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pos: Pikes Peak International Hill Climb to the car's rear motor pack before the halfway point. Had this not happened he had expected his run to be 30 seconds faster. In 2016 gasoline again took top honours but electric completed the podium taking second (Rhys Millen) and third (Tetsuya Yamano) as well as fifth (Nobuhiro Tajima) places overall. At the 2018 event, an electric car set a new overall record for the first time in the event's history. Frenchman Romain Dumas completed the course in the all-electric Volkswagen I.D. R with a time of 7:57.148, breaking the 8 minute barrier for the first time. The Pikes

neg: Pikes Peak International Hill Climb The race is self-sanctioned and has taken place since 1916. It is currently contested by a variety of classes of cars, trucks, motorcycles and quads. There are often numerous new classes tried and discarded year-to-year. On average there are 130 competitors. The PPIHC operates as the Pikes Peak Auto Hill Climb Educational Museum to organize the annual motorsports event. The first Pikes Peak Hill Climb was promoted by Spencer Penrose, who had converted the narrow carriage road into the much wider Pikes Peak Highway. The first Penrose Trophy was awarded in 1916 to Rea Lentz with a time of 20:55.60.

neg: Romain Dumas Also, he claimed a second win at the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb with a Norma prototype. In 2017, he won the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb for a third time, again with a Norma prototype. In 2018, Romain won the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb again, driving the Volkswagen I.D. R and setting a new overall record of 7:57.148. He was interviewed in his house in Geneva about training methods, which include using a old Arai helmet modified for neck weight training . Romain Dumas Romain Dumas (born 14 December 1977) is a French professional auto racing driver and

neg: Pikes Peak International Hill Climb can compete under any class, although the majority come from open or large displacement classes. A time in "italics" indicates this was a previous motorcycle record, a time in bold indicates the current motorcycle record. Pikes Peak International Hill Climb The Pikes Peak International Hill Climb (PPIHC), also known as The Race to the Clouds, is an annual automobile and motorcycle hillclimb to the summit of Pikes Peak in Colorado, USA. The track measures and has over 156 turns, climbing from the start at Mile 7 on Pikes Peak Highway, to the finish at , on grades averaging 7.2%. It

neg: Nobuhiro Tajima of 10:18.250 2009. he was overall winner driving Suzuki SX4 with a time of 10:15.368 2010. he was overall winner driving Suzuki SX4 with a time of 10:11.490 On June 26, 2011, Tajima bested his own record and broke the "10 minute barrier" of the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb with a time of 9:51.278. Driving the GoPro Monster Sport SX4 Hill Climb Special, developed by Monster Sport. For the 2012., Pikes Peak International Hill Climb event, Tajima switched to the electric class, citing concerns about climate change . That year his car was electric Monster Sport E-RUNNER Pikes Peak

neg: 1970 USAC Championship Car season 1970 USAC Championship Car season The 1970 USAC Championship Car season consisted of 18 races, beginning in Avondale, Arizona on March 28 and concluding at the same location on November 21. There was also one non-championship event at Pikes Peak, Colorado. The USAC National Champion and Indianapolis 500 winner was Al Unser. After this season, dirt courses did not reappear in the USAC Championship until 1981-82. The Pikes Peak Auto Hill Climb was the only non-championship event. No pole is awarded for the Pikes Peak Hill Climb, in this schedule on the pole is the driver who started first. No

neg: Pikes Peak International Hill Climb Pikes Peak International Hill Climb The Pikes Peak International Hill Climb (PPIHC), also known as The Race to the Clouds, is an annual automobile and motorcycle hillclimb to the summit of Pikes Peak in Colorado, USA. The track measures and has over 156 turns, climbing from the start at Mile 7 on Pikes Peak Highway, to the finish at , on grades averaging 7.2%. It used to consist of both gravel and paved sections, however as of August 2011, the highway is fully paved and as a result all subsequent events will be run on asphalt from start to finish.

neg: Colorado Springs, Colorado and the World Figure Skating Championships five times. It is home to the World Figure Skating Museum and Hall of Fame and the Broadmoor Skating Club, a notable training center for the sport. In recent years, the World Arena has hosted skating events such as Skate America and the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships. The Pikes Peak International Hill Climb (PPIHC), also known as The Race to the Clouds, is an annual invitational automobile and motorcycle hill climb to the summit of Pikes Peak, every year on the last Sunday of June. The first running of the Pikes Peak Hill

neg: Pikes Peak International Hill Climb Peak International Hill climb consists of seven divisions incorporating twelve classes for both cars and motorcycles. A division for production based two- and four-wheel drive vehicles. Only closed cockpit four-wheeled vehicles are allowed to participate. Established in 2014, the Pikes Peak Challenge Division encompasses a wide variety of class options. Established is 2014, the Pikes Peak Challenge Motorcycle Division encompasses a wide variety of class options. Below follows all currently recognized records. Records set during the most recent running of the event are in bold type. The Pikes Peak International Hill Climb is an event run by both cars and

neg: Jack Flannery winning five class titles in SODA. Flannery competed in SCORE International in the Western United States during that time period. In 1990, he won the SCORE race at Phoenix, Arizona. That same year, he won the Class F division in his Ford and was awarded the Rookie of the Year award at the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. Flannery changed to a Chevrolet in 1991 with his "Chevy Thunder" team that he would become most known for. That year he won nine of ten events in SODA's ESPN TV-Pro series. He also won the Heavy Metal division at Pikes Peak

neg: Pikes Peak International Hill Climb In the same year Floyd Clymer won the motorcycle class with a time of 21:58.41. In 1924 the final Penrose Trophy was awarded to Otto Loesche in his Lexington Special. In the years following, Glen Scultz and Louis Unser shared a rivalry and won the event 12 times between them. In 1929 the popular stock car class was added to the event. Following world war two, Louis Unser returned to his winning ways at Pikes Peak, winning a further three more times between 1946 and 1970, these wins were tightly contended with rival Al Rogers. During this time the event

neg: Devin Enterprises was . At the Pikes Peak climb the car developed engine problems but still won its class. The next year Miller could only manage fourth place, but when the car went back to Pikes Peak in 1961 it won again. The third Miller special was built in 1962. Ford had approached Miller and arranged for him to use a factory-stock 406 FE V8 engine. The car won again at Pikes Peak that year. The following year it would win again, this time with a Ford 427 engine. For 1964 the car was renamed the Cobra Kit Special and was powered

neg: Jimmy Adams (racing driver) Jimmy Adams (racing driver) Jimmy Adams (born June 27, 1972) is an American race car driver. Jimmy Adams successfully competed in professional and club racing between 1995 and 2005. Adams won the 1997 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb in the Legends Class, setting a new race record and qualifying record. In 1998, Adams again campaigned a Legends Car in the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, and finished in second place. He drove a Dodge Viper GTS in the T1 Class of the 1999 SCCA National Series. Adams won multiple SCCA T1 National races, including Road Atlanta, Daytona, and Pocono, and

neg: Audi the manufacturers' points. Audi also received rally honours in the Hong Kong to Beijing rally in that same year. Michèle Mouton, the only female driver to win a round of the World Rally Championship and a driver for Audi, took the Sport Quattro S1, now simply called the "S1", and raced in the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. The climb race pits a driver and car to drive to the summit of the Pikes Peak mountain in Colorado, and in 1985, Michèle Mouton set a new record of 11:25.39, and being the first woman to set a Pikes Peak record.

neg: Devin Enterprises well as a front-wheel drive Panhard Dyna (distinct from the Devin-Panhards). Many of these cars became successful racers. Others became known because of who their builder or owner was. This is selection of these specials. Akton (Ak) Miller was a long-time hot-rodder and racing driver as well as NHRA vice-president. He built a series of five or six Miller-Devin specials powered by a variety of engines. Three of the cars raced at the Pikes Peak hill climb. Miller built his first Devin-bodied special in 1958 for the Pikes Peak hill climb. Built to run in the sports car class that

neg: Jimmy Adams (racing driver) Cup to victory in the 2005 Valentine's 300 at Virginia International Raceway (VIR). https://web.archive.org/web/20140222171329/http://www.busmag.com/pdfs/2001-07_F3500.pdf http://www.racingsportscars.com/driver/photo/Jimmy-Adams-USA.html Jimmy Adams (racing driver) Jimmy Adams (born June 27, 1972) is an American race car driver. Jimmy Adams successfully competed in professional and club racing between 1995 and 2005. Adams won the 1997 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb in the Legends Class, setting a new race record and qualifying record. In 1998, Adams again campaigned a Legends Car in the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, and finished in second place. He drove a Dodge Viper GTS in the T1 Class of the 1999 SCCA National

neg: Audi In 1986, Audi formally left international rally racing following an accident in Portugal involving driver Joaquim Santos in his Ford RS200. Santos swerved to avoid hitting spectators in the road, and left the track into the crowd of spectators on the side, killing three and injuring 30. Bobby Unser used an Audi in that same year to claim a new record for the Pikes Peak Hill Climb at 11:09.22. In 1987, Walter Röhrl claimed the title for Audi setting a new Pikes Peak International Hill Climb record of 10:47.85 in his Audi S1, which he had retired from the WRC

neg: Sports in Colorado school that competes at the lowest NCAA level, Division III, operates two Division I teams. The Unser family includes Al Unser, Al Unser Jr., Bobby Unser, Robby Unser and Louis Unser, and have won the Indianapolis 500 among other motorsports events. The Pikes Peak International Hill Climb is a major motorsports event held at the Pikes Peak roads. Notable drivers include Mario Andretti, Michèle Mouton, Walter Röhrl, Ari Vatanen, Nobuhiro Tajima, Stig Blomqvist, Sébastien Loeb and Romain Dumas in addition to the Unsers. Meanwhile, the Pikes Peak International Raceway has hosted motorsport events including IndyCar Series, NASCAR Busch Series, NASCAR

neg: Bobby Unser he set a new Bonneville Salt Flats record at Bonneville Speedway of 223.709 in a D/Gas Modified Roadster that stood for 18 years. Leads the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb with 13 wins, setting a new track record 9 times. After retiring from Indycar driving in 1982, Bobby did developmental work for Audi, lapping one at 206.8 MPH. In 1986, after a 12-year absence from the Pikes Peak race, he won the event for the tenth time driving an Audi Quattro, breaking the tie he had with Uncle Louis for nine overall victories each. The 1986 win brought Bobby’s total

neg: Sébastien Loeb Rally Evo Sébastien Loeb Rally Evo Sébastien Loeb Rally Evo is a racing video game developed by Milestone, who had previously released the official WRC series from 2010 to 2013. It was released on January 29, 2016. The game features input from nine-time World Rally Champion Sébastien Loeb, who had also won the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb and competed in the 2013 European Rallycross Championship season. The game features around 300 km of tracks, with 8 different rallies, 5 rallycross tracks (including Lohéac, Circuit Trois-Rivières and Autódromo Rosendo Hernández) and the Pikes Peak track, as well as over 50 car models

neg: Colorado professional sports leagues. The Pikes Peak International Hill Climb is a major hillclimbing motor race held at the Pikes Peak Highway. The Cherry Hills Country Club has hosted several professional golf tournaments, including the U.S. Open, U.S. Senior Open, U.S. Women's Open, PGA Championship and BMW Championship. The following universities and colleges participate in the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I. The most popular college sports program is the University of Colorado Buffaloes, who used to play in the Big-12 but now play in the Pac-12. They have won the 1957 and 1991 Orange Bowl, 1995 Fiesta Bowl, and 1996

neg: Hillclimbing in the United States current record holder is Sébastien Loeb, who reached Pikes Peak's Summit in 2013 in the purpose built Peugeot 208 T16 Pikes Peak with a time of 8:13.878. Additional races are held in Colorado, conducted by the Colorado Hill Climb Association (CHCA) during the summer months. These range in length from about two miles (3 km) to five miles (8 km) long. The Eagle Rock Hill Climb is the oldest recorded official hill climb ever run in the United States. Started in 1901 in what was then West Orange, New Jersey, the first race was organized by none other than Willam

neg: Pikes Peak International Hill Climb in 32:07:410, in 1994 Katy Endicott brought her Honda to the top in 15:44.710 and in 2013 Nobuhiro Tajima broke the 10 minute barrier with a time of 9:46.530 in his E-RUNNER Pikes Peak Special. In the following years electric entries would become more common, steadily breaking their powertrain records and eventually the overall record in 2018. For hill-climb events and this event in particular it is reasonable to suggest that a modern, well designed electric car will be at an advantage over internal combustion engined cars. The issue of limited range does not apply to short sprints and the

neg: Pikes Peak International Hill Climb twisty nature of the Pikes Peak course lends itself well to the almost instant torque delivery of electric motors. In addition to this, the lowering air density of high altitudes does not reduce the power available to the driver as it does with air breathing engines. Although the 2014 event was won by a gasoline powered car; second (Greg Tracy), third (Hiroshi Masuoka) and fourth (Nobuhiro Tajima) places overall were taken by electric cars. In 2015, electric cars placed first (Rhys Millen) and second (Nobuhiro Tajima) overall. In an interview with Rhys Millen, he said that he had lost power

neg: Pikes Peak Highway $500,000. An earlier road up the mountain, the Pike's Peak Carriage Road, dates back to 1888. Thousands of tourists traveled along the Pikes Peak Carriage Road up to Pikes Peak's summit. It was opened by the Cascade Town Company in 1888 and closed in 1902. It was maintained by Colorado DOT as Colorado State Highway 250 from 1939 until 1947. Today, the road is maintained by the city of Colorado Springs. The highway has been home to an annual automobile and motorcycle race called the Pikes Peak International Hillclimb since 1916. Another race is the Pikes Peak Cycling Hill Climb

neg: Pikes Peak Dance" features Ari Vatanen racing his Peugeot automobile up the steep, twisty slopes. It also hosts the Pikes Peak Cycling Hill Climb (formerly Assault on the Peak), a cycling hillclimb race first held in 2010, and the USA Cycling Hill Climb National Championships, a race first held in 2016. The most popular hiking route to the top is called Barr Trail, which approaches the summit from the east. The trailhead is just past the cog railway depot in Manitou Springs. Visitors can walk, hike, or bike the trail. Although the Barr Trail is rated only Class 1 it is a

neg: Clint Vahsholtz a career best start of 21st out of it, but crashed halfway through and finished 33rd. Vahsholtz has not made a major NASCAR start since. Clint Vahsholtz is also famous for his results and records at Pikes Peak. He took part in 26 events and won his division on 23 occasions making him the winningest driver in the history of the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. He currently holds the record for Super Stock Cars and Open Wheels. His first attempt at the peak was in 1992 in Pro Motorcycle Division. His race number is the number 18. Clint Vahsholtz

neg: Gale Banks with 7.77et @ 178 mph. 2011: Gale Banks builds world’s first supercharged Top Diesel Dragster. Gale Banks teams up with Paul Dallenbach to race the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. 2012: Banks and Dallenbach race at Pikes Peak. 2013: Banks and racer/stunt driver Mike Ryan team up to race at Pikes Peak in a Freightliner Cascadia. Gale Banks Gale Banks (born 1942) is an American hot rodder, drag racer, engineer, and entrepreneur who grew up in Lynwood, California. His company, Gale Banks Engineering, sells performance parts for automotive and marine engines. It specializes in diesel engines, and high end cutting

neg: Pikes Peak International Hill Climb Championship co-driver Fabrizia Pons from Italy) won the Open Rally category, but failed to win the event overall. Mouton achieved the overall victory and course record in the following year. In 1989, an award-winning short film about the 1988 event was released by French director Jean-Louis Mourey. The film, titled "Climb Dance", captured the efforts of Finnish former World Rally Champion Ari Vatanen, as he won the event in a record-breaking time with his turbocharged Peugeot 405 Turbo 16. The City of Colorado Springs began to pave the highway in 2002 after losing a lawsuit against the Sierra Club, which

neg: Peugeot 208 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. At Pikes Peak on 30 June 2013, Sébastien Loeb used the 208 T16 to break Rhys Millen's record time, set in 2012 on the first fully paved roads in the history of the competition. The previous record of 9:46.164 was shattered, and a new record time of 8:13.878 was set. The car also won the hillclimbing race, at the 2014 Goodwood Festival of Speed in June 2014. Team Peugeot-Hansen won the manufacturers title at the FIA World Rallycross Championship in 2015. Jérôme Grosset-Janin was runner up in the FIA European Rallycross Championship in the same

neg: Rod Millen turn, 12.42 mile (19.99 kilometer) Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. He broke the old record time by 40 seconds when he ascended the hill in 10:04:06 in 1994 in his all wheel drive Toyota Celica. His record was broken on July 21, 2007 by Nobuhiro Tajima driving the Suzuki XL7 Hill Climb Special to a time of 10:01.408. However, Tajima's record was set after the Pikes Peak surface was partially paved whereas Millen's record was on dirt. Rod had the fastest overall time at the famous mountain four more times (1996, 1997, 1998, and 1999), but was unable to beat

neg: LoveFab Enviate stronger than carbon ceramic brakes. The Enviate v1.0 was scheduled to race in the 2013 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, until it was eventually cancelled, after a crash had occurred that basically destroyed the car. Fortunately, the core of the car was still intact, which meant development of a new Enviate could be done whilst using the same parts as before. This also forced the Enviate to stay out of Pikes Peak competition for four whole years. A new Enviate Hypercar was complete, which meant it was ready to race in Pikes Peak competition. The car finally made its debut,

neg: LoveFab Enviate in the 2017 Broadmoor Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, competing in the Unlimited classification. The Enviate's main target was against Romain Dumas and the Norma M20 RD, but the car did not post a faster lap time. LoveFab Enviate The Enviate Hypercar is a racing car built by the LoveFab Race Team, competing for the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb event. The use of NSX components and a V8 engine was the inspiration for the name. The name "Enviate" was formed with modified pronunciations of the letters N and V, and the number 8. V and 8 come from the

neg: Russ Snowberger and Thorne separated with Snowberger building a new car with a Packard straight eight in it. On lap 66 he retired with a slipping clutch. Snowberger also ran in the Vanderbilt Cup Race in 1936 and 1937 finishing eighth in 1937 along with seventh place at Pikes Peak Hill Climb. He also prepared six winning cars for the Pikes Peak Hill Climb driven by Louis Unser between 1938 and 1955. It was in 1939 that Russ put his Indy car in the middle of the front row between Floyd Roberts and Rex Mays. Moving to Detroit, Michigan sometime after 1935,

neg: Climb Dance 2. Climb Dance Climb Dance is a famous cinéma vérité short film, which features Finnish rally driver Ari Vatanen setting a record time in a highly modified four-wheel drive, all-wheel steering Peugeot 405 Turbo 16 GR at the 1988 Pikes Peak International Hillclimb in Colorado, United States. The film was produced by Peugeot and directed by Jean Louis Mourey. The record time set was 10:47.77. In 2013 Peugeot commissioned remastered HD version of film in celebration of their contest in Pikes Peak International Hill Climb 2013 edition with rally ace Sébastien Loeb. It also appears as an Easter egg in

neg: Climb Dance Climb Dance Climb Dance is a famous cinéma vérité short film, which features Finnish rally driver Ari Vatanen setting a record time in a highly modified four-wheel drive, all-wheel steering Peugeot 405 Turbo 16 GR at the 1988 Pikes Peak International Hillclimb in Colorado, United States. The film was produced by Peugeot and directed by Jean Louis Mourey. The record time set was 10:47.77. In 2013 Peugeot commissioned remastered HD version of film in celebration of their contest in Pikes Peak International Hill Climb 2013 edition with rally ace Sébastien Loeb. It also appears as an Easter egg in V-Rally

neg: Ducati Hypermotard to create the first production version, and quirky features such as the 'duck bill' front fender and handguards incorporating LED indicators/ folding mirrors made it to the final version. Later blog entries featured some of the concept drawings and these are incredibly close to the finished machine. In 2008, Greg Tracy won the 1200 Pro Class Division of the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb on a Hypermotard 1100S. It was the first Hypermotard to win an international competition and the first Ducati to win at the Pikes Peak since the race began in 1916. The first 2007 Hypermotard was available

neg: Group B and 1990. Improved Peugeot and Audi cars also competed in the Pikes Peak Hillclimb in Colorado. Walter Röhrl's S1 Rally car won the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb in 1987 and set a new record at the time. Audi used their Group B experience to develop a production based racing car for the Trans-Am and IMSA GTO series in 1988 and 1989 respectively. Ford sold off their RS200s to private buyers, with many being used in European Rallycross events from the beginning of 1987 till the end of 1992. The Metro 6R4 also became a frequent sight in Rallycross and

neg: Jimmy Adams (racing driver) he qualified on the front row for the 1999 SCCA Runoffs at Mid Ohio Sports Car Course. In 1999, Adams raced a Dodge Viper GTS in the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, finishing 4th in the High Performance Showroom Stock class. In 2000, Adams drove a Dodge Viper GTS for Viper Speed Racing of Fort Worth, TX in SCCA Pro Racing's World Challenge GT Series. Adams returned to the Pikes Peak Hill Climb in 2000 in the Super Stock Car class, and finished 6th driving a purpose-built Chevrolet Super Stock Car. In 2001, Adams drove a Porsche GT3 Cup for

neg: Electric motorsport car of the ETH Zurich won against all cars with internal combustion engines. It is believed to be the first time that an electric vehicle has beaten cars powered by combustion engines in any accredited motorsport competition. In 2015, an electric car won all places of the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. Also in that year the second place on all classes was won by an electric car. Already in 2014, electric cars had won second and third place. In January 2017, a pure electric car participated in the Paris-Dakar Rally and completed the entire route of through Argentina, Paraguay

neg: Mario Andretti Bobby Unser, respectively, in the waning laps of the last race of the season at Riverside, California—each by the smallest points margin in history. Andretti won nine races in 1969, the 1969 Indianapolis 500, and the season championship. He also won the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, which was part of the USAC National Championship. He was named ABC's Wide World of Sports Athlete of the Year. Between 1966 and 1969 he won 29 of 85 USAC championship races. In 1973, USAC split its National Championship into dirt and pavement championships. Andretti had one win on the pavement and finished

neg: Pikes Peak International Hill Climb sued on account of erosion damage to streams, reservoirs, vegetation and wetlands downstream from the 1.5 million tons of road gravel deposited over several decades. The local authority paved approximately 10% of the route each year after the order. The 2011 event was the last race with dirt sections, comprising approximately 25% of the course. During this evolutionary period of the event, the Japanese driver Nobuhiro Tajima with Suzuki cars scored 6 overall victories (2006 - 2011) and two course records. His 2011 record was the first to break the 10 minute barrier. Hill Climb champion Rod Millen warned at

neg: Evan Evans (racing driver) to Brian Stewart, who finished the 1989 race. It was enough to assure Evans of the SCORE International (SCORE)/High Desert Racing Assn. championship in Class 6, one for production sedans. Evans was voted SCORE's off-roadsman of the year, the highest award in the sport, one his father had won in 1983. In 2000 Evan earned the opportunity from Chevrolet to race a Duramax Diesel up Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. He was the only truck in his class (High Performance Show Room Stock) racing against Porsches and Toyota cars. Evan placed fourth in his class and set a record for

neg: 2015 Goodwood Festival of Speed Subaru Impreza Gobstopper also won the Hillclimb, defeating French Andros Trophy champion Jean-Philippe Dayraut and Kiwi five-time Pikes Peak Hill Climb champion Rod Millen, and it was the first time the top three posted times of under 45 seconds in the same year. It was Patrick Friesacher's Toyota Camry NASCAR that also attracted the crowd's attention as the Camry caught fire whilst doing a burnout. The century-old Fiat S76 Record "The Beast of Turin", unofficially the fastest car in the world in 1911, was restored by Duncan Pittaway for this event, and driven for the first time in more than

neg: Pikes Peak International Raceway House along Fountain Creek by 1882 and to the north by 1903, the "Roswell Racing Park"), and the annual Pikes Peak International Hill Climb started in 1916 on the 1915 Pikes Peak Highway. In 1938, a track was north of the Alexander Aircraft factory and another was to the factory's southeast at the south end of the Nichols Field taxiway. On the Pike's Peak Ocean-to-Occan Highway west of the city was the end of the 1951 Colorado sports car rally (terminus at the Crystola Inn), a 1953 dirt dragstrip "some four miles east of Colorado Springs" was used for "the

neg: Chad Hord the third Pro 2 driver to win the AMSOIL Cup, the world championship race in short course off-road racing. He also won the Electric Production class at the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb that year. As of the 2012 racing season, he had won three series championships, 31 races (25 in professional truck categories), four world championship races, and 125 top five races in 169 pro truck starts. Hord was born in Iron Mountain, Michigan to Ron and Marsha Hord and was raised in nearby Felch with two brothers and one sister. He played on the football and track and

neg: Electric motorsport and Bolivia. The vehicle had been specially designed and built for the race. The car had a 250 kW engine (340 hp) and a 150 kWh battery. The battery consisted of several modules. Each module could be charged separately by power cable to speed up the charging process. The Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, also known as "The Race to the Clouds", is an annual automobile and motorcycle hillclimb to the summit of Pikes Peak in Colorado, USA. The track measures over 156 turns, climbing from the start at Mile 7 on Pikes Peak Highway, to the finish at ,

neg: Porsche 928 Pikes Peak. In 2007, 2008 and 2009 American racing driver Carl Fausett took his specially prepared and supercharged 1978 Porsche 928 to the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb and competed in the Open Division. Fausett placed third in the Open Division in both 2007 and again in 2009, where he was also the fastest 2WD car. At that time, much of the race course was gravel. Today the entire Pikes Peak Highway has been paved. Porsche 928 The Porsche 928 is a luxury grand tourer produced by Porsche AG of Germany from 1978 to 1995. Originally intended to replace the

neg: Walter Röhrl drive Audi Quattro, an automobile actually produced in his home state of Bavaria. In 1987 Röhrl set up a new record in the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb for being the first driver to cover the 14.42 miles (19.99 km) long mountain track to the Pikes Peak in less than 11 minutes. In his 600 hp (440 kW) Audi Sport Quattro S1 E2 he did the famed American hillclimb in 10 minutes and 47.850 seconds to reach Pikes Peak on the road which at that time was mainly covered with gravel. Despite being selective in his choice of top-level events

neg: Pikes Peak high speed, called "The W's" for their shape on the side of the mountain. The road is maintained by the city of Colorado Springs as a toll road. A project to pave the remainder of the road was completed on October 1, 2011. The project is in response to a suit by the Sierra Club over damage caused by the gravel and sediment that is constantly washed off the road into the alpine environment. The road remained open during construction. The Highway is famous worldwide for the annual Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, a motor race. The short film "Climb

neg: Gale Banks Engineering the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. 2012: Banks and Dallenbach race at Pikes Peak. 2013: Banks and racer/stunt driver Mike Ryan team up to race at Pikes Peak in a Freightliner Cascadia. Gale Banks Engineering Gale Banks Engineering and its four divisions, Banks Power, Banks Technology, Banks Marine, and Banks Racing, are companies created by Southern California hot rodder and automobile engineer Gale Banks. These companies design, engineer, and build high performance parts for the automobile and marine aftermarket and military customers. Located in Azusa, CA, the company develops technology and components for both gasoline and diesel-powered vehicles, but is

neg: Peugeot Hours of Le Mans, the Peugeot 908 HDi FAPs finished first and second overall, led by drivers Marc Gené, David Brabham, and Alexander Wurz. After Ari Vatanen and Bobby Unser, in the late 1980s, won the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, Peugeot Sport and Sébastien Loeb decided to unite their respective strengths and go for it. The Ari Vatanen performance won several awards with the "Climb Dance" films (Grand Prix du film de Chamonix 1990, Gold Award at International Film Festival in Houston, Silver Screen of the US Industrial Film & Video Festival in Chicago, 1990 Prix spécial du Jury

neg: Suzuki SX4 2007 (finishing 27th overall). In the first event of 2008, the Rallye Monte Carlo, Suzuki driver Per-Gunnar Andersson finished eighth. A race car called 'Suzuki SX4 Hill Climb Special' was used at the 2011 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. It was a specially adapted Suzuki SX4, with a twin turbocharged 3.1 litre V6 engine producing and of torque. Driver Nobuhiro Tajima won the event in Suzukis for six years running, the last three of which were in the SX4 HCS, and set the track record time of 9:51.278. At the Paris Motor Show in September 2012, Suzuki unveiled S-Cross Concept,

neg: Michèle Mouton the following year resulted in fifth place. With the team having four top drivers for 1984, Mouton's participation on world championship level became part-time. In 1985, she won the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb in the United States, setting a record time in the process. In 1986, she moved to Peugeot and won the German Rally Championship as the first female driver to win a major championship in rallying. Soon after securing the title, Mouton retired from rallying due to the ban of Group B supercars. In 1988, she co-founded the international motorsport event Race of Champions in memory of

neg: 1970 USAC Championship Car season lap led was awarded for the Pikes Peak Hill Climb, however, a lap was awarded to the drivers that completed the climb.<br> Note: Mark Donohue, Kevin Bartlett, Peter Revson, Lee Roy Yarbrough, John Cannon, Donnie Allison, Ron Grable, Jack Eiteljorg and Jack Brabham not eligible for points. 1970 USAC Championship Car season The 1970 USAC Championship Car season consisted of 18 races, beginning in Avondale, Arizona on March 28 and concluding at the same location on November 21. There was also one non-championship event at Pikes Peak, Colorado. The USAC National Champion and Indianapolis 500 winner was Al Unser. After

neg: Peugeot 405 Turbo 16 Peugeot 405 Turbo 16 The Peugeot 405 Turbo 16 is a coupé built by Peugeot Talbot Sport, derived from the Peugeot 405 and the Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 in 1988 for African rally raids. Driven by Ari Vatanen the four wheel drive car won the Paris Dakar rally in 1989 and 1990. It won the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb in 1988 driven by Vatanen in record-breaking time. The film Climb Dance was made from the race. It had four wheel steering, a feature never before seen on a rally or hillclimb car. The engine sat very low in front

neg: Timeline of women's sports U.S. won the first Olympic marathon for women. 1985 – The distance for Women's rowing in the Olympic Games programme was extended to 2000 metres, the distance raced at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, and thereafter, consistent with men's rowing events at the Olympics. 1985 – A year after finishing 2nd (and winning her class) Michèle Mouton became the first woman to win overall at the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. 1985 – The American Karyn Marshall became the first woman in history to clean and jerk over , with a 303 lb (137.5 kg) clean and

neg: Peugeot at the Festival International du Film d'aventure in Val d'Isère). In April 2013, a 208 T16 was tested by Sébastien Loeb at Mont Ventoux. Loosely based on the shape and design of the production 208, the T16 is a lightweight vehicle that uses the rear wing from the Peugeot 908, and has a 3.2-litre, twin-turbo V6 engine, developing with the aim of competing at the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. 30 June 2013 saw this car demolish the standing record on Pikes Peak by over a minute and a half, with an overall time of 8:13.878. The company has also

neg: Peugeot Sport it. In April 2013, a 208 T16 was tested by Sébastien Loeb at Mont Ventoux. Loosely based on the shape and design of the production 208, the T16 is a lightweight vehicle that uses the rear wing from the Peugeot 908, and has a 3.2-litre, twin-turbo V6 engine, developing with the aim of competing at the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. June 30, 2013 saw this car demolish the standing record on Pikes Peak by over a minute and a half, with an overall time of 8:13.878. Peugeot Sport Peugeot Sport is the department of French carmaker Peugeot responsible for

neg: Hillclimbing in the United States Hillclimbing in the United States In the United States, hill climbs have a long tradition stretching back to the early days of motoring competition. Some are in the European-style and take place on long mountain courses, and in many cases spectators are either banned or heavily restricted for safety or insurance reasons. The Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, held in Colorado Springs, Colorado is the world's premier Hill Climb Race. This event has been entered by many internationally renowned drivers, Indy 500 champions, and multiple world rally champions. The course finishes at a height of after navigating 156 turns. The

neg: Hillclimbing in the United States TenSleep Canyon hillclimb, driving a Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray, in a time of 4:48.1 sec. Hillclimbing in the United States In the United States, hill climbs have a long tradition stretching back to the early days of motoring competition. Some are in the European-style and take place on long mountain courses, and in many cases spectators are either banned or heavily restricted for safety or insurance reasons. The Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, held in Colorado Springs, Colorado is the world's premier Hill Climb Race. This event has been entered by many internationally renowned drivers, Indy 500 champions, and multiple

neg: Ducati Multistrada 1200 model) and electronically adjustable suspension, called Ducati Electronic Suspension (DES). The S Sport model has carbon fiber air intakes, cam belt covers and rear hugger, while the S Touring model comes with heated grips, hard luggage and a center stand. Over 10,000 units were sold in the first year. The Multistrada 1200 won the 1205 Division of the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb in 2010, 2011 and in 2012. In 2012 a Spider Grips Ducati Team Multistrada ridden by Carlin Dunne achieved the first sub 10 minute time for a motorcycle with a time of 9:52.819, only a bit over

neg: Sébastien Loeb Rally Evo agreed, stating that it was a "challenging rally simulation with Loeb bonus, but inferior to "Dirt Rally" in all aspects." The game reached number 19 in the UK sales charts. Sébastien Loeb Rally Evo Sébastien Loeb Rally Evo is a racing video game developed by Milestone, who had previously released the official WRC series from 2010 to 2013. It was released on January 29, 2016. The game features input from nine-time World Rally Champion Sébastien Loeb, who had also won the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb and competed in the 2013 European Rallycross Championship season. The game features around 300

neg: Jack Flannery and broke his own record by climbing the hill 22 seconds faster. In 1992 he competed at Pikes Peak, setting the record for the fastest hill climb in the Unlimited Off-Road Truck class. In 1996 he won the $125,000 Borg-Warner World championship off-road race at Crandon en route to his sixth ESPN Pro Series championship. Flannery won the major 1997 events at Crandon, winning the Governor's Cup in Spring and both his class and the Heavy Metal Borg-Warner World Championship races in fall en route to winning the 1997 SODA Class 4 championship. Most of the drivers in SODA changed

neg: Rod Millen PRO Rally, and he won his second series championship in 1985. He won back to back SCCA National Rally Championships in 1987 and 1988. While winning his third straight SCCA National Rally Championship in 1989, he also won the FIA Asia-Pacific Rally Championship. In 1989 he raced against his brother Steve in IMSA's 24 Hours of Daytona. He won the GTU division of the race with codrivers Al Bacon and Bob Reed. He began competing in major hillclimbing events, and in 1989 he won the Class C division at the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. Rod Millen competed in several

neg: Parnelli Jones won the 1963 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb in the car, and broke the stock car speed record. In 1964, he won 7 races (and tied for a win) on his way to the USAC Stock car crown. He won the Turkey Night Grand Prix midget car event. Mercury decided to pull out of stock car racing after the season. He won five of the nine midget car events that he entered in 1966, including the Turkey Night Grand Prix. He finished fourteenth in the final points despite competing in only nine of 65 events. In 1967, he drove in

neg: Electric motorcycles and scooters Hill Climb began in 1916 and is the second oldest motor sports race in America. The PPIHC is a long-standing tradition in the Colorado Springs and Pikes Peak Regions. The race takes place on a 12.42 mile course beginning at 9,390 feet with 156 turns and ending at the 14,110 foot summit of Pikes Peak. One of the main obstacles of the race is the increasingly thin air that slows reflexes, diminishes muscle strength and reduces the power of internal combustion engines by 30 percent as competitors advance up the peak. The electric motorcycle division has an advantage with the

neg: Pikes Peak International Hill Climb was part of the AAA and USAC IndyCar championship. In 1953, the Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) sponsors the event, bringing with it an influx of sports cars. In this period the course record was broken every year from 1953 until 1962, this is the largest string of record breaking runs in the event's history. The majority of these records were set by Bobby Unser, the younger brother of Louis. In 1954 motorcycles return to the event, the first time since its inception 1916. The motorcycle overall victory that year went to Bill Meier riding a Harley-Davidson motorcycle. In

neg: Audi Quattro the 1985 Rally Argentina, with Blomqvist driving. This variant was successful in the rally circuit, with Röhrl and Christian Geistdörfer winning the 1985 San Remo Rally. A modified version of the E2, was also driven by Michèle Mouton. The S1 evolution would become the final Group B car produced by Audi, with the works team withdrawing from the Championship following the 1986 rally in Portugal. The final factory cars of 1986 were rated at . In 1987, the car won the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb driven by Walter Röhrl. Audi Sport Quattro RS 002 - Sports prototype "Group S"

neg: Jeff Zwart on the West Coast of the United States which led to an interest in rallying. In 1989 and 1990 he drove a Mazda in the US Pro Rally Championship, eventually winning the Open Class National Championship. Zwart also competed in the New Zealand round of the World Rally Championship driving a Mitsubishi EVO in 1993. Zwart is noted for his wins at the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb in Colorado. In 1994, he entered the event with a Porsche and won the Open Class Championship. This success led to a number of programs; driving 10 different Porsches resulting in 8

neg: Pikes Peak Pikes Peak were the Spanish in the 1700s. The first American sighting is often credited to members of the Pike expedition, led by Zebulon Pike. After a failed attempt to climb to the top in November 1806, Pike wrote in his journal: The first European-American to climb the peak came 14 years after Pike, in the summer of 1820. Edwin James, a young student who had just graduated from Middlebury College in Vermont, signed on as the relief botanist for Stephen Harriman Long's expedition after the first botanist had died. The expedition explored the South Platte River up as far

neg: Joe Kopp Kopp raced in the AMA Supermoto Championship in 2003 with the HMC KTM Team. He qualified for a chance at the championship by being one of the 74 riders who qualified for the winner-take-all final. Kopp competed in the 2011 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb on a Team Latus Triumph Speed Triple. He was the second-fastest motorcycle racer up the mountain, and won the Exhibition Class with a time of 11:26.530. Koop raced in the AMA Vance & Hines XR1200 Championship in 2011, earning a third-place finish at the series opener in Daytona Beach, Florida. The top four finishers in

neg: Drake McElroy Dirt Track series in 2002 and 2003, winning the 2002 Plymouth, Wisconsin Short Track on a KTM. Kopp raced in the AMA Supermoto Championship in 2003 with the HMC KTM Team. He qualified for a chance at the championship by being one of the 74 riders who qualified for the winner-take-all final. Write Short AMA History Here Kopp competed in the 2011 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb on a Team Latus Triumph Speed Triple. He was the second-fastest motorcycle racer up the mountain, and won the Exhibition Class with a time of 11:26.530. 2000- AMA Grand National Champion, Supertracker Champion,

neg: Bill Thomas Cheetah Chevrolet Corvair. He also prepared the 1962 409 Bel-Airs and Biscaynes for drag racing and another Chevrolet stock car for Louis Unser who won its division of the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. He was also contracted by GM to develop the Chevy II. Bill Thomas died October 10, 2009. In 1963 Thomas gained covert support from General Motors Performance Product Group head Vince Piggins to develop the Cheetah as a concept vehicle. It was designed by Thomas and Don Edmunds, his lead fabricator. Edmunds is credited with the bulk of the construction of the car. Financing for the project

neg: Hyundai Genesis Coupe RMR Yellow Fog Light Covers. The vehicle was unveiled in 2011 SEMA Show. The Hyundai Genesis Coupe competed at the Formula Drift Professional Drifting Championship, the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb and select Redline Time Attack Series events in 2009 – thanks to a joint venture between Hyundai and racing champion Rhys Millen, who will drive the Red Bull-sponsored race car on those events. Millen's V8 engine is running with mostly stock internals and its original Hyundai's 5.0-liter displacement. GoGoGear.com Racing started racing a Genesis Coupe in 2012 in the United States Touring Car Championship and won the championship in

neg: Ruf CTR2 a demonstration of the Ruf's flexibility, they were street driven to and from the Pikes Peak racecourse, and as a lasting testament to the Ruf CTR2sport's enormous capabilities, Steve Beddor was 1st in overall qualifying (despite driving a legal street car) and finished 2nd overall in the race, while his brother David, (in the second Ruf) finished a close 4th overall. Steve Beddor's 'Pikes Peak' prototype; the Ruf CTR2sport, then went on to win the Virginia City Hill Climb an astonishing 3 times while racking up some 20 other 1st place finishes nationwide, making it arguably one of the most

neg: MillenWorks MillenWorks MillenWorks, known as Rod Millen Motorsports until 2005, was an American automotive technology company started by Rod Millen in 1980. The company began by preparing Millen's rally cars, and evolved into designing and building them. The company developed vehicles, high performance auto parts, and technology for racing, concept cars, and the US military. Some of the first cars designed and built by the company were the Pikes Peak Toyota Celica and Toyota Tacoma which Millen drove to overall victories in the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb in 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, and 1999. Other cars include the Championship Off-Road

neg: Jeff Zwart different class championships over a period of 14 years, including his 2015 win in the Time Attack Class. In 2011, he competed in what was essentially a production street car, a Porsche 911 GT2 RS. The accomplishment of driving the Porsche from Southern California to the famous hill climb in Colorado and successfully racing at Pikes Peak was highlighted in the short film “Porsche, the Road to Pikes Peak,” directed by Will Roegge. Jeff Zwart Jeff Zwart (born 24 May 1955) is an American commercial film director, racer, photographer, cameraman and author.Porsche]], BMW, Cadillac, General Motors, Hyundai, Ford and more.

neg: Pikes Peak International Hill Climb 1971 the event was won by the first non-gasoline vehicle (propane), this was also the first overall victory from the stock car class (1970 Ford Mustang), the car was driven by the Danish-American Ak Miller. In 1984 the first European racers took part in the PPIHC with Norwegian Rallycrosser Martin Schanche (Ford Escort Mk3 4x4) and French Rally driver Michèle Mouton (Audi Sport quattro), thereby starting a new era for European teams in the almost unknown American hillclimb. While Schanche failed to set a new track record, due to a flat right front tire, Mouton (together with her World Rally

neg: Romain Dumas will develop and drive the Porsche 919 Hybrid in the FIA World Endurance Championship in 2014. In 2014, Romain Dumas won the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb in a Norma M20 "RD Limited" prototype developed specifically for the event. In 2015, Dumas raced a Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Car in the RGT class of the WRC Monte Carlo Rally, placing second behind class winner François Delecour. Later he claimed a class win at the Rallye Deutschland. Dumas continued as Porsche LMP1 driver in the 2016 FIA WEC. He won the 6 Hours of Silverstone and 24 Hours of Le Mans.

neg: Romain Dumas Romain Dumas Romain Dumas (born 14 December 1977) is a French professional auto racing driver and current Porsche factory driver. He has claimed overall wins at the 2010 and 2016 24 Hours of Le Mans, the 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2011 24 Hours of Nürburgring, the 2003 and 2010 24 Hours of Spa, and the 2008 12 Hours of Sebring. In 2016 he won the FIA World Endurance Championship with teammates Marc Lieb and Neel Jani. Also, he won the 2014, 2016, 2017 and 2018 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. Born in Alès, Dumas started karting in 1992, in 1996

neg: Total S.A. teams. Total has been a longtime partner of Citroën Sport in the World Rally Championship, Dakar Rally and World Touring Car Championship. Sébastien Loeb won nine WRC drivers titles, whereas Ari Vatanen and Pierre Lartigue won four editions of the Dakar Rally. Total has been a partner of Peugeot Sport in Formula One from 1995 to 2000, the British Touring Car Championship in 1995 and 1996 and since 2001 in the World Rally Championship, Intercontinental Rally Challenge, 24 Hours of Le Mans, Intercontinental Le Mans Cup, Dakar Rally and Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. Total was a partner of Renault

neg: AMC AMX factory warranty. The Pikes Peak International Hill Climb used 1969 AMXs as pace cars for the hillclimb race to the summit of Pikes Peak that was held on 29 June 1969 in Colorado. The AMX Pace and Courtesy cars were used by racers (including Bobby Unser) to practice the week prior to the race up the mountain. There were 12 (10 according to some sources) pace/courtesy AMXs, and all were equipped with the "390 Go-Pac" option and finished in "Frost White" with red stripes and red interiors. A number of AMC and Jeep vehicles have participated in the annual race,

neg: Norma Auto Concept was taken over by Extreme Limite which entered in the Le Mans Series and the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2011 and 2012. The best finish for the car was a fifth place at the 6 Hours of Estoril in 2011. In 2014, Romain Dumas won the Pikes Peak hill climb in the Norma M20 "RD Limited", developed specifically for the event. Driving in the Unlimited class, Dumas finished in a time of 9:05.801. Dumas won once again two years later with the 2016 specification of M20 RD Limited with the time of 8:51:445. In 2014 Norma entered into

neg: Volkswagen Touareg and less expensive Atlas model which was specifically designed for the US market. A modified Touareg dubbed Stanley won the 2005 DARPA Grand Challenge. VW Touareg TDI entered the 85th running of the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, with V10 TDI Touaregs and a V6 TDI Touareg, driven by Ryan Arciero, Mike Miller and Chris Blais. Arciero won the race with a time of 13:17:703 and set a new division record for the fastest time with a diesel powered vehicle. Miller finished in second with a time of 13:25:247. Chris Blais finished in third with a time of 15:48:312. The

neg: Pikes Peak Highway (formerly Assault on the Peak), first held in 2010. The 2016 edition was also the first edition of the USA Cycling Hill Climb National Championship. Litigation was pursued by the Sierra Club in 1998-1999, on grounds of environmental damage from the gravel portion of the road. The environmental damage was caused primarily by the of gravel that washed away annually, the same amount that needed to be hauled up the mountain each year in order to maintain the road surface. Environmental damage included alpine ponds and wetlands becoming filled with gravel, and layers of gravel averaging to feet deep covering

neg: Ken Gushi GT in the 2005 series, finishing off the year in 3rd place overall, and winning the third round of the season in Houston, Texas to become Formula D's first Japanese-born event winner. In 2007, following his father's dreams, Ken took on the challenge to race at the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. Though he had qualified 3rd place in the Pike's Peak Open class, Ken miscalculated a corner, taking the car off course. Also, in 2007 he participated in the Forza Motorsport Showdown piloting the Royal Purple Team 350Z. In 2008, Ken was picked up by Scion Racing and RS-R

neg: Pikes Peak International Hill Climb the time that paving the road would put an end to the race. However, the 2012 race saw over 170 racer registrations by December 2011, compared with 46 at the same time the previous year. The 90th running of the event happened in 2012 and saw a larger field and a longer race day than ever before. This was the first time the race has been run on all asphalt leading to the breaking of several records, notably the overall record, which fell numerous times during the event finally falling to Rhys Millen the son of previous event winner Rod

neg: Pikes Peak International Hill Climb motorcycles. The overall honours have always fallen to vehicles in car divisions, however motorcycles have their own divisions, records and winners. Cars have entered the event every year since its inception in 1916 (with the exception of years during the world wars) whereas motorcycles have only entered in a limited number of years. Overall winners can compete under any class of cars or motorcycles, although the majority come from the open wheel and more recently the unlimited classes. A time in "italics" indicates this was a previous course record, a time in bold indicates the current course record. Motorcycle winners

neg: Audi Quattro at 3,700 rpm, with the engine on the competition cars initially generating around . The car in competition form also featured a body shell composed of carbon-kevlar and wider wheel arches, wider wheels (nine inches as compared to the Ur-Quattro's optional wheels), the steeper windscreen rake of the Audi 80 (requested by the Audi Sport rally team drivers to reduce internal reflections from the dashboard for improved visibility) and, most noticeably, a shorter wheelbase. In addition to Group B competition in rallying, the Sport Quattro won the 1985 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb with Michèle Mouton in the driving seat,

neg: Essex (automobile) Shultz won the 1923 Pikes Peak Hill Climb. It had a wheelbase. Initially Essex marketed a line of touring cars (open four-door cars with canvas tops), which was the most popular body style of cars in production at the time. While Essex added an enclosed sedan in 1920, it was the introduction of the 1922 closed coach, priced at $1,495 (which in early 2015 would be between $15,917 and $21,015, depending on the inflation calculator used), $300 above that of the touring car. By 1925 the coach was priced below the touring car. While Henry Ford is credited with inventing

neg: Rod Millen World Rally Championship events from 1977 to 1992. He was most active from 1989 to 1992, driving a Mazda 323 AWD, codriven by Tony Sircombe. He placed second in the 1989 Rothman's Rally of New Zealand. In 1990 he won the Rim of the World SCCA PRO Rally event, and finished second at the Rally Malaysia and the Rally Indonesia. Millen returned to the Pikes Peak Hill Climb, winning in the Open Class in 1991 and Showroom Class in 1992. He moved to the open rally division in 1993, finishing second. Millen began competing in the Mickey Thompson Stadium Series,

neg: Suzuki Cultus used a heavily modified twin engined Cultus in the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. A Suzuki Swift GTi driven by Mark Brame and Henry Draper won the 1992 Yokohama 6-Hour for Production Cars at the Winton circuit in Victoria, Australia on 29 November 1992. Suzuki Cultus The Suzuki Cultus is a supermini car produced by the Japanese manufacturer Suzuki from 1983 to 2003, and it is now a rebadged Suzuki Celerio in Pakistan since 2017. It was first presented at the 25th Tokyo Motor Show, formally introduced to Japan in 1983 and ultimately sold in seven countries across three generations

neg: Electric motorcycles and scooters Barber riding a motorcycle built by Team Agni won the race. He completed the course in 25 minutes 53.5 seconds, an average speed of . In 2010, ElectroCat, made by Eva Håkansson, set the record time for an electric motorcycle to climb Pikes Peak. The motorcycle, ridden by John Scollon, completed the course in 16 minutes 55.849 seconds. ElectroCat uses batteries manufactured by A123 Systems. On 26 June 2011, Chip Yates broke ElectroCat's previous record at Pikes Peak. He completed the course in 12 minutes 50.094 seconds. On 30 August 2011, Yates riding his prototype SWIGZ.COM electric superbike established the

neg: Stephanie Reaves Stephanie became the fastest woman ever up The 100th Anniversary running of the Pikes Peak International Hillclimb, posting a time of 10 minutes 56 seconds, remarkably, in a 2016 Viper ACR, rear wheel drive, manual transmission, production class car. Reaves finished 70% ahead of the entire field, which consisted mainly of full blown race prepped vehicles, most weighing 1000 pounds lighter than her production weight vehicle. http://www.ppihc.com/updates/2016/09/28/stephanie-reaves-is-fastest-woman-in-the-history-of-the-broadmoor-pikes-peak-international-hill-climb-after-100th-anniversary-race-performance/ Stephanie Reaves Stephanie Reaves (born February 24, 1967, Maine) is an American professional race driver. She was the first woman in history to earn an AMA professional motorcycle drag racing license, qualify at

neg: Jonny Cocker Pikes Peak earlier in the year. This represents a new electric record at the Goodwood Festival of Speed, over 6 seconds faster than the time set when the car made its Goodwood hill debut last year. That underlines the rapid progress being made by Drayson Racing in developing its electric powertrain technology. Jonny Cocker Jonathan Cocker (born 24 August 1986) is a British racing driver. In 2012 he won the ELMS GTE Pro Championship. He competed in the American Le Mans Series (ALMS) for Drayson Racing, a team run by Paul Drayson. Cocker, who was born in Cheshire, began his

neg: Sébastien Loeb 208 T16 at Mont Ventoux. Loosely based on the shape and design of the production 208, the T16 is a lightweight vehicle that uses the rear wing from the Peugeot 908, and has a 3.2-litre, twin-turbo V6 engine, developing with the aim of competing at the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. Loeb won the event with a time of 8:13.878, smashing the previous record by a minute and a half. At the 2017 Silk Way Rally Loeb had to abandon due to a finger injury which he had sustained in stage 9. He had been leading the overall standings up

neg: Lexington (automobile) of the Lexington plant and extended to 21st Street. The combined Lexington and Ansted facilities measured three blocks long and two blocks wide totaling of floor space. Two short-wheelbase race cars with the powerful Ansted engine were built by Lexington for the 1920 Pikes Peak hill climb. The cars placed first and second in their initial outing and brought home the Penrose trophy. Again in 1924, Otto Loesche won, with an 18-minute 15 second dash and brought the trophy home for keeps. The Penrose trophy is on display at the Fayette County Historical Museum on Vine Street, Connersville Indiana. The

neg: Toyota Celica For the WRC homologation requirements, the special edition of the GT-Four models were produced for the public in limited numbers, 5000 units. They are considered a collector's item by some enthusiasts. The ST185's homologation version is called the GT-Four RC in Japan, Group A Rallye in Australia, or Carlos Sainz Limited Edition (CS, after the driver) in Europe, and general markets. Between 1994 and 1997, Rod Millen won the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb three times using a Celica, setting a record time which stood for more than 10 years. The first-generation liftback (known as "Celica LB Turbo") was used

neg: Matt Carpenter (runner) the seventeen high altitude marathons he entered, setting records at both (with a time of 2:52:57) and (a time of 3:22:25). Later in his career he moved to ultrarunning, and sustained his previous success, setting course records in the San Juan Solstice 50-mile race in Lake City, Colorado in 2004, and breaking the record for the Leadville Trail 100 race in 2005 by over an hour and a half. Carpenter has won the Pikes Peak Marathon on twelve occasions, the Vail Hill Climb eight times, the Imogene Pass Run six times, the Barr Trail Mountain Race, Everest SkyMarathon Tibet, and