63
2017	Hoonigan Racing Division	Ford Focus RS	13	Andreas Bakkerud	BAR 3	POR 10	HOC 14	BEL 6	GBR 3	NOR 2	SWE 2	CAN 13	FRA 4	LAT 4	GER 8	RSA 7	6th	194	4th	306
			43	Ken Block	BAR 9	POR 11	HOC 11	BEL 8	GBR 7	NOR 8	SWE 9	CAN 9	FRA 7†	LAT 14	GER 14	RSA 8	9th	112

Five championship points deducted for receiving three reprimands in a season.

Complete FIA European Rallycross Championship results

Supercar

Year	Entrant	Car	No	Driver	1	2	3	4	5	ERX	Points
2014	Hoonigan Racing Division	Ford Fiesta ST	43	Ken Block	GBR	NOR 1	BEL	GER	ITA	15th	16

Complete Global Rallycross Championship results

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Supercar

Year	Entrant	Car	No	Driver	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	GRC	Points
2011	Monster World Rally Team	Ford Fiesta	43	Ken Block	IRW1	IRW2	SEA1	SEA2	PIK1	PIK2	LA1 11	LA2 13					23rd	10
2012	Monster World Rally Team Ford Racing	Ford Fiesta	43	Ken Block	CHA 15	TEX 8	LA 2	LOU 5	LV 7	LVC 10							5th	58
2013	Hoonigan Racing Division	Ford Fiesta ST	43	Ken Block	BRA 9	MUN1 2	MUN2 DSQ	LOU 5	BRI 2	IRW 6	ATL 8	CHA 7	LV 1				3rd	115
2014	Hoonigan Racing Division	Ford Fiesta ST	43	Ken Block	BAR 10	AUS 11	DC 7	NY 3	CHA 1	DAY 2	LA1 3	LA2 2	SEA 9	LV 1			2nd	376
2015	Hoonigan Racing Division	Ford Fiesta ST	43	Ken Block	FTA 1	DAY1 8	DAY2 2	MCAS 1	DET1 1	DET2 7	DC 3	LA1 11	LA2 9	BAR1 11	BAR1 10	LV 10	7th	345

Gallery

• Sno* Drift Rally test drive
• Sno* Drift Rally test drive
• Ken Block's Mustang Hoonigan, known as "Hoonicorn", at the Goodwood Festival of Speed 2015
• Ken Block at the 2016 World RX of Portugal
• Andreas Bakkerud at the 2016 World RX of Belgium

See also

• Gymkhana Grid

References

1. Beer, Matt (23 January 2013). "Ken Block aiming for three rounds of 2013 World Rally Championship". Autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 23 January 2013. Despite a similar busy schedule this season, Block said his renamed Hoonigan Racing Division would still be involved in the WRC.
2. "One to watch in Spain: Ken Block". wrc.com. October 17, 2014. Retrieved September 23, 2019.
3. "Hoonigan Racing team". Archived from the original on 2014-05-06. Retrieved 2014-05-09.
4. "Monster Ford World Rally Team". M-Sport.com. Archived from the original on 2010-10-14. Retrieved 2010-10-27.
5. Ridge, Hal (4 October 2017). "Ken Block's Ford-backed Hoonigan team to quit World Rallycross". Autosport. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
6. Smith, Fred (September 9, 2024). "Hoonigan Files for Bankruptcy, Citing $1.2 Billion in Debt". Road and Track. Retrieved September 9, 2024.

External links

• Official website - Hoonigan Racing Division
• Official website - Hoonigan

• Ford Team RS
• World Rally Championship teams
• Global RallyCross Championship teams
• World Rallycross Championship teams
• Companies that filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2024