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Radford Type 62-2 Conquers the Mountain
The Radford Type 62-2 dominated the Exhibition Class and emerged victorious at the 101st Pikes Peak International Hill Climb.
Lamborghini Urus Breaks Pikes Peak Hill Climb Record
Ahead of its premiere in mid-August, the yet-to-be-revealed new Urus model set a new record in the production SUV category on the track used for the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb: the famous uphill race that recently celebrated its 100th Running.
June 30th: The Pikes Peak International Hill Climb!
This year, 88 drivers and riders from 17 different nations will take to the 156-turn course on both 4-wheeled and 2-wheeled vehicles. Some true marvels of motorsports engineering grace the course every year, with a massive variety of powerplants and some of the most extreme aero engineering.
Racer Profile: Elias Anderson — There Is A Way
Elias Anderson’s racing background shows a few things. First of all, if you have no money and want to race, sometimes there is a way. Secondly, there is no one set path; as is often the case, patience and perserverance are critical.
Preview: Drive eO PP03
“We want to become the first overall winner with an electric vehicle,” said Kristaps Dambis, project director at Drive eO, a Lativa based engineering firm turned race team which specializes in developing high performance electric prototypes. The event he’s referring to is the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, a notoriously challenging race which has been known to take out fierce competitors in the blink of an eye – a fate the Drive eO team knows all too well.
Worth A Tow Racing Planner: 10 Epic Events (Part 1)
This week, we look across all of 2015 and jog your memory with a group of epic events you can enter as an amateur racer. These events often require more preparation than the typical club weekend (bigger team, longer time span, different car set up, entry by invitation, etc.) so we advise planning well in advance. Here are the first five. We’ll be back next week, with five more.
Skeen Scales Pikes Peak: A Recap
On Monday, June 23rd, I found myself flying out to Colorado Springs, Colorado, for the 92nd running of the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. I was fresh off a pair of wins at Road America in our Hawk Performance Audi R8 Ultra, but it was time to transition into Rookie Mode. There were lots of unknowns for us at this new event, but some of my team members had beaten me there with our Hawk Performance Nissan GT-R and were getting everything ready to go.
Racecar Profile: Palatov D4PPS
Derived from the Palatov D1 sports racer, the D4PPS is a single-seat racecar designed specifically for hill climb competition. The D4 PPS, or Pikes Peak Special, also includes additional rollcage components as well as other reinforcements in order to comply with the unique regulations of the Pikes Peak hill climb.
Quick Guide To Pikes Peak International Hill Climb
The Nissan Leaf will make its motorsports debut later this month at the 89th Pikes Peak International Hill Climb in Colorado Springs on June 26. It will be competing in the Electric division (a new and relatively small division). With the evolution of the PPIHC taking place before our very eyes, we thought it a good opportunity to review the various divisions that will be competing this year.
Chicago 2011: Hyundai Shows Veloster Rally Car, Announces US Rallycross Team
At the Chicago Auto Show, Hyundai announced that Rhys Millen has created a 500-horsepower, all-wheel-drive Hyundai Veloster rally car to compete in the U.S. Rallycross Championship series and the Summer X Games.
