This or not. I don't know if you guys care about
cars. The thing that you guys drive. I don't
really know. But anyways. Going to talk about
Leah Block a little bit. If you're into cars,
you probably know who Ken Block is. Spoiler alert.
Leah Block is the daughter of Ken Block. Ken
Block started the very famous D .C. Shoes Company
in 1994, which was very, very hip when I was
a teenager. It was my favorite skate shoe. Oh,
yeah. I still wear DC shoes today. Not every
day, but yes, I still wear them. I love them.
Then obviously everyone knows he went into rally
car racing. One of my drain jobs, by the way,
the only reason why I became an engineer is because
I had this thought I was going to make a lot
of money as an engineer. I was going to go rally
car racing. Didn't work out that way, but he
would then obviously go on to rally. for Subaru
and Ford, and he is most known for his amazing
YouTube videos of stuff that he's doing with
his cars. We all have seen them. They're amazing.
If you haven't, please check them out. Unfortunately,
Ken Block passed away back in 2023 in a snowmobile
accident. Very tragic. We're not here to talk
about the legend, but rather the legacy. So his
His daughter, Leah Block, is starting to make
some noise. Leah Block signed with Williams Racing,
my favorite F1 team, and started racing in the
F1 Academy season in 2024 and then resigned for
2025 and 2024. She had two P4 finishes and finished,
I believe, in eighth place out of 21 racers.
That's not bad for the 17 year old. Yeah, she
just turned 18. I'm looking at a thing. I brought
it up the the thing on her. She's 18 years old
and is already placing an F1. Well, like F1 Academy.
Yeah, I'm still saying like that's still an accomplishment.
Oh, yeah, definitely. You're 100%. She's a kid.
Well, why don't you bring that up? Because she
started in 2020. 2021, I believe when she made
her rally debut at the age of 14. She knew she
rallied full -time 2023. She competed in the
American Rally Association in the open two -wheel
drive becoming the youngest champion ever in
that series history in 2024. She competed with
Subaru in an open class, which is insane. That's
the class everyone cares about. had a but had
a minor wreck while she was in third place. Very
impressive. But yeah, this is this is her kind
of like carrying on the legacy. I love it. I
was a huge Ken Block fan. I was huge into cars.
The only time I skipped school was to literally
go to the junkyard and pull parts off of cars
so I could go race on the weekends. But yeah.
What what do you think? I I think that anybody
who can accomplish that level of stuff by the
age of 18. Right. Like doing Rowley at 14. Like
that's you got to give somebody. Their props,
right. Youngest American Rally Association champion
at 17 years old. Right. Racing in Jetta. Yeah,
I mean you you you have to give them their props
because that is not easy to do It's just not
you know Like and here's the thing racers. I've
met those guys are good athletes You are controlling
those cars at speeds and at g -forces that are
insane Right the kind of of reflexes you need
to have the kind of like ability you need to
have to do those kind of races That it's it's
not simple to do You know, so good for her Awesome
carrying on her her family's legacy Yeah, I mean
it's just it's really really cool Just come back
in 2025 to do some more. F1 is huge. You know,
I love F1. The only time I've heard about Vegas
being packed like full was when they did that
F1 race through Vegas. Yeah. F F1, I love, you
know, I've never been like a huge NASCAR fan.
That's because they drive in a circle. Yeah,
driving. That's why they go like places. You're
like literally in like pretty much like a freaking
jet. You're like a fighter pilot. I mean, yeah,
those things are like this far off the ground,
like little wings. Yep. It cost like a million.
Each car costs millions and millions and millions
of dollars. If you make like a slight hiccup,
you're done. That's it. Pack it in. So yeah,
I've always loved F1. My favorite team is Williams
because they were the last family owned F1 team.
That's not true anymore. After the creator passed
away, his daughter took it over for a little
bit, but then ended up selling it. So the Williams
family no longer owns. the Williams team, which
was like my whole reason why I really loved them,
but still really like them. So when I saw Leah
Block was in their F1 Academy, I was like, oh,
wow, this is amazing. But yeah, I F1 insane rally
car racing insane. I think I like when you talk
about like racing cars. I like when you have
some sort of like skill that you have to put
into it. Oh, yeah. Never cared about drag racing,
because that's kind of like who has the most
money to dump into their cars, essentially. And
drive very straight, very fast, very straight,
very fast. And yeah, rally car racing like it's
anything could happen. It takes a lot of skill.
Yeah. Somebody in the chat was talking about
the courses being just brutal. Yeah. You know,
which is true. Yeah. Are you yelling if one you
guys like it? Let us know what you think down
in the comments below.