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Every race season, Ken Block comes to the table with a fresh race car livery, which is then followed by matching teamworks gear. And now, finally available for this season: The 2012 Ken Block Teamworks footwear collection from DC Shoes!

Instead of boring you with a paragraph of perforated action leather this-and-that, we’ve compiled a list of MWRT's top five reasons to own a pair of the 2012 Teamworks shoes. Check them out below.

1. Ken Block wears them. Everywhere. Racing, training, eating, and even sleeping (sometimes).

It ain’t easy sifting through 300 video contest entries - and even harder to narrow them down to the top 7 clips for fan voting, especially with $10,000 and a chance to film with MWRT up for grabs. We saw jumps, skateparks, dual drifts, wild video effects, and a whole lot of creativity.

Check out each one of the 7 finalist clips below - it’s worth your while!

Big thanks to everyone who took the time to make a video, and congrats to the winners of the contest - 1st place Andy Laputka, 2nd place Mello Wagaman, and 3rd place Tomasz Lacki!

Andy Laputka

Octane Academy: Ford’s ultimate fantasy camp challenge TV show where over 8,700 die-hard fans are trimmed down to four finalists, one of which will win the Ford Racing Experience of a lifetime.

Four of Ford Racing's top drivers — Ken Block, Vaughn Gittin Jr., Tanner Foust, and Brian Deegan— each chose eight contestants for their individual camps (out of 8,700+ fan-submitted application videos) to compete in a series of unique challenges to determine who would represent them in a final showdown during the Octane Academy finale.

What would you pay to ride shotgun next to Ken Block in his Ford Fiesta HFHV? To actor and TV personality Brody Jenner (son of Olympic athlete Bruce Jenner), $15,000 was the magic number - all donated to the Ryan Sheckler Foundation during an auction at Sheckler’s 2nd annual X Games Celebrity Skins event.

With $10,000 on the line and a chance to film with the Monster World Rally Team crew, Ken Block has chosen 43 videos from over 300 contest submissions.

For contest entry and rules, click here: https://apps.facebook.com/ken-block-hot-wheels/start

Monster World Rally Team’s Ken Block—and for WRC Mexico, teammate Chris “Atko” Atkinson—took to the gravel stages of Rally Guanajuato Mexico for the team’s first international rally of the year and came away with a 9th overall finish for Block and a stage win for Atkinson during one of leg two’s super special stages—a first ever for the Monster World Rally Team.

Building on their solid day two performances, MWRT’s Ken Block and Chris Atkinson both hit the stages of WRC Mexico in their Ford Fiestas to continue their attack on the rally. Block started the day in 15th overall, while ATKO began in 8th, having won one of the two super specials the evening before.

After Thursday’s ceremonial start and first stage, MWRT’s Ken Block and Chris Atkinson took to the first leg of WRC Mexico’s stages ready to race. Running fourth and fifth on road respectively, the two drivers spent the first portion of the day getting back up to speed in their WRC cars. For Block, it was his first time competing in one since Rally GB last season – and for ATKO, it was his first WRC competition since 2009.

HED: WRC MEXICO 2012 KICKS OFF FOR MWRT

Getting things started for the team's first WRC event of the year, MWRT’s Ken Block—and Mexico teammate Chris Atkinson—ran through WRC Mexico shakedown and qualifying on Thursday prior to the rally’s ceremonial start and first sage on Thursday evening.