PIGS CAN FLY

Ken Block’s new Pikes Peak car brings pig and Pegasus together

Ken Block’s latest ride is a purpose-built midengined Porsche 911 with an output of 1044kW.

The car, dubbed “Hoonipigasus”, is set to compete at the 100th running of the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb in June this year, with Block behind the wheel.

PPIHC is a hugely challenging

20km course, with at least 156 turns and an elevation gain of

1440m. The finish line is 4302m above sea level.

While this isn’t Block’s first Pikes Peak participation, it is his first time racing in the top-spec class.

The car is in a special livery, which is a nod to the 1971 Porsche 917/20 “Pink Pig”: a one-off that aimed to combine the advantages of the short and longtail 917 racers. The now-famous pink livery featured guidelines for typical butcher cuts on a pig.

Block’s new Hoonipigasus livery was designed by a street artist, Trevor Andrew, aka Guccighost.

“Initially, I was like ‘Hey, let’s call it the Hoonipig,’ it’s like the Hoonicorn, but it’s a Porsche, so we’ll call it the pig,” says Brian Scotto, co-founder of Hoonigan.

“Then we started talking to our friends at Mobil One. If you know much about racing and Porsches, you know that the [Mobil One] Pegasus really lives well on the side of a 911. That relationship started to come together, and that’s where it all grew into the Hoonipigasus,” he says.

Powering the pink Porsche is a twin-turbo, 4.0-litre flat six that produces a colossal 1044kW. The engine is paired to a custom Sadev sequential six-speed transmission and features GPSactivated height-adjusted suspension.

Hoonigan and BBi Autosport created the car together and were able to customise the suspension based on GPS-integrated data gathered from their campaign at last year’s Pikes Peak.