Racing Through The Streets Of Mexico With All Eyes Watching BJ Baldwin

Monster Energy knows how to direct a video

Dan Bilzerian may be the current most interesting man of mystery, but the real star of this video is the driver BJ Baldwin. They are working to take a page out of Ken Block's Gymkhana videos but this is done with a rally truck and in Mexico. This feels like a video game commercial about to come on at any given second

"What better place than the city streets of Ensenada Mexico, the home of the Baja 1000, to set the stage for the sequel to Ballistic BJ Baldwin's viral hit Recoil. This short film by Monster Energy follows BJ and his 800hp Trophy Truck as he tears through this seaside Mexican city, ripping over every drop and jump the town has to offer in an attempt to win a bet set by his friend, and international playboy Dan Bilzerian. Will he win? What will he lose?"

Ken Block Destroys San Francisco In Gymkhana 5

Circle Track Racing Is Damn Boring Compared To...?

Would dig hearing folks opinion after watching the latest installment of Ken Block's Gymkhana. In our humble opinion circle track racing of all sorts just pales in comparison to the driver skills of what the guys are doing in Rally Car racing. Sure, its apples to oranges as one is a test of endurance and the other is actually insane driving skills mixed with real obstacles, instead of just turning left for a certain amount of laps.

As our attention deficit disorder riddled minds start to look for new and different forms of racing and "leisure" activities the Gymkhana style of racing, TORC and rally cars is far more compelling to watch. The drivers are much more enigmatic, the vehicles are more nimble and who cares about top speed when you can rotate drifting 360's around objects that could send the car into the shop for weeks on end or do huge jumps and land as if you are riding the couch. Sorry NASCAR folks but admit it, that style of racing is just damn boring to watch. Its the equivalent of watching golf and their perfectly manicured courses.

I say give us grit and give us action. Let the new racing genres have courses that plow through golf courses and country clubs, tearing up those perfect greens with high horsepower and real driving skills.