ken block drifts on castrol's pitch-black racetrack with hundreds of lasers

ken block drifts on castrol’s pitch-black racetrack with hundreds of lasers
all images courtesy castrol

castrol EDGE has unveiled the first ‘titanium’ trial: titanium strong blackout, a state-of-the-art, pitch-black racetrack comprised of hundreds of beams of light designed by technology specialists marshmallow laser feast. at each stage of the course, the ‘blackout’ roster, which includes gymkhana superstar ken block, DTM drivers augusto farfus from BMW and mike rockenfeller of AUDI, and lamborghini squadra corse test driver adrian zaugg, are faced with a series of light obstacles: the laser tunnel, laser drift, slalom and laser box – pushing their cars to the limit whilst racing against the lights.

to watch some extreme drifting in the rain with a lamborghini aventador and synchronized jumps in a ford fiesta ST RX43 rallycar, see the video below:

the world’s first ‘titanium’ trial: titanium strong blackout
video courtesy castrol

at each stage of the course, the drivers are faced with a series of light obstacles

the course has been designed to accommodate a four-car relay 

the drivers compete in the one-of-a-kind race against the lights, on a course drenched in darkness