The Gymkhana Files - Season 1 Episode 4

For the second segment of GymkhanaTEN, Ken and team wanted to do something new and original, something that had never been seen before. You can't kickflip a car – but you might be able to grind it – with that idea translated over from skateboarding, the team takes the tires off a 1991 Ford Escort Cosworth RS to try something admittedly new to them. In an old tire factory in an industrial part of Los Angeles called South Gate, the Hoonigan team readies their wildest idea yet – an entire segment solely on rims. The concept itself dates back to a previous Gymkhana, GymkhanaTHREE, which at the end featured a prolonged center-axis donut until the tires blew completely off of Ken's race car. The idea of a Gymkhana on rims was born immediately, but never seemed reliable enough to extend to a full ten minute film. For GymkhanaTEN, however, the idea was perfect. Right out of the gate, the team expected a pretty steep learning curve – but what they encountered is something they never could have anticipated.