WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.299 This or not. I don't know if you guys care about 00:00:02.299 --> 00:00:04.480 cars. The thing that you guys drive. I don't 00:00:04.480 --> 00:00:07.000 really know. But anyways. Going to talk about 00:00:07.000 --> 00:00:09.339 Leah Block a little bit. If you're into cars, 00:00:09.359 --> 00:00:12.740 you probably know who Ken Block is. Spoiler alert. 00:00:13.140 --> 00:00:15.679 Leah Block is the daughter of Ken Block. Ken 00:00:15.679 --> 00:00:19.000 Block started the very famous D .C. Shoes Company 00:00:19.000 --> 00:00:23.719 in 1994, which was very, very hip when I was 00:00:23.719 --> 00:00:27.719 a teenager. It was my favorite skate shoe. Oh, 00:00:27.719 --> 00:00:32.119 yeah. I still wear DC shoes today. Not every 00:00:32.119 --> 00:00:36.359 day, but yes, I still wear them. I love them. 00:00:37.340 --> 00:00:40.780 Then obviously everyone knows he went into rally 00:00:40.780 --> 00:00:43.479 car racing. One of my drain jobs, by the way, 00:00:43.659 --> 00:00:45.740 the only reason why I became an engineer is because 00:00:45.740 --> 00:00:48.020 I had this thought I was going to make a lot 00:00:48.020 --> 00:00:50.240 of money as an engineer. I was going to go rally 00:00:50.240 --> 00:00:55.259 car racing. Didn't work out that way, but he 00:00:55.259 --> 00:00:59.240 would then obviously go on to rally. for Subaru 00:00:59.240 --> 00:01:02.880 and Ford, and he is most known for his amazing 00:01:02.880 --> 00:01:05.140 YouTube videos of stuff that he's doing with 00:01:05.140 --> 00:01:07.260 his cars. We all have seen them. They're amazing. 00:01:07.420 --> 00:01:10.700 If you haven't, please check them out. Unfortunately, 00:01:10.939 --> 00:01:15.400 Ken Block passed away back in 2023 in a snowmobile 00:01:15.400 --> 00:01:19.159 accident. Very tragic. We're not here to talk 00:01:19.159 --> 00:01:24.659 about the legend, but rather the legacy. So his 00:01:24.730 --> 00:01:26.890 His daughter, Leah Block, is starting to make 00:01:26.890 --> 00:01:30.890 some noise. Leah Block signed with Williams Racing, 00:01:31.170 --> 00:01:35.170 my favorite F1 team, and started racing in the 00:01:35.170 --> 00:01:38.969 F1 Academy season in 2024 and then resigned for 00:01:38.969 --> 00:01:44.730 2025 and 2024. She had two P4 finishes and finished, 00:01:44.849 --> 00:01:48.189 I believe, in eighth place out of 21 racers. 00:01:48.409 --> 00:01:51.370 That's not bad for the 17 year old. Yeah, she 00:01:51.370 --> 00:01:53.629 just turned 18. I'm looking at a thing. I brought 00:01:53.629 --> 00:01:57.209 it up the the thing on her. She's 18 years old 00:01:57.209 --> 00:02:02.230 and is already placing an F1. Well, like F1 Academy. 00:02:02.290 --> 00:02:05.510 Yeah, I'm still saying like that's still an accomplishment. 00:02:06.090 --> 00:02:08.770 Oh, yeah, definitely. You're 100%. She's a kid. 00:02:09.889 --> 00:02:13.250 Well, why don't you bring that up? Because she 00:02:13.250 --> 00:02:18.469 started in 2020. 2021, I believe when she made 00:02:18.469 --> 00:02:23.250 her rally debut at the age of 14. She knew she 00:02:23.250 --> 00:02:27.150 rallied full -time 2023. She competed in the 00:02:27.150 --> 00:02:30.469 American Rally Association in the open two -wheel 00:02:30.469 --> 00:02:33.710 drive becoming the youngest champion ever in 00:02:33.710 --> 00:02:37.969 that series history in 2024. She competed with 00:02:37.969 --> 00:02:41.310 Subaru in an open class, which is insane. That's 00:02:41.310 --> 00:02:43.650 the class everyone cares about. had a but had 00:02:43.650 --> 00:02:47.009 a minor wreck while she was in third place. Very 00:02:47.009 --> 00:02:52.909 impressive. But yeah, this is this is her kind 00:02:52.909 --> 00:02:58.330 of like carrying on the legacy. I love it. I 00:02:58.330 --> 00:03:02.770 was a huge Ken Block fan. I was huge into cars. 00:03:02.770 --> 00:03:06.030 The only time I skipped school was to literally 00:03:06.030 --> 00:03:08.090 go to the junkyard and pull parts off of cars 00:03:08.090 --> 00:03:11.289 so I could go race on the weekends. But yeah. 00:03:11.500 --> 00:03:14.960 What what do you think? I I think that anybody 00:03:14.960 --> 00:03:16.879 who can accomplish that level of stuff by the 00:03:16.879 --> 00:03:23.340 age of 18. Right. Like doing Rowley at 14. Like 00:03:23.340 --> 00:03:28.979 that's you got to give somebody. Their props, 00:03:29.319 --> 00:03:31.400 right. Youngest American Rally Association champion 00:03:31.400 --> 00:03:36.919 at 17 years old. Right. Racing in Jetta. Yeah, 00:03:36.960 --> 00:03:39.979 I mean you you you have to give them their props 00:03:39.979 --> 00:03:45.080 because that is not easy to do It's just not 00:03:45.080 --> 00:03:49.780 you know Like and here's the thing racers. I've 00:03:49.780 --> 00:03:52.719 met those guys are good athletes You are controlling 00:03:52.719 --> 00:03:57.099 those cars at speeds and at g -forces that are 00:03:57.099 --> 00:04:02.830 insane Right the kind of of reflexes you need 00:04:02.830 --> 00:04:05.930 to have the kind of like ability you need to 00:04:05.930 --> 00:04:09.229 have to do those kind of races That it's it's 00:04:09.229 --> 00:04:16.970 not simple to do You know, so good for her Awesome 00:04:16.970 --> 00:04:23.170 carrying on her her family's legacy Yeah, I mean 00:04:23.170 --> 00:04:28.189 it's just it's really really cool Just come back 00:04:28.189 --> 00:04:33.370 in 2025 to do some more. F1 is huge. You know, 00:04:33.990 --> 00:04:36.990 I love F1. The only time I've heard about Vegas 00:04:36.990 --> 00:04:40.209 being packed like full was when they did that 00:04:40.209 --> 00:04:50.449 F1 race through Vegas. Yeah. F F1, I love, you 00:04:50.449 --> 00:04:53.310 know, I've never been like a huge NASCAR fan. 00:04:53.670 --> 00:04:55.610 That's because they drive in a circle. Yeah, 00:04:55.610 --> 00:04:59.889 driving. That's why they go like places. You're 00:04:59.889 --> 00:05:03.430 like literally in like pretty much like a freaking 00:05:03.430 --> 00:05:06.529 jet. You're like a fighter pilot. I mean, yeah, 00:05:06.529 --> 00:05:08.509 those things are like this far off the ground, 00:05:08.629 --> 00:05:13.610 like little wings. Yep. It cost like a million. 00:05:13.750 --> 00:05:16.449 Each car costs millions and millions and millions 00:05:16.449 --> 00:05:21.990 of dollars. If you make like a slight hiccup, 00:05:22.269 --> 00:05:26.300 you're done. That's it. Pack it in. So yeah, 00:05:26.300 --> 00:05:31.720 I've always loved F1. My favorite team is Williams 00:05:31.720 --> 00:05:37.180 because they were the last family owned F1 team. 00:05:37.199 --> 00:05:40.620 That's not true anymore. After the creator passed 00:05:40.620 --> 00:05:43.620 away, his daughter took it over for a little 00:05:43.620 --> 00:05:48.319 bit, but then ended up selling it. So the Williams 00:05:48.319 --> 00:05:52.339 family no longer owns. the Williams team, which 00:05:52.339 --> 00:05:54.500 was like my whole reason why I really loved them, 00:05:54.540 --> 00:05:58.399 but still really like them. So when I saw Leah 00:05:58.399 --> 00:06:02.839 Block was in their F1 Academy, I was like, oh, 00:06:02.860 --> 00:06:09.800 wow, this is amazing. But yeah, I F1 insane rally 00:06:09.800 --> 00:06:14.079 car racing insane. I think I like when you talk 00:06:14.079 --> 00:06:17.620 about like racing cars. I like when you have 00:06:18.269 --> 00:06:20.329 some sort of like skill that you have to put 00:06:20.329 --> 00:06:23.430 into it. Oh, yeah. Never cared about drag racing, 00:06:23.430 --> 00:06:25.810 because that's kind of like who has the most 00:06:25.810 --> 00:06:28.930 money to dump into their cars, essentially. And 00:06:28.930 --> 00:06:31.470 drive very straight, very fast, very straight, 00:06:31.470 --> 00:06:35.529 very fast. And yeah, rally car racing like it's 00:06:35.529 --> 00:06:37.870 anything could happen. It takes a lot of skill. 00:06:37.970 --> 00:06:39.069 Yeah. Somebody in the chat was talking about 00:06:39.069 --> 00:06:42.370 the courses being just brutal. Yeah. You know, 00:06:42.509 --> 00:06:46.389 which is true. Yeah. Are you yelling if one you 00:06:46.389 --> 00:06:48.639 guys like it? Let us know what you think down 00:06:48.639 --> 00:06:49.439 in the comments below.