Frankly, we love hill-climb and we thought this GT3R looked the part. By the way, if you get a chance to be a spectator at the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb—do it. Bucket list worthy.
Last weekend was the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. Before, nobody had ever completed the 12.42-mile run in under ten minutes. That ended on Sunday, when Nobuhiro “Monster” Tajima smashed his own world record, finishing in 9:51.278, all while dodging spectators, drifting through the dirt, and coming perilously close to driving off the mountain.
With the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb on Sunday, we’re getting into uphill mode. This week’s video comes from the FIA European Hill Climb Championship from 2004. In this video, Ander Vilariño practices at St Urssane Les Rangiers in Switzerland, and lucky for us, he saw fit to bring a camera on board.
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.